Exactly. Even if the club have real issues with a player off field, they're going to keep as quiet as possible if they're looking to offload them. Imagine trying to move on a player under contract whilst telling the world he's a poor trainer/unfit/poor attitude.

Good for him!

Looks like Seb ikahihifo could be on his way to you. Was fantastic in 2017, made the dream team and was a real handful on the field. 2018 he was a disappointment and didn’t deliver to the same extent.
I’m a bit mixed about this, if you get the Seb of 2017 then we are bolstering a weak pack whilst weakening our own. Sometimes a player needs to freshen up and a different team/coach/ethos improves a player.

Don't get why some people are getting so worked up over this.

Mitch has been a really good solid import but never a SL star. If we are to overhaul the squad and manage the salary cap it's inevitable that we'll have to gamble on letting some decent players (especially overseas ones) go before we complete signings

I think it’s because he smacked James Tamou and instantly became a fan favourite in the process.

Stop it, that's far too rational, we can't be having that on here.

I noticed that Mitch thanked the supporters but said nothing about his team mates or the management ???? I think there may have been some ill feelings. If I recall, McD had issues with him also.

I thought all the messaging on this was very luke warm.

Sinnys comment felt very cold and clinical where as when someone leaves you normally get a lot more around their contribution.

Could be reading more into this than there is and ultimately it doesn't matter but it does have the feeling off a couple that's grown apart.

Sounds very much the same as garbutt,steller 2017,not a good 2018.

I’d take a fit Garbutt over most of the other props currently running around in SL. There’s quite a few (most) of our pack who I’d have preferred to have been sold on instead. I think this is the issue. It’s also unlikely we’ll sign anybody of equal or superior quality. We should have added a quality prop to go alongside Garbutt.

Having 2 Garbutt’s would have been the dream yes - but there must be good reasons why the club has made this call, and I think we have to trust in that. We’re not sure what end composition the new management is really aiming for yet.

I dont think it's that straight forward unfortunately mate

You can only move on the players others actually want tho

Merrin has a significantly better calibre than Garbutt

He does, but he's a LF/2R and we've got depth there. I suppose we could just have an oddly shaped scrum?

My post was pre-Merrin announcement. Things are looking much rosier now!

This is my worry: Peteru and Cuthbo lack "prop chops" for me, but if they play BR we have a ridiculous number. I know Leeds have carried an ethos of a mobile pack for a while, but we've lacked bite and go-forward for years.