Sad to see Martin go but our pack needs a complete revamp in physicality, and while he's a very good player, the one thing he lacks is size.

Tom Burgess would not be a huge upgrade on anything but the catering budget. He's been awful this year for Souths, and playing far fewer minutes than he used to. Maybe he'll get a new lease of life in SL, but he looks shot to me. JWH will either look a genius signing or one of the worst ever. He'll need to tone it down in SL or he'll spend long periods suspended. Neither were available this season anyway. Thompson might have been a miss but I thought his defence in the NRL was awful, and I wouldn't throw big money at him.

What we need is the kind of forwards that Leigh and others have picked up, not big names as such. Like Lisone but bigger and better. Hopefully Arthur will know players that fit the bill.

When the rumours of Martin moving on first started all the talk was about him joining the potential PNG team in the NRL and while I would have been really sad to see him go I couldn't really knock him for wanting to do that, then suddenly all these rumours about other SL teams and the whole picture changes. So either he wants out, we're not offering appropriate deals or we're just not interested in keeping him - whichever of those is true it's a real shame and there definitely seems to be a bit of a trend. Sad to see him go and more so to another SL team, I hope we find someone to take over the kicks who's even close to being as consistent as Martin's been for us. He's so good it's hard to remember just how abysmal we were at conversions before he took over - the amount of points we'd leave on the field was crazy. Whatever's gone on and whoever's motivated the move Martin's been a brilliant servant to the club and wish him all the best wherever he does end up

Hes been Mr reliable for the club and obviously keeps himself in shape a true professional add to that his fantastic kicking he's probably the first name the coach pencils down for game day ,personally I'm not sure his decision to leave is based around money I think he became disillusioned under the Smith tenure a massive loss for the club.

Well Blease certainly has not changed anything on this one

Yes we need a bigger pack , but Martin is a decent size for 2nd Row , a hard worker , skilful and a great kicker , no doubt we will finnish up paying more for a lesser player .

Not just disappointing losing him but shows we are behind a club such as H.K.R by a long way .

I was already considering giving up my season ticket due to the number of Saturday games (which i can't attend ) this has probably just convinced me to do so .

The goal kicking is the big loss for me. We really need a big metre munching and hard to handle 2nd row to play alongside McDonnell / Gannon / Bentley.

Business as per normal, we are a mid table club and continue to be a mid table club. Martin is one of the outstanding players of the modern game. A big bonus is the fact he can play also a superb goal kicker and usually keep’s clear of injuries.

Awesome kicker will be missed.

Gutted about this one. Very likeable player and person.

Completely agree with this JWH will spend more time banned than playing in SL.

Martin, whilst being a great player, is part of a problem we have of a small backrow. That's proved by the fact he is moved to centre rather than prop when we're short in both. Its a shame we missed out of Fitzgibbon, as he's a good size.

Personally I'm looking forward to seeing what Blease can do. If Arthur stays on, perhaps we could look at a couple of the Eels players they're currently looking to move on. Regan Campell Gillard and Shaun Lane would be exactly what we need.

Martin will be 32 in March; although he has a few good years left in him he is also moving towards the back end of his career. We have had good service from him but agree with Exiled, we need to beef up that pack, and it's not just a prop problem.

We need more size, more pace and more skill if we're going to break out of this mid-table mediocrity.

I do think Martin is a very solid player, very consistent and injury-resistant... I just think Leeds need a re-vamp. If we can get two really decent forwards with Arthur's help, it will take us a big step forward.

We'll need three forwards and kicker in order to be certain we progress as a team. Not impossible, but will certainly be a challenge. Think we'll also likely have to offload one of Miller, Mom, or Frawley.

Slightly off topic, hand on heart how many players in our current squad would be described as top notch players. In my opinion very few, which makes our rebuild programme harder than normal. The home game so called match experience and the clubs off field running of the club, which is excellent ,means quite a few people will still attend in spite of the teams lack lustre performances. Prior to super league a few poor seasons would mean a sharp fall in attendances.

Gutted that we couldn't get him to stay, excellent player and been very good value for us. Personally idve made him captain as he does that job for the Kumuls and as mentioned is generally injury free.
Its not the end of the world of course and Im sure we made a decent offer / upgraded contract but maybe after the last few years he just wants a change of pace which I cant blame him on.

Can we please offload all three