I'm in Malaga airport cursing you my lad. sacrilege

Sorry mate couldn`t resist.
Let`s hope the 49s resist.
I`ll stop now bud.

Rowley following Blease doesn't naturally follow. Blease is coming to head up the Football dept. not just bring in a new head coach.

Leeds Live reporting the Rhysee Martin been offered a lucrative deal by Leigh

If we lose Martin to Leigh then who do we bring in? He’s one of the only cogs in the pack which are worth keeping!

Martin is one of, in not the, stand out performer for us in recent times. There is loads for Blease to do, but sorting this (if indeed there's anything in it) has to be at the top his list.

But we can't keep every player no matter the price. I'm sure we'd love to retain Martin at £x, but if he's worth significantly more to someone else then sometimes you shrug your shoulders.

I think he's been a really good signing, he's Mr Consistent, a good personality and fantastic goal kicker.

What he isn't though is the dominant middle/edge that I think Leeds need. Our entire go-forward can't just depend on two big lads on the pitch at a given time. The whole pack needs to work as a more dominant unit, and Martin is more of a chunky back row/centre than an outright physical animal.

Also we need to consider his age and whether his best years might be behind him.

He is one of those players that's very 50-50 for me: I can see all his qualities (and injury record which is fantastic compared to most of our players). I'm just not convinced he's the right player for what we need our pack to do going forward. Assuming Fus goes, we may still need 2 OS quota spots to bring that impact in physicality we need.

I agree Jim.
I see players like Gannon and McDonnell as our steady away consistent backrowers similar to Martin.
We need a Sironen/Fitzgibbon type backrower to compliment them.
If we do lose Martin and I wouldn`t be surprised if he goes back to the new team in the NRL and replace him with similar to the aforementioned I would be quite happy.

I'd be OK if we kept him, he's a good player, but not at any price and I think we could improve the pack with his quota spot.

I'm in agreement. Take away his goal kicking and I would be even less bothered.

We really could do with a big 2nd row to work alongside our more workmanlike other backrow options.

Cam Smith carts it up sometimes but I think a bigger back rower would take some pressure off the props - AND we need higher impact props. We have good workhorse options in Bentley and McDonnell.

Again, we are potentially very strong in the juniors at back row, there are probably three or four lads who look good enough for potential first graders to me, so we can afford to let a couple go and bring one OS player in for a year or two IMO.

Yep, I want a big 2nd row to take the pressure off the props a little.

He's a good player, and a world class goal kicker, but I wouldn't be breaking the bank to keep him.

Just need the props to go with a hard running backrower.