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| Perhaps it would be a good omen to restart this thread before it goes to 4 figures...
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| Depressingly, on page 1 of this thread people are lamenting Holroyd getting injured and how light our bench and forward pack are (Agar era). You'd think someone at the club would have had the sense to address these persistent failings by now. Supporting Leeds sure does feel like living in a time warp.
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| Yup.
It's been an issue since peacock / Kylie/ etc left. We never really got a pack that worked how a pack should.
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| Quote: Exeter Rhino "Depressingly, on page 1 of this thread people are lamenting Holroyd getting injured and how light our bench and forward pack are (Agar era). You'd think someone at the club would have had the sense to address these persistent failings by now. Supporting Leeds sure does feel like living in a time warp.'"
Good spot, that was Jan 22 and we had Mik, Prior and Tetevano so better quality back then. Albeit, Prior did hit the wall that year but he had to do too much work , similar to Mik now.
Only upside is I’m sure Blease and Arthur are as intelligent as us lot on here
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| Apparently Liam Byrne is being shopped around by Wigan. Would he be a good option as a solid, but not spectacular type front rower? Could replace Sangare and Goudemand in the pecking order.
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| Quote: exiledrhino "Apparently Liam Byrne is being shopped around by Wigan. Would he be a good option as a solid, but not spectacular type front rower? Could replace Sangare and Goudemand in the pecking order.'"
Not seen that, but if true it's a no brainer. In order to fill the gaps in the squad we are going to need to recruit a quality SL player. He fits that bill, and in the right position.
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| I quite like Liam Byrne tough no nonsense prop, not sure Wigan fans will be that bothered to see him go though seems to get a bit of stick on their forum
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| Quote: ArthurClues "Not seen that, but if true it's a no brainer. In order to fill the gaps in the squad we are going to need to recruit a quality SL player. He fits that bill, and in the right position.'"
For all signings the question for us has fundamentally changed. Being better than what we have just isn't enough, and tbh not that difficult in many positions. Signings need to materially improve us, from day one. Not saying Byrne doesn't fit this bill, just that we need to significantly raise the bar in terms of quality we're looking for.
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| Quote: YosemiteSam "For all signings the question for us has fundamentally changed. Being better than what we have just isn't enough, and tbh not that difficult in many positions. Signings need to materially improve us, from day one. Not saying Byrne doesn't fit this bill, just that we need to significantly raise the bar in terms of quality we're looking for.'"
Agree, but we can't fix the holes in the squad just from the NRL. That means an English player, and likely a prop or a second rower. There's not a lot to pick from, as everybody is desperate to keep their talent. If we signed a Byrne and then added extra quality in the quota spots we could improve significantly.
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| Quote: ArthurClues "Agree, but we can't fix the holes in the squad just from the NRL. That means an English player, and likely a prop or a second rower. There's not a lot to pick from, as everybody is desperate to keep their talent. If we signed a Byrne and then added extra quality in the quota spots we could improve significantly.'"
Don't disagree at all. For me, every signing we make needs to give us that step change in quality. We have a good crop of juniors coming through so we don't need to make the sort of project type signing we've made in the very recent past.
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| Quote: YosemiteSam "Don't disagree at all. For me, every signing we make needs to give us that step change in quality. We have a good crop of juniors coming through so we don't need to make the sort of project type signing we've made in the very recent past.'"
Can't afford anymore projects. I know Eseh had his fans on here, but I just don't see a quality prop there. Byrne on the other hand, is a good player. Wigan have loads of props, and they'll need to look at upping Nsemba's deal in order to fend off NRL interest. There could be something in it.
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| Byrne should be playing more regularly and would be a good signing for any of the mid-table teams.
Depends if he wants the daily nightmare of the M62 or would rather avoid and stay closer to home at Leigh or Salford.
He would be a good addition for us, as long as we get a big NRL prop as well.
Goudemand and Sangare should be offloaded.
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| Quote: exiledrhino "Apparently Liam Byrne is being shopped around by Wigan. Would he be a good option as a solid, but not spectacular type front rower? Could replace Sangare and Goudemand in the pecking order.'"
If he's not enough for Wigan he's not good enough for us the guy is tough for sure but he's a penalty machine with it.
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| We're not talking about signing a bunch of cast offs. Just maybe one prop who is better than at least two of our current options, possibly three as I think we need to upgrade Lisone as soon as practical as well. We've also got Holroyd, who may or may not ever play a full season at a decent standard. I have no problem with signing an experienced SL prop as a squad player - far better than another Hudson or Warren.
Obviously its important that we seriously upgrade where we can. That has to be the quota players. Get them right and we'll improve a lot, get it wrong and we'll be mid table for a while yet. But we need better squad options as well.
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| Quote: RAPIDO "If he's not enough for Wigan he's not good enough for us the guy is tough for sure but he's a penalty machine with it.'"
Correct , we need to be matching Wigan not buying their 6th best prop
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