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| Quote: christopher "Goudemand gone'"
Beat me to it.
Nice to see. Just really hope we have some good incoming
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| Goudemand not lacking in effort. Just not big or dynamic enough. Writing was on the wall when he couldn’t beat out Donaldson.
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| Yeah, that small middles mentality.
Like Donaldson etc would be OK as a hard working backrow in a big pack, just not a prop in a small pack
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| Goudemand gone. Another poor recruitment decision reversed. Well done Ian.
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| So Goudamand is the first to go, I doubt he'll be the last. I think Connor maybe Momorowski's replacement, centre is definitely his best position IMO. It's definitely a gamble, but I prefer this to Rapana
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| I think MOM will go apparently theyre homesick, I’ve got every sympathy as ive been through it
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| Quote: christopher "I think MOM will go apparently theyre homesick, I’ve got every sympathy as ive been through it'"
If they weren't homesick, I'm sure they will be soon when single digit temperatures and 7 hours of daylight kicks in. It can't be easy to adjust to.
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| Quote: Jack Burton "So Goudamand is the first to go, I doubt he'll be the last. I think Connor maybe Momorowski's replacement, centre is definitely his best position IMO. It's definitely a gamble, but I prefer this to Rapana'"
Yes agree with that. Arthur will sort him out. Wayne Bennett rated Connor too
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| If Connor does sign, it will take a major PR effort to address fan concerns. I remember boxing day 2005 when Barrie Mac welcomed Jamie Peacock to the club and did it well, especially as we had just lost the GF to the Dulls. JP had advantages in being a Leeds lad and a childhood Rhinos fan. Connor has way more baggage.
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| Quote: Trebor1 "Yes agree with that. Arthur will sort him out. Wayne Bennett rated Connor too'"
Interesting times ahead. If Connor was going to be signing one of three, I'd be very worried. If he's the first peice of a strategic chess manoeuvre that involves a number of players departing and some very good ones arriving, it could well pay off. What I will say about Connor is that in terms of pure talent he has more than any other member of our squad outside of Croft. History shows that he's never been able to apply it consistently. Arthur is obviously backing himself in that regard.
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| The way Arthur has set out pre-season may sway potential contract releases. If a contracted quota player thought they were heading home in October for say 8 weeks and that's become 3 to 4 weeks depending on their mindset that may influence giving up a final year of a contract. Its tough being away from home but that's what you sign up for. No way english players would be allowed 2 months off in the NRL off season
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| Connor is a classic Blease signing. This is exactly how Salford were built: good players who had gone through a poor or difficult spell in their career and were consequently relatively cheap vs their talent levels. That was then married to a coach who could bring them back to their best.
People had better get used to this. We knew how Blease operated when he was brought in, many or most of our signings will be like this - players with a good background signed at a discount for whatever reason.
BTW - If you need a nice talk from JJB or Barrie McDermott to soothe your hurt feelings about a new signing then you deserve the ridicule Leeds fans often get.
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| Peter Smith reporting that we are prepared to release other contracted players with the first signing likely to be an overseas middle forward. Says no deal has yet been done with Connor, although he doesn't exactly rule it out.
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| Quote: ArthurClues "Peter Smith reporting that we are prepared to release other contracted players with the first signing likely to be an overseas middle forward. Says no deal has yet been done with Connor, although he doesn't exactly rule it out.'"
I hope that’s not Bousquet incoming because he looks done to me.
The only exit that concerns me to date is Martin. Connor concerns me because in addition to all the listed issues , he now looks very slow to me. That’s not something Arthur can fix.
I thought his next move would be into the Championship.
As you said earlier we will have to see if this is part of a master plan.
My wider concern is that Blease is tasked by GH on doing all this on the cheap , (loss of Rhyse Martin).
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| Quote: Sir Gregory ParsloeP "My wider concern is that Blease is tasked by GH on doing all this on the cheap , (loss of Rhyse Martin).'" How much evidence do people need that Leeds don't do things "on the cheap"? The limiting factor is the salary cap, nothing else.
We've seen huge transfer fees paid, more than the rest of the league combined and with more potentially to come. We spend up to cap with multiple marquees and take advantage of every exemption to boost spend (e.g. the return of Ryan Hall).
Blease is tasked with getting the most out of the cap with a lot of players already contracted. There is no alternative to him cutting deals and trying to find bargains.
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