Peacock was the biggest loss he was all for staying but they said they were unable to offer him any more money as there was nothing spare in the pot (salary cap I guess). A few weeks later the signing of Harris was announced, as such Peacock had been lied to felt betrayed and took the offer he had from Leeds. I'm sure your right that been a Leeds lad and fan it wasn't a massive hardship for him but he never insisted he wanted to finish his career at Leeds and had the right offer been made would have been more than happy to stop with us.

There's little doubt we'd welcome them back with open arms right now..

Actually, I don't think we "let Wardle go", it was more a matter of being outbid when his contract came up for renewal.

They shouldn't let it get to that point IMO.

Outbid that old chestnut again. The offer to him was abysmal Giants offered him a fair amount not tried to take him on the cheap.

This, also it would have been cheaper to have made him a decent offer and kept him given the increasing importance of home-grown rules.

Of all the departures, I think letting Ferres go was the biggest mistake.

I'll defer to you as you seem to have intimate knowledge of their contracts.