suprised nobody has mentioned deacs! he was so instrumental in his two years at wigan, after he left bradford had nobody to organise them and move them around the pitch

we didnt the last couple of years he was here either though. Difference is his last couple of years here he was playing behind a pack with little go forward giving him no space to work in. when he moved to wigan he got that space which allowed him to play to level we know hes capable off.

Sam Burgess

Think peacock was the biggest loss for you. Quality player and one of our better signing in recent years.

But would agree with you I always liked big Joe for you, met him a few time as well massive bloke and nice guy as well

Worrincy - easiest question ever. I can't believe some people are asking otherwise.

If I was being pedantic I'd point out Peacock left 6 years ago, but I'm not so I won't.

I think the biggest loss to the club was the communal loss of common sense when they received the 'Odsal settlement' money from the council.

If we're just talking about people, I'd say Peter Deakin. For me, playerwise, it's JP for what he has been and what he still is, and Sam for what he is and his potential for the future.

Yep. A coincidence that we won nothing last year when he was injured, and when he returned to full fitness we became champions again?

Peacock helps provide the platform for the rest of the team to do the fancy stuff. I'm still not convinced he'd make a big difference to the Bulls right now given the dearth in quality in other positions, but I reckon there would be fewer hammerings and more closely edged wins with him in the team.

Well the biggest loss that had the biggest impact was the Harris case, if only we'd have one we may had had a few extra coppers lying about.

Player wise it's got to be JP
Noble you could argue spent big and rode on a crest..maybe from the other managers and the team was definitely stale at the end of his tenure

If we look where we are now (skint) and you could have one person back from those 5 years, i don't think many people wouldn't go for JP.

about 8000 full price paying up fans!

Please dont shoot me down in flames for this but..................for me matt orford, the only reason i say this is as he was in the side with as much mediocrity as we have now he led us round the field and we were performing, since his injury (and subsequent dissapearance) the permormances have gone.

Dont get me wrong i love JP and what he did for us but could we honestly say in the financial state we are in he could single handedly drag the poential out of this team and put on individual match winning plays, im not so sure.

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Burgess was a loss but hardly relevant in terms of ambition is it? He really wanted to go to the NRL, just like Ellis (who Leeds have struggled to replace) and Luke Burgess.

You can't blame anyone for wanting to play at the highest level and that is the NRL,though I'm far from sure this was initially any sort of 'lifetime ambition' of any the Burgess brothers. It was after Sam went on tour there and was (obviously) 'tapped up' that the 'ambition' first surfaced, and as I say you can't blame the lad for having his head turned when (what's his name?) the big Aussie film star came calling. To be honest I think George and Luke just went on the back of Sam going rather than any long held 'ambition'; more a case of the opportunity presenting itself than anything else.