I've always been relatively impressed by Gale & thought he stood up well in an obviously uninspiring Quins side. A quick look at his stats confirms he misses a lot of tackles but it is obvious he makes far more than most as well. Some of his other stats are very impressive considering Quins position. He has future hooker written all over him if he sorts out his defence.

The Quins fans don't seem to be too upset about his departure, and it does appear he's more of a 6 than a 7

Is that a blindside or an openside flanker to Quins fans?

I am delighted with this news.

If you wanted to be purely negative, Luke has missed 58 tackles this season, which is the fourth highest in all Super League, and has made 41 errors, which is the most in Super League by a long margin plus has given away 14 penalties.

That averages out at five unwanted outcomes per game.

If you wanted to be purely positive, Luke has played every game this season and I think also every minute of every game, whilst he was world class in the first five games when Quins beat Catalans, Crusaders, St Helens and Leeds in 4 out of the first 5 games. He makes a respectable 6 kicks a game and about 17/18 tackles which is very good workrate for a stand off, plus he has scored 8 tries and 63 goals in a poor side.

I can't help thinking that he might be yet another players who Quins have released to Bradford whom is well under six feet tall, quick but not lightning fast and a little suspect defensively, however he has potential but less so than Dan Sarginson.

Sarginson looks to have some real potential from what I have seen. Can we have him too please?

Was wondering about DS - will he get tapped up? Has he been already?

Undecided about this signing. Obviously there aren't alot of half-backs available, also even if world class HB's are available, they probably wouldn't want to come to a side that hasn't reached the play-offs for the last 2 seasons and looking like making it 3.

His defence is a big concern, as are the number of errors he makes. I'd say probably Herbert is on his way. I feel Gale offers more in attack than Herbert, but the two are uncomparable in defence. Unfortuantely for Herbert, he counts on the overseas quota which counts massively against him.

What we need now is a nasty, explosive prop and i would maybe leave that as my recruitment unless any stars come available. Some people have mentioned Herbert been a ball-playing loose,i like the idea, some fans have shot it down though, maybe Potter could test the theory when Briggs comes back at the end of the season of 6.Briggs 7. Jefferies 13. Herbert. For his size, Herbets one of the best tacklers in the team.

I feel terribly underwhelmed tbh.

If it's a straight choice between Gale and Herbert, id have kept Herby. Hard to see where he fits in now.

Do most people feel Herbert is a scrum half or stand off? If hes a stand off then this shouldnt really effect him.

Comes down to a couple of things. He's the only one of the 4 OOC, he uses a quota spot and he may not want to stay anyway.

I think Herbert compliments Gale more than Briggs does and is the better player now his kicking game has improved. Its that quota spot though and whether we have other options for it.

With Briggs, maybe we loan him out, maybe he moves on as he realises he's down the pecking order or his salary is low enough that we deal with it for a year.

Thought Gale was Quins biggest threat when we played them. Started the season strongly but faded with the rest of the team but a halfback will always struggle behind a beaten pack.

People are asking whether he's a stand off or scrum half? To me, if you need to ask the question then they're a stand off. We really need a commanding scrum half to guide the team around the field but not sure Gale is it.

Personally, I don't think we look in any better shape after this signing unless Herbert's quota spot is to be used more effectively elsewhere.

that pretty much sums it up for me at moment. everyones seems to be assuming briggs will be ready for SL next year and its deffo herbert on his way. Imo we can use all of gale,herbert,jeffries and briggs in squad. Gives us competition for places and proper injury cover for both halves without having to play people like kearney out of position.

Can't really say whether its a good signing or not until we see the bigger picture in terms of who else we're bringing in.

If it were a straight swap herbert for gale then IMO its a downgrade. Their pretty much equal in terms of attack but gale is worse defensively (And poor defense has been our big problem this year). But the downgrade is offset by freeing a quota spot so potentially improving the overall team if the quota spot is used well in another key area. Until we see all the signings we cant really judge whether it strengthens or weakens us.

Underwhelming signing. Unfortunately the sort of level that many others have been for the past 6 years. Obviously we can't afford any better and we're a lower table club now so will find it hard to get any proven players.

His stats are a very mixed bag. I'm not expecting great things, I hope to be proved wrong about him.