Season ticket sales are like the chicken and the egg, people won't buy whilst we continue to leak our best players and we can't sign players because people won't buy season tickets. One of the two has to give and it'll have to be the club I reckon.

This has been rumoured for ages even before the season ended, you would have hoped we've been planning for this for a while now and have some good news lined up.

Don't blame Heath and nobody can question his contribution whilst he was here.

Gutted at Heath leaving i always thought the the team played better with him on the field, really liked the bloke. Good luck back in Oz mate.

I'm more bothered that a rhino fan announced this!!!

Don't like the sound of Diskin being first choice with O'Brien/Conroy as a replacement from the bench. We are going to really miss L'Estrange.

Agree heath has been a great clubman, I am not sad to see him go too much logic when you take away the sentiment, valuable quota spot, two promising young hookers add in addy and sammut for cover and you have less need for an expensive quota spot.
I say thanks for everything heath all the best to you and family.
If a decent player comes up in a position we are not as blessed in, i.e. prop. I like our first choice four but with injuries/suspensions we could definitely do with more for the year.

That's two down of the senior players our esteemed leader has got rid of now, wonder if he can get shut of the last two in the nick of time before this gale blows over.

We maybe need to remember that Diskin played the second half of last season whilst carrying injuries which affected his mobility, this should have been sorted by now and hopefully, by the first kick off, he'll be pretty much back up to speed. Obviously it would have been better if Heath had stayed but it's not desperation time by any means.

You have to worry whether Diskin is up to a full SL season now without picking up a few knocks and missing some games. That leaves a lot of pressure on young O'Brien and whilst I am pleased he looks like he will be getting more game time next year it might be a bit too much to ask.

If we go into 2014 without recruiting another hooker I reckon it'll be because we failed to land our replacement. I'm fairly certain they have at least been in talks with a potential new hooker.

TBH, although I'm sad to see him go, I'm glad at least one of the players leaving is leaving for a good reason other than having agents in his ear telling him he's a superstar or other idiotic reasonings.

But the club are now desperately in need of additional players. We had a lightweight squad last year and it's just as light, if not lighter this year.

If Hardaker and McShane are going spare at Leeds, then I'd happily take them as Cummins says he wants competition for places and both of those players would add that to the team as well as Hardaker adding some strike power to the back line

Of course, the last time we got a hooker from Leeds who was at the beginning of his career, he turned out alright!

I always liked the look of McShane. When he actually played for Leeds he looked really good. It surprised me that constantly started Burrow there then putting Sinfield there :/ Don't get me wrong Burrow did a cracking job for them but McShane is an out and out 9.

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Well i am waiting for my apologies he told me this bla bla bla. Good club man bla bla bla the lad broke a code of honour that stands with all men. When things are going bad you stick together not run off and back stab those around you. Anyways each to their own opinions. Told you Aldo xx

Except that you're attempts are portraying L'Estrange as some sort of judas are so far off the mark that it's not even funny.

Unlike Whitehead and Bateman, L'Estrange has not left because someone has told him he's a superstar and should move to another club so that person can get a cut of his sign on fees. He's stayed in Oz to raise his daughter. You know, looking to provide the best upbringing he can for his new family.

The fact is most people already knew Heath's decision before you came on here as it was the reason for Diskin getting a contract extension.