I would. Form is temporary and, although he can be a scrote on and off the pitch at times, he is pure class when playing well.

I wouldn't take him. . Imagine the destructive influence ZH and Bateman would have over impressionable players like Bailey and Sandow!

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but Leeds should have sold him in October, they'd have got double that.

Great player, best defensive fullback in the league for me, will go well in the NRL should he stay away from the Gold Coast.

If there is a position we don't need to cover right now it's fullback.

So are Ratchford and Russell, but neither is a destructive influence on the club they play for.

And Hardaker has been #### all season.

Why, what's be done this season to make you say that?

Frees up money for them to sign Bateman though

There had been rumours coming out of Leeds about Zac, obviously I'll not be posting them but it does lead me to believe there could be something in them...I thought they were complete nonsense at the time, they could still be that but it has made me think now.

Too much trouble for the money, methinks.

Interesting comment from Brian Noble on the Super League Show in that when Wigan were in a similar position they shelled out a world record fee for Stuart Fielden in the hope that he would lead them out of the mire. Could Leeds be hoping to bank in on a valuable asset in order to buy a player who will lead them around the park and start to get some wins? If so, who will they be targetting?

Possibly that he's only scored 1 try
Only assisted 2 tries
11th on the error count
48th on metres made (Matty Russell is 9th and he's been injured)

Wouldn't hold him responsible for all that. Tough job at fullback when your team have got a soft belly like Leeds have. Can't make running meters when yout picking the ball up on your own line time after time.

Strangely, Leeds have made the most carries in the league this year, just not making much ground with them, probably due to field position and the big men not being interested

Hardaker's fall from grace this year, in terms of form, is representative of Leeds plight. From MOS, he now finds himself shunted between full-back and wing in an attempt to wring whatever match winning talent he still possesses out of him.

In terms of the man himself, what would you get for £300K? A petulant, disruptive and unpredictable firebrand, with a hugely-inflated sense of self-worth.

Undeniably talented, but with more issues than a psychiatrists bookshelf and simply not worth the bother. He is the natural heir to the Gareth Hock estate, and Jeremy Kyle should prepare the DNA tests for them both, because there's a definite pattern emerging here.

If you're a supposedly top class player, I don't think it is enough to say that everyone else around you was poor - you have to take responsibility for effecting change. His body language has admittedly not been as bad as Watkins', but he has run him close when I have seen Leeds. I have no particular vendetta against him, just thought he was overhyped last year and it has shown this time around.

I don't expect that we would fit him in the cap and wouldn't want to to be honest. We have Russell, ratchford and hopefully in a few years Jack Johnson. I don't think he is worth that fee really and suspect that he probably wants to try the NRL as his preferred option.