Are you able to qualify if that is real quality by our standards or real quality by anyone else's standards?

This is embarrassing and has given me yet another reason not to get a Season Ticket next year. I'll just pick a few games this year after the rubbish we were served this year and with all these crap signings over the off-season.

Even the quote "Harlequins have a great reputation for developing young players into Super League players" suggests Ben Jones doesn't think he is up to standard yet. Which would be fine, but not when you have a large chunk of the squad in a similar position.

The only proven Super League player we have signed is Oli Wilkes. I'm also concerned about Wilkes. He has not been a particularly consistently good player throughout his whole career and jumped from club to club. Yes he had a good season last year, but he is also not getting any younger. I have a horrible feeling he could well have peaked. Would like to be proved wrong.

Carmont?

Bet it's another Leeds Academy player

Probability - high.

I think this quote perfectly sums up the complete cloud of woe which has hung over our club since June this year.

Do I not like that!

Have heard its one of the best young players in country be patient guys days away

Intriguing, although this could mean anything!

I'm curious why one of the best young players in the land would come to us over a northern club, especially given our woeful on field performance.

I dearly hope it is a back... preferably an outside back or half back. Scott Moore on loan seems the most likely case, as I believe he can play half back. There is a hole there, both Dorn, Orr and Gale are best (in my opinion) at 6 - i.e.second receiver. We're already packed to the rafters with hookers.

Ben Jones-Bishop would have been nicer.



SL site thinks that's who we've got.

I'm not sure how long a contract normally lasts for, but
1) this is a young kid, so lots of playing years ahead of him
2) Quins have been watching him a while
3) they believe he's good enough

So why only give a one year contract?

It doesn't exactly say, "we really believe in you" does it?