I completely agree with you, but we also have to accept that all these kind of players will already be contracted to other clubs. The best we can hope for is some kind of fall-out between a player of this calibre and his club that gives us the chance to step in. Otherwise, it's simply not going to happen. The Charlie Leaeno's of this world are that's left to choose from, and that's not something people can blame the club/board for. They've tried to put an attractive team together, but have ultimately been undone by the players themselves. As I've said before, I have a lot of sympathy for those running the club when this kind of thing happens. All that effort for nothing. I'm sure they're gutted too.

Bit like Brough was and Tronc.

But it doesnt seem to stop over clubs getting the players they want.

Thats where i disagree.
The club were well aware of the situation with Brough well before the season started and had no contingency plan.The club sold Brough,our most creative ,inventive and valuable player --- nobody forced them to.And the fact they choose to conduct this transaction in the early stages of the season was beyond a joke.

TBH ,i get bored of people constantly defending the club/board and claiming were the victims and its never the boards fault.

Brough,Tronc,Southernwood,all departed - The club wont accept any blame.

Brough transfer deal -- Cracking deal that was - some amount of money and a player recovering from injury on loan,oh and Korki as well.But the club would have us believe it was a cracking deal!!!!!

Our club have been blaming others for years and never accept responsibility when they cock up.Even going back to the dark days of the CVA,the board tried to blame it all on Pearman for getting us into a financial mess --- had the club never heard of due diligence.

The truth is,the club have money to spend,but as always will hide behind the reasoning that their is no one "available" of the right quality to sign,and the money will just disappear down the plug hole,pretty much like our season will do.

I can't stand the burden of guilt any longer.
It's all my fault...... well, nearly.
Newton was his own decision and his alone.
Tronc was clearly the fault of Sandal Cat.
but everything else...

After the Leeds game I used a pic of Brough as my desktop background, it also helped scare the kids away from my laptop. Result = he leaves

Changed the background to pics of the stadium plans. Result = sudden rush of objections.

After 5 years of trying, finally got an internet connection (of sorts) in the house so that I can follow live scores and attempt to listen to the radio. Result = not won a game since.

Booked a ticket for Wembley and a flight to the UK in time for the semis. Result = knocked out in the first round.

At least there'll be only one home game to endure after I get back on 27th July

I've already doused myself in petrol and await my inevitable fate

In all seriousness though. I know it looks bleak at the moment, and it's fans' job to overreact to results, but we really only need 7 wins out of 16 to get in the top 8. We may have a lean month or so with the injuries and awaiting a possible additional prop, but I still think that's achievable and as a minimal target, finishing above cassss would do me now

never felt so bad after watching trin,its getting where its upsetting me going. we were poor in that first half yesterday,no idea at all. the middle looks quite secure but out wide same old story teams can go through at will its pathetic and its not improving. i wouldnt mind losing if we played some decent stuff but its dull,dull,dull. unless we get a sugar daddy,then im resigned to the fact we are NEVER going to win anything again but entertainment this is not.

I've had that feeling since about 1969! At my age, time is desperatley running out!

Now that's a good one - and perhaps the club could / should have kept the lid on Pearman more at the time, but that's not going to change the current situation, is it?

You are giving the club stick for the sale of Brough. At the time they still had hopes of getting Danny to sign a new deal - he didn't / wouldn't (probably because he'd already agreed to go elsewhere), so the club scouted around for the best available resource, identified that in Cooke and brought him to the club.

At the same time the only 'saleable' part of the deal was the balance of Danny's contract - around 6 month - and, given the poor financial position we were / are in, it was felt - on balance - that it was better to have the cash now, rather than a promise of nothing for tomorrow. I guarantee that over 95% of us would have done the same deal with full knowledge of the circumstances.

JK's job now is to make a side out of what we have got. Some may say it's the sow's ear, but I don't buy it. I think we are taking time to adapt and that in the meantime we are playing without confidence. When a side loses confidence they miss tackles; take wrong decisions and generally exert a negative body language, but this is not time to throw the baby out with the bath water. The club are looking at all available options - they had an option on a well known forward, only to be frustrated by the requirement for visa's (despite him already playing in SL) - but we are now at the stage when recruitment is underway for next season, never mind this, so we may just have to be patient.

As we've seen with both Quins and Salford, it is possible to pull yourselves together. I maintain that we have better squads than both of those 2, plus Cas / Crusaders. We are also on a par with HKR and Catalans - so I still see us in a battle for 8th - once we find confidence and form once more.

Oh, and as for the Stadium issue - it's simple - we get a stadium and the rest is worth working on - we don't, and it won't matter what else we're doing. That's not to say that I don't agree that we need to look after the playing side - I've always advocated the fact that there is no point in building a stadium if we don't build the club sufficiently to fit it, but the first focus - and probably the one that has 'distracted' some at the club - is the stadium, and time will prove that this is the right focus for the club in the long term!

he played in the pre season friendly against us and looked class.