Quote: Tony Soprano "From what I can remember most loan signings from Leeds have been met with pretty much the same reaction as the matty Russell one has today.'"
I disagree, the reaction to a few was mixed, along with a growing resentment/realisation that it was always Leeds players and they'd jump our own youth in the pecking order.
Quote: Tony Soprano "What's the most games a Leeds player has played for hull and who did the stop coming through.'"
Don't see how that makes a difference. The point is, if we tried our own players it gives us the potential long term gain of a SL standard player for several years, by continually blooding yours instead it's only ever a short term fix as any that make the grade will most likely be kept by you even if we wanted them (Scruton and McShane prime examples). Far less possibility to gain from our point of view.
Quote: Tony Soprano "Leeds have just brought Lunt in on loan and sent hood out to dewsbury, why couldn't hull do that?'"
Can't answer that one. It was yet another strange tactic of the previous regime not to send out our players on loan to develop, if they wanted that they had to specifically ask (like Craig Hall). Otherwise they'd happily be left to rot in the reserves that was no longer enough of a challenge. Thankfully, we now seem to have changed this approach.