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He is mate. Let's hope it's got some truth in it. Desperately need some quality in the back row as you will see on Sunday!

Tbf, we brought in Allgood for Justin Poore and he even managed a few more games than Poore had. Eventually Tilse came in for Weyman, but he had a spell out injured too. The jury still has to be out on them (they have decent NRL pedigrees fwiw), but we desperately need more from them in 2016.



The 'if they were any good, why would they sign for you?' argument can be used for almost any signing made by a bottom-half club - and there's some truth to it, which is why the same teams dominate year in year out. Another, no more palatable, scenario is that Leeds seem happy to use the rest of RL as their farm system - they were monitoring (not just watching, but bringing in for tests etc.) Hunslet and Featherstone players last year (including Minns) who'd previously been on their books. The RFL fined them £2000 (half suspended) - that'll show 'em, eh?

That's the challenge the less wealthy and successful clubs have to overcome if they want to displace the top teams and have their own turn doing the same thing.

Even though it hasn't happened yet, and Hull FC [icould[/i finally start to shake off their sleeping bridesmaid tag, there is already a sad poignancy to the optimism surrounding your club's latest golden generation. Law of averages is that some won't make it at SL level, and then the best of those that do will be creamed off by more successful teams over here, or perhaps richer ones in the NRL. Better having them than not, of course, to have taken that first step - but the obstacles remain dispiritingly large.

Still there's more to following a team than silverware - enjoy the wins as they come and keep hoping that one year, just maybe...

Your one year just maybe I used to think like that back in the 60s and then it all came good we won just about ever thing that was going and all the cups you had to win in the league, then so yes it will happen again i just hope i live to see it I hope it is swings and roundabouts

All good points you make I hope this U23s takes off and grows that will be our youngsters best chance to break into the first team that's why Leeds don't want to take part they have there finger in too many pies , if it does not take off then we both may have to look at a joint u23 team and enter the lower league's it pains me to say that but we have to find a pathway for kids to devolve expecting the majority to come straight from the 19s set up is quite unrealistic for the vast majority good luck with injuries this season no one wants to see teams best players on the side lines and if your going sunday have a great afternoon but not to great

Apparently Mitch's ancestors loved haggis!