Re: Hardaker benched for 80 mins today : Sun Jul 17, 2016 1:57 pm  

tenerifeRhino wrote:

Zak could easily walk into most starting line ups in the NRL

High quality delusion there I'm afraid.

Hardaker on his form from last year would have had a chance. The 2016 Hardaker wouldn't walk into any side in the NRL, let alone most of them. He was hardly in the top half dozen full-backs in SL before he left.

He's got no options now other than to come back to Leeds with his tail between his legs. There isn't an NRL club will be prepared to meet Leeds's valuation for a player not even guaranteed to make it into first grade. Leeds won't want to sell him to another SL club

Re: Hardaker benched for 80 mins today : Sun Jul 17, 2016 2:10 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

High quality delusion there I'm afraid.

Hardaker on his form from last year would have had a chance. The 2016 Hardaker wouldn't walk into any side in the NRL, let alone most of them. He was hardly in the top half dozen full-backs in SL before he left.

He's got no options now other than to come back to Leeds with his tail between his legs. There isn't an NRL club will be prepared to meet Leeds's valuation for a player not even guaranteed to make it into first grade. Leeds won't want to sell him to another SL club

Leeds may not want to sell him, but ultimately the decision will be down to Zak whether he comes back.He may want a fresh start;I seem to remember that we had first dabs on a returning Mr Harris after he went to yawnion, but that did not materialize and the Leeds club benefited thankfully.He may just move on for a nominal fee

Re: Hardaker benched for 80 mins today : Sun Jul 17, 2016 2:35 pm  

Can't compare it to the Harris situation. Zak is only on loan, and like others have said it looks like he may well be back with us. The only NRL sides I can see maybe being interested are the Knights and the Titans.

Re: Hardaker benched for 80 mins today : Sun Jul 17, 2016 2:38 pm  

Dwayne Dibley wrote:

Leeds may not want to sell him, but ultimately the decision will be down to Zak whether he comes back.He may want a fresh start;I seem to remember that we had first dabs on a returning Mr Harris after he went to yawnion, but that did not materialize and the Leeds club benefited thankfully.He may just move on for a nominal fee

This is the truth of it. His stock has gone down and IF Zak is not interested in playing for Leeds again GH will be left with a high salary earner doing nothing.No club is going to pay that fee knowing the situation so he will more than likely just be released from his contract.

Re: Hardaker benched for 80 mins today : Sun Jul 17, 2016 3:08 pm  

Barrie's Glass Eye wrote:

Can't compare it to the Harris situation. Zak is only on loan, and like others have said it looks like he may well be back with us. The only NRL sides I can see maybe being interested are the Knights and the Titans.

You can if Zak doesn't want to come back. Harris did not want to come back also. TBH I would like him to come back because I think being exposed to NRL defensive drills and patterns he will probably come back an improved player.But that's without knowing the facts why he left in the first place.

Re: Hardaker benched for 80 mins today : Sun Jul 17, 2016 3:12 pm  

I don't think it's a case of him not being interested in playing for Leeds. If the NRL is a no go then I think we'd be the first club he wants to play for in SL. He's obviously been tempted by the bright lights of the NRL and used some off field issue to help make it happen.

But bored of his Jeremy Kyle personal life and it doesn't help Leeds. If he's coming back to Leeds he'll obviously get the FB shirt and Sutcliffe reverts back to the halves, if not then we give it to Sutcliffe and we need to find more cover for the halves.

It's like the problem child in a class carrying on that causes all the attention to be focused on him and the rest of the class suffers as a consequence.......still it won't be the fault of Zak 'Ballotelli' Hardaker we'll hear.

Re: Hardaker benched for 80 mins today : Sun Jul 17, 2016 3:18 pm  

I read an quote from Hardaker saying if it doesn't work out in the NRL this season then he'll be back at Leeds.
In hindsight he has gone at the worst possible time. His personal life in disarray, and his form, and confidence totally shot.

Re: Hardaker benched for 80 mins today : Sun Jul 17, 2016 4:07 pm  

I think Hardaker will be back at Leeds in 2017. Which will make an interesting and tough decision to make re Sutcliffe as he's looked good at full back.

Re: Hardaker benched for 80 mins today : Sun Jul 17, 2016 4:26 pm  

Him wrote:

I think Hardaker will be back at Leeds in 2017. Which will make an interesting and tough decision to make re Sutcliffe as he's looked good at full back.

And also probably spells the end of Ashton Golding's Leeds career.

Re: Hardaker benched for 80 mins today : Sun Jul 17, 2016 5:17 pm  

Personally never thought Golding would make it as a fullback anyway, there seems to have been another change recently back to bigger stronger fullbacks, who still posses a passing game.

He could maybe make it in the halves, as I believe he played junior rugby there, but that imo would take time and a full season in that position at least to learn. Didn't he sign a new deal recently?