Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Nov 27, 2019 11:58 am  

FWIW I wouldn’t rush into replacing Merrin, give Ward the captaincy and 13 spot Martin the first SR place and have Mellor, Donaldson, Sutcliffe, Walters and Smith fighting for the second SR place

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:05 pm  

christopher wrote:

Just having a look on Twitter seems Prior is a done deal, signed for 3 years.

Im also pretty sure Merrin will go, whilst I appreciate family comes first he’s really messed us around IMO he should have just stayed in Aus rather than coming back and making statements about how committed he is

Hope we have not signed Prior on top money.He is nothing special and not the tackle busting prop we need.
Probably says it all if he cannot get a team in the NRL

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:11 pm  

christopher wrote:

FWIW I wouldn’t rush into replacing Merrin, give Ward the captaincy and 13 spot Martin the first SR place and have Mellor, Donaldson, Sutcliffe, Walters and Smith fighting for the second SR place

I agree it might be best to wait mid season than just making a signing for the sake of it.Who ever we sign needs to be top quality.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:12 pm  

STEVENM1000 wrote:

Hope we have not signed Prior on top money.He is nothing special and not the tackle busting prop we need.
Probably says it all if he cannot get a team in the NRL

I'll admit I don't know that much about him as I don't follow the NRL very closely anymore but let's give him a chance before writing him off

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:20 pm  

christopher wrote:

I'll admit I don't know that much about him as I don't follow the NRL very closely anymore but let's give him a chance before writing him off

He makes a valid point Prior isnt worth top money and imo 3yrs is too long.
We still need a replacement for Merrin now and thayt has to be where the marquee Money goes imo.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:23 pm  

sharky64 wrote:

Wow, I’m glad you ain’t picking the squad as we would definitely be relegated. A winger is required but not as much as the pack. I’ve heard that Merrin is definitely going and we are looking around, which personally I’m fuming about because we won’t get any fee, we are mugs sometimes. We need to replace him with a leader and either a prop or second rower.

Agreed. The pack is hardly well covered

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:27 pm  

RHINO-MARK wrote:

He makes a valid point Prior isnt worth top money and imo 3yrs is too long.
We still need a replacement for Merrin now and thayt has to be where the marquee Money goes imo.

We may not be able to get a replacement for Merrin now though, unless the club have someone lined up from when he looked like not coming back.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:31 pm  

As it stands, I would like two props and a winger and if possible to release Myler, however, I suspect Myler will stay and we shall only sign Prior.

If Merrin goes, I'd expect prior as well as a marquee replacement for Merrin. As already mentioned, Merrin does need replacing but we can't rush into it otherwise, we will end up with a poor alternative on silly money.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:55 pm  

Just listened to the JD interview with Agar. Sounds like Merrin to St George is definitely on the cards, the clubs have held talks, but will only happen if we find an adequate replacement, we wont be leaving our selves short.

I didnt get the impression Prior was the replacement either, but it would be in addition to him.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:59 pm  

Trebor1 wrote:

Agreed. The pack is hardly well covered

The whole squad us hardly well covered.

Getting quality backs is just as important as forwards. No good having lots of grunt if you have nobody to score the tries, and visa versa.

This is Leeds biggest problem, we lack quality and/or are light in numbers across the park.

Add to that we look to be losing our captain then we seem to have gone backwards from where we finished the season, despite the club's undoubted best efforts.

I hope sinny has a number of signings up his sleeve.