Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:20 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

Ryan Hall is comfortably the smartest of the former players to be offered a role with the club. He’s a very strong candidate to take over from GH after a couple of years learning the ropes.

He's going into the commercial team.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:20 pm  

Backwoodsman wrote:

Roberts is an average super league player, not that safe under the high ball. Doesn’t do many tackle busts. Another pound shop bargain basement signing.

Was always meant as a cheap back up for Newman to stop us needing to shift Martin around imo

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:41 pm  

As Geordie Rhino points out ,some of the former players its puzzling what their actual role is ? particularly JJB. I spent a good few years trying to figure out what Jason Davidson's role at the club was ? Ryan Hall is an intelligent ,smart lad anyway, he will do well

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:22 pm  

FGB wrote:

He's going into the commercial team.

That makes more sense as you cannot just walk into a CEO role without some experience I would have thought.
Do we still have JP and McDermott at the club?
And if so doing what?

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:15 pm  

FGB wrote:

He's going into the commercial team.

I’d imagine he will do a bit of a tour over 2-3 years to check he’s suitable before he moves up.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:43 am  

George King is avaliable from HKR, surely the kind of experience, steady prop we should be after? By no means a world beater, but would certainly be an improvement on Sangare and Goudemand, and would be a good mentor to Holroyd and Mik.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:46 am  

I'm happy to see Hall back at the club. It's hard because the Goldens had great success on the field, but of course apart from being mentally tough and fit, not all their skills translate into the world of admin/business.

I actually thought Sinfield made some garbage recruitment decisions when he was in charge. It's really hard to establish who actually pulls the strings at Leeds though with GH still in there.

I'd like to see Danny Mags back in some capacity in the coaching set-up, I think he's respected and again very smart tactically.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:50 am  

exiledrhino wrote:

George King is avaliable from HKR, surely the kind of experience, steady prop we should be after? By no means a world beater, but would certainly be an improvement on Sangare and Goudemand, and would be a good mentor to Holroyd and Mik.

Yeah I'm not sure on King myself. You're absolutely right he could add some consistency, but a) why are one of our competitors looking to let him go, and are we now just continuing to sign other team's cast-offs? b) could the salary for him be better used towards a more ambitious signing?

Not sure. I would have been more excited had we got Eseh and/or Okoro to be honest.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:55 am  

KaeruJim wrote:

Yeah I'm not sure on King myself. You're absolutely right he could add some consistency, but a) why are one of our competitors looking to let him go, and are we now just continuing to sign other team's cast-offs? b) could the salary for him be better used towards a more ambitious signing?

Not sure. I would have been more excited had we got Eseh and/or Okoro to be honest.

You're right in that Eseh or Okoro are better long terms prospects. My worry is that our front row is either too young/inexperienced or too lightweight. Someone like King is a good size, and coming into his prime years. I had assumed they were letting him go to make cap space for JWH.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:23 am  

We've recruited very poorly over the last few years in the front row you have to say. We've some promising young players in that department but we've been lacking for a while in that department. Rohan imo has messed up there as i thought he would have put that right by now (to be fair the coaches before him made bigger errors but i'm surprised Rohan hasn't managed to sort).