Re: Eastmond to Leeds what’s everybody thoughts : Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:34 pm  

Eastmond will actually be a young 31 too as he's missed so much through injury.....
Big gamble by us but we were desperate abs without a fit half for the season. Walker out fir season too, we had to do something.
Personally I think we'll see flashes of brilliance, but we'll be lucky to get 10 games out of him.
Signing generated plenty of interest though....
Ala Inglis.

Re: Eastmond to Leeds what’s everybody thoughts : Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:55 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

Turns out it made zero difference. Had added nothing and we won nothing.

Challenge Cup?

Re: Eastmond to Leeds what’s everybody thoughts : Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:52 pm  

I thought about the CC but I don’t recall him playing in the rounds.

Re: Eastmond to Leeds what’s everybody thoughts : Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:45 am  

meh

Re: Eastmond to Leeds what’s everybody thoughts : Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:36 pm  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

Interesting. Happen we'll be able to judge whether we missed out or not, when we tried to sign him some while ago.

In terms of financial risk, its probably less of a risk than when we were reportedly interested a few years back, he was supposed to be on around £400k per year at Wasps, so even with a 50%, then 75% exemption in his cap value, and with a lower salary in RL he still would have taken up a big chunk of cap with no guarantee of success.

I would think his salary demands would be lower now, presumably the interest wasn't as strong from RU this time around.

Adds a bit of intrigue to the season, be interesting to see how he goes.

Re: Eastmond to Leeds what’s everybody thoughts : Tue Mar 09, 2021 9:13 am  

Douglas Black wrote:

I want to know what that fella from Leeds who comes on here every time we make a signing and criticises it thinks.

I guess you mean me , i actually only ever criticised one signing you made so please do not make things up . To answer your question i am disapointed in the signing of Eastmond as i feel he has lost his pace which was a major thing in his locker , plus also he is injury prone , i guess with the injury situation we are in the club see it as a relatively cheap gamble on the salary cap .
Sorry for coming back on here as i said i would wait until you won a Grand Final before i did so , but i just wanted to put the record straight .
Good Luck and maybe it will be your year ! , although i feel Wigan and Saints are a fair way ahead of you and that bit more ahead of the rest .

Re: Eastmond to Leeds what’s everybody thoughts : Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:34 am  

No, it wasn't you.

Re: Eastmond to Leeds what’s everybody thoughts : Tue Mar 09, 2021 11:28 am  

Douglas Black wrote:

No, it wasn't you.

OK , Thanks

Re: Eastmond to Leeds what’s everybody thoughts : Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:46 am  

Might have been me, I criticised the Inglis signing, but secretly wish we had signed the great man!!

Re: Eastmond to Leeds what’s everybody thoughts : Fri Mar 12, 2021 2:46 pm  

No, not you either