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Confirmed. Blake Austin to Leeds : Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:40 am  
Confirmed. Blake Austin to Leeds on a one year deal after the end of the current season.
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Re: Confirmed. Blake Austin to Leeds : Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:48 am  
Well let's make the most of him at loose forward when widdop returns...
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Re: Confirmed. Blake Austin to Leeds : Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:57 am  
Be interesting to see how he fits in with Sezer and Gale already under contract for 2022, my guess is he's signed a one year deal try try and take Gale's spot for 2023.
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Re: Confirmed. Blake Austin to Leeds : Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:28 am  
Not bothered about him going but you just know he'll get MotM in his first game against us.
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Re: Confirmed. Blake Austin to Leeds : Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:42 am  
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Not bothered about him going but you just know he'll get MotM in his first game against us.

Well if our players can’t spot his “step” then they should resign in embarrassment.
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Re: Confirmed. Blake Austin to Leeds : Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:43 am  
Austin leaving can only be a positive - it basically confirms that Widdop is staying, doesn't it?
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Re: Confirmed. Blake Austin to Leeds : Wed Aug 04, 2021 11:00 am  
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Austin leaving can only be a positive - it basically confirms that Widdop is staying, doesn't it?


That's been nailed on all year. He still has another year on his contract. Austin was always going to be going this year. Especially when the news of both trueman and then Williams started to emerge.

As far as I know. Someone may correct me trueman still has not signed a new contract at cas beyond the end of next year. He enters his last season and becomes eligible for a tree transfer after the end of next year. Cas have rejected 3 big offers for trueman from us. But with trueman not signing that cas extension. It maybe worth us holding out till he is a free agent.

2022 will be a Williams and widdop half back partnership with 2023 possibly being a Williams and trueman partnership.
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Re: Confirmed. Blake Austin to Leeds : Wed Aug 04, 2021 11:26 am  
Well, I'm sure you've all been extremely pleased with my absence and have enjoyed a break for my doom-mongery and 'glass half empty' persona, but that has now come to an end.

After a year of whatever furlough means, I'm back in the office. And because I'm not a huge fan of the whole "let's all be best mates at work and socialise" I've decided to return sporadically. In order to offer my rugby wisdom and insight.

This is the news I've been Waiting for. As Good as Blake is and the talent and skillset he undoubtedly possesses, he just isn't that good. He isn't an organiser, he's lazy, his defence is questionable, his kicking game is average and predictable, his running game (Which is is strongest feature) has become predictable, which ties in with my point about his laziness.

His first half of the season in which he arrived had us all thinking he was going to be our saviour. however, we just haven't seen anything like that form since his injury at Catalan.

He's on an absolute wedge an all but were not really seeing any consistent performances to warrant it. So, all in all, good news all round for the Wire. We're cutting loose some deadwood (I know he's at the end of his contract but by not offering him a new deal we're cutting ties and letting him go) and signed a better replacement in Williams.

Blake will 100% rip us to shreds when we play Leeds, but if the Leeds fans are happy with that being his one big game a season, then I'm happy for us to facilitate that.

If Blake put half as much effort into his Warrington Career, as he did with his image on Instagram, then he'd be unplayable. However, he doesn't; so he's not.
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Re: Confirmed. Blake Austin to Leeds : Wed Aug 04, 2021 11:56 am  
I agree with a lot of what you say there but don't think it's an issue with his effort or attitude, I think he's a limited player and after those first few months, other teams worked out how to negate his strengths and he wasn't as effective after that.

It is a good move for him though. With Austin, Myler and Dwyer, Richard Agar is starting to assemble a Wire team capable of winning a Grand Final.
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Re: Confirmed. Blake Austin to Leeds : Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:02 pm  
Does this leave us with only Matautia as a contracted quota player for next year ?
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