Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 12, 2024 5:56 am  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

The bloke is a clown. Biggest bullshitter on social media and that's a crowded field.

He is, but thing these have some legs.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 12, 2024 7:27 am  

O’Connor is a good rugby player but he ain’t the specialist hooker we need. I’d be surprised if any of those 4 signed for us.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 12, 2024 8:02 am  

FC Callum wrote:

O’Connor is a good rugby player but he ain’t the specialist hooker we need. I’d be surprised if any of those 4 signed for us.

O`Connor fits into the way Smith wants his team to play.

He will lose the hooking role at Leeds when another coach replaces Smith.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 12, 2024 8:41 am  

Would take Satae back but as others have said, only if there is some movement regarding other quota players in that position.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 12, 2024 9:02 am  

Don't see why Satae would come back after 1 season.
If I remember rightly, he also went on big money.
If he has upped his fitness, can do longer minutes and we have another one maybe be two quota players leave. Then yes, I'd have him. Just don't see it.
O'Conner, not for me. I'd like someone a little more of an attacking style, leader and organiser.
Abdull, whilst he's a good player, again, l for me. I'm wanting someone more with speed and who can and will take the line on.
For me, we need to be going and getting a specialised 7 and 9, spend big. Whether it be overseas or closer to home.
Get an exciting 7 and 9, we have a really good start.
Then some strike centres (2) and back rower (1 possible 2) we will be looking much better and more like a play off side

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 12, 2024 9:18 am  

I'd be disappointed if we don't use at least 1/3 quota spots on a 7 or 9.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 12, 2024 9:26 am  

Offy86 wrote:

Don't see why Satae would come back after 1 season.
If I remember rightly, he also went on big money.
If he has upped his fitness, can do longer minutes and we have another one maybe be two quota players leave. Then yes, I'd have him. Just don't see it.
O'Conner, not for me. I'd like someone a little more of an attacking style, leader and organiser.
Abdull, whilst he's a good player, again, l for me. I'm wanting someone more with speed and who can and will take the line on.
For me, we need to be going and getting a specialised 7 and 9, spend big. Whether it be overseas or closer to home.
Get an exciting 7 and 9, we have a really good start.
Then some strike centres (2) and back rower (1 possible 2) we will be looking much better and more like a play off side

Might as well play Balmforth at hooker than sign O`Connor.

He would be a much cheaper option too, with regards to Salary Cap management.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 12, 2024 9:40 am  

Boss Hog wrote:

Might as well play Balmforth at hooker than sign O`Connor.

He would be a much cheaper option too, with regards to Salary Cap management.

I suspect Balmforth won't be here next year. Couldn't get a look in under Smith and now the same seems to be the case under Grix. Feels like something is going on there that we don'tt know about.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 12, 2024 9:43 am  

I don't understand the Balmforth situation.
I only ever hear really good things about him, on the few occasions I have seen him in the first team, he hasn't looked out of place, just needs more game time. There must be more to it surely.

Like Pele, I think give them some time and work with them, they'll be top class players.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sun May 12, 2024 10:05 am  

Dave K. wrote:

I'd be disappointed if we don't use at least 1/3 quota spots on a 7 or 9.

I agree. However, we are maybe seeing signs at the moment that our present reality is not proving to be a great draw for overseas recruitment. We might have money coming in and we might have ambition but we may find that we have to bide our time in certain areas. Whilst I don't agree with giddyup's proposal yesterday to play Cator as our 9 next year, we may find that these are the kind of scenarios we face in the short term so we can target better in the long term. As long as we don't panic buy and sign players for the sake of it or just because we have quota spots, that's the important bit.