No one can deny that regardless of any other recruitment decisions made by him that he pulled off arguably the most crucial in Leeds' history by nabbing Sinfield.

You do wonder how things would've gone had he ended up at Warrington or Wigan though? Warrington still sold key players around that time in Sculthorpe and Harris so he may well have moved on from them anyway. As for Wigan would he have had to play 2nd fiddle behind Farrell for too long?

I think that's the optimist side, not necessarily inaccurate though. Would need a long term investment of serious money, certainly more than Caddick is prepared to spend.

As Juan says top level Union may be entertaining but one of the major probs for tykes/Carnegie is the complete lack of it from the games I have seen over past few seasons. They will never attract decent crowds without a decent brand of rugby, it may work down south but we expect more for our money up here.

Maybe there's an Odsal move on the cards for Carnegie.

If marketed correctly, the immense undercurrent of RU supporters of Yorkshire will flock in their droves.

Not sure Headingley was the best place to build up the social side of the game either. Play there by all means once crowds have grown but 3 or 4k just made the place seem bleak. A startling contrast with, say, Newcastle who have also struggled for crowds at times but whose smaller ground is somehow much more welcoming.