Re: TV games (not Wire) : Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:16 pm  

easyWire wrote:

So what’s the deal with Leeming? If Clark chases a better contract than we can offer, is Kruise worth a punt?

I promote from within starting with Walker.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:08 pm  

easyWire wrote:

So what’s the deal with Leeming? If Clark chases a better contract than we can offer, is Kruise worth a punt?

Word going about is he is off to North Queensland, Wigan would like him also.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:53 pm  

karetaker wrote:

Word going about is he is off to North Queensland, Wigan would like him also.

I suppose there is logic in it, to think he may have a contract ‘get out’ clause if a NRL team come in for him. Would explain how he could get an immediate release.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Fri Mar 17, 2023 8:21 am  

I remember watching Leeming & Dwyer tear us & others apart last year. When I watch O'Connor & Bentley shovelling the ball out without too much threat I think ... why?

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Fri Mar 17, 2023 8:49 am  

easyWire wrote:

So what’s the deal with Leeming? If Clark chases a better contract than we can offer, is Kruise worth a punt?

I don't rate Leeming at all, we would be far better off just sticking with walker and giving an academy player a chance to deputise IMO.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:05 am  

CW8 wrote:

I don't rate Leeming at all, we would be far better off just sticking with walker and giving an academy player a chance to deputise IMO.

There’s obviously some sort of attitude issue in the background too. I can’t see Leeds just releasing him without slapping a transfer fee on his head, unless they really wanted rid of him asap.

I thought he had looked one of their better players the last couple of years, but then again they’ve generally looked a poor team anyway (despite the surprise grand final appearance).

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:28 am  

Well this is turning into a basket case of a season. I know it’s early days but the results… how do you go from beating Saints away to losing to a Cas team that looked forlorn?
Is the changing room at Leeds more fractured than at Cas?
Having said all that both teams looked disjointed and both sets of halves looked lost me they had never played with their partners before.
I’m afraid both Widdop and Austin’s best days are well behind them.
Ps when is a 40/20 not a 40/20? When it’s kicked on Cas’s postage stamp of a pitch.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:08 am  

That wasn't a great game. Cas showed more desire, which was the difference.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:50 am  

Smiffy27 wrote:

I remember watching Leeming & Dwyer tear us & others apart last year. When I watch O'Connor & Bentley shovelling the ball out without too much threat I think ... why?

Let's be honest, it really wasn't difficult to tear us apart last season!

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:58 am  

Re Austin and Widdop. You can argue Widdop has proven himself at the top level consistently over his NRL career. He’s just not able to steer a team on his own these days.

I don’t think Austin was ever more than a flash in the pan. He had some amazing footwork in his first few months with us that seemed to set him apart as a real x-factor player. But it fizzled out to nothing, even alongside Widdop.

The Austin-Sezer pairing must be the most overrated combination in Super League history (and that’s saying something coming from a Warrington fan). The media keep reminding us of their time together at Canberra, but if they were really that great why were they promptly shipped out?