Well we might as well with the amount of ancient forwards we're going to have in the squad next year.

Rhinos tempt Barrie McDermott out of retirement?

It looks like after this great succesful period we going to have anotherb 1980s-90s

Ritchie Spedding? Now we have the cap space?

Lowes is going to be announced as Buderus' replacement. He meets the present recruiting criteria of has beens, at the expense of youth.



Best start looking for a new club now Liam .... The present CEO and coaching staff prefer to have youth grow ever more discontented and / or ship them off to Wakefield or Harlequins ...

To be fair, you're generally more discontent than the youth themselves.



How's the Hardaker For Prop campaign coming on?

So I take it you're happy with the current recruiting ( Kirke, Lleualai, Webb ... And the piece de la resistance, Snore ) ... ?

Depends what else we do. I think Moore's a decent (and very under-rated) player, and provided it's not as well as Griffin, and thus leaves room for Kyle Amor to come back, I'm not unhappy with it. Happy with Kylie and Webb, you can't have a whole team of youths and props are notoriously better with age and we have a very young back 5 as it is. Kirke I would not have re-signed but you can't win them all.



I reserve judgement on this year's recruitment until I've seen what happens with new centres and possibly hookers. So far so meh.

steve pitchford a great leeds player,just retired from knaresborough wmc and now living in scarborough allways has time to talk to anybody about his rugby days

Go on then, who should Leeds have targetted that other teams have already signed for 2012?



Talk me through your valuable insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the alternatives.



Don't just sit in the back seat complaining about how the bus is being driven - take your turn behind the steering wheel.

Who's rattled your cage ? Ask me nicely and I MIGHT do





( actually it's more a case of why sign Kirke when you have the superior and younger Ambler; Lleuali when you have the superior and younger Amor; Webb when you have the superior and younger BJB ...and finally effectively swap Llauititi out of the squad for the inferior - yet with no age advantage - Moore ? )

Is it a possiblility. that this is all about the ability to have a few shocking games?



Amor, and Ambler. Two young lads. IF, IF, they have a game against say Wakey, and they get smashed to pieces by say... Korky.



What does that do to their confidence? Do they shy away from serious confrontation for a while? Do they need some confidence putting back by playing in the Academy again for a bit? Do they need taking off to let an old bugger take the heat off?



The olduns, they can have a stinker and it doesn't phase them. Temperament, and durability of resolve. Something the younguns learn from them.



BJB? Well, we saw what happened to Mathers when he had a few poor games, and Smith. Confidence suffers, performance suffers. But they had one of the Wigan greats to mop up for them, and bring them on.



God forbid we had all the eggs in the basket of youth and they turned out not to be of sufficient quality.



No, old dogs and young pups, blended together.

Every time.