Veiw from thekennel if anyones interested. www.thekennel.net.au/forum/showt ... hp?t=81405

Veiw from thekennel if anyones interested. www.thekennel.net.au/forum/showt ... hp?t=81405

Quote ="Harrigan"Veiw from thekennel if anyones interested. www.thekennel.net.au/forum/showt ... hp?t=81405'" A good read that

Quote ="Harrigan"Veiw from thekennel if anyones interested. www.thekennel.net.au/forum/showt ... hp?t=81405'" A good read that

Well I have just learned a new word

its funny how so many foreign FOOTBALL AND RUGBY UNION players from argentina to AUSTRALIA to Zimbabwe etc manage to make careers in the UK as professionals,with a foreign langauage to overcome and even bigger culture changes. .......Hmmmm......................

Just a comment to seth, if it weren't for the 'one-eyed' supporters there would be no such thing as professional sport. I bemoan people who only seem to care about their club and not the sport in general, but if I'm honest I'll admit its the very same 'biased know-nowts' who keep each and every pro club afloat. And it seems odd coming on a club forum and having a go at said people.....

As for Eastwood, he was lukewarm about coming over in the first place which he did purely for money. Due to his own f*ck ups he got delayed and discovered he liked living and playing in Sydney and basically never wanted to come. I suspect Leeds knew this but hoped that once he came over and started to bond with the team etc he'd change his mind - or at least happily see out his contract. The injuries have obviously not helped, but to be honest a lot of what I've seen and read from him comes across as self-obsessed and worse self-pitying.

GH is doing the right thing by refusing to let him go without some form of compensation. We may not end up getting anything like what they've asked for, but at the very least it will put a hiccup in Eastwood's return to Oz. The issue isn't the money at all, its telling the Dogs (and everyone else including Eastwood) that Leeds are not a soft touch.

On replacements, I don't see how we can sign any Aussie at all given quota issues as I thought half the reason for going for Eastwood was the fact he was somehow exempt. I'd rather we fork out for an English player in any event, and a prop at that.

Under the new regulations Eastwood, regardless of parentage or passport status should still be included in the 'Overseas Trained' quota and as such if he is eventually 'released' by the club that will at the same time free a quota spot even if they are in short supply, which I doubt is the case. As recently discussed on here, it's quite likely that Leeds still have room on their quota for 2011 due to the blanket exemptions introduced after the new quota rules were introduced.

That said I hope Leeds stay at home while sourcing a replacement if one is even deemed necessary by the club.

Greg Eastwood - the new Iestyn Harris, a greedy player who does not understand the concept of "contract" but thinks he understands the concept of "loads-a-money" - and then misses his mummy.

There are hard lessons to be learned in life, he will/should have been advised by his agent what life away from home would be like, if he wasn't then his agent is also a money-grabbing sod with no regard for his client, well Greg, here is one of those hard lessons, you signed a contract for reward, you're happy to take that reward so now you have to honour the contract, quit the blubbing about missing your mummy, get your head down and get on with the contract - lots of us have had to do the same when we were younger than you are now and we learned all about our character when we did so, running away from a problem isn't going to help you in your life at all, not one bit.

BTW, the other problem with a replacement for Eastwood for next year is availability - there simply won't be many quality NRL forwards available now.

How is that any different to other overseas players who have come to Leeds in the past?

Oh, it's not.



Oh dear.



Are you going to line them up and say that to their aces?

Regards
RhinoNeil

GUFFAW

Plenty more for Seth to have a go at on here when he comes back to have a look. Not just me after all.





I have a go at these people but as you all well know it's an online persona and not really meant.

I think Seth is actually serious though.

Nail. Hit. Head.

How much has the Australian Dollar exchange rate changed in the last 8 months?

Homesick! Remember they made a big thing of his father being from Huddersfield originally and he had "lots" of family there.

Quote ="Harrigan"Veiw from thekennel if anyones interested. www.thekennel.net.au/forum/showt ... hp?t=81405'" I'd pmsl if he ended up somewhere else.

Quote ="Harrigan"Veiw from thekennel if anyones interested. www.thekennel.net.au/forum/showt ... hp?t=81405'" I'd pmsl if he ended up somewhere else.

Sweetheart, I don't find it necessary to qualify what I'm writing to you. Believe as little or as much as makes your laptop happy.



Is this where the "whoooooosh" begins?


Am I? What basis do you have for that wild assumption?



There's nothing slips past your beady eyes is there Poirot?



Absolutely. But then he is playing in a pish poor team as opposed to a champion one. Which part of that are you personally struggling with?



Would you prefer that to happen at the airport or when they are having their family reunion?

full credit to the $200k man Buderus

Least he "man'd up" through his troubles last season

What troubles?

NOT AGAIN.............







He was "homesick" and being wooed by Newcastle for a triumphant return to help them out of the mire.

Are Eastwoods family in Sydney? I thought they were from Auckland.

I think you are getting him mixed up with Alan Shearer.

Full credit then

You heartless get






aww i cant stay mad at you

I doubt whether any club in Aus will pay £100k.

The ball's in eastwood's court: will his alleged homesickness outweigh his alleged greed to a point where he buys himself out of his contract?

He'll go and play Rugby Union

Couldn't care less if they do as long as they pay us the £100k