iiF Handley wants to play full back let him do it at another club. One of the poorest wingers in my time following the club since the mid- sixties ,never mind full back

Why do I need to look in the mirror im perfectly happy with my job and the work I produce and if I make mistakes I hold my hand up, unlike Smith nowhere in that interview does he take any responsibility, and you are like a retired headmaster who can't wait to pick people's opinion apart with your IM MORE SUPERIOR than you just like christopher.

Wish I was retired, but sadly I have a few more years to go. Look, this is a forum where people are free to debate and discuss differing points of views. If you find my opinion offensive, just block me. It's easily done. If not, be prepared to hear my what I think, which will frequently be different to what you think.

Absolute bollo% Handley is one of the best wingers in super league , but a full back he is not

Craig effin Harrison is a bloody agent not an rl coach

Didn’t Joel Moon want to play stand off and Mac gave in and gave him the 6 jumper the following season? Look how that turned out

he was a bang average 6 but had people like burrow, mcguire and parcell in key positions around him

Look on the bright side! We're still the 2nd best team in Yorkshire!

now this is an outside view looking in, but could anyone there actually say that with a straight face considering you've got 30 something ex halfback richie myler filling in at fb ? like agar filled in as temp coach?

Myler is one of our better performers and the last in any firing line. Hes also much better as a FB where as its not suited Handley.

he has been yes. think time is slowly catching up with him though

Agree. He is one of our better performers week in week out. Sadly, that says a lot about the genuine dearth of quality at the club. He wouldn't be picked as a full back at Saints, Wigan, Wire or Catalans and he'd be nowhere near the halves.

Hes reliable and the best option we have but that's it.

He is one of our few attacking threats but only from Full Back

The heart and brain are there fir the most part. Just age catching up with him and tbh we need top class in the majority of spine positions.
O'C and Smith are doing well and time is on their side.
Austin and Sezar have been poor ,a few halves aside.
Myler has done well enough at FB.

That's still a poor spine compared to the top 3-4 teams

Myler is the best of the 1,6 7 at full back, but has flaws in some parts of his game compared to the best. His passing is excellent but running out of defence is weak and he's not a great defender. Austin can be very good, but just as often not, and Sezer could be good but just seems to only have a crack every now and then. Its hard to imagine a less inspiring set actually. Not one of them is a player I'd go out of my way to watch.

Just how I see it too, if they didn’t already play for Leeds, we wouldn’t be looking to sign them.

If you're totally honest out of our whole playing squad who is International standard? If you compare this with past teams it's not great and pretty much sums up where we are.

You could put up a decent argument for no one!

Don't think I'd take anybody from this current squad and put them in the first 17 from 10 years ago, and we were already on the decline at that point.

Where we are now is due to a doomed strategy of allowing good players to leave, and replacing them with worse ones (or not replacing them at all).

If you replace when you are at the top not only can you offer them a happier team to join, but also prize money isn't on the cap, so you can pay the same, or less then your rivals and still be competitive with the money you offer.

Have we really let go of many good players?

That boats long sailed. The only chance we have now is to build from within, and have long term plans…..

You are totally on the money we are as a rugby club only as as good as the league table suggests that is the bottom line and for a club the size of Leeds it isn't good enough but it's reality,Leigh and Salford should be commended for their progress and they are proof that good teams aren't about money just togetherness something our lot should learn from.

We have the chance to genuinely improve the squad this off-season. We're lacking real quality and it will take years to develop internally (also no guarantee we'll develop stars in key positions despite investing in youth). This feels more like a 1997 style opportunity to revamp the squad by bringing in some players who will lift standards. Just like 1997 it will take money - both salaries and potentially fees. If we go cheap and cheerful I really don't think it will help (that Newcastle forward Fitzgibbon that's been mentioned is an utterly average NRL forward who will be solid but not much more).

When the Golden Generation came through they were supported by real quality from outside the club. The current crop of kids need the same.

Leigh are not about money?!?!?
They spent a fortune to get out of the Championship.
Fair enough, it's worked out and they're doing very well.
But it was totally down to money.