[url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/rugby_league/2908004/Girls-whistle-at-the-boys.htmlLee Smith available for 60k[/url

Seeing as we're discussion our options at Centre, could Lee Smith possibly do a job?

Couldn't pay for his kit bag, let alone the contract!

please god no, id rather have cyril smith!

If Wire get smith they might want to off load a centre (to help them stay under the cap).

Now you're getting the idea!

You're Jeremy Thorpe, and I claim my £5

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Re: Smith, no thanks

Leeds are missing him in my opinion.

Smith went down South for less money than the Rhinos were offering. He wanted to be with his girlfriend who was an ex-emerdale actress and was moving to London for work.
Looks like one of them is enjoying the South more than the other.

King

Yeah - we're a bit low on the 'interesting hairstyles-ometer'!

Rumour has it Kev Penny is off to Widnes with Smith replacing him on Penny's current salary with a review at the end of the season. Ideal replacement for Chris Hicks who is likely to retire at the end of the season and can also cover FB and cntre at a push.

Personally would be disappointed if Penny went - you can't coach his speed or ability to take the defence in the outside but Smith has pedigree at the highest level and will allow us to use Hicks' quote place in another area next season.

Lee smith is a good SL player and he is proven in SL.....for £60,000 i think we should be making every effort going to sign him because he can only add strength to the gleeson/blanch wing...coincidently an area where we get cut to ribbons on a regular basis. weve done alright financially out of the brough deal so lets see some of he money put directly back into the team!

Is the 60 000 just to get him out of the RU contract then he needs a contract which won't be cheap???

Don't even think it - we've got what we've got for now in Gledhill / Cooke and Kirmond. There is no money left for player recruitment right now!

i was under the impression that Newton's wage was used to pay for Cooke's and probably most of Gledhill's wage and Hudds were paying the majority of Kirmond's? We can't of got that much money off Hudds then if we don't have any money free! Or am i wrong?

think we probably have to face facts that the crowds have come in to our income projections again!

It's not just crowds - sponsorship is very hard to come by and the actual cash even harder!

ah!

so therefore what we have is what we have got for this season?

mmm we sure dont need a lot of injuries then!

Backs to the wall - love it!

Think it's the same at every club this season.The injury list @ Leeds proves that point. The financial position out there is probably more severe than last year for many companies. So there's no miracle cure on the horizon.Anyone who can field a relatively experienced 17 every week will stand a chance.
We will have the odd hic-ups here and there but we do posess a group of players that cover most bases and our kids have also tasted a fair amount of game time to have confidence in them.

if true its bloody bad business we have lost Newton and Brough who must have being on big money i like the Gledhill signing but we now need a top class scrum half and a decent hooker
Cooke and Kirmond are poor signings when you look at who we have lost

We have lost our 2 best play makers and replaced them with players who will not dictate or turn a game

I get what you're saying, but it's never that straight forward - is it.

If Brough was on that much money, he surely would have stayed.

Was told at begining of the week he's heading back to Leeds................................by a loiner, we shall see!!!!

Fail to see how Newton can be classed as one of our two best playmakers!