Re: Rhyse Martin Out 2025 : Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:31 pm  

Seth wrote:

Maybe Martin wants to go because he sees more potential to achieve success with a club that appears to have better direction of where it wants to go on the field

Maybe he wants to leave because he wasn't happy about the way that R. Smith was forced out of the club by a handful of fans? Ultimately it is pure speculation unless the player comes out with a clear statement.

Re: Rhyse Martin Out 2025 : Mon Aug 12, 2024 7:07 pm  

redmuzza wrote:

"Such as HKR"...take your rose tinted glasses off

I could have said such as Wigan , St Helens or Warrington . Stop being so defensive , it should have been taken as a compliment .

Re: Rhyse Martin Out 2025 : Mon Aug 12, 2024 7:09 pm  

Exeter Rhino wrote:

Maybe he wants to leave because he wasn't happy about the way that R. Smith was forced out of the club by a handful of fans? Ultimately it is pure speculation unless the player comes out with a clear statement.

Pity the fans could not force Smith out earlier

Re: Rhyse Martin Out 2025 : Mon Aug 12, 2024 7:12 pm  

Exeter Rhino wrote:

Maybe he wants to leave because he wasn't happy about the way that R. Smith was forced out of the club by a handful of fans? Ultimately it is pure speculation unless the player comes out with a clear statement.

Not sure it was only a handful of Fans that forced Smith out and more the pity it did not happen sooner

Re: Rhyse Martin Out 2025 : Mon Aug 12, 2024 7:18 pm  

Exeter Rhino wrote:

Maybe he wants to leave because he wasn't happy about the way that R. Smith was forced out of the club by a handful of fans? Ultimately it is pure speculation unless the player comes out with a clear statement.

Interesting timing to post this. RS forced himself out of the club by guiding the team to abject failure on the field, thank goodness he did leave and we now have a good coach for however long that may be. The players seem to be responding better to Arthur than they did smith so they're probably not too gutted

Re: Rhyse Martin Out 2025 : Mon Aug 12, 2024 8:51 pm  

Seth wrote:

The players seem to be responding better to Arthur than they did smith so they're probably not too gutted

It's still early days yet, who knows whether the players will continue to respond to Arthur in a couple of years, assuming he can be pinned down (I hope he stays by the way). Yet despite the new regime it is disconcerting that Martin wants to go to HKR (it would feel better if we had an exciting replacement quota forward lined up).

N.B. Arthur needs to make the GF to match up to Smith's first run of games in charge - ideally he'll go one better and win it.

Re: Rhyse Martin Out 2025 : Mon Aug 12, 2024 9:39 pm  

Hopefully, though Smith could have done him the courtesy of buggering off sooner to give Arthur the same amount of time he had. Has he then got to try reinvent the game and spectacularly screw the team up in the process to reach RS dizzy heights of achievement

Re: Rhyse Martin Out 2025 : Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:18 am  

my dad said never argue with an idiot. they drag you down to there level and beat you on experience

Re: Rhyse Martin Out 2025 : Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:44 am  

Exeter Rhino wrote:

Maybe he wants to leave because he wasn't happy about the way that R. Smith was forced out of the club by a handful of fans? Ultimately it is pure speculation unless the player comes out with a clear statement.

I would think money would be the main reason why Martin may be leaving, players have a relatively short career and a lot finish up with long term ailments when they retire. So make hay while the sun shines, he has been brilliant for us, best of luck to him. As for Smith forced out the club by a handful of fans? Your definition of small number may differ to the vast majority of fans. He was sacked because he was a failure, the senior management at the club sacked him not the fans. No doubt the management looked at the league table, plus the woeful on the field performances and thought we have had enough of this shambles. Not forgetting some of the dud players we are saddled with.

Re: Rhyse Martin Out 2025 : Tue Aug 13, 2024 1:07 pm  

FWIW I was not seriously suggesting Martin wants out because of Smith's departure. I'm just not convinced that the supposedly increased prospect of winning trophies at HKR is the main incentive either. It is all speculation really, but we don't have to automatically pick the reason that puts Leeds in a bad light.