Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Sat Dec 09, 2023 9:45 pm  

Simmo71 wrote:

Walters would have been way down the pecking order in the second row.
Martin, McDonnell, Gannon and possibly even Bentley start ahead of him.
But he could have forced his way ahead of Sangare to be in the 4 prop rotation.
Hopefully Hudson can do that job now.

Better off without Walters if he insists on playing SR.
Be interesting to see how much game time he gets at Wigan.
Presumably he replaces KPP as first choice.
What squad number has he got?

Give over. He was easily your best Second rower. I get you are upset because he left but make stuff up to try and make yourself feel better

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:51 pm  

Martin or McDonnell were our best. Then Bentley and Gannon.

Walters looked best at prop but thats not where he wants to play and we have an abundance of Backrowers. That led to the lack of game time and contract issues.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:15 pm  

RobRiches wrote:

Give over. He was easily your best Second rower. I get you are upset because he left but make stuff up to try and make yourself feel better

He didn’t play second row for 90% + of games for us last season.

James Macdonnell was our best Second Rower.

I’m not particularly upset he’s left, it happens.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:27 am  

I wouldn't even bite, Christopher.

He changes his user name and which club he supports on a regular basis to make himself feel better. And what he knows about the sport would just about fill the back of a postage stamp.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:00 am  

To say Bentley was better than Walters is just not true, even though Walters barley played backrow, he was still miles better than Bentley when he did.

Bentley was atrocious last season, and bar a few games in the run to the grand final, has been a complete liability since he joined, getting himself knocked unconscious while giving a stupid penalty away pretty much sums him up.

Resigning him was the only real negative in a really good offseason imo. Mcdonnell is a far better version of the same type of player

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:05 am  

RobRiches wrote:

Give over. He was easily your best Second rower. I get you are upset because he left but make stuff up to try and make yourself feel better

Much happier with McDonnell.
Cheers.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:42 am  

Ackers has solved our 9 issue for the next couple of seasons hopefully, but we still have question marks over where / if O’Connor and Johnson fit in.

Clearly our back row is overstocked and in terms of quality I think two of Gannon Martin and McDonnell would be my pick. There will be some competition this year for who is retained going forward.

Hudson is a complete wildcard, but his pedigree is good and if he responds to the Leeds environment he could be the extra prop we need.

Excited to see Simpson and one of two other young outside backs come through.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:37 pm  

I could still see Gannon developing into a prop if he fills out a bit more.
As per Peacock and Morley.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:32 pm  

christopher wrote:

He didn’t play second row for 90% + of games for us last season.

James Macdonnell was our best Second Rower.

I’m not particularly upset he’s left, it happens.

Serious question who in your opinion will be an international first Our best 2nd rower in your opinion McDonnell or Walters? Also if you put McDonnell in front of Martin, who will score more points in his employment than McDonnell ever will I really don't get the hype.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:16 pm  

Erm, McDonnell is already an International player, he played for Ireland at the last World Cup.