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The culture hung around a small group of players dominated by two of them - neither of which are still with the club.



The ethos of basing the team on home grown players with a sprinkling of quality British and overseas players seems to have gone out of the window as somebody has pointed out Leeds could field a whole pack of overseas players.



This is not the club it was when the likes of Sinfield McGuire Burrow JJB first emerged its a much bigger beast - it needs to evolve to the next level if it is to remain at the forefront of the RL in this country for another extended period

im disappointed with you sal as id thought that you would have learn't from the knee jerking that you did when you said that peacock was finished in 2011 and shouldn't be offered a new contract?



or is this just a personal vendetta and dislike of yours of our most successful coach in history?

Did he say that? Or have you just made that up as a vendetta? Pretty sure it was another poster.

Overseas players 2016 = 7

Overseas players 2004 = 7



IIRC we have 14 homegrown players in our squad this year



We played 10 homegrown players in the 2004 Grand Final.

If our full squad was fit our first 17 would include at least 8 homegrown players.



I don't see what the big deal is.

I have no issues with McDermott - I just think all good things come to an end. Whilst we have won a heap of trophies I think the club on a playing side should be in a better position than it is. In that respect he reminds me of Noble and his legacy at Bradford.



Having a team half full of overseas players is not what the recent success of this great club was built on. It simply isn't sustainable. McDermott appears to have little interest in the structures below the first team and that cannot be good for the long term.

Jonesy's still have that sig i see





Call me Mystic Meg if you like but i think I'm just hitting the time frame i set myself

Because 3 of those homegrown players played in the 2004 final - so it suggests we have only developed 5 players of real quality since 2004. That is what the big deal is

But it comes back to the old lack of opportunities doesn't it? how can a mass of young kids have had a decent gateway to the first team when it is already chock full of internationals in their prime? that has been the major issue since 2003/4



And i know you will come back with the fact that we have signed a few average overseas players in recent times that have blocked the pathway through but you also have to take into account the club is still ambitious, it wants to compete for silverware right now still, it's a balancing act.McDermott wouldn't last two minutes if he was filling the team with half the academy, look at the melt down right now after a few wayward results early in a season after winning the lot!

ward and sutcliffe would have probably been involved without their injurues, though maybe at the expense of keinhorst, walters. off the top of my head also smith and burgess and probably others won silverware with us.. The ethos hasnt changed, circumstances have though. Top quality talent isnt available in the way it was, also its harder for a youngster to come in and hold a place when the incumbent player has been key in your recent successful seasons

love my sig yed













not yet you haven't yed as no trophies have been handed out this season,you're just fortunate that 7 games into the season that we are struggling at the moment.

even if we don't win anything in this transitional season for our club, i hardly think that we will be turning into a side in decline like the bulls,

although admittedly we will be mediocre by our own very high standards if we don't win anything, but will still be the envy of most



since your post in 2011 we have lost 2 challenge cup finals and also won 2 challenge cup finals

we have won 3 grand finals

won the league leaders shield

won 1 world club challenge and also lost 2 world club challenges

in 2015 we won the domestic treble

quite an impressive achievement wouldn't you say in a salary capped sport?





wolves on the other hand have completely bottled 2 grand finals

one against a lowly 5th placed side

and the other after holding a 14 point lead against wigan before eventually losing by 14 points



won 1 challenge cup final when you stuffed us

won 1 league leaders shield

finished as a mid table mediocre side in 2015 and were 8 points off the play off semi finals



i have loved the light hearted banter over the years though yed and i hope it carries on

I think the melt down is as much about the manner of the defeats as it is about the results. Perhaps if the youth development program had been better he would not need to sign the likes of Garbutt, Delanney, Falloon and Galloway? We have signed these players because we don't have the quality coming through and I agree the club needs to remain competitive.