Anyone think that we can be guilty of over recruiting? Chopping and changing every off season isn't going to let players build a relationship either on or off the field.



If you take Leeds & St Helens v Bradford & us for example.



The former only tend to bring in two maximum players in during the off season. With a similar amount leaving. Whereas Bradford tend to bring in 5 or 6 (as do most SL clubs probably). The reason i chose Bradford is 3-6 years a go they were competing on the big stage, whereas now they are doing even worse than us- thats saying something). I just feel the reason that ourself and Bradford are struggling is because of over recruitment. Bradford tend to bring in the better players from the weaker clubs, whereas we bring in smaller players (who have not really made it) at big clubs.



Is it time we maybe gave players more than a season and only bring in or two faces per year or are we doing it right?

how many players did we sign last off season?

2 wasnt it, Higham and Carvell

You know the answer, its two.



Plus the two we've brought in this year..wait for it..makes four.



How many did we bring in during 2005, 06, 07, 08?

agreed if we had kept basically the bulk of the 2004 team together, we could have won SL now

It's not like were doing what Chelsea done in football a few years back, it's a few improvements here and there, hardly a major overhaul.

The improvements were necessary to get us out of the zone we were in, 2003 just made the playoffs, 2004 just missed out. We had to make sure that over the next few years we were doing better than just hovering around the playoff zone.

We have hardly set the world alight with all these signings since 2004, have we?

Give Smith his dues since he has arrived we are a better outfit ... So let him continue to do his job and recruit who he wants too, If we need 4 more signings im sure Tony knows what to do.

WE HAVEN'T SET THE RL WORLD ALIGHT SINCE 1974 NEVER MIND 2004

to be honest i do not think we are a better outfit since Smith arrived.

Cullen had us up to 4th in the league we now sit at 9th which i think is just about where we were when Cullen took over all those years ago.

You could argue that we are actually going backwards. And we cannot blame Cullen he went nearly 18 months ago.

I said at the time the Club needs a massive clearout and it does not matter who is coach as long as Briers, Westwood, Monahan and 1 or 2 others are around then forget it.

Obviously with 14 teams in SL this year our position looks mid-table but last year with only 12 teams in SL, 9th would have been seen to be really bad.

Smith inherited a great young team at Leeds, he did'nt bring the likes of Burrows Maguire into the side they were in place already.

Remind me what he did at Huddersfield and in the World Cup last year!!!!

We should have stuck with Cull.