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Ramroddings, after I helps you with your teeths HOW DARE YOUS insulting me, King Dada Idi Amin. I is not carings for your lycras benchings or your degrees in your locals polytechnicals. Pleases retract your comments, or I will be foreced to withdraw the medical helps we are offering you here in Kampala.

Apologies, I have ley myself down, I will place more old shoes and clothes in the collection bag for 3rd World Countries this week so you can drive round in your jeeps dressed in designer labels.

Pssst. Primark isn't a designer label.

It says Promark on them anyways.

It has to be, where else could you buy a full outfit for £9, bloody scandolous prices.

FWIW, Sam (Bullseye, not Burgess) has made an interesting analogy to Leeds when they lost Morley. Things looked bleak then but on reflection the seeds of the current success had already been sown. Fair?

Whilst i can see the similarities i'd say we were left with a stronger squad than the current bulls one imo.

Add to the fact we saw the emergence of sinfield into a 1st team regular closely followed by mcguire,burrow,mathers,walker etc etc.

I guess time will tell how the re-build goes at your place but i personally would start with ditching mcnamara and his staff!!

I've heard Donaldson compaared to Sinfield. And I think people forget how far behind Leeds appeared in 2001.

mcnamara has already done that last part

I've no idea because it all depends upon what you have coming through the ranks.



Do you have a crop of players about to play regular 1st team or 1 year away from the first team to match the following ;-



Sinfield, JJB, Diskin, Ward, Chev Walker, Bailey, Calderwood, Mathers, McGuire, Burrow



IIRC we lost Morley after the 2001 season. By 2003 we were a very close 2nd to your all conquering team with all of the above plus some astute signings being regulars in the team. the next year we kicked on to the start of our current halcyon era.



I don't think we'd reached as low as 8th though so you have a bit more to climb.



Personally, I hope Bullseye is right and I hope things pick up for you again, very quickly. Whilst I always gain pleasure from Leeds victories over the old foe I gain no pleasure from seeing Sl's pioneers languishing the way you are at the moment.

Donaldson certainly reminds me of a young Sinfield. He's got plenty of skill, seems to read the game like a more experienced player and isn't overawed at all by plyaing with bigger names.



As for the rest young Whitehead has come though and looks like he's got a lot of potential. As for the rest I'd say they're a bit further off but the likes of Lilycrop, Hellewell, the Burgess twins and others are going to break through in the coming year or two.



However we'll struggle until they do unless we bring in some astute signings.



I remember Leeds getting stuffed by us in 2001 at VP. 62-18 IIRC. It looked bad for Leeds when they lost Morley but they were on the brink of bringing through some great young players. I feel we may be in the same boat in 2010.