Zak Hardacre

[Jughead]

3 hours ago, ShropshireBull said:

Only feels like Wigan here who´ve been shafted but he´s off the cap so givesa them options too. 

Why? Wigan were, I imagine, not going to offer him a new deal and I doubt he’d have signed one anyway. Bevan French is now injury free and has three or four games under his belt, strengthening Wigan’s backline and they now, I assume, have some (more) wriggle room in the cap. 

[redjonn]

15 minutes ago, super major said:

I probably missed it mentioned earlier, but if Leeds have enough cash to sign Hardacre now why didn't they spend it earlier on a player when their problems arose? How have they got enough salary cap left?

isn't the cap based on a rolling period.. thus Hardacre won't be a full years if current agreement is till end of season,,,

Also the problem became more dire with loss of Sutcliffe and Briscoe... Sutcliffe being able to stand in at full back given he has played quite a number of games at full back a few seasons ago,,,

so I guess the worst of the problems happened last week injury wise matching Hardacres release.

[super major]

5 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

I guess the question would be who?  There aren't that many free agents knocking around that a Super League club would look to sign, even if they have a fair injury list like Leeds.  They could have gone for a contracted player but that opens up a whole world of transfer fees which have effectively gone out of the game.

Lucky for Leeds that they found an uncontracted player in the nick of time

[whatmichaelsays]

19 minutes ago, super major said:

I probably missed it mentioned earlier, but if Leeds have enough cash to sign Hardacre now why didn't they spend it earlier on a player when their problems arose? How have they got enough salary cap left?

I'd be surprised if Hardaker is on any significant amount of money anyway - he simply doesn't have the leverage to command the sort of cash that his talent should really be worth. 

[super major]

7 minutes ago, whatmichaelsays said:

I'd be surprised if Hardaker is on any significant amount of money anyway - he simply doesn't have the leverage to command the sort of cash that his talent should really be worth. 

pay as you play?

[redjonn]

Just now, super major said:

pay as you play?

I guess depends upon definition of play... otherwise it could be costly if its based on his social play

[Dunbar]

13 minutes ago, super major said:

pay as you play?

He may be a risky signing but I doubt he is paying Leeds to let him play.

[The Future is League]

2 hours ago, Dunbar said:

He may be a risky signing but I doubt he is paying Leeds to let him play.

I suspect that most Leeds fans only stays until the end of the season at most

[voteronniegibbs]

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[Oxford]

9 minutes ago, voteronniegibbs said:

The avoidance of relegation is all this signing is for.

Because that's the be all and end all and if you argue against relegation you open up a silly can of worms that can be as illogical as it is pointless.

I don't know if this season is different from others in this but to me it looks likely to be decided by injury rather than ability.

[Szymala]

8 hours ago, Tommygilf said:

Segeyaro was a bit of a headbanger yet he single handedly turned our season around.

In a 2016 swap deal with Penrith Panthers for Hardaker, funnily enough.

Zak strengthens Leeds immeasurably at full-back where he is arguably the best in the competition, defensively.

[Dallas Mead]

32 minutes ago, Szymala said:

In a swap deal with Penrith Panthers funnily enough.

Zak strengthens Leeds immeasurably at full-back where he is arguably the best in the competition, defensively.

 VERY much arguably.

[meast]

At least he's back nearer his favourite student residence.

Good work by a desperate club.

[The Mighty Trin]

It's only till the end of the season, to help them get relegated then he will sign for our promoted friends from Fev in exchange haha

[clogdance]

Whatever naughty Zak did wrong at the Pies, Leeds obviously couldn't care less.

[JohnM]

He'll be good enough for the rest of the season to make a positive difference to Leeds position. Long term? We'll see.  If it doesn't work out, there's a coaching job going over at Widnes that might suit him. 

[Robin Evans]

7 hours ago, clogdance said:

Whatever naughty Zak did wrong at the Pies, Leeds obviously couldn't care less.

Desperation is a stronger emotion that moral fortitude.

 

[Robin Evans]

7 hours ago, The Mighty Trin said:

It's only till the end of the season, to help them get relegated then he will sign for our promoted friends from Fev in exchange haha

Been saying this for ages now. 

Fev aren't desperate. We'd have taken him regardless. I still think we'll see him at fev if we go up.... which isn't a given.

[The 4 of Us]

8 hours ago, clogdance said:

Whatever naughty Zak did wrong at the Pies, Leeds obviously couldn't care less.

Leeds previously gave the impression that they were a cut above. Their standards must have shifted. 

[fieldofclothofgold]

10 hours ago, The Mighty Trin said:

It's only till the end of the season, to help them get relegated then he will sign for our promoted friends from Fev in exchange 

 

[M j M]

Oh.

 

[Dunbar]

32 minutes ago, M j M said:

Oh.

 

Travel sickness?

[Jughead]

Blocked nose?

[Damien]

Can't argue with this:

 

[The 4 of Us]

5 hours ago, M j M said:

Oh.

 

What happened to no train no play. Can imagine the young kids that have been flogged in training so far this year, might not be quite as enthusiastic when they’re asked to do another lap on the captain’s run.