: Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:03 am  

thepriestman85 wrote:

I've just seen on the Quins page that LMS could be a potential target for the Bulls!

Anyone else think we should go for him as well?

I'd be very disappointed if we didn't. I 'd also be disappointed if we got into a bidding war with Bradford and they won, given the state their club is in compared to ours.

: Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:05 am  

Cruncher wrote:

I'd be very disappointed if we didn't. I 'd also be disappointed if we got into a bidding war with Bradford and they won, given the state their club is in compared to ours.

Whats IL situation with quins?

Did he ever sell his shares. i doubt he'll try and sign Quins best players if hes still as money involved

: Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:13 am  

wigan_knight wrote:

Whats IL situation with quins?

Did he ever sell his shares. i doubt he'll try and sign Quins best players if hes still as money involved

I don't know were he stands with Quins any more?

I do know he's a player IL has a history of working with and one he respects as well.

IL may not particularly want to sign LMS whilst he's under contract at Quins but i can't see him standing around and missing out on him if Bradford came on the scene.

I honestly can’t see LMS staying beyond his current contract as Quins. At the end of the day it’s a short career and any decent player would want to be playing in the later rounds of the cup and playoffs which isn’t something he’s going to be doing with Quins any time soon.

: Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:21 am  

thepriestman85 wrote:

I don't know were he stands with Quins any more?

I do know he's a player IL has a history of working with and one he respects as well.

IL may not particularly want to sign LMS whilst he's under contract at Quins but i can't see him standing around and missing out on him if Bradford came on the scene.

I honestly can’t see LMS staying beyond his current contract as Quins. At the end of the day it’s a short career and any decent player would want to be playing in the later rounds of the cup and playoffs which isn’t something he’s going to be doing with Quins any time soon.

I think its a job for Wane to sell the club to LMS.

: Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:23 am  

I think it would be shame for Quins if LMS left. One of the things that should be happening in RL is to reward clubs for producing their own players.

As you know (or should as I've been banging the drum for five years about it) I believe that any player who comes through a clubs academy system particularly from their own service area should have a percentage of their salary exempt from the "cap" calculation.

: Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:33 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

I think it would be shame for Quins if LMS left. One of the things that should be happening in RL is to reward clubs for producing their own players.

As you know (or should as I've been banging the drum for five years about it) I believe that any player who comes through a clubs academy system particularly from their own service area should have a percentage of their salary exempt from the "cap" calculation.

It's something I’d like to see in RL as it would improve the junior development at most SL clubs. It should have been brought in with the new licensing agreements as it would have worked well with the whole three year plan model imo.

That being said it still won’t keep all the top young like LMS & Myler at their bottom half of the table clubs. Players like Worrincey & Sheriff maybe would have stayed and it would give clubs like Quins and Salford a lot more leverage to keep hold of their average youngsters but their top young stars will still always move to the top teams for the reasons I posted before.

When you look at the success players like Leuluai & Ellis have had after moving to one of the more established teams you can’t blame them really.

: Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:54 am  

Who's LMS?

: Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:05 pm  

Drachen Feuer wrote: Who's LMS? http://www.lms.ac.uk/

Drachen Feuer wrote: Who's LMS? http://www.lms.ac.uk/

: Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:33 pm  

If true and the Bulls are courting LMS then we've got to have a try ourselves, the guy hasn't matured as quickly as Burgess or Graham but he will over time become a great player. Everybody knows my feelings on LMS as illustrated in my sig, and if it does come down to us or Bradford getting him both offering the same money I feel that's a battle we'd win"no offence to Bradford".

We have to be in it to win it.

: Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:53 pm  

Dont bradford have money from the burgess deal they could use for a tranfer fee ?