Realistically about £600,000 a year on a four year deal might get someone like Cronk now.

Realistically nothing is going to get Cronk. There's only talk of him leaving Melbourne because his wife/gf works in TV in Sydney so he wants to move there.

The guy who's going to be available next year is Benji Marshall. He's nowhere near the player he was a few years ago, but he's still better than Sandow in the NRL and Sandow is looking like the best player in Super League.

Really? No wonder he didn't sign for us

No - Carney is on a different planet to Widdop

I would agree Widdop is better than anything in SL - Carney apart - but that isn't a real indication as to his quality/ability.

Widdop is no where near somebody like Sandow , he was lucky to be part of a great team who made him look good and now gets shown up to be a bang average player, as he looks when playing for England

That is true, but I wouldn't want him on big money, which I think is what it would take to get him.

There are a number of options I'd rather have who are already over here as well.

It annoys me when people take the line that someone who plays in the NRL is instantly a world beater. It annoys me even more when someone suggests my opinion on a player is based on what others have said rather than what my own eyes (glass or otherwise) have seen.

Widdop is average, yes he'd be an improvement, but he's not worth big bucks, nor is he imo a great leader, I think that side of his game is developing but he has always had good leaders around him.

Hodgkinson(sp) plus wouldn't be on quota.

Still non-Federation trained, of which Leeds have their maximum capacity at the moment.

Does that count if you have a British passport? He qualifies for a British passport as his father is English.