Just want to mention what a great season i think big mitch has had this year and also get others opinions on him??

I personally think he's one of the very best props in super league and dosnt get the recognition he deserves. He's averaged 141 running meters and 22 tackles a game this season and averages 8.32 meters a carry which leads all props and second rows in super league with over 100 carrys.

He's 28 now and i think we'l see him get even better over the next 3 or 4 year.

Yep great player, also mullally gets stick, but he has improved out of site from last year and over the course of the season.

spot on OP. Iv'e always said he is under rated by many on here and very valuable to us, we really miss his yardage when he is not playing.

Only him + Cuthbertson worth keeping from our prop department.

Agree with this. Think Mullally always adds something when he comes on

Hes missed too many games for me to say hes had a great season.

mullally has really kicked on lately. trouble is him and singleton are good 4th choice props. the players you really value in a salary capped sport. a modern day danny ward or ryan bailey. we lack a really top prop.
given alex walmsley was given permission to speak to cas we should go all out for him. but that would mean spending money

Leeds haven't shown much reluctance to spend money before though. The ~£125k for Brett Ferres last year is one of the largest transfer fees of recent times.

There is something of a myth that because Hetherington is a tough negotiator (some might question that given the Ferres deal but it seemed a good one at the time) that he won't invest [ianything[/i in bringing players in. Driving a hard bargain is different to doing nothing at all.

Is that what we payed for ferres? my god,what a bad signing he's been,but like ghost says was happy at the time.

Garbutts played 21 of 30 league games so its not too bad.

Even if we did pay £125K, I don't think that was a mistake by GH. More often than not, especially when we were performing poorly, GH is critiscised for not putting his hand in his pocket. Whilst at this point in time Ferres hasn't been worth the money, he always looked great at Shudds when he played against us. An injury, subsequent poor off season and a certain, how to put it delicately? lack of fitness. mitigate against saying he was a bad signing. But if he / the club, don't get him fit this close season and we don't see the contribution from him that I still believe he is capable of, then he will have been a costly failure. But still not one I would criticise GH for.

Dont think anybody is criticising hetherington for signing ferres.Myself and ghost have both said we were happy with it and thought he was a good buy at the time. The fact that he's turned out to be an awful signing so far isnt a criticism of hetherington,its a chance you take when you sign anybody. The player we signed was a quality super league and international second row who was coming off the back of an impressive series against the kiwis. Hethrington done well to get him in.

The player who showed up was an ijury prone,penalty machine who seems to think personal conditioning is optional for a professional athlete. Thats on ferres not hetherington.

Then we are in agreement