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Good news IMO for us.

Hope we don't lose one of our strike hookers now though.

i have a sneaky feeling that glees is off....i havent heard this anywhere..from neone in the know....so it may just be rubbish.

but the champions of our league releasing their hooker, and current player of the year doesnt seem right, unless theyv already lined a quality replacment...and i dont think there is ne1 better in our league than mr gleeson.

go shopping in super league des!

hope im wrong.

Doubt it, no release clause for national leagues, only super league. Would cost des a fortune

I'd be amazed if Glees went to Barrow. As mentioned it would cost them a bomb to buy him out of a 2 year contract, I doubt he's on a bad deal at Halifax and, meaning no disrespect to Barrow, the only reason I could see for him going would be for substantially more money and with Rooney and others already signed even a minor deity like Johnston still has to negotiate the (reduced) salary cap. On top of which I believe that Mark Gleeson has more loyalty to his teammates than that.

Still, in the (IMHO) corrupt world of the RFL anything is possible.

i cant see Gleeson leaving us.

he signed a contract maybe a month ago and i cant see him wanting to levae.

it would have to be a good offer from them to take him from us.

i suspect he will stay

Blimey, you lot are paranoid aren't ya.

Yeah, as feared Andy is off to SH and good luck to him. He goes with the blessing of the club and fans.

As for a replacement, both yourselves and Widnes have raised concerns that we may be in for your first choice 9's. As the Ellis deal was only signed last night after talks with the Barrow coach and Board, I doubt any talks have taken place or replacements identified beyond pure speculation.

Gleeson is a good number 9, as is Smith at Widnes, but a move for either is unlikely, for reasons you have stated yourselves.

Anyway we have a pretty able deputy in Nathan Mossop who has been learning his trade from Ellis for the last two years. Maybe we will give him his chance and wait/look for a more experienced player as and when they are available.

Lets all get our breath back after the season past and hope for more next year.

Good Luck

O! N S

I don't think he was released. He leaves with the blessing of everybody at the club and rightly so. I doubt he will be the last player approached by a SL club at Barrow, Widnes or Fax. I personally think he could have gone to a better club than Quins but im not him or his agent. Good luck to the lad and who knows we may see him back at Barrow (Hopefully).

I also hope Mossop gets his chance.

You're wrong!

Why is it good news for you ?

When a team loses the championship player of the year it undoubtedly makes you a weaker team. He will be hard to replace.

Not trolling here....I promise

Something I heard today will (if true) make our loss very small in comparison to what you may loose. Again this is not an attempt at trolling, rather keeping myself out of trouble.

TBH Ellis' understudy (N Mossop) is a decent player and is more than capable of making the No 9 his own. I heard a rumour about another hooker signing for us the other day and its not Smith or Gleeson.