no agenda, i watch more leeds games than any other club but realistic in players abilities & just find it funny that people think the 19's is a better standard than the championship*. Foster did cope (in a fashion) against wire, but it was very easy to tell he was a young kid & wouldn't have been playing if it wasn't for injuries; morley was running over the top of him like he was a 6 or 7. Someone like stevie ward on the other hand got into the team and looked like he's been playing for years.

*hence me raising the point on fosters game for hunslet, i didn't watch the game so can't comment personally but the comments i heard was he was ok in attack but pretty poor in defence. Surely if the 19's is better than championship then foster should have no issue defending for hunslet? or looking better than "ok" in attack? for the try that is showed on the hightlights foster did not move forward, had his feet planted, allowed kaye to get on the outside of him, and made a pretty poor diving attempt at a tackle that barely touched the attacker. This may well have actually been his only poor defence in the game, but it certainly doesn't look like defence of a super league player or even defence of a good championship player.

Sorry Gotcha but you've completely lost me

Are you saying he was disillusioned at Leeds but not now? because you wrote [i"That would have some merit, if I had ever said he was dissallusioned at Leeds"[/i

It was Leeds making him go to Hunslet and not picking him for the first team

He's now trying to imply that Singleton was completely dissalusioned with being on dual Registration at Hunslet. He's trying to imply that doesn't mean Singleton was dissallusioned with leeds. As if Leeds had nothing to do with the decision to send him to Hunslet.

It's fog knitting at it's best.

He says some stupid stuff but is then very clever at knitting his way out.

Listen, and apologies sincerely if I have this wrong, but I think you are just taking the mickey now

Clear, I have not said or intimated that he felt disillusioned playing at Leeds. I have said that interview came across has though he felt disillusioned (past tense), in being out on dual reg rather than playing at Leeds. I further stated that the comment about playing each week at Hunselt, rather than coming across as a positive, was an after though as he followed up by saying, not like he had anyhere else to play.

Well that has cleared things up..............................

I read Singleton's description of the actual quality of Championship vs U20s (let alone U19s) as the CHampionship simply better preparation for SL. His happiness or otherwise with being played there is irrelevant. Is any player ever going to be happy NOT playing first team?

Given that all SL clubs should be developing their own talent and have no reserve teams, there will always be a very limited number of SL loan spots available (shortly to fall significantly as 2 clubs disappear). That means that right now for most players who hit 19 who are not first team regulars the only option is the Championship.

That in turn will mean every year some kids leaving every SL club. We saw it at the end of last season, and will again this year. The hope is that clubs firstly spot and retain the right young players, and that as many of the rest as possible stay in the game - whether in the Championship directly or via a stint in Aus.