I wouldn`t be a bit suprised to see Noble take a punt on Watson as you are right he was bigging him up in that game. I for one would like us to keep Watson but where and when would he play?
As for Baldwinson I can see him going to Warrington. They seem to like our best youngsters. Equally both Minns and Sunley are good prospects that we might have to let go too.
What is happening with Luke Briscoe?
I thought he was going to be the next best thing but rarely gets a mention for the step up to the first team?

I think we should be tying the likes of Baldwinson ,Minchella ,Sunley ,Foster,Minns AND Mulhern/Tonks down for at least the next 2yrs.
Now i know Wire pay well and i'm not saying we should be spending big but for me i'd rather tie up some of these younger lads than see kirke get 2yrs ,Kylie get another yr and Vickery stay beyond this month tbh.
It looks like Bailey is on his way both Kylie and JP are 35+ and for me as good as kirke was against cas i wouldn't retain him.
Singleton should get a 1st 17 berth every week now and theres room to get a couple of younger forwards into the 17/19 squads on a regular basis.
Moore is obviously out of favour abnd i doubt he'll stay beyong this year so i think the transition should begin here and now within the pack.
Whatever past achievements and efforts keeping Kirke(2yrs) Kylie(1yr) and Moore isn't worth it to see the likes of the aforementioned walk away not least because we'd ahve to go heavy on recruitment aswell.

I think Leeds are playing Covert Black Ops here. When Tom Briscoe signs (if not already) they will play him on the wing. But what they will do is swap Tom and Luke around each week on the wing but say it is Tom. Because they look alike you wont be able to tell which is which. That way Tom plays on the wing each week even though he might be out injured - eh!

That's what is happening at Hull. Notice a drop in Tom's form? Thats because its Luke who is playing and you think its Tom - Tom is on holiday in Sydney!!

But do you think Leeds (by all published accounts - a profitable well run sports club) should be spending up to the permitted salary cap?

I don't pretend to know how the cap works or even if it applies to all players outside the named 25 man squads but I do know that Warrington and Leeds have to operate within it's limits as do all the clubs in SL - or incur penalties for breaches. I don't recall either Leeds or Warrington failing to stay withing the limits in this respect.

I find it rather strange that Warrington can value and acquire Leeds juniors from out of the Leeds Academy and the parent club be unable to at least come close enough in terms of salary to persuade these Leeds 'family' members to stay - if they wanted. Perhaps this isn't simply a money issue but a more general comment on the way their careers are being progressed under the current management/coaching structures?

Maybe it's more to do with the fact that a lot of 19 year old lads are complete bellends? I know I was!

Management at Leeds can only work with the facts as they see them. And regarding their own U19s they can definitely see more of them than Warrington.

I don't think money has anything to do with it, not that I dissagree with your comments.

It's all about progression and opportunities. The lads out of the first team, coming through, have been dissilussioned wtih the limited opportunities this year. I know that Barrie McDermott himself has had disussions with GH about it all.

Give them a path to prove themselves, then money isn't really the deciding factor in most cases, as we have seen with a lot of Leeds first teamers. Don't give them the opportunity and they are not going to sit waiting on bottom scale.

I understand GH has been actively in discussions recently with the clubs coaching team on this subject.

If he can't get a look in at Hunslet then I would say he isn't...