...that might be it

As I was reading through the first page I was about to ask the same question.

May as well copy my post from the other thread...:

I can't say I've noticed Golding much before tonight, but on tonight's showing he's not a bad player. Pretty agile and came up with a few tough catches. If the attacking team is on your line and get the kick right, as a fullback there will be times where even if you do all you can, you're still going to concede a drop out. Fullback is probably the toughest position to play if you aren't used to the standard, because you are constantly isolated, which means every mistake is glaringly obvious. The fact that none come to mind (bar the kick off, where the blame was shared between 3 of them) is proof enough that for his age he's not too bad a player.

Another thing is, we had Walsh, Burns, Roby and Wilkin all kicking tonight. For territorial kicks, a fullback will (ideally) set up on the kicker's outside foot, because kickers are always going to try and avoid kicking across their body. The option of 4 kickers means your back 3 can't really do this which puts a lot more pressure on them. Especially with Wilkin on the blind side on the left, there were times where Briscoe would have to stay in the defensive line as a result and it was Golding and Hall covering the width of the pitch. That is a difficult task for any fullback, nevermind a 19 year old who's got very little first grade experience.

What TOMCAT and heisenberg said.

Utter tripe from someone who must have been watching the game through the bottom of a pint pot.

I think you are being hard on the lad. I am not certain at this stage if he will make the grade or not. As the game progressed I thought he improved. So he does not warrant your criticism. One or two senior players were off form so that did not help matters.

Totally agree with this.

Golding's problem is that no amount of great play can make up for bad hair. It's a fanbase-killer.

grew in confidence as it went on, had a decent game.

Have a word with yourself. He looked no worse than most of his senior pros last night and grew in confidence.

He clearly isn't up to hardakers standard but as a young kid starting out he showed pace and courage. Only time will tell if he will make it but throwing him under the bus after a couple of games is crazy.

I thought he did absolutely fine, then again what do I know .I've only been watching Leeds since they had Bev Risman as their full back

spot on. some pathetic idiots on here, as per usual

Liability my @rse, he put his body on the line and got a clout from roby for doing so, he nearly scored from an amazing run what more do you want from a 17/18 year old?

Saints bossed us and even made sinfield stare in disbelief after being sold one two many dummies are we going to say he's rubbish too?

At the end of the day we've had a tough run of games and been to Wembley saints were fresher and and looked hungry and their kicking game was spot on. Like someone previously said if the kicks good (and most of saints were spot on) your going to have a tough time in defence whoever you are.

One more thing did anyone not here the praise the commentators were giving Golding on what a future prospect he could be????

Idiot, not idiots. There's only one person who has written him off. IIRC, he also did the same after the Warrington away game.