He’s 19 of course he’s still learning and going to bulk up.

.....and soon he'll "only" be 20. Watch the kr game again. Apart from fluffed kicks he showed zero urgency when the ball went wide on their tries and whilst first contact by forwards was the main fault up the middle for others, he was simply outmuscled as well. Terrible from a wannabe NRL player. He may be a star of the future but right now he fits AP's flat track bully tag to a tee.

Walker has all the potential in the world, its up to Leeds to maximize this with the correct coaching and create the correct environment for him to flourish. Yes he held out in contract talks, so what? there's teams out there that would bite their arms off to have him in their ranks and as alluded above hes not short of confidence in his abilities and nor should he be, the fact is at 19 he's still learning his craft, yes he needs to be more consistent but with the right environment and guidance he could be a superstar.

He is a long way from NRL standard but to be fair even Tomkins and Hardaker struggled over there in their prime we don't have any track record at all in the SL era of a three quarter going well over in that comp.

That said he has already achieved so much as a teen. My advice would be give it 3/4 more seasons in SL where he will hopefully become the finished article with us and will still be only just coming into his prime.

Not many 3/4’s have tried to be fair. Hardaker only ever went temporarily and was playing centre, which is not his position. Tomkins did ok if not spectacular, he would of made a success of the NRL if he’d of stuck it out. Brian Carney did alright and he was a decent winger but nothing amazing. I’m sure Ryan Hall will be a success, when is he due to be fully fit? While Walker may not get a starting full back spot now, I’m sure he will in a few years time, if he progresses and moves downunder.

Bit confused with peoples thoughts that he could be a new player! He has zero goal line defence, fails to get under the ball evrytime. He is a decent tackler and really good under a high ball, that is if he goes for them and doesn’t let them bounce. I don’t think I have ever seen him bust through a tackle and his support runs are really poor. May seem to be a bit harsh as I know he’s only 19 but I think he has gotten way too much hype and my opinion is that he is a very average fullback

My worry with overhyped juniors is that in SL they hardly ever get rid of their flaws. Centre that can't pass? No worries, he'll learn it. Not. Winger that's useless defensively? He'll get better. Not. Halfback with no kicking or passing game? He'll develop it. Not.

Whilst Walker may "only be 19" he's also playing every week in first grade and doing well in some games and badly in others with seemingly not that much incentive to cut the bad and improve the good. Even if he never improves from where he is now he'll still get a SL contract somewhere. What worried me about the KR game and others before is the lack of urgency he showed - as though any time the ball moved more than 5 yards either side of the posts it wasn't his problem. That's nothing at all to do with ability.

I prefer homegrown players to signings but I can't stand rose-tinted views of homegrown players. Mind you I've got harsher as I've aged - it took me 5 years to decide Ryan Hall was actually pretty good.

Imo Walker has talent and is learning the game behind a poor Leeds team.
He will look better once the team looks better but like others have said he does have a few weaknesses that considering the hype Sky afford on him he should be a world beater which he isn`t.
Whilst he did not want to play scrum half which is where Leeds saw him playing I do think that this might well be his best position.
This would mean Lolohea moving to full back which in attack is no bad thing but in defence I would worry.
Saying all that I thought Lilley was a better option that Myler and that Golding is a better option than Walker.

Opinions are like the proverbial - we've all got them. However, to paraphrase a science saying, extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence. Or something. He's got ability, but he's shown nothing to justify the "once in a generation" tag he was given at 17.

With young players it’s easy to criticise when you’ve had years watching the game and can see obvious flaws. However you have to make some allowances. These kids are learning on the job and often in the heat of a game you can forget instructions, especially if you’re in a side that’s struggling. Fullback is such an unforgiving position defensively. Especially for a side near the bottom where you have far more to do. I think Walker needs some slack. Sure, he’s mile off NRL standard but the fact that he aspires to play there is a good thing as it should mean he works hard to achieve that standard.

Very few players are the finished article at his age. Most do improve with age and experience. The issue Leeds have is bringing through their kids in the right environment. You want to bring them into a team where they learn good habits and can follow good leaders. A bit like 2002-4 where they had the likes of Connolly, Duneman, McDermott, Furner, Senior. If you bring them into a struggling side then they’ll find it tough, a bit like when Wigan tried to bring in youngsters to a flawed team when the likes of Brown and Robinson were coming through. That generation from Wigan ended up moving to other clubs. You don’t want to repeat the experience with your bunch that are about to come through.

In my view you’re paying the price of poor recruitment in recent years. There aren’t many reliable, experienced leaders in the squad to ease the youngsters in. When people like Peacock, Sinfield and McGuire left they should have been replaced with quality rather than re-distributing the money to younger players of inferior quality and with less potential. Now you’re stuck with a bunch of high earners but poor performers.

He does have weaknesses, just like many players do. But it's when you hear nonsense like he can't defend on the line, or isn't taking high balls, where it becomes silly. Just what are these people watching all the time? I understand some only see highlights, so doesn't give everything, but others don't and still come out with it. He is making try saving tackles regularly, and on the line, again done on Thursday last week. He takes high balls continuously, and is now also having to continuously cover the right edge for this also, as Briscoe is incapable of mentally dealing with any form of kick. His support play is absolute first class, and yet somehow someone even has the cheek to say that was a weakness.

There will be times where they will run through him on the line, as has been the case with every one of his team mates this season. There will be times where a high kick swirls in the wind and is difficult to catch, as happens with every full back out there. It seems that rather than be over hyped, as these people tend to spout, it is more a case of he is easily picked at for the slightest error.

Have a look at the kr game and the tries they scored. I did and he was rubbish. NRL? I can name 25 better fullbacks here, including a whole bunch who don't even play there regularly.

I can only assume he's the same sort of once in a generation player as Jordan baldwinson and daniel smith to name a couple of others you swore blind would be superstars. Let's hope this time you're eventually right.