Don't Leeds sign one of their best scholarship classes every year? Only time will tell if this cohort progress any better than their many, many predecessors.

Agreed re Walker who has looked the part so far in 1st grade and would have been a significant and symbolic loss had it played out that surprising way.

Yeah we have a lot of good classes and we'v had a couple of mediocre ones aswel but this is one of the most highly rated ones for years. Obviously a lot can go wrong as talent alone dosnt gurentee anything but its exciting to be signing such highly rated lads than not

He's done good in his few games, half of them against lower league opposition but the above is pushing it a bit. Glad he's staying and hope he does well but let's not go OTT on him yet.

Interested to hear more of your thoughts re the coaching Seth.

Aside from the performance on the field, a key fundamental that was clearly missing was any communication with subs by coaching staff when they went on the field. The culture there is not one id like to be part of, typified by a very unsavoury incident that happened on Saturday that lead to a leeds player being sent off and an air ambulance arriving for a warrington player (i hope hes ok) when the warrington staff called for support from the leeds bench a member of the leeds staff shouted "oi warrington youve got your own staff there what you using ours for?!" As the lads out cold clearly seriously injured. I was disgusted by it.

Sounds a bit grim.
Just watched the video and Leeds got taken to the cleaners until latter stages. I wondered if the announcement of the 12 being signed from under 16 had a negative impact on a fair few of that team, who might have been thinking or knowing they will be released.

They don't like that kinda talk on here.

Oh no has he been stealing the juniors lunch money again?

Point proven.

Well it's all kind of pathetic that we are approaching the business end of the season, well placed to be in a home playoff SF, final game of the SouthStand, Burrow and McGuire's Leeds careers coming to an end and people are still more interested in spreading gossip criticising the club and individuals.

For the next 6-8 games in what could hopefully result in what would be an unexpected GF win back at the start of the year could we not be more interested in backing them instead of attacking them? After the season ends then fill your boots, but take a break for several important weeks.

Yet this is a thread about the academy, and Seth was expressing his opinion.

If it happens to be negative are we not allowed to say say then?

BMD - kind, considerate to the youth team players, great technical coach & man-manager. Would not have won any of our GFs during his tenure without him. He organises our team with excellence & makes brilliant decisions.

GH - has backed the team to the hilt since the demise of the Golden Generation, bringing in a plethora of world-class players to manage the transition astutely. Has even changed his ethos with regards to salary structures in recognition that times have changed. What a CEO!

Players - continue to impress, improve & overachieve. Not a weak link among them.

Ground - clearly the best in SL.

There - can I now be added to Loiner & Printer's Christmas card list!

Most posters want the team to prosper as much as possible. You make a fair point about want could be achieved this season.

They are not blinded to the short comings at the club - if what Seth suggested happened at Warrington - I wasn't there so I don't know but Seth seems to genuine - that is disgusting and should not be allowed to be brushed under the carpet by apologists for club such as yourself.

It will be a pretty boring forum if all anyone took your stance - purely positive comments or looking for excuses for failure rather than actually saying what they think or know.

Fair enough keep having a go and criticising them and spreading rumours about them all the way up to the playoffs and GF if we get there. Just thought now that we're at the make or break point of the season it'd be better to back them for a short while instead of attack them as usual......seems the latter is more important to some.