I'm sure I remember Josh Walters scoring in a grand final, so it's not impossible to win the comp with him in the team.

He missed the tackle to let Bowen in though.

He has been really poor though since that one great moment. Hasn't kicked on whatsoever, infact apart from showing a slight bit of promise when he first came in he has continued to regress imo.

Anyway, i agree with others that he is only a squad filler so not such a huge deal, however i personally would like to see an aspiring 19's player or Oledzki get his few minutes as i really don't see a future at the club for Walters or what he is bringing to the table.

just in the right place at the right time in the grand final. keinhorst put him over he only had to dive over the line. keinhorst kicked on since then walters has not, we have better coming through at least 3 players ready for or not far off ready for first team now. we let clarkson go who was a much better player so cant see walters being here next year, championship player at best.

Peacock and Hardaker didn't do so well with their attempts either.

Which fringe players of the past would you compare to Josh Walters? He makes Ian Kirke look like Jamie Peacock.
How many? Quite a few once they got fit and got some match time. We struggled before then because we had to rely too much on Div1 level players like Josh Walters.
No you didn't.

Simon Worrall
Liam Botham
Alex Foster
Jay Pitts
Dave Wrench

I liked both Foster and Pitts. They had some good attacking skills but very much came through at the wrong time.

Worrall is a good comparison for Walters imo.

true. but your assuming we wouldn't have the cap space to do that. either way with some of our youngsters looking very strong I can't see walters being involved next season

Sir Kev S points out some of the fringe players we have seen over the years add in Anselme wrt Kirke his last 3yrs epitomised "passenger".
Easy to blame the likes of Walters when very few 1st team regulars actually performed until very late in the season/middle 8's place was confirmed.
Onto the transition period look back at what i actually said it had always started my pov was the Club in terms of enough planning & recruitment etc hadn't there's a difference.

Sounds like Oledzki will get to play tomorrow, which excites me. Cannot wait to see what he has to offer at this level at such a young age.

Be good to see how he gets on hopefully it'll be the start of a long & great career in Blue n Amber.

Tone down that positivity son.

Nah, McDermott doesn't give youth a chance.