Spot on, he was solid when called into the team last season and wouldn't have lost his place if it hadn't been for injury. Got a lot of praise from the Knights fans and coaching staff.

Personally, I feel he's a better player than Purtell, even though he played pretty much every game for Penrith over the past two seasons when fit.

No he didn't.

Not sure any coach actually "let Atkins go", to be fair. IIRC He was out of contract and more pertinently as far as the club was concerned he was, at the time, around fifth choice in the centres so didn't get the contract offer he was hoping for (well, not from the Bulls, anyway) so he took a better offer. I Don't blame him and nor do I really blame the club for not having a crystal ball.

Sadly, when the financial chickens came home to roost and many of our 'big names' (including the chairman) departed for greener pastures, players like Ryan had gone. If that 'crystal ball' had been available maybe different decisions might have been made, or then again, maybe the management at the time didn't do too much thinking about the future.

As far as I remember, that's not quite accurate. I believe he was allowed to go to Wakefield on loan in mid-season by Noble, shortly before his move to Wigan. After MacNamara took over (but still mid-season), the loan was made permanent.

Thats correct.

I wouldn't argue with that.