Mentioned in this weeks League Weekly and being talked about on HKR board viewtopic.php?f=59&t=504957 Any truth in it?

Mentioned in this weeks League Weekly and being talked about on HKR board viewtopic.php?f=59&t=504957 Any truth in it?

I hope this turns out to be just a rumour

me too. We can't keep letting our young players go. However, if he wants to leave and can't stand being at Bradford any more then that's a different matter.

I don't believe the club is planning to let him go anywhere.

What? You having a friend?

He is still contracted to us. This a junior who has/had great potential (delete as applicable) and his progress was then disrupted by a major injury.

I would want to keep him through another pre-season at least to see how he is coming along.

I suppose this could all be tied in with the mutterings of how our juniors are being coached although Donaldson is now in the first team squad so that should be less of an issue.

not bothered if he goes. he's nothing more than average.

And replace him with who?

Ridiculous if true.

What he said.

Would seem to be sensible approach. His tackling stats should be enough to keep us interested and try and develop him some more.

He is hardly irreplaceable FFS. This is Donaldson we are discussing here, not Benji Marshall!

He is just another one of McNamaras' fabled wonderkids.

We have far more important positions in the squad before we start signing irreplaceable players in the second row. I think he does a decent job as a squad player and, with youth on his side, could well turn out to be irreplaceable himself.

I'm not sure he was ever fabled as such Eddie. He's just recognised as being a raw talent which needs polishing. Better to keep that kind of guy and lose the distinctly average blokes that ply there trade for years doing sod all at.

I agree with this. I'd sooner keep Donaldson and lose Sibbit for example. For all Sibbit's undoubted effort, surely Donaldson is a better long term proposition?