Confirmed that he won't be ever going back to Leeds https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... 9TTU7PAR2Y Do we want him?

Confirmed that he won't be ever going back to Leeds https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... 9TTU7PAR2Y Do we want him?

Yes. I think we should get him signed up on a permanent deal

I’d say yes. He’s still young and has plenty to work on but his attitude seems good and he’s a tough little player.

Yes. Great little player and still young with time to improve. I would say he definitely has the skill set. We could do much worst than Jordan

Great psychology that from Leeds. Tell the lad he's not wanted the week before he plays against you.

You never know it could spark him up to another level, remember a certain Jimmy Lowes doing well for us after he crossed over to the Bulls

That was my point Dennis!

I've already made my feelings about Lilley well known on here several times. I also said a while ago that we'd end up signing him on a permanent deal.

There'll be no complaints from me. He's still far from the finished product and is a hard worker - at the end of the day, a bit of skill and hard work is what most fans would be happy about.

He's a long way from being the finished article but he has some talent. I think it's a bit much to expect a player in his early 20s to come into a side and start pulling the strings versus grown men. This may have been normal 20 or 30 years ago but it isn't now, especially in our division. Also the way young players are developed between 19 and their early 20s means they can be ruined or never progress at all. He is improving but it may well be a few years before he fully matures. The same goes for Milnes. He's improved a lot but has a lot to learn. They both need gametime. I look at McClelland at Leeds who was picked above Milnes for Yorkshire Academy versus Australia and wonder if he's going to go the same way as Lilley. He's not getting gametime and could if he's not careful get his development ruined.

Says he has known for weeks in the report. He must have known it was coming deep down though. Anybody could see a mile off Leeds didnt/don't want him. I for one am glad they don't and now we have the opportunity to sign him long term.

Was talking to Jordan last night with our club president at the reserve game last night. Young man with a very old head on his shoulders. Was talking about what he demands as a coach from his players at Stanningley, was very thorough in his talk with a massive sense of traditionalism about him.

Playing wise hes a tough nugget of a player who's confidence is growing the more he is feeling wanted and getting game time. Defends far above his size, definitely worth signing up, although I feel he could end up being a 9. Only my opinion though

It says in the T&A that the club are trying to keep him parmanently and have offered him a good deal. Lilley says he's happy here but wants to sit down with his family and agent and see what his options are first.
I'm reading 'oprions' as meaning super league ones. So i would imagine that our chances of signing him will depend on what , if any, SL offers come his way.

He's effectively been jettisoned by a bottom three club - why would anyone else in Super League be interested?

The thing is that even if he was going to be signed by a SL club, he's probably going to be a squad player or back up. If he stays here then he'll be 'the man', around whom the team will be built. You'd like to think that would count for something...

And if he does a couple of years here, and does well - but we don't go up - then he'd still be young enough to step up to a SL club at that stage, with more experience etc.