Why not look on the bright side... the youngsters will be encouraged to know just how near they are to a first team spot - get past Sculthorpe and the first team slot is yours

That's a poor signing.

You'd have been better playing a kid.

One more overseas outside back (winger/) to come in I reckon then we're done.

Lots of gambles, ifs and maybes in next years squad IMO. Too many. But thats where we are.

Spot on. I'd have played Hall, Langley, Crossley or one of the Burgess twins before Sculthorpe.

If it was a 1 year deal because there was absolutley nobody else available then that would have been easier to accept, but a 2 year deal and the fact that we have obviously outbid 2 other clubs just disappoints me. We can't even aim higher than Sculthorpe ?

It's not a good signing.

He's 30, injury prone and unfit.

He can make good yards in short concentrated bursts and produce thge odd lauititi pass but he'll also make mistakes and give penalties away.

He's not going to tangibly improve your team, he's just another player in the squad.

Honestly your team has been absolutly decimated since 05/06.

You've leaked star quality faster than blood flows from a main artery and all you ever do is sign wakefield rejects.

When they are ready I'm sure we'll play any of the young props coming through (Crossley/Burgess'sssss) Point is they are judged by the club at the moment as not ready for February 2010, so we needed some experience at prop so we dont get rolled over and the young lads thrown in too early with teir development put back accordingly.

I would hope that by the end of next season at least 1 hopefully 2 of our junior products have had game time at prop, but there is no point putting them in for the sake of it when they are not ready.

IF the much denied Walker deal doesn't materialise then I think we'll be in very deep doo doo next season.

This is another signing that fails to get my juices going, but it could work out ok if he is well coached. As the Hudds chaps have mentioned, he looked good at their place after an unsettled period at Wakey.

You've got to love contrasting the last quote in the T&A article with the comments that follow though. Sculthorpe's sure got his work cut out to convert the doubters!

What difference is Walker going to make to the current shower? We need a quality player taking up our last quota spot or 10th/11th spot is ours.

Name that player

I was amused by this on the BBC site:



I think they're mistaking Danny, with Paul of 8 years ago

Exactly.

Thackray??
King??
Feather??
Boyle??
G Horne??

...no, wait, I know, its Moi Moi or Hayne...yes, thats the answer, I'll just wait for them to rock up at Odsal top and all will be fine.