should be a good night; see you there!

I will be interested to hear him explain how we are retaining him, if we indeed are.

I think I might have a wonder down.

At a leisurely pace?

Of course. Well if the rain persists I will be driving.

Great night Roy, enjoyed it alot, very informative.

Was good to hear John Bastian and I was delighted with his comments that we are 'ahead of Leeds' with our youth development.

Hope so given alot of Leeds fans have said there youth set up is awful at the moment.

derrrr,,, when he was there, he is the man responsible for the current 1st teamers playin now, mcguire,burrow etc etc, you know the ones who have won the gf for the past 3 years!!!!!!!!!!

Christ.

Must be awful for Bastian to produce the likes of McGuire, Burrow, Hall etc.

So he said we have players better then them coming through? great stuff.

he said we are way ahead of leeds at this moment than when he was at leeds, 8 years ago and started the production line off. first time ive met and heard him speak, he is a very intelligent and clever man and you can see why che holds him in high regard.

Wasn't Stuart Wilkinson the Head of Youth at Leeds when all the current 1st team players were coming through?

John worked under Stuart and took over when Stuart left for Wigan.

Kevin Sinfield debut 1997 v Sheffield Eagles
Rob Burrow debut 2001 v Hull
Danny McGuire debut 2001 v Salford

These are hardly the products of Johns time at Leeds, I think people should do a bit of research before giving someone credit for another persons work.

John was coaching Leeds under 16's in 2005 and their under 18's in 2006 before taking over from Mr Wilkinson. I could be wrong but I don't think John will have coached the above players at all during his time there.

johny is a wire
johny is a wire

and that will do for me + and he doing a grand job.

pat on the back for twinkle toes Jimmy lowes for bringing John to the club