My views are that Matty Russell is exciting everytime he gets the ball, he is quick and elusive and when he gets clear he stays clear he is good now at 20/21 what he is he going to be like with a few more years experience (England internation ?)
Ryhs and Ben have been solid in defense and effective in attack, i think Ryhs is top scorer this season upto now.
Ben Currie, not sure what everyone wants out of a forward who is so young, do we expect O'Loughlin type displays, he is solid in attack and defense, he also shows some good ball playing skils which with work could be very exciting.
Laithwaite is solid not sure i can remember too many mistakes in defense and he runs sthe right lines in attack.
Riley still not sure, he is still young and playing as abulldozing forward at 20 is tough so i think he could do with game time elsewhere but will improve with time.
Orsmby and Dwyer not enough game time to see, Dwyer looks sharpe but you wont know if he cant bed himself into the team.
GOB is the one i was hoping to do well and as yet he seems to vary in confidence soem games good some not so. When he is on form (Widnes ) he is first choice for me, but seems to be very suseptable to losing cofidense quickly?

GOB did indeed play well against our genetically modified neighbours, but, then again so did everyone else, not least the pack.

This begs the question, could a so-called top half back have done any better behind some of the distinctly poor team performances that we have to endure so far? Is it fair to judge GOB and the rest of the 'youngsters' when some of our seniors aren't pulling up trees?

I think we've rediscovered that RL isn't an easy game played on the backfoot.

Russell is an obvious talent... as is Rhys Evans. They're already established in my eyes.

Of the rest, Currie, Evans (B), Laithwaite and Ormsby all have potential that I think will make them useful. Watching them play you feel that with the right development they could become very good players.

The rest should be shipped out... some like Dwyer and Riley I just don't think will ever make it. GOB (and Chris Riley while we're at it) I don't see fulfilling their potential with us... both players are superleague standard, I just don't see us getting the best out of them.

Matty Russel
Ben Currie
Rhys Evans
Ben Evans

James Laithwaite
Brad Dwyer
Gene Ormsby

Glen Riley
GOB
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Pretty much sums it up.

Matt Russell needs to sort his link up play, he slows down the shift plays he gets involved in.
Ben Currie is a young lad in a mans position, quick, good hands but his lack of years can show, experience and age will help him
Rhys? Only in this discussion due to a run of bad luck with injuries. If he could keep fit he would have been well established.
Ben Evans is currently playing at squad player level. That isn't the insult it sounds like. He does enough to get picked and cement a spot but doesn't stand out.

Laithwaite is in that area occupied by Tyke/Mitchell/Cooper/Blythe/P.Wood. The will he or won't he make it hard to tell right now group Cooper and Wood pushed on and to some extent Blythe.
Dwyer needs to sort his defence out, playing in the middle you need to be better than he his right now.
Ormsby still looks like he isn't quite ready yet.

G.Riley how does a guy that big have so little in the collision? I think he needs better strength conditioning.
GOB capable but not commanding.

And with Kevin Penny looking good as well it could be a long season at Wakefield for Riley ?

Laithwaite has done nothing wrong for me and could become a strong squad player (if he continues to improve)

I'd agree with most of what has been said.

I think in terms of raw skill, Currie is streets ahead of any other of the pack prospects but is sufferring from expectation and 2nd season syndrome a bit. He'll come good though, I'm sure of it.

Of the other forwards I really like Ben Evans and I think Laithwaite is a slow burner, but going in the right direction. Riley is a huge disappointment so far - his ball security is not good and he doesn't look to have a rugby brain.
Dwyer I'm keeping an open view on - he has pace which for a modern day hooker is manna from heaven but his defence needs to be tighter - however, to be fair his game time has been very limited.

In the backs, Rhys Evans, pure class. No question. Russel also a very exciting player but by no means the finished item.

Ormsby I'm afraid I don't think offers anything that Penny doesn't and the latter of course has the advantage of blistering pace. Penny's re-emergence is a genuine feelgood story, and I hope his improvement continues, gathers pace and sees him secure a wing spot for some time.

Ben Currie had a virus at the end of last season and went down to about 85kg, didn't he? At his size and frame you'd expect a 100kg second row in years to come. He's the one I'm most excited about but I would like to see a bit more aggression from him, even now.

+1

All of the senior squad players really rate Ormsby.
They train with him, but we watch them.
He really has only had a handful of first team games, so is miles behind the likes of Rhys Evans, but already looks better to me than Chris Riley.

I dunno.
Riley has come in for flak on the back of Atkins lengthy poor form.
Atkins has made in roads over the last couple of weeks.
With that said, Atkins made Ormsby look less than ordinary in defence too.

Penny and Evans may have benefited from this scenario with Atkins staying defensively in position.

Whether Atkins had a roll to play in it or not, I'd still prefer Evans to partner Atkins just in case Atkins goes awol occasionally.
Ideally, I'd sooner see Penny to partner Atkins.

Are you on the Atkins diet?

Not yet.
Does it work?

Russell and currie, don't understand the love in for r evans, atroucious defender

Best of a poor bunch then.