I'll look forward to Davies showing Fielden up next season. Top move for Ben and Wigan though. Just look at what Kear gets out of Moore, Bibey and Korki week in week out. I would expect him to play first team, don't expect him to go there to play reserves when he can do that at Wigan.

I do think Davies will play reserves at Wakey with a bench spot when injuries occur. He is IMO too young to play prop week in, week out.
Prop is generally a position for mature battle hardened players, younger props do find themselves in and out of a team.

The use of our younger players by Noble is and will be a source of disagreement. Tomkins is 20 in his first season in SL and can cope with it. Could he have done as well at the age of 18? I very much doubt it.
Giving him 20 first team games at that age could have wrecked him. There were some who wanted him in last year when Lockers was injured with Barrett going to 13 and Sam in at 6. Would it have worked? Possibly.

Ainscough came in after last year being in the U18s and 21s. His try scoring ability is brilliant, he a natural wingman. He's a lot to learn in defence but there are many of us who will remember at the start of SL Jason Robinson getting murdered under the high bomb. He improved and it didn't stop him nor will it or should it stop Ainscough who, again IMO, is equally as talented.

As for our backrowers in the reserves, Farrell etc. So who would we drop?
Hock, Bails & Lockers were our back three at the start of the season and injuries would see Hansen & Joel come in. No doubt some would put Farrell in there but would we if we were losing more than we were winning which happened at the start of the season. Farrell's inclusion wouldn't have won us matches which we lost.

It has been mentioned above that we now have so many pushing for a first team place and many can't be fitted in especially when we need to win every game after the disastrous start to our season.

Any decision to bring in a younger player has to be equalled by a decision to leave a first team player out. That is rarely done and why injuries are the main reason why younger players are promoted at all clubs in most sports.

The best way of promoting younger players would be for the competition rules to force clubs to play them. In as much as each named squad of 17 must have x number of players who are under, say, 20 years of age. Then every club would have to comply and no club would be disadvantaged.