Everyone was really excited about him after his debut, that's why he ended up playing in that semi rather than Richards shifting to FB. That doesn't happen if you don't perform well in the academy. Then he goes into that Leeds play off and drops one crucial ball. No one from the club calls him in the off season or anything like that, then he's put straight out on loan and gets one more game for us (out of position) in the next two seasons before leaving for the Championship.

Like you say, he might never have made it anyway, but we screwed up his development IMO. We should have given him more opportunities during the season (as I'm suggesting we do here with Halsall, Smith and Kilner) if it was foreseeable that injuries could force him into the first team. Then we would have a better idea whether he was ready or not, and he would be better equipped to face a top team in a big game. Regardless, it's one player to illustrate the overall premise that players either get their early experience in the easy games when you rest people (like I'm suggesting here) or they get it in the hard games when injuries force your hand. I know which approach I prefer, we will not play against a worse team than York all year.

Not sure why it hasn’t been announced other than I think we tend to announce extensions later in the season?

I hope that I’ve been well and truly conned but until the club announce his retirement or that he has been released I’m working on the assumption that he is here until 2022.
I will happily take any flak on this if I’ve been had.

I’ll not be jumping down your throat about it, we all hear things and generally speaking they’re mostly untrue.

That being said I hope this isn’t true. He’s become a parody of himself a prop of Championship at best standard. We need him off the books and his salary freeing up

this is his last, he got a 2 year deal year before last

Let’s wait and see

Yeah he's gone after this year.