This reminds me of our great teams, people didn't want to get rid of Hanley but this enabled us to bring Clarke through, didn't want to get rid of Potter but we did this and brought Betts through. Kiss / Dermott likewise. Edwards, Farrell, Robinson in very young and it didn't harm them. If you're standing still in sport you're going backwards.

But how are we standing still by loaning our players out? If anything they are progressing much faster getting regular rugby at another club rather than being stuck in the reserves and given 3-4 games a year.

I see the point of blooding kids but with the salary cap nowadays and limited squad depth, it is certains injuries will occur meaning kids get their chance eventually. That's one of the main reasons 1st team players aren't dropped randomly for kids.

I have seen nothing to suggest he will be. If I am right what then? [size=59If I am wrong read, my sig.[/size

As to his form picking up he has continued to have poor games throughout the season (and no that doesn't mean all his games have been poor for the grammatically challenged but he did not suddenly hit consistent good form).

Dave

I know you don't but into a settling in period for overseas players(and thats fair enough) but i just think he'll be better prepared now he's settled into the side and the country.

He has improved from the start of the season imo but i'll agree he throws the odd shocker in now and again. Thats an area for him to work on. He seems to struggle for concentration at times which lets him down now and again.

I'm possibly just being optimistic that a new coach will bring about an increase in form from a number of players. If we look at the impact Tony Smith had on King and Monaghan it shows what can be done and neither of those were preforming aswell as even Roberts has.

So we should loan the next Edwards / Farrell / Robinson out?

Thats one hell of a player

Sad to think that they are all now plying their trade on the Dark Side....

Sending players out on loan offers them the opportunity to experience a different atmosphere and a different regime from the one they've been cocooned in for whatever number of years.

However good the coaching ability of your backroom and development staff they simply can't teach every player every aspect of being a professional rugby league player. They almost certainly don't have the range of coaching experience that someone like John Kear will have.

Therefore it has to be beneficial for a young player to spend time learning from all these other experiences that they simply could not get if they stay put.

At the same time the space vacated by those juniors has to be taken by another junior therefore offering that player an experience he couldn't have gained otherwise.

JohnH!

Looking back over the season Cudjoe or Lawrence?

Yes if they are not good enough to play first team at the moment and it helps there development. Obviously.

This is going round in circles. And they prove they are good enough by?

Performance in the reserves, or taking the chance when an injury occurs, or where you have a large squad where they are down the pecking order like many of our younger quality players are by going out on loan and showing they can handle the step up from the Reserves.