Quote: Spongebob "Think he was no8 - didn't make me think WOW though tbh , seen better in the penine league tbh on todays showing .'"
I thought he went well - not a barnstormer, but a big, strong lad who was difficult to put down; I think he did the full shift aswell, which isn't easy for the big lads on a hot day.
Part of me would like to see some of these lads getting their shot in the 1st team, but I can't help thinking that we're the wrong team to blood youngsters, given that we can't protect them; stepping up to SL with WTW right now is a totally different ball game to doing so with Saints or Wigan - with the players they'll have around them, we can't protect them or develop their confidence. Meanwhile, I'm sure they get frustrated when they feel ready for SL, but there's no defined path to the 1st team.
It's a quandary.