Quote: seal "Unfortunately, I feel that some of you are missing the point. The club has sent some of them out on loan to lower league clubs to play whilst also training full time still, such as Jimmy Davey, Danny Cowling, Russ Spiers and Keiran Hyde. The only ones that havent been sent out, or spent any time playing first team this year are Chris Annakin, Adam Slater and Dale Morton. Adam Slater is playing every Reserves game and now Annakin and Morton are starting to feature at that level more due to the age restrictions changes. Liam Kay has played first team this year, as has Matty Wildie, and both are featuring heavily in the Reserve grade too.
Walshaw is starting to get first team opportunities when not injured, and kyle trout is also starting to play a part this season.
The real issue though regarding younger players is that, whilst its alright saying send them out to lower league clubs, there needs to be a lower league clubs who needs another player, and also they need a player that will be better than their current available players. So whilst sending them out on loan/ dual reg is the ideal situation, it is not always the most realistic of options.
To be fair to the club, if you manage to get two or even three players a year that are able and starting to make the step up to playing first grade then you will be doing well. This year so far we have seen Lucas Walshaw, Kyle Trout, Matty Wildie, Liam Kay all play a part, 3 of which I expect to see again this year at some point.
There are also some good prospects currently playing in the reserves that are part time, players such as Tom Lillycrop, Jordan Grayson, Sam Fletcher, Josh Hardcastle, Ryan Wright and Adam Gledhill which could all potentially end up going full time at some point. And then there is Sam Doherty who is playing for England at u18's level too. The reserves/ u20s are also playing really well at the moment which bodes well for the club.
My point is that the club are making steps in the right direction which is all you can ask for. It takes time to implement changes, it will be years rather than months before we see a team with Wakefield produced talent throughout the squad. Have patience and faith. It will happen.'"
Agree.
