indeed. he was my mom against quins

Something about him training Stanningley as of next season and maybe because he supported them as a kid. Kallum at the moment wouldnt be good enough to become the number 3, well for a start hes proposed position is number 4. Shenton is the other name thats going round at Leeds at the moment.

At the moment the rumours at Leeds are that we are trying for Ryan and have just signed Pitts from you guys. However, these are just rumours pending announcements, as was Lee Smith leaving at the end of the season, when everyone on our board was going on about it since January.

Think Shenton would suit the Leeds style of play more than Atkins. Don't think Atkins has the pace. Don't think Shentons poor defense would matter as much in a Leeds team.

You are kidding right? Shenton has fantastic defence

atkins cant defend lazy so and so, only wants to know in final 10!

keep saying it Atkins is not a centre and never will be lacks guile you cant coach that

I`m not convinced that Ryan is an out-and-out Centre, to me he looks more like a 2nd Row filling in, I`d be tempted to bring in a centre and let Ryan have a game or two in the pack, assuming he stays of course.

Very true, don't think any player would relish being on Atkin's wing.

That bad that he got an England call up!

He may not be a Gidley or a Senior, but they are world class players. Ryan is not World Class, but he is a fine player who deserves a little more respect for his efforts and, to date, his loyalty to us.

I reckon some would moan on here if we signed Inglis and only got him for 3 years????????

atkins played very well against quins, my mom and whilst he has his flaws i'd rather have him here than leave. once again who do we get that is young and english to replace him with? answer, no f***er

agreed he did play well but these games are not often enough, ok the ball doesn't always come out, but he fails to come looking for it in my view anywhere near as often as a he ought to.
For some reason on here some people think he is untouchable and get personally upset by any negative comments about him, to these people I say grow up, take your blinkers off, accept he ain't half as good as you think he is, and don't burst into tears everytime something gets said about him!!!
To me he has all the ability in the world, he should be more of a threat than he is and that is down to laziness, his tackling can be iffy at times, but he could make up for that by Being a constant menace to our oppos defence, which I believe he fails to do.
Who do we replace him with if he goes, I don't know but it won't be the end of the world, well not for me anyway.

but that is exactly the point, he has to come looking for it inside to get teh ball where the traffic is too busty. Same as Petersen.

If Atkins played for Saints or Leeds his lack of centre play would not matter as he would be put on a one on one challenge more often and would make the break for Long, McGuire, Roby, Burrow to back up.