Quote: YJL pussy cat "dont know you from adam sir so i will extend you some manners and refine from bad mouthing you.
i have watched kyle even at junior level and progress as a fine talent . i watched home and away even as far as cumbria as the lads secured the league leaders and the play offs. i would not dream of posting a comment about a young mans ability if it was negative neither would i without firsthand evidence .
i read many of you posts and see you get involved in many scraps , dont insult my intelligence by trying to lure me into your tiny little cave . the sooner schools back the better.
i know await to be chastised by your friends.'"
OK, you want to play it sensible. I to have watched many years of junior RL. I am constantly surprised by which ones make it and which don't. I am also less surprised how often the touchline experts and wannabe coaches get it wrong.
It's almost impossible to tell which Academy players will make it at first team level. It is totally impossible to judge whether they have after 20 mins or as you put it have the X-factor. Believing that as I do I frankly can't accept your reasoning, to me I don't care how much you've followed a player that statement is flawed.
I don't care what folk say now, no one and I mean no one was predicting Gareth Ellis making it big. He was universally considered a utility/squad player as a youngster. If anyone would have said Blaymire would have got 4 years in SL and been on the fringe of the GB set up when he was a Trinity Academy player they would have been committed. The two star players at the time were Feather and the lad from Doncaster (can't remember his name) but he did a long stint at Fev. They had the size and the X-factor at the time.
So to conclude - 20 mins is nowhere near enough and I maintain it was a poor comment.
