Kyle Wood

Quote: bellycouldtackle "Think this deal was done many weeks ago before the Scott Moore incident. With Scoot Moore in the team it looks an OK signing nothing special but some cover if needed. Over the last two seasons we have been letting in 40 + points per match on average. Now I know we have not finished putting the squad together but Caton Brown, Grix and Wood are not good defenders and will not improve our points against, in fact that are likely to make them worse. I understand that we are not blessed with pots of money and that its hard to get
Give over now Hampshire is nowhere near as good as you make out, give it a rest will you. Your grass is greener obsession is getting really boring, why don't you just support the lads and give them a clean slate.

Nothing I have seen since his academy days suggests Hampshire is this superstar player you have created. I'll tell you something else he's not as naturally talented as Cain Southernwood was and look what happened there.

Tell me this if he's as great as you maintain then why did Wane (a coach you said only last week would be your choice to coach Trinity) binned him off to Cas then Leigh. Then Powell the other coach you regularly cream yourself over decided the only position he could find for him was on the wing despite an injury crisis.

So who's right - Wane and Powell, that he's not that good and thus you must agree with those two great coaches or he's as brilliant as you say which makes them clowns and contradicts your previous opinions - which one is it you can't have both!

Personally I like him and I'd give him a go but only at a rate the club see's fit which on current evidence should be similar to what someone like Finn is on. We owe this lad nothing, he and his dad chose Wigan end of and as far as I'm concerned if he wants to play for us and earn big bucks he has to prove himself first. We owe the likes of Crowther and Batchelor as we did Johnstone and Jowitt but definitely not a players from Wigan's Academy - we are not a local player rescue centre.

You are the first person to question Grix defence. I know he flaps under the high ball and sometimes his decisions are not great but nobody has ever questioned his ability to tackle his heart out.