I was suprised/disappointed last easter Monday v wire how little he'd come on.
Made a couple of errors. Looked petrified under the high ball and got cemented on a few returns
Seen him a few times in the reserves..Again left underwhelmed in his general play. Tries/speed mega. Rest not so
Hopefully he can go on and prove himself and make it to the top. But my trust is in the coaches who see him every game and most days in training

Good luck to the kid.

The kid had all what gave him a shot coached
out of him.
Shame that some see confidence as attitude.
Not handled well like HTW and Dean etc
Good luck Lancy

I know it's early days but HTW is playing for York and they are having a terrible season and Dean can't get into the Wolfpack side, like me you have only seen these players play the odd first team game mainly in friendlier, we don't see them either day like the coaching staff.

People said the same about Lee and Lyne and we haven't regretted those being released (in fact I can't think of one young player that was a mistake (Hodgson maybe)) in the last few years.

I hope they do well, but without anything to back up your statement that the players weren't handled well, it's hard to believe.

Wasn't Hodgson a salary cap issue?. Sure Agar said at the time we'd like to have kept him but we had Berrigan and Houghton as well at the time.

He wanted to leave to play first team, just unfortunate we had an Australian international and the best young hooker in the league at the time. A different time and we wouldn't have released him.

When any youngster signs they know unless they are a better than the current players they are not going to get many chance to play unless injuries kick in and thats the same at every Club.If you was Radford would you drop Talanoa, Micheals,ect and play Lancaster just to keep him happy or would you wait and see if he has the fight and willingness to improve and prove he is worthy of a spot.

For me, I wouldnt have resigned Michaels and I would have gone with Lancaster as back up (or Naughton). Could have used the quota spot on an impact forward then.

Would an "impact prop" been as cheap as Michaels?

Who knows, how cheap is Michaels?

Must be a Moa type player who could have done what we needed.

I'd probably drop Talanoa after Friday to be honest




That's the difficulty isn't it. You want youngsters to get as much first team experience as possible, but at the same time the coach/club need results and have to play their best team available.

Wigan aren't playing Forsyth, Davies & Marshall at the moment for their development. They're playing because Burgess, Gildart & Manfredi are injured.

What Wigan do better than every other club, and I used Wigan as they're the benchmark in this regard, is develop their youngsters so that they're able to slot into the first team as seamlessly as possible. This isn't a fluke. They play the same systems throughout their club, so when called upon, a youngster as well as having the skills, understands the system and exactly what their job is when they step up.