sounds like _ollocks to me
Had a good game in the reserves and was bigged up by Cummins in the HDM
How many times have we heard this attitude/fitness excuse from fans in the know?
Up untill last week it was Balmforth
If being dropped for having a poor second half at London then if i was Walker i would also be pi-sed

I agree
Using a quota place for a full back would be a waste when we have Walker,Moy,Litten and Hardaker.
Personally think Walker has been hard done by if your are dropped for a poor second half at London.
On that basis we would be fielding 11 new reserve starters.
Is it co incidence that since Myler came in all the ex Leeds players Sutcliffe,Tindall and Walker will all be on the move

Maybe walkers been dropped b3cuase he's asked to leave?

A month ago I would have been dreading this game, it would have had another fifty-point drubbing written all over it, but suddenly it has become an interesting one.

Warrington seem to have hit a bump in the road once again in recent weeks. They certainly looked somewhat dejected and low on confidence when losing to Salford last week, although it may simply have been post-Wembley blues which can afflict any number of sides down the years.

We, on the other hand, had a long-awaited confidence boost last week, just by the act of actually winning once more. Even allowing for Leeds poor performance, we played with a good deal more energy and vigour than we probably have done all year. If we can replicate that on Saturday (which should also engage the crowd as well) then we stand a chance of being in with a shout.

On the other hand, if Wire bottle up all their frustrations of recent weeks and decide to take it out on us then we could be in bother. On paper, they have way too much quality for us to handle, and if they click back into gear once again it might become a painful watch.

I just want to see us committed and playing with energy and hopefully take our chances when they come our way. Sounds like the weather is going to be different from last weekend, so let's hope for some fun in the sun at last!

It’s all conjecture about Walker but we do know that fat contracts were handed out to players. It’s maybe more to do with trimming the playing budget and getting value for money.
Walker is a decent full back but maybe Myler thinks he can get better value.
After all he did play SL in that position.

This

Exactly this:
Who knows what’s going on with the Walker situation but for me, it’s Walker every time and Moy’s for the future. I just don’t get it, but there may be factors unknown. In the meantime let’s hope there’s something going on behind the scenes nd get behind Moy in the meantime.

Walker was more bad recruitment from Smith, we didn't need him and I questioned the signing at the time...all it did was unsettle Hoy (and eventually caused him to leave). We signed him because he was available, not because we needed him, like we did with fonua second time round. We should have used the money we spent on Walker to strengthen the squad elsewhere, e.g a second rower or an adequate replacement for Swift

If true it should follow that Sutcliffe is also dropped

Possibly more scope to do that if Carlos can keep fit.

Agree, IF Walker asked for a release than why would the club even play him in the reserves.
It wouldn’t benefit the club, they may as well play one of the kids at full back in the reserves.

Whitehead if a top, top signing, disappointed but not surprised.

Is Cartwright under estimating the standard of SL or are we struggling to sign good players from the NRL, I've said all along I don't the signing of the likes of Holmes and Chamberalin, as long as we get top class imports (SL top class), but signing the likes of Rimbu and Stewert (I know he isn't coming now), are huge gambles, neither have played an NRL, which puts them below the likes of Pele and Ockunbor, on paper anyway (I know that we don't play on paper, but the point still stands).

The next two imports are key, we should be aiming for the likes of Sailor and Niu, which should eb possible, particularly with the connections and reputation that Cartwright has.

The HDM doesn't help, as they have built up hopes, just after the signing of Asiata, they ran an article that we were going to sign two big named players, like all the HDM stories this will have come from the club, probably Myler. I'm not convinced this will happen think we need a good couple of overseas players, ones that will excite the fans and a good UK signing, paying a fee, or looking at the likes of Bateman, Murphy etc

Rumour is that Whitehead has signed for Catalans, but Elliot's Instagram says "plenty of rumours flying around today" which may mean it isn't true, or not 100% complete

Do Catalan actually need him though? Their back row is one of their strengths with Sims, Seguier and Garcia...if we lose out to them, should we be going all out to tempt Bateman over to us?