I think the failure of our youth policy in recent years has to be attributed to Kear - he was disinterested in the youth development side of the club and often refused to communicate with the scholarship coaching staff; the players we are now attempting to bring through were, as a result, inadequately prepared for life in SL and hadn't trained in the structures and systems of the 1st team. The fact that Agar has managed to salvage a few of them is to his credit and I think the new regime for youth development will start to pay dividends in the coming years - it's no quick fix though.



For reference, I was at the game yesterday and I know for a fact that once again, the youth coaches were entertaining 5 of the brightest U14 players in the region, along with their community coaches and parents; I don't know much about the other age groups, but I do know that if the majority of the new scholarship development squad are signed on at 15, we'll have a crop of genuinely outstanding young lads in our system.

after 22 pages Bren I think we have a winning post!

The proof of the pudding was there for all to see on SUNDAY  , those who were in the  ALL CONQUERING 18s   stood up the the plate , and  I believe others would have ,RFA stated at the evening with , they only looked good in there year because other teams played weaker players , that in my opinion is a load of rubbish (which can only have come someone who was at the club then and who still is now) . I watched the team and still do , missing only the Aldershot fixtures and it was actually the opposite , because we were so good, teams played there strongest side not weaker ,

got to agree its a myth for folk to say other clubs played weaker teams wigan may have done against some clubs but against us ,they didnt ive a programme for the game before thefinal and im sure the wigan side for that game would have been stronger , jack murphy was at fullback, matty russell whos at gold coast titans was on wing ,josh charnley was one centre ian thornley was another sam powell who played half back yesterday played as did logan tomkins and jack hughes who didnt play yesterday but as played plenty of games for the first team ,saints played tommy malkinson,nathan ash and lee gaskell to name some from memory whil e in the cas team we beat in a great night at wheldon rd were jordan thompson ,darren clarke ,adam milner and oliver holmes among others ,they also did the double over mr agars 18s at hull take it from me this team was good and never received the credit they deserved mainlybecause it wasnt on for wakefield to win a competision destined for the big names in the league

Hi Everyone, haven't been on here for a while, sad to see what's happening. As for the players when I saw that you had signed Tim Smith my heart went out to you. Poorest excuse for a halfback I have ever witnessed.

Hang in there hope things get better you guys deserve it

Cheers

Con

You can't have witnessed much then - his form has been a bit streaky but on song, he's outstanding with ball in hand; a couple of months ago, he was realistically being talked about as one of the form hb's in SL.

does Tim Smith merit his place back if he;s fit next week???????

YES

absolutely YES

Need Smith in and Wood to perform as last match.

OK Tim has been a bit off lately , but when on song pure class.

Maybe he has been carrying an injury.

He also needs his forwards to do the job they did on Sunday; behind a beaten pack, his options are severely limited as he's not the type to get you out of a hole with a pinpoint kick like, for example, Broughy or Holdsworth - his strength is in attacking plays, which you can't put on from your own 30 metre line.

Lol, can't have seen much of him at Trinity then. Yes he's had a poor few games lately but he wasn't the only one, on the whole though he's been excellent for us and nearly all of our better attacking stuff comes through him