Bull Mania wrote:Agreed Bullseye. To be fair I think the 4 that were promoted to the first team for this year never really kicked on and unfortunately, all seemed to pick up injuries. We also lost our two most promising ones in Lawford and Flanagan, possibly leaving a gap to the next lot coming through.
Gill, Bateman, Ackroyd look to be the 3 the club have high hopes for, but all are still eligible to play for the academy. So no rush with them. Wonder if the club feel a bit burned with what happened to Flanagan. Mom against London, went up to Barrow where they old-manned him and he really did loo like a 17 year old kid playing against men that day.
I was never convinced Flanagan was really ready for championship rugby. He looked ok in attack at times but that was it. I also think the club over hyped him a bit. Did Huddersfield loan him out anywhere? Or has he just been playing academy and reserves.
Lawford I thought was more ready for 1st team but only got picked when we drew amateurs in the cup. He's hardly played for Wakefield.
Just shows how you can't rush players in. I do have a few concerns about the reserves and academy, I know it's not results based but both teams seem to be struggling to win at all.
