Bags of potential this lad, definitely one for the future, I know Gaz Chambers speaks very highly! The future looks bright, Taylor-Wray looked like a real prospect!

I'd be careful of heaping expectation on young players, it's a habit we have done for years and years and more often than not we are left looking a bit "over enthusiastic" in our assessment. The future has been bright for 20 years!

I have lost count of the number of youngsters who have followed the route of great prospect/one of the future/best thing since sliced bread -> few first team appearances -> loan to get regular playing time -> transferred to Championship / low level SL club.

Let them develop at the right pace out of the limelight.

Take Wrench for example - he is one of our more developed younger players who has had bags of praise and goodwill on here, but unless he can sort his defensive issues out will not make it as a top level SL centre.

I can't remember any homegrown players with the potential ability of Lindop and co... emphasis on homegrown here.

I cannot comment on Lindop as I have only seen him once. But I know we have had rave reviews before on (to name a few)

Dean
Longstaff
Patton
Livett
Brand
Johnson (Luis)
Johnson (Jack)
...

As for that list. I would have liked to see what Riley Dean could do slotting in this side.

I liked Riley Dean but heard that the higher echelons of WWRLFC did not rate him. He didn't seem to get much of a chance (10 appearances across 4 seasons)

A good point - but did anyone really ever give Keanan Brand a rave review? Embarrassing for them if they did. To me, he never looked like he would make it.

He was decent when we signed him, not amazing but good. But did the usual thing of coming here, and either stalling or go backwards. Glad Burgess has turned that around and got our boys playing to their actual potential :

Perhaps previous managers have destroyed the confidence of some of the youngsters ,preferring a quick fix from elsewhere.

Yes I don't think Smith, Price or Powell have given the youngsters much of an opportunity for various
reasons.

Price probably the worst of the lot. He left us in a perillous state. Powell just played his favourites out of position. Tony just made "project signings" after Cullen's side aged.