Joined: Feb 17 2009 Posts: 15511 Location: Huddersfield
GiantJake1988 wrote:I think Sams time will come in another couple of years. Some players take a little longer to develop physically and I think he will in time. Hes still only 21... I think once hes grown into his frame he will be a great asset at loose - a Steve Menzies type of player down the line.
yeh maybe, he can play half back after all too so can play abit!
dan smith was talking other day on the podcast.. its his final year and his agent was saying we wont see the best of dan smith till they let his play his style of play... which is a ball playing forward, could be a good loose forward for us if given the chance to play that way but under anderson and stone we havent seen it
GIANTSRL wrote:but maybe they are also being lost to the game of rugby league, this is where the argument for reserves comes in, they may have progressed better playing in the giants reserve games... playing to our systems and the first team coach would actually turn up to games like they used to do.
we cant afford as a game to be losing players.
warrington got a player from siddal who the giants were desperate for.... went for the cash to warrington
GIANTSRL wrote:dont know his name, robbo told me last year, a half back
There have been a few over the last few years that have had their heads turned by wire flashing the cash. There’s a lad from siddal gone to Wigan too, Morgan smithies his elder brother was in our academy a few years ago. Won academy player of the year last year.
Club loses loads of players from Siddal to Leeds and Wigan at scholarship level, that’s not about money, money only comes into it at academy level, Morgan smithies was/is a Leeds fan but went to Wigan as he thought they were better team, he was never coming to huddersfield
And half back Dave gibbons left our scholarship for more money at academy level for wire but he was from east Leeds not siddal, club got 10k compensation for that
djhudds wrote:Club loses loads of players from Siddal to Leeds and Wigan at scholarship level, that’s not about money, money only comes into it at academy level, Morgan smithies was/is a Leeds fan but went to Wigan as he thought they were better team, he was never coming to huddersfield
Money has everything to do with it- who has it who doesn’t. No one said smithies was coming to Huddersfield but with all the players at Wigan’s disposal the fact they have taken on a lad from Yorkshire is pretty telling about the game and the money don’t you think.
Joined: Feb 17 2009 Posts: 15511 Location: Huddersfield
my mates lad plays for siddal... had choice to join huddersfield or leeds but he has gone to leeds, prop
instead of the money sometimes they should look at the future pathway for them depending on what position they play, but you cant really blame them going to a 'bigger' club
Wigan take lads from yorkshire every year, so go some go to Leeds, last year giants went for 6 lads from Siddal, 5 went to Leeds one to Wigan, year before that 5 went to Leeds and one Wigan again, year before that 8 to Leeds 3 to wigan
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