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Terrible decision by us to let him go. When the 19's used to play before the first team I used to try and get there early to watch them and he always stood out. It's always a bit of a shot in the dark with signing youngsters and it's a bit of an unknown how lads turn into blokes, but Cator really was a miss by us. Hope he has a marvellous career, always great to see Hull lads come through.
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Sandro II Terrorista wrote:Terrible decision by us to let him go. When the 19's used to play before the first team I used to try and get there early to watch them and he always stood out. It's always a bit of a shot in the dark with signing youngsters and it's a bit of an unknown how lads turn into blokes, but Cator really was a miss by us. Hope he has a marvellous career, always great to see Hull lads come through.
He may lack size but he's repeatedly been credited for his attitude and energy. Fans love that, understandably, and as you say, great to see a local lad have a breakthrough season at this level after his potential had been acknowledged. Only 22, "will only get better" as the saying goes.
Sandro II Terrorista wrote:Terrible decision by us to let him go. When the 19's used to play before the first team I used to try and get there early to watch them and he always stood out. It's always a bit of a shot in the dark with signing youngsters and it's a bit of an unknown how lads turn into blokes, but Cator really was a miss by us. Hope he has a marvellous career, always great to see Hull lads come through.
He may lack size but he's repeatedly been credited for his attitude and energy. Fans love that, understandably, and as you say, great to see a local lad have a breakthrough season at this level after his potential had been acknowledged. Only 22, "will only get better" as the saying goes.
Joined: Jun 01 2007 Posts: 12647 Location: Leicestershire.
Sandro II Terrorista wrote:Terrible decision by us to let him go. When the 19's used to play before the first team I used to try and get there early to watch them and he always stood out. It's always a bit of a shot in the dark with signing youngsters and it's a bit of an unknown how lads turn into blokes, but Cator really was a miss by us. Hope he has a marvellous career, always great to see Hull lads come through.
Sometimes players just need the right situation.
Sheens always bigged up his energy and enthusiasm, but we had undersized backrowers coming out of our ears at the time and he wasn’t going to get enough game time in the short-term. Regular playing time at Leigh was probably the best thing for him. Hull is a better fit for him than Rovers was as well - a bigger, better pack, and although they’ve been middling this season, that is better than we’ve managed in SL in recent years. With very few exceptions who have massive talent, young players will struggle to flourish in teams performing at the level Rovers have.
Good luck to Cator, the career path in RL in this country isn’t particularly rationale or efficient but he’s doing a good job of walking it.
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