Leeds Rhinos • Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4

Kaeru - I'm not suggesting picking teams full of teenagers every week. i'm talking about a planned approach to getting them experience. Ten minutes at the fag-end of a game won't give anybody a chance to develop or show how good they are. I'm more than ready to wait and move to the next generation if they don't prove up to it, but these lads currently deserve a chance because the 'senior' forwards are frankly awful as a unit.

The prime case is actually Jack Sinfield. I wouldn't do it vs Leigh as there's too much emotion, but after that I'd give him a minimum of five games as starter, and only not pick him if he's injured. We'll never know if he's good enough if he doesn't get picked or plays a few minutes off the bench or only gets a game against London. This isn't driven by nostalgia or his name. Its about having a supposedly high quality junior, who has played a handful of games in almost three seasons, and needing to find out if he's got it or not. If he is, great. If not we need to be brutally honest and move him on. But right now does anyone have any clarity about how good he really is or might be? Should we really keep picking Frawley because he can tackle?

Statistics: Posted by Once were Loiners — Mon Jun 17, 2024 11:39 pm — Replies 9167 — Views 1883697

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