Tommygilf Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Reports breaking on social media that teenage sensation, Jack Walker, has rejected a 3 year deal from his hometown club Leeds. I have got the impression in recent weeks that perhaps Leeds were trying to take him down a peg or two - for example a clearly not fully recovered Ash Golding was played ahead of Walker against Hull last week for a big chunk of the game. Maybe he thinks he can't get in at Leeds with Golding ahead of him, maybe he has agents in his ear saying there are big offers from elsewhere, maybe Leeds' offer was a bit of a joke. We don't really know enough but, from a Leeds fan perspective, no player is irreplaceable, and no player is bigger than the club, so I'd take it as sad but hard to avoid news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 http://www.totalrl.com/jack-walker-rejects-new-three-year-contract-leeds-rhinos/ This suggests to me that he was going to be given the number 2 shirt but has turned that down. Its a shame. One of the best FB in the World RTS had to wait on the wing before he got his shot. It also suggests that Rhinos management aren't averse to letting Briscoe go, which is interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 36 minutes ago, Tommygilf said: http://www.totalrl.com/jack-walker-rejects-new-three-year-contract-leeds-rhinos/ This suggests to me that he was going to be given the number 2 shirt but has turned that down. Its a shame. One of the best FB in the World RTS had to wait on the wing before he got his shot. It also suggests that Rhinos management aren't averse to letting Briscoe go, which is interesting. I agree he is too young to be calling the shots but can understand his perspective a little. Ash Goulding may be at the club for the next 5-10 years and is primed for his position. However, you have to go about things the right way. Maybe he should sign a 12-month contract and see how it pans out next season. He will still be a baby at the end of 2018. This may also have pricked the ears of a few clubs in SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blind side johnny Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 He wants to play full back and regularly. He won't get that at Leeds so is prepared to move. What's wrong with that? Sport, amongst other things, is a dream-world offering escape from harsh reality and the disturbing prospect of change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Warrington beckons apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, Man of Kent said: Warrington beckons apparently He'd have the same issue there though wouldn't he with a Ratchford ahead of him? Plus they already have two young FBs in Dagger & Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Leeds Riviera Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Watkins started out as a FB, Hardaker started as a CE, as Brian McD said players don't always play the positions they start out as. Hes only 17/18 I'd stick around abit and see how things pan out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Leeds Riviera Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 1 minute ago, Spidey said: He'd have the same issue there though wouldn't he with a Ratchford ahead of him? Plus they already have two young FBs in Dagger & Johnson Warrington just sign other clubs youth players. Wonder if Patton will get a see in next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattrhino Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Might be a low ball offer ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 1 minute ago, West Leeds Riviera said: Warrington just sign other clubs youth players. Wonder if Patton will get a see in next season It's not something I've seen Warrington do much of. Who else's youth players have they signed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattrhino Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 1 minute ago, Spidey said: It's not something I've seen Warrington do much of. Who else's youth players have they signed? Atkins and Clark are two that come straight to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Just now, Mattrhino said: Atkins and Clark are two that come straight to mind. They were hardly youth players when they signed for Warrington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwalker71 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Clearly you can't have a 17 year old dictating where will play I wonder if he's destined to be another Curtis Naughton - looked like an absolute world-beater when he first came on the scene with the Bulls. Apparently left us because he thought he should be first choice full back, and drifted around a few clubs, sent out on loan, played mostly on the wing etc. Wasted talent! I agree with those who say he's be better off signing a contract at Leeds and seeing how it pans out over the next couple of years. If he's that good then he'll displace Ash Goulding (who is hardly the finished article anyway) over the next couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agbrigg Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Hull KR ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWD Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 15 minutes ago, Agbrigg said: Hull KR ? Dagger from Warrington has the number one shirt at Hull KR next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Leeds Riviera Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Spidey said: They were hardly youth players when they signed for Warrington They sign players rather than promote their own youth is what I should have put, or it seems that way. Their like Chelsea or Liverpool, have great academics but most of the time sign players instead of promoting youth players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELBOWSEYE Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 1 minute ago, West Leeds Riviera said: They sign players rather than promote their own youth is what I should have put, or it seems that way. Their like Chelsea or Liverpool, have great academics but most of the time sign players instead of promoting youth players. Obviously you don't see how many they have brought through recently, but all Players leeds have developed are not all from Leeds, they spread the net far and wide, and as for Clark and Atkins both Cas and Wakefield were more than happy to take the money. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnowmonkey Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Spidey said: It's not something I've seen Warrington do much of. Who else's youth players have they signed? Morgan Smith and Ryan Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 6 minutes ago, TheSnowmonkey said: Morgan Smith and Ryan Jones What clubs did they get signed from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alffi 7 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 6 minutes ago, TheSnowmonkey said: Morgan Smith and Ryan Jones I thought we picked Ryan Jones up on trial, and that he had been told he wasn't wanted at Leeds? Morgan Smith, yes I believe we offered him a fair contract and a first team squad number. Leeds bring in plenty of players from outside their area though, just like all clubs do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnowmonkey Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Leeds Rhinos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnowmonkey Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Just now, Alffi 7 said: I thought we picked Ryan Jones up on trial, and that he had been told he wasn't wanted at Leeds? Morgan Smith, yes I believe we offered him a fair contract and a first team squad number. Leeds bring in plenty of players from outside their area though, just like all clubs do. I heard the story he went for a trial but he left Leeds before season finished...he'd only just played one match for senior...looked up and he had vanished. ..Morgan has only had one match ..that was on bench last week or week before.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 1 minute ago, TheSnowmonkey said: I heard the story he went for a trial but he left Leeds before season finished...he'd only just played one match for senior...looked up and he had vanished. ..Morgan has only had one match ..that was on bench last week or week before.. Thanks. Genuinely didn't know where they came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELBOWSEYE Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 It's like saying Leeds pinched Watkins from Warrington because he was on their books and a Latchford junior, but he decided Leeds was the right club for him. Lots of players were junior players at clubs and signed for others it's standard practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnowmonkey Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Must admit it was disappointed Jack Walker twice rejected club...he looks an amazing prospect. It also looks as if reports that the agent were behind the stalling of money are wrong as if this story true Walker said it not about money but playing as FB...kind of reminds me of BJB...left Leeds as he wanted the no1 position...at time we had Zak...he was promised it at Salford..didn't get to play at FB, except on a few occasions..then left for Trinity where think he hoped he would finally get that jersey...don't know if coach persuaded him to stick at wing but no question he is doing well there. I hope Jack Walker has a change of heart or some compromise can be reached . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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