I know a lot of people have been praising this lad over the last few weeks but I felt this was worth a mention. I sat on Sunday in front of the Warrington commentators, who were absolutely raving about his performance. All I can say is well played lad, lets get him signed on for the long haul!

He is a must sign and the sooner the better.

I agree - there is terrific value in a no-frills forward who only knows one way to run; I'd like to see him signed up and getting a regular start.

If we haven't already signed him, it may be too late to keep him at BV, which would be a crying shame.
We've waited a long time to see Chris in the first team and it will be disappointing if he's not at Wakey next season.

players like annakin dont come through the ranks too often 3 year deal is a must for me

Perhaps if the Westwood speculation has some substance he could go to the Wires in exchange

Is Westwood OOC too?

It would 100%, but somehow you have to think that a club like ours can't always afford to have its best players at their best.
There is an air of almost absolute certainty that if not now, in the near future, if anakin continues to impress he will be lured away.
Another (actually the main) reason we need to be paying full price for STs.

Until Newmarket is alive and kicking our players are always going to be lured away and who would blame them. Newmarket is the key for us hitting to top 8 and above every season, let's just hope we still have a 14 team super league until then. It obvious we need the extra investment and facilities to stay in the top flight, if I were an up and coming SL star, the likes of Belle Vue and Wheldon road are hardly the most inspiring places I would like to be applying my trade.

Heard that rumour too

Another quote from our owner when he took over was the selling of our better players would stop, I see this as his first big challenge in that department.

Would be very very disappointed if we lost him.

Hopefully the rumours are just that, otherwise nothings changed.

With the NRL scouts reportedly looking at young British forwards, you would think Chris may have come onto there radar too.

With the recent signing of Cooper from Wire and the reported interest in a couple of Young Championship players (Lillycrop been one) I wouldn't be surprised to see an Aussie club take a punt on him.

Bit of a short memory and a tad unfair, I'd have said Amor was the first wouldn't you? We won't win them all though I hope we win this one however with Amor and a number of contract extensions under his belt I think AG has stood by his word as much as he can wouldn't you?

Edited for accuracy

the way I see the poster is addressing this are players that are fetched through our system, Amor wasn't but his quality was deemed to make that contract there for him.

I too hope that we can keep a few players from within our budget but the main thing is we are producing players that do turn other clubs head around.

the economics of our game is whether we can hold on to these players or not, sadly every player has a price tag that you can't say no to.

one thing to remember was the sale of Brough that ruin our season was it worth the profit in sale to the loss in income else where

not a problem with us selling players as long as we keep that conveyor belt moving it works for wigan

Amor was offered to FC.

Anakin is one of our own vasty and if we are to believe in 1873 then this is the acid test.

Lets hope we can keep him.

I'll put my tin hat on here and play the devils advocate, yes the production line is the way forward long term, but.....In a couple of seasons time we're gonna (if I understand SL plans) be in a sort of knock out rugby season where league standing genuinely means something! Shouldn't the club be putting our shoulders to the wheel, signing such as Ben Westwood and getting our strongest squad together to hopefully stay in the elite top 8? There I've done it! Fire away.

mmm, not really the point I was making. I'm saying so far AG has lived up to his word regarding keeping. It would IMHO be unfair for him to kop some flak on this one if Anakin goes (probably outbid). You'd have to point fingers elsewhere on that one for me as I'm sure the signing would have been made had the coaching staff demanded it.

Given the dough that AG has ploughed into WTW, it would no doubt be a very tough decision to refuse a big offer for Anakin, especially if it included Benny Westwood as a sweetener.

I'd much prefer to see him retained, but when it comes down to financial decisions and getting the best bang for your buck on a limited budget, I won't condemn our owner for making tough choices; in a few years, we might be in a position to pay these kids enough to keep them on the fringes and drip-feed them into the 1st team, a la Wigan, but we're not there yet.

It is my acid test as far as 1873 goes - If we lose Annekin then I'd have to see a very good explanation as to why for me to think it was worth me continuing to pay into Club 1873

No flak from me Matey.

Next season could see SL cut to 12 clubs. We have to be totally ruthless and make sure we think short term and get over that hurdle and build a team to see us through.

Also someone mentioned quotes from Andrew glover, well i remember one and that was, we will spend the full cap. I would suggest now is the time to do just that albeit if only for next season.

I don't remember him saying that; I do remember him saying that we would work towards spending the full cap over (I think) a 3 year period, but that it would be predicated on more fans coming through the gates.

No flak from me either.Somehow or other we have to build a team for the here and now.
Secure our Superleague future as much as is feasibly possible, by creating a team which at least wins more than it loses.
I would not want to see Annakin go but if we are to be offered a pile of dough to invest in a couple of quality players plus gaining Westwood, it would be very hard to turn down.
Money invested in Annakin would not have been wasted , if proven and fully commited Superleague players were brought in to boost the sqaud.

I know of 2 young Championship forwards who have discussed the option of going over. This may not lead to anything but it shows that they are not scared to look away from Super League. One of the guys who came over was told by an aussie coach over here to have a look at Lillycrop. Not sure if it has gone any further, but made up agents talk it wasnt.

Anyone in the 18 to 22 bracket is been looked at. With the increased cap over there, they can throw £50k a year at a kid on the off chance he comes off. Something we/most SL clubs simply cannot do.