Danny kirmond, Shaun Lunt, leroy cudjoe, jerry mcgilvray- all brought in by riding. Three of those have had England call ups- he's not doing so badly..

I have no problem of us being a feeder club for any club

at least the conveyer belt is working in our area that can be said

we will reap awards soon if it carries on as we are doing. have faith

Exactly, Wakefield as an area has always produced plenty of RL talent and always will. Same can be said about other RL hotbeds like Hull & Wigan but Huddersfield dont have this luxury so have to look in our area for the youngster. The trick is for us to have first pick on the young RL conveyer belt the Wakefield area produces and I think the new set up is trying to achieve this goal.

Quote ="jools"Danny kirmond, Shaun Lunt, leroy cudjoe, jerry mcgilvray- all brought in by riding. Three of those have had England call ups- he's not doing so badly..'" Is that right??? I dont think so. Cudjoe was already at Huddersfield and had been for some years. Kirmond was brought in by Jon Sharp. www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/9251

Quote ="jools"Danny kirmond, Shaun Lunt, leroy cudjoe, jerry mcgilvray- all brought in by riding. Three of those have had England call ups- he's not doing so badly..'" Is that right??? I dont think so. Cudjoe was already at Huddersfield and had been for some years. Kirmond was brought in by Jon Sharp. www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/9251

Quote ="TURFEDOUT"Is that right??? I dont think so. Cudjoe was already at Huddersfield and had been for some years. Kirmond was brought in by Jon Sharp. www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/9251'" And Sharp signed Lunt from Workington at the age of 21 after he'd been playing first team rugby for three years.

Quote ="TURFEDOUT"Is that right??? I dont think so. Cudjoe was already at Huddersfield and had been for some years. Kirmond was brought in by Jon Sharp. www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/9251'" And Sharp signed Lunt from Workington at the age of 21 after he'd been playing first team rugby for three years.

Oh well -- that still leaves McGillvary.

Double zing!

Sharp was the coach- you really think he goes off scouting or do other people bring these lads to the attention of the club as decent prospects. Only this week lunty commented on how much he owed riding for bringing him to the giants.

Quote ="jools"Sharp was the coach- you really think he goes off scouting or do other people bring these lads to the attention of the club as decent prospects. Only this week lunty commented on how much he owed riding for bringing him to the giants.'" Kirmonds agent contacted Hudds looking for a deal. www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/9251 Whats your excuse with Cudjoe????? Have you a link to the Lunty comments --- it may save some of your embarrassment.

Quote ="jools"Sharp was the coach- you really think he goes off scouting or do other people bring these lads to the attention of the club as decent prospects. Only this week lunty commented on how much he owed riding for bringing him to the giants.'" Kirmonds agent contacted Hudds looking for a deal. www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/9251 Whats your excuse with Cudjoe????? Have you a link to the Lunty comments --- it may save some of your embarrassment.

Cudjoe and McGilvray were at the club before Pete Riding was.

All seems a fairly spurious argument in the case of Joe Walker as to whether Huddersfield have' plundered ' him from the Wildcats .

Joe played stand off in a half back partnership with my nephew ,in the Bradford service area team and was originally on scholarship with the Bulls ..so you could argue that the Wildcats 'plundered' him after another pro club had done much of his early development work.

Jools

I will give a for instance at my lads age level there has been only three or four teams within the Wakefield area (cas included)that have managed to compete with each other, all others have fallen way behind over the last two seasons there hasn't been a team at his level in the Huddersfield or hull that can even compete against the best of Wakefield.

now that's not saying that you might not have a starlet in the making but goes to show that over all more players are being developed over this way.

you only have to look at your academy and see where the players come from to get the full picture

its not going to be possible to keep hold of all academy players and some will have to move on, this will also be due to the age limit in the reserves

come back in a few years time when you can proudly say we didn't buy most of our players in

for that to be said it must mean that the bulls are starting to lag behind as well

I bet you wish the Burgess family had still a few more lads down the line

and here's another off the conveyer belt www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... m/2011/11/ A Normanton Knights Amateur and son of former Trinity player Richard Slater, the youngster was sought after by clubs both in Super League and Australia, but has chosen to continue his development with the club that he first signed for as a 16-year old.

and here's another off the conveyer belt www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... m/2011/11/ A Normanton Knights Amateur and son of former Trinity player Richard Slater, the youngster was sought after by clubs both in Super League and Australia, but has chosen to continue his development with the club that he first signed for as a 16-year old.

Quote ="snowie"and here's another off the conveyer belt www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... m/2011/11/ A Normanton Knights Amateur and son of former Trinity player Richard Slater, the youngster was sought after by clubs both in Super League and Australia, but has chosen to continue his development with the club that he first signed for as a 16-year old. '" Excellent young player, great attitude and very nice lad. Has all the foundations to be a real star in the future.

Quote ="snowie"and here's another off the conveyer belt www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... m/2011/11/ A Normanton Knights Amateur and son of former Trinity player Richard Slater, the youngster was sought after by clubs both in Super League and Australia, but has chosen to continue his development with the club that he first signed for as a 16-year old. '" Excellent young player, great attitude and very nice lad. Has all the foundations to be a real star in the future.

Are you absolutely sure about that jonh?

No flaws in his game?

No attitude problem?

No dark secret that will reveal itself at a crucial time in the season?

Before you answer, bear in mind that he's signed at Wakefield, not Wigan...

Come off it guys... jonh aint that bad..

As usual I am speaking from an informed opinion as someone who has coached him in the professional environment, not a clueless fan.

To be fair I got it wrong about Greg Johnson, his defensive and positional play were indeed top notch and he never got found out at SL level, he was never a NL1 player at best....oh no wait a minute!!

Nowt to do with me mate ...Cougars not B******T . We just get unfortunately lumped in with our insignificant neighbours in their hole in the ground for the purposes of local government and rugby league service areas !

Well you're ok then as we like Cougar fans on here

We all like cougar fans on here

You were spot on about that one, fair play.

Even you have to admit thought that you're more than a bit one-eyed when it comes to the dirty Pies - don't you?

I think the bit in bold highlights who is the one eyed poster.

I say as I see, when it comes to players I am rarely wrong. If being right makes me arrogant (especially with players I have coached) then fair enough.

I love the game, not any club.

Jools keep ya mouth shut mate you are just making a fool of your self,make sure you have the facts right before you post.