I have been really impressed with this young lad reminds me of O hara a bit.

Was my man of the match against Bradford. Has handled the step up to Super League really well. Better than i expected to be honest after watching him in the 20s all year. He obviously just needed testing further. He looks ready made for the 3rd prop role at looseforward if our coach goes down that route.

Good player, and will get better with time!

Impressed with what I have seen so far, should go well if he continues.

Totally agree on all points!

Team next year maybe:

Hall
Salter
Gleeson
Welham
Hodgson/ Caro
Burns?
Dobson
Lovegrove
Hodgson
Tuimavave
Paterson
Mika
Griffin
Interchange
Paea
O Hara
Withers
Horne

Good find this kid.

Looks every bit a SL player

Is that the same griffin from wakey under 18s last year or year before?

Always good when a young lad comes through, good luck to him.

Yes. Picked up by the Robins whilst he was playing out in Australia.

George took some time to settle and get over the fact he wasn't part of the first team mix from the start (having been included as a new signing along with Paea, Mika et al), but to his credit he knuckled down and is being rewarded for this.

I think it only right to mention the influence and work Deighton et al are doing at reserve-grade. Deighton has pushed on with the young guns and there's plenty more in the pipeline, many who weren't ready at the start of the season, but have come on leaps and bounds. This is a very exciting time and hopefully we'll see many more make the transition.

Is he contracted for 2013?

Yes.

If someone were to offer a big transfer fee for Mr Taylor and it wasnt Hull would we accept it ?

Might as well if he's determined to go. No point making him see out his contract if he wants out, won't be very motivated will he.

Looking increasingly likely to happen, which isn't making it any easier to live with. I'll be gutted if/when he goes, but, if that's what he thinks is best for his career then fair enough.

Probably best asking on the Hull board, they usually know more about our players than us.

Yes, we need to make money like any other business; we must make sure we have youth players to take his place though!

No point selling all your best players and replacing them with average players, we need really good kids that are ready to step up to SL, St Helens have done it for years with great success.

Youth is the key, and I think the penny has dropped with Mr Hudgell!!

We, as a city should be churning out top class RL players; the talent that is wasted in this city is criminal!!!

Aye. Only reason I'd turn my nose up at any best offer from any club, [iincluding[/i Hull, would be the rumblings about attempts to engineer a move to that club.

There's a natural tension in this situation between the club wanting it sorted and the player being happy to bide his time as his cachet rises. Unless it was a [ivery[/i good offer, I'm not sure I'd have committed at this stage. And IMO, that is fair enough. Only if he's made it clear he's definately offski is it an issue - and then at least we know now, rather than being strung along and then seeing him go for nowt.

Would we even get a [ubig[/u fee though? The Bradford squad are now all effectively ooc (I think) which will have changed the dynamic a bit.

He is an excellent prospect, but losing him would be painful almost as much for what he represents as what he offers. With a fee and the wage we offered (assuming it was somewhere close to market value), we could get somebody who'd probably be as good or even better [iin 2013[/i, but losing the first one off the line and bearing in mind he's likely got plenty of better years ahead of him would be disappointing.