Youngster jumps ship : Wed Oct 20, 2010 2:50 pm  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_l ... 111144.stm Matthew Dawson to the Giants.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_l ... 111144.stm Matthew Dawson to the Giants.

Re: Youngster jumps ship : Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:05 pm  

Good to see the Giants youth policy in full throw again

Re: Youngster jumps ship : Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:05 pm  

Why has this been allowed to happen I wonder?

Re: Youngster jumps ship : Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:17 pm  

Bonzo wrote:

Why has this been allowed to happen I wonder?

Because he's ''joined a club thats going places'' Makes you wonder where ours is going.

Re: Youngster jumps ship : Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:19 pm  

poppys mum wrote:

Because he's ''joined a club thats going places'' Makes you wonder where ours is going.

With Matterson in charge, nowhere if not backwards.

[Durham Giant]

Re: Youngster jumps ship : Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:23 pm  

Is he any good. that is the important thing

Re: Youngster jumps ship : Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:04 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

Is he any good. that is the important thing

Doubt hudds would do a 3 year deal with him if he was usless.

Whats one thing we have been lacking the past 2/3 years...a half back.
We had 2, dawson and brierley, one down one to go.

Re: Youngster jumps ship : Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:10 am  

Gaslight wrote:

With Matterson in charge, nowhere if not backwards.

For the first time, last year I had a few months where I really started to doubt where TM was taking us, but by the end of the season I was becoming increasingly confident that he did have something to offer younger players here - Walker / Arundel / Milner / Holmes all look potentially outstanding.

Although losing young half-backs is clearly a cause for concern, I certainly don't see any reason for the doom and gloom.

Maybe I'm being naive but I think we have the makings of a good squad for next season and if the ground gets officially sold then I'm optimistic that our stadium will become a reality. CHEER UP

Re: Youngster jumps ship : Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:14 am  

morrissey wrote:

For the first time, last year I had a few months where I really started to doubt where TM was taking us, but by the end of the season I was becoming increasingly confident that he did have something to offer younger players here - Walker / Arundel / Milner / Holmes all look potentially outstanding.

Although losing young half-backs is clearly a cause for concern, I certainly don't see any reason for the doom and gloom.

Maybe I'm being naive but I think we have the makings of a good squad for next season and if the ground gets officially sold then I'm optimistic that our stadium will become a reality. CHEER UP

Anyone who says Matterson has taken this club anywhere but forward needs their head testing...

Re: Youngster jumps ship : Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:21 am  

I think the reason we had so many youngster play last season was due to the fact we was a small squad and had no one else to call upon.
We had to use the youngsters no option tbh.