Re: Sam Walters : Sat Apr 29, 2023 3:21 pm  

With Holroyd starting for England today and Sangere on bench for France, could rest one or both next week and give Walters a start or a long spell on the field next week, chance to play himself into the side. If he’s still not selected next week it’s likely he’s not wanted.

Re: Sam Walters : Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:15 pm  

I fear Walters has already signed elsewhere which is a real shame

Re: Sam Walters : Sun Apr 30, 2023 7:53 am  

Since he can't even speak to another team yet without permission, that seems unlikely.

Re: Sam Walters : Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:21 am  

do you live in cloud cuckoo land???

Re: Sam Walters : Sun Apr 30, 2023 3:13 pm  

Me? Maybe. I'm realistic enough to know he may well have been talking to other clubs even though its not allowed. I'm also realistic enough to know that he, his management and whichever club he may be going to join (if any) wouldn't be dumb enough to sign a contract dated before the anti-tampering deadline expires. It is possible to pre-sign of course. But in a practical sense not possible to sign before the deadline unless Leeds gave permission. Which I doubt they would, unless he's causing trouble at the club.

Re: Sam Walters : Sun Apr 30, 2023 3:22 pm  

I'm sure every club has players lined up and sorted for next season

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: Sam Walters : Tue May 02, 2023 2:49 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

I'm sure every club has players lined up and sorted for next season

Hopefully weve got something up our sleeves rather than Gawwys annual jaunt to Aus bargin-bin-a-thon at end of season.

Re: Sam Walters : Wed May 03, 2023 2:41 pm  

In talks over a new deal according to Smith. He wants to keep him

Re: Sam Walters : Wed May 03, 2023 3:09 pm  

While we've been cheap in the past, the recent problem hasn't been the bargain bin, its the big money players who simply haven't delivered - Tetevano now looks like a reasonably good second row, and when fit Fusitu'a is a solid winger. But neither has much impact most games. Neither does Sezer, who also will be on a big wedge.

It all smacks of signing overseas players for the sake of it rather than with a plan in mind. Smith didn't have a lot of room for this year, but there are some massive decisions coming up. Get it right and with the good youngsters we have in the squad we should be set for a brighter few years. Get it wrong and we'll be back here complaining for another few years.

Re: Sam Walters : Wed May 03, 2023 3:39 pm  

Once were Loiners wrote: While we've been cheap in the past, the recent problem hasn't been the bargain bin, its the big money players who simply haven't delivered - Tetevano now looks like a reasonably good second row, and when fit Fusitu'a is a solid winger. But neither has much impact most games. Neither does Sezer, who also will be on a big wedge. It all smacks of signing overseas players for the sake of it rather than with a plan in mind. Smith didn't have a lot of room for this year, but there are some massive decisions coming up. Get it right and with the good youngsters we have in the squad we should be set for a brighter few years. Get it wrong and we'll be back here complaining for another few years. I get the feeling Smith isn't the type of coach to spend silly money on NR players for the sake of it, I think he's far more interesting in getting the youth through, he even mentions something of the sort in his presser today "Sam and Liam, are guys we’d like to keep and we are working through that process to keep them." “We feel they are players we feel can develop with our group. There’s a core of English players within our group who are growing and developing and those guys, hopefully will be part of that process moving forward.” When quizzed further on recruitment and retention, Smith said: "Firstly, we're working through some retention, I'm a big believer you don't always have to be looking outside. We've a lot of young players developing this year and more just behind them, so some of our recruitment has already been done. "But we'll be looking for players who can add a point of difference to what we've currently got. Some of the players off-contract have got some of their own options to explore, so it's not all in our hands." https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/rugb ... h-26834836

Once were Loiners wrote: While we've been cheap in the past, the recent problem hasn't been the bargain bin, its the big money players who simply haven't delivered - Tetevano now looks like a reasonably good second row, and when fit Fusitu'a is a solid winger. But neither has much impact most games. Neither does Sezer, who also will be on a big wedge. It all smacks of signing overseas players for the sake of it rather than with a plan in mind. Smith didn't have a lot of room for this year, but there are some massive decisions coming up. Get it right and with the good youngsters we have in the squad we should be set for a brighter few years. Get it wrong and we'll be back here complaining for another few years. I get the feeling Smith isn't the type of coach to spend silly money on NR players for the sake of it, I think he's far more interesting in getting the youth through, he even mentions something of the sort in his presser today "Sam and Liam, are guys we’d like to keep and we are working through that process to keep them." “We feel they are players we feel can develop with our group. There’s a core of English players within our group who are growing and developing and those guys, hopefully will be part of that process moving forward.” When quizzed further on recruitment and retention, Smith said: "Firstly, we're working through some retention, I'm a big believer you don't always have to be looking outside. We've a lot of young players developing this year and more just behind them, so some of our recruitment has already been done. "But we'll be looking for players who can add a point of difference to what we've currently got. Some of the players off-contract have got some of their own options to explore, so it's not all in our hands." https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/rugb ... h-26834836