Callum Watkins : Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:04 pm  

Now I'm not trying to cause an outage, but!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A work chum of me dad reckons Callum Watkins wanted to sign for Salford and they turned him down??????

Can anyone confirm this?

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:07 pm  

wouldn't bet against it!simms likes his talented old aussies to much though!correct me if im wrong but was he not in our young academy a few years back???

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:20 am  

wardleyred wrote:

wouldn't bet against it!simms likes his talented old aussies to much though!correct me if im wrong but was he not in our young academy a few years back???

Nope he wasnt in salford academy,he got sign from latchford at 16 and got put in leeds academy

Re: Callum Watkins : Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:46 am  

LincolnDEVILSFan wrote:

Now I'm not trying to cause an outage, but!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A work chum of me dad reckons Callum Watkins wanted to sign for Salford and they turned him down??????

Can anyone confirm this?

Apparently far from true. His brother was released from our academy but we were more than keen on signing Kallum, however, his Dad took the hump & took Kallum off to Leeds instead. Whether that's the truth or not, Kallum will join the ranks of Mssrs Betts & Morley in being hugely talented local lads (of whom we produce so few) who sadly will never wear the shirt.

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:58 am  

Leeds offered him a much better contract.

Re: Callum Watkins : Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:05 am  

Yorkshire_Red wrote:

Apparently far from true. His brother was released from our academy but we were more than keen on signing Kallum, however, his Dad took the hump & took Kallum off to Leeds instead. Whether that's the truth or not, Kallum will join the ranks of Mssrs Betts & Morley in being hugely talented local lads (of whom we produce so few) who sadly will never wear the shirt.

he played for a warringtin team so how is he local talent and couldnt get in a team in salford

Re: Callum Watkins : Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:07 am  

RED FLAG RISING wrote:

he played for a warringtin team so how is he local talent and couldnt get in a team in salford

Well, is he from Warrington?

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:19 am  

None of that is true.

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:38 am  

Leeds got Callum by signing his brother as well who Salford had dropped from the academy, now apparently his brother is not getting a look in at Leeds, was mentioned at FR on Monday night.

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:56 pm  

Kallum is a local lad and he lives in strettford. And the reason he played for Latchford was he wanted to play in the premiership and he was unable to do that whilst playing for Folly Lane. (no disrespect to folly). He was then on the Warrington scholarship where he was made a contract offer not only from Warrington but from a few other clubs including Salford. His dad and Kallum turned them down because of what Leeds offered. His dad
and Kallum have done what they think is right for Kallum. Having coached Kallum at junior level i think its fantastic that he is progressing the way he is, and just think the kid is going to be a star of the future and one day play for England. I say good luck to the lad.