Departed Youth : Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:42 pm  

There seems to be alot of opinion coming out of the club at present regarding how, internally, the staff see our current youth policy and the talent that is available to us. I thought it would be interesting to get peoples opinions of departed youth players from the last few years that are currently playing elsewhere, and see if you feel that they were let go too early or not given enough chances to impress.

I've had a look throught the 'game on' magazine and have come up with the following names.

Paul O'Connor
Paul Alcock
John Boland
Johnny Leather
Phil Wood
Danny Smith
Craig Tunstead
Adam Bowman
Dayne Donoghue
Dale Bloomfield
Steve Nash

I may have missed a few players so please add to it.

Re: Departed Youth : Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:43 pm  

peterw wrote:

There seems to be alot of opinion coming out of the club at present regarding how, internally, the staff see our current youth policy and the talent that is available to us. I thought it would be interesting to get peoples opinions of departed youth players from the last few years that are currently playing elsewhere, and see if you feel that they were let go too early or not given enough chances to impress.

I've had a look throught the 'game on' magazine and have come up with the following names.

Paul O'Connor
Paul Alcock
John Boland
Johnny Leather
Phil Wood
Danny Smith
Craig Tunstead
Adam Bowman
Dayne Donoghue
Dale Bloomfield
Steve Nash

I may have missed a few players so please add to it.

Didn't Nash jump ship for Salford? I seem to remember him getting plenty of game time when he was at the club. Since then he has disappointed at Salford and is impressing at Leigh I believe.
I always liked Paul O'Connor and was disappointed when he left.
Of those other players Donoghue looked decent but didn't he opt for a career outside of RL. I was a big fan of Phil Wood and he certainly seemed to go really well for Swinton when he left.

Re: Departed Youth : Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:47 pm  

Donoghue is playing for rochdale as is adam bowman

Re: Departed Youth : Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:48 pm  

Yeah you might be correct on Nash jumping ship. My memory does fail me sometimes!

Re: Departed Youth : Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:49 pm  

Can't forget Richie Myler

Re: Departed Youth : Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:54 pm  

I think we all know that Richie would do a great job for us. I was more interested in peoples thoughts when comparing players like Donoghue to Gerrard.

Donoghue leaves the club and we bring in a player in Gerrard, who isn't half the player IMO.

My point is that we seem to work harder to bring in players that have been released by the SuperLeague club under the assumption that they are better than what we currently have because they have only come through our own youth system.

Re: Departed Youth : Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:20 pm  

peterw wrote:

There seems to be alot of opinion coming out of the club at present regarding how, internally, the staff see our current youth policy and the talent that is available to us. I thought it would be interesting to get peoples opinions of departed youth players from the last few years that are currently playing elsewhere, and see if you feel that they were let go too early or not given enough chances to impress.

I've had a look throught the 'game on' magazine and have come up with the following names.

Paul O'Connor
Paul Alcock
John Boland
Johnny Leather
Phil Wood
Danny Smith
Craig Tunstead
Adam Bowman
Dayne Donoghue
Dale Bloomfield
Steve Nash

I may have missed a few players so please add to it.

Mike Ostick,josh simm,rob draper,martin keaveney,was it martin ainscough centre/standoff,mike morrison at leigh.I think johnny leather,paul o connor are better fullbacks than yates.A few decent players gone, but some just not good enough at championship level.I am not too impressed with gerrard and prefer donoghue.

Re: Departed Youth : Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:33 pm  

This lad is deffinately one to watch out for....... One of the best youth forwards Ive seen in the last few years.. Cant believe they've let him leave us. viewtopic.php?f=21&t=452255

This lad is deffinately one to watch out for....... One of the best youth forwards Ive seen in the last few years.. Cant believe they've let him leave us. viewtopic.php?f=21&t=452255

Re: Departed Youth : Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:40 pm  

dropgoal wrote: This lad is deffinately one to watch out for....... One of the best youth forwards Ive seen in the last few years.. Cant believe they've let him leave us. viewtopic.php?f=21&t=452255 Not seen him play mate.How old is he and he in our u18s?I better look on the official site. If that good i am surprised not given a bench spot with our injuries.

dropgoal wrote: This lad is deffinately one to watch out for....... One of the best youth forwards Ive seen in the last few years.. Cant believe they've let him leave us. viewtopic.php?f=21&t=452255 Not seen him play mate.How old is he and he in our u18s?I better look on the official site. If that good i am surprised not given a bench spot with our injuries.

Re: Departed Youth : Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:47 pm  

Excellent thing is hindsight. How many of those were at the club when we were in SL and couldn't guess whether we would go down.