Re: Jonathon Walker : Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:19 am  

Agreed Dave - I thought Hull would be aiming a little higher for their standards than JT who is a squad man at Cas Tigers and I still don't know what they see in Walker either.

Re: Jonathon Walker : Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:22 pm  

I like walker but he's made of brandy snap... it's a big gamble

Re: Jonathon Walker : Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:26 pm  

Not convinced by the Thompson signing, if true. Gentle seems to like to buy 'projects' - Arundel, Johnson, Crookes etc that he can then coach into better players. In reality, we should be trying to get players who are developed if we want to break into the top 4

Re: Jonathon Walker : Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:29 pm  

buying Crookes was a shocker! not only becuase he is very average, but also because I get him mixed up with Crooks who is very good.....

JT isn't really a project to be fair, he's got where he is through really hard work, but the "natural" skills of the lad aren't very good. Pace, or lack of, is a real concern for me when he plays in the backs for us

Re: Jonathon Walker : Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:26 pm  

DAVE@CAS1990 wrote:

I really don't understand what Hull are getting though - Jordan is OK, and I mean OK. He is painfuly alow and can be very pattacake in defence.

He is a strong runner and is very versitile but, that's probably because he hasn't really nailed down a position

TBH, most of us Hull fans don't understand it either Dave. From what I've seen of JT, he looks solid/average with some utility value but very slow when at centre. Hardly the "get us to the next level" type of signing that Pearson has banged on about or the sort of signing that we need.

Re: Jonathon Walker : Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:39 am  

yeah precisely. As I say I'm not slating the lad, he's a decent player and I hope he is good for you. But in terms of adding value to your squad.... I wouldn't have your club down as the type who are in real need of a utility player really

Re: Jonathon Walker : Thu Aug 08, 2013 2:56 pm  

Tigerade wrote:

Agreed. Whilst I cannot understand Hull FC's obsession with signing Castleford produced players I also cannot see the appeal with going to play for Hull FC over the Tigers. Its a 2 way conundrum.

Money perhaps, but there are other things such as our stadium (one of the best in the competition) and probably the derby game. Lot's of players would love to be involved with those. As for why we keep taking kids from cas, let it be a complement to how well you're producing players even if you can't keep hold of them

Re: Jonathon Walker : Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:43 pm  

mrpurfect wrote:

Arundel , Thompson, Walker are as much likely to lose you games as win you games they are pretty easy to replace.
no way do any of them deserve a big money contract.
We replaced Arundel with Shenton a much better former Cas Player, looks like we will replace Walker with Lynch currently a better prop and former Cas player, Orr came back to us too for a few seasons , players come and go it's not a one way player drain.
It wouldn't surprise me if Arundel was shown the door and i don't think Cas would be interested.

No-way will he be shown the door, his def was a bit suspect when he came but he is getting better with every game. If he can get a injury free run we will see what he can produce, pretty excited for the future.

Re: Jonathon Walker : Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:05 am  

Don't think he is going to Hull FC

Re: Jonathon Walker : Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:24 am  

People keep going on about why us hull and hull kr getting players of each other is the distance of travel no youngster wants to leave home at 20 so they go to a club what is not hard travel to which is 1 of these 3 clubs. Has for hull youngsters if the first team coach does not give them a chance to come through It looks like the Acadmey not working but looking at the young full back and others what have come through the system it must be working so need to keep signing our youngsters.