Atkins : Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:58 am  

http://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?t=421631&start=0 When we were rumoured there were a few dissenting voices (Mr Gilder) who opined the lad could not pass to his winger. The above thread makes interesting and (if we're after him) worrying reading.

http://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?t=421631&start=0 When we were rumoured there were a few dissenting voices (Mr Gilder) who opined the lad could not pass to his winger. The above thread makes interesting and (if we're after him) worrying reading.

Re: Atkins : Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:06 am  

G1 wrote: http://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?t=421631&start=0 When we were rumoured there were a few dissenting voices (Mr Gilder) who opined the lad could not pass to his winger. The above thread makes interesting and (if we're after him) worrying reading. He'd improve in a better team and have more focus to retain his place.

G1 wrote: http://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?t=421631&start=0 When we were rumoured there were a few dissenting voices (Mr Gilder) who opined the lad could not pass to his winger. The above thread makes interesting and (if we're after him) worrying reading. He'd improve in a better team and have more focus to retain his place.

Re: Atkins : Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:07 am  

rhinoms wrote:

He'd improve in a better team and have more focus to retain his place.

I think (hope) so too.

: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:26 pm  

From what I've seen of him this year on Sky he's done nothing to change my opinion. He's a big unit, takes some putting down but has no confidence in his ability to deliver and time a pass.

: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:29 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

From what I've seen of him this year on Sky he's done nothing to change my opinion. He's a big unit, takes some putting down but has no confidence in his ability to deliver and time a pass.

Slightly less error prone, but overall he looks like a poor man's Chev Walker.

: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:34 pm  

Overrated only gets a mention because of the lack of any really emerging talent in his position currently trotting around SL - Shenton is the only other player of note and he is no Brad Godden that is for sure. The fact that Senior is head and shoulders above any British centre in SL says everything you need to know about the quality of centres in SL

: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:36 pm  

I'd say that's an unfair comparison on Chev's behalf to be honest, as Mark Calderwood would probably testify to.

Ryan Hall was very lucky on his international debut that young Myler can throw a miss pass, otherwise he'd have probably gone 80 minutes without touching the ball other than kick returns and dummy half runs.

If Atkins does end up replacing Senior then Hall needs to get his backside across onto the right wing pronto, lest his career goes from feast to famine.

: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:47 pm  

IMO Ratu has everything Atkins has but with more potential.

: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:48 pm  

Tony Soprano wrote:

IMO Ratu has everything Atkins has but with more potential.

The issue with Ratu is where that performance on Friday has been hiding for the last four years? He certainly wasn't ripping up NL1 with Halifax or the reserve grades with Leeds in that time.

: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:52 pm  

Tony Soprano wrote:

IMO Ratu has everything Atkins has but with more potential.

Atkins is vastly over rated, but thats a joke right?