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Lots of rumours on another site that he's signed for saints next year. If correct, seems a shame because he looks better than the winger we've signed from them. Perhaps the Wade thing was the final straw? Having said that I don't think Wade will be with us next season anyway but maybe Douglas isn't prepared to wait any longer for a first team slot. Given his age he can't wait forever.
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Spoke about this via PM’s

I’m gutted if he leaves as I think he has the same potential as Marshy!
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josie andrews wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 3:52 pm Spoke about this via PM’s

I’m gutted if he leaves as I think he has the same potential as Marshy!
I hope he stays as well.
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Charriots Offiah wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 9:19 pm
josie andrews wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 3:52 pm Spoke about this via PM’s

I’m gutted if he leaves as I think he has the same potential as Marshy!
I hope he stays as well.
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He’s miles off the standard needed to be a top Super League winger and that’s not to say he won’t carve out a decent career in a mid table side. We can’t keep every young player, for different reasons, and the coaching staff who are here for another five or so years seem to lack trust in him. The way we play and the carries needed at the start of sets, he doesn’t have the size or presence to make a dent like our current two do so well.
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SLG Wiganer wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 11:56 pm He’s miles off the standard needed to be a top Super League winger and that’s not to say he won’t carve out a decent career in a mid table side. We can’t keep every young player, for different reasons, and the coaching staff who are here for another five or so years seem to lack trust in him. The way we play and the carries needed at the start of sets, he doesn’t have the size or presence to make a dent like our current two do so well.
Neither did Marshy when he started! It was only the injury to Tom Davies, who the club had just given a new contract to, that Marshy got in the team. He never gave up. Then Davies decided to leave & went to Catalan.
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josie andrews wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 7:49 am
SLG Wiganer wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 11:56 pm He’s miles off the standard needed to be a top Super League winger and that’s not to say he won’t carve out a decent career in a mid table side. We can’t keep every young player, for different reasons, and the coaching staff who are here for another five or so years seem to lack trust in him. The way we play and the carries needed at the start of sets, he doesn’t have the size or presence to make a dent like our current two do so well.
Neither did Marshy when he started! It was only the injury to Tom Davies, who the club had just given a new contract to, that Marshy got in the team. He never gave up. Then Davies decided to leave & went to Catalan.
The lad is only young, he still has time to develop.
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Charriots Offiah wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 12:27 pm
josie andrews wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 7:49 am
SLG Wiganer wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 11:56 pm He’s miles off the standard needed to be a top Super League winger and that’s not to say he won’t carve out a decent career in a mid table side. We can’t keep every young player, for different reasons, and the coaching staff who are here for another five or so years seem to lack trust in him. The way we play and the carries needed at the start of sets, he doesn’t have the size or presence to make a dent like our current two do so well.
Neither did Marshy when he started! It was only the injury to Tom Davies, who the club had just given a new contract to, that Marshy got in the team. He never gave up. Then Davies decided to leave & went to Catalan.
The lad is only young, he still has time to develop.
Exactly the way some carry on you’d think every young lad has to be top class or they’re no good,give him time
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fozzie58 wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 12:49 pm
Charriots Offiah wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 12:27 pm
josie andrews wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 7:49 am

Neither did Marshy when he started! It was only the injury to Tom Davies, who the club had just given a new contract to, that Marshy got in the team. He never gave up. Then Davies decided to leave & went to Catalan.
The lad is only young, he still has time to develop.
Exactly the way some carry on you’d think every young lad has to be top class or they’re no good,give him time
Yep. I think some expect all young players to be of the quality of Nsembe. Mentioning Junior, I don’t think I have seen another second row forward with the agility and skills that he showed to score his first try against Hull. He looked like a bigger version of Bevan. The sky is literally the limit for him.
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Charriots Offiah wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 3:49 pm
fozzie58 wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 12:49 pm
Charriots Offiah wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 12:27 pm

The lad is only young, he still has time to develop.
Exactly the way some carry on you’d think every young lad has to be top class or they’re no good,give him time
Yep. I think some expect all young players to be of the quality of Nsembe. Mentioning Junior, I don’t think I have seen another second row forward with the agility and skills that he showed to score his first try against Hull. He looked like a bigger version of Bevan. The sky is literally the limit for him.
Denis betts maybe ,and simon haughton but not many
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