Apart from possibly the Roosters.

walker needs to look at hardaker circa 2015 on how a full back should defend, before his off field issues affected him he was easily the best defensive full back in the league

And the very same people moaning about Walker, did the same about Hardaker. You can’t make it up.

Ten carrys combined for our starting props, absolutely pathetic.

Re Walker.

Yes he has a little bit of talent but that is all.He has too high opinion of himself and can't back it up consistently.

he is all talent and , yes he made mistakes but what kind doesn't? if a lot of the senior players had shown his guts we might have got closer to rovers.

plenty of players to have a go at before him

Absolutely. He's 19. Bursting with talent and still has so much to learn and improve. Kids going to be a superstar.

Defensive stats don't make good reading. Here are the worst offenders:



Tackles/Misses



[uThe worst[/u

Lolohea: 13/4 - yikes

Cuthbertson: 11/2

Dwyer: 44/5 (probably needed substituting!)

JJB: 31/5 - time to call it quits?

Smith: 30/4

Donaldson: 29/4

Briscoe: 2/1

Hurrell: 3/1

Handley: 11/3



[uMixed bag[/u

Walker: 7/1

Oledski: 31/3



[uBetter defenders[/u

Peteru: 28/1

Sutcliffe: 17/1

Merrin: 18/1

Singleton: 29/0 - nice improvement!

Watkins: 28/0 - good stint

Albert: 16/1

Be fair Walker has an abundance of of talent, unfortunately he is on a steep learning curve in terms of experience. While the young lad is as good as anyone under the high ball, running the ball out of defence and joining the line going forward, at his age you cannot buy experience, his one on one tackle is just as good. The rest he is still learning, and learning in a poor team. His defence organisation is poor and he was never in the last frame when HKR scored their tries, this will come as he gets more experience. Regards his kicking be honest it was terrible, this resulted in putting pressure on the defence, but where was the experienced players just telling him to get the ball in play. I saw no one speaking to him, and he needs this help. Please don't compare the young Hardaker with Walker, Hardaker learned by watching Brent Webb, no doubt he was mentored by him, and it's always easy to play in a great team as opposed to young walker who is playing in a poor team

Walker was outstanding last week, but he's 19, it's unrealistic to expect him to be consistent at this level at the moment. He's an easy target for some people as they still feel aggrieved over how he handled his contract negotiations, although it was the club who went public with what happened - not him.



He won't get a game at the Roosters or any other NRL team at the moment, and time will tell if he ever will. He's not as good as Hardaker or Tomkins when they went over, and he would get absolutely smashed to pieces given his current condition.

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/r ... -1-9695689 James Donaldson not holding back and he’s spot on

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/r ... -1-9695689 James Donaldson not holding back and he’s spot on

I'm sure there's an element of truth in this. That said, if he's getting picked every week then folk will give increasingly candid opinions on how he's performed, same as with any other player. Were he being broken in more gradually then I reckon he'd be cut a bit more slack.