On one hand, nice if he'll be getting first team games, on the other, would have been nice to see him develop here, so I'm guessing we're probably stuck with a couple of dead weights from 2020 in the pack squad.



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From the couple of matches I saw him play, I wasn't over-jmpressed - compared to the likes of Doro.

He seemed slow and laboured.

(Remember he was quite a way down tbe pecking order at Wigan before he came here, despite his size).



But he's still young and definitely needs game time for a proper judgment to be made.

Another win/win for both parties - like Brand.

Wonder if you asked these lads like Sammy Kibula, Keenan Brand, Louis Johnson etc,did they think they had improved in their time at Wire, what they would say

To be honest I've sort of already written him off. I'd love him to prove me wrong but he just hasn't looked fit enough or hungry enough when he's made the team.

No aggression. He virtually walked into the collision at times.



Another quality project by the recruitment team.

Good player but an other younge player not given a proper chance by a coach that just plays the same players every week . I wouldn’t say any of the young lads leaving have improved, possibly gone backwards IMO .....

I thought we would have given him this year with us at least. Ahhh well no big loss, off the books and he might do well in the championship. All the best to him

Due to COVID-19 Samy has not had the game time he would have hoped for to push for a regular place...the Reserves was cancelled and it is also not running next year so going to Newcastle where he will hopefully play regularly will be good for him and Warrington.

Bang on, i have actually spoke to a few of the younger lads first hand and they say themselves they have learnt nothing in the 2 years Price has been there and the training is stagnant and boring and thats why they are all requesting they want to go out on loan, its not the actual club, these lads want game time elsewhere as they know they wont get it 2021.

I will be very surprised if we see him play for Wire again.

He will do OK in the Championship, but not good enough for Super League.

Maybe Kibula and Brand were recruited to bolster our reserve team to fulfil the fixture requirements?

There will be no reserve team games in 2021, so they are no longer required.

OK ... just imagine you were i/c. selection. Would you have picked Samy Kibula in the first team. How many games would he have got in 2020?

There is no reserve team of course but you believe he is a "good player" so what would you do?

Let’s not forget why Kibula was signed, he wasn’t signed for first team, he was signed for the reserves - I assume in the hope he could also be a late developer and progress under the reserve system. Let’s not forget, he didn’t get any opportunities for Wigan either, a club renowned for pushing youth in to first team.



As others have said above, no reserve team has meant no games for many players. The opportunities he got, he didn’t look good enough yet for me. He looked well behind Doro, who despite a big size difference, looked far more aggressive carrying the ball and much better defensively.