Well Kear has said talks are in the advanced stages.

where did see/hear this ?

So Pitts will spend the season on loan at Fev, whilst here at wakey we will waste money on winterstein.

And we wonder why the national side is tripe

I'd forgotten about him!

Only contracted to the end of the season, as far as I'm aware. Maybe we'll be shot of him too?

Is Winterstein that bad????

in my opinion no he isn't, but he's not breaking any plates too

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/r ... 5443163.jp Quote Rhinos are also understood to be keen on Wakefield Trinity Wildcats' 19-year-old prop Jay Pitts, but Hetherington played down the prospects of a move for the England Academy forward. He said: "It's inevitable we'll continue to be linked with players, but we're not looking at too many changes. Wildcats coach John Kear – whose team face Rhinos at Belle Vue tomorrow – said he is "not surprised" Leeds are being linked with Pitts. "He's an outstanding back-row forward," said Kear. "He's come through Wakefield's scholarship and our junior production system and we're very proud of him. "It doesn't surprise me the so-called bigger clubs are looking at him. It is quite a compliment to us at Wakefield."'"

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/r ... 5443163.jp Quote Rhinos are also understood to be keen on Wakefield Trinity Wildcats' 19-year-old prop Jay Pitts, but Hetherington played down the prospects of a move for the England Academy forward. He said: "It's inevitable we'll continue to be linked with players, but we're not looking at too many changes. Wildcats coach John Kear – whose team face Rhinos at Belle Vue tomorrow – said he is "not surprised" Leeds are being linked with Pitts. "He's an outstanding back-row forward," said Kear. "He's come through Wakefield's scholarship and our junior production system and we're very proud of him. "It doesn't surprise me the so-called bigger clubs are looking at him. It is quite a compliment to us at Wakefield."'"

Wildcats coach John Kear – whose team face Rhinos at Belle Vue tomorrow – said he is "not surprised" Leeds are being linked with Pitts.

"He's an outstanding back-row forward," said Kear. "He's come through Wakefield's scholarship and our junior production system and we're very proud of him.

not surprised, well we need Jay to be apart of the wakefield revival if he goes he will miss out


we are proud of our junior production scheme

same old Wakefield nothing will ever change we have a good batch of young players who will all end up being sold off for peanuts yet again its always being the same at Wakefield

you said that about Peter Fox

Pitts is an outstanding prospect who will go on to play international RL why do we bring e half way round the world like Winterstein, Peterson and Latu and let players like Pitts go for peanuts plus a 2nd rate winger come centre who would be at Leeds this season if he was any good

Apparently so, based on 3 games

Has he only played three games? Although not a bad player, I don’t think he is worth pursuing over a longer term.

IMO He's done nothing wrong. The more back to back appearances he gets, the more he will improve. He only played a few first grade games in the NRL so to expect him to set Superleague on fire would be unrealistic!
People seem to have a clouded judgement of him due to his nationality. If he was English people would think better of him. He's got good tackling technique, offload, size and I'd like to see Kear play him as a creative, wide running SR in everygame rather than just an interchange forward who takes the ball straight up the middle.

well said

That's just about spot on - with one minor issue - and that is that, IMO, Jay had signed up with Leeds months ago, hence he has just 'gone through the motions' with us, knowing that his future is assured elsewhere anyway. This may also explain why his performances have not merited more first team action.

On the other hand, Frank seems really keen for first team football with us and has taken all the poop we have thrown at him and, in his limited opportunities, has done pretty well - only my opinion of course.

The world moves on, and so will we. We are frustrated when we lose a Peter Fox or a Gareth Ellis, but we're still here, we've got some very good players at the club, we're in the mix for the play-offs and, again imo, we will have what appears to be a stronger side in SL next year than this. So, whilst we take the odd knock, we our momentum is still very much forward!

i personally can not understand why winterstein is getting stick, even as bad as people can be on here. he's had 2/3 and a half matches? he looked decent against Hull and is mobile, big and looks enthusiastic. what do people expect? i cant believe he's on any kind of money

Won't Leeds have to pay a fee for Pitts as his is so young and has come through your academy?

I'm surprised he is leaving as he is a very good prospect.

£20K plus Broughton are the figures being bandied around.

love it

peanuts

Monkey

Trinity received 100K for Ellis, a GB international and club captain, so £20K plus a young prospect doesn’t seem too bad for a player yet to stake a claim as a first team regular.