Quote Fully="Fully"That'd be alright if you were making a good point. Except you don't. You've listed 14.
Shenton, Lynch, Milner, Huby, Massey, Clark, Boyle, Holmes, Owen, Clare, Fleming, Reynolds. That's 12 to your 14, almost 50% Cas academy.
You've just mentioned 9 in two posts (between you and the other OP), one of which rarely plays - if at all - (Cunningham), vis-à-vis Reynolds and one that doesn't play for you in Hodgson. If we're doing that, let's include:
Olivier Elima
Shaun Lunt
Ben Blackmore
Joe Westerman
Joe Arundel
Jordan Thompson
Liam Watts
Greg Eden
Jonathan Walker
Matty Dawson
So in the 7 years since Houghton made his debut you've produced 9 players?
Whilst a few of our players are outside this - Lynch, Huby, Elima, Lunt - in that time frame we've produced double the amount of players to play in Super League, not forgetting those in the Championships too. And a total of 22. Notwithstanding factors such as two relegations, lack of money, being at the wrong end of the table and 50% less support base.....catch my drift? To produce 22 Super League players, virtually a full squad, is testament to Cas's quality at producing players.
Sure we can't keep hold of them but that isn't necessarily down to will; there are many variable factors including money, which often come into play.'"
As I've said the reason why our youth has suffered was Hetherington and Agar, who are now ruining your neighbors.
Hopefully we are following Cas, Wigan and Leeds model of bringing players through. Our squad Is about 50% local lads, so we are getting there but sometimes you need to plug the gap short.
All this about us constantly raiding you is over the top. In the last three years we have signed 3 players, one each year in Westerman ( were you got a big fee), Arundel and Thompson. In this time you have signed two players from Hull in Ellis and Lynch.
