Quote: Bullseye "The players I listed have done what I said - they've become regular 1st teamers. I made the point that they're not of the quality of their predecessors though it's too early to judge some of them (Goulding and Sutcliffe for instance).
I don't think you properly considered what I actually wrote Gotcha since we seem to be pretty much agreed. The kids coming through at Leeds over the past 10 or 11 years aren't as good as the "golden generation". However some are very decent and some are solid and some aren't SL quality. Twas ever thus.
My point is that it's not realistic when you put the club's history into perspective to expect that quality and number of young players to keep coming through. You might think it's possible (and it may be) but it's not going to happen. History tells us it won't.'"
Where we differ though it seems is on the point you made on kids coming through. I am unsure if you mean first team, or available for development for first team? because that is where the difference lies. We do have the equal juniors coming through of that golden generation, it is just simply we do not deal with it the same way in this era as we did back then, once they are at under 19 level.
My point on it can keep on happening, is that it is by choice. It isn't done each because if you had a batch of 7 or 8 one year, they will ultimately, subject to earning their shirt, have a near ten year stint holding it. Leeds broke that ideaology back in 2002 by planning for something different in a transistion and clearing the decks. But it can happen as often as the club wanted. The players individually, are not once ince a lifetime, the development of players is however following that route.
What you have to remember here, and it is not been arrogant to smaller clubs, that Leeds do generally pick up the cream of the crop (although accepted lost out to Wigan on a player each of the last two years). On that basis they should be able to produce super league players much more often than certain other clubs. They did used to, our record speaks for it's self, but we don't have that same record over last five years.