If they can afford it, then I don't see any problem. As Dave T says sometimes you have to look outside to bring players in. Warrington could have waited for Atkins and Myler to become free agents, but then would have got into a bidding war over salaries. They decide it was better for them to pay the transfer fee and get the players signed.

Time will tell if it is a wise move.

I think you will find that it was the Tomkins parents who were from Warrington and the lads were born in Milton Keynes.

They were brought up as wire fans, i've heard that from Sam himself, so if wire had a youth setup on par with your own, i imagine they'd have the england 6 and possible future england 13 in their playing squad now.

I am happy with our squad as it stands.

We have a 17 I think can take on any in the league and a squad that will compliment them over the course of a season.

Youngsters such as Wheeler, Ashurst, Dixon etc all stepped up last year and will have benefitted massively from their experiences.

With a returning Fozzard replacing the unfortunate Cayless our options up front should be boosted.

Like every other team if we lose a couple of props we could struggle.

The youth setup has improved a hell of a lot, Cullen made sure that we needed to sort this out, however it is not an overnight fix.

Looking at the squad, Riley, Penny, Cooper, Wood, Blythe, Mitchell, McCarthy have had plenty of gametime for the past few years and will continue to this year.

There has been plenty of attention on the young lads that we are signing up in the last year or two, and hopefully this will continue and they will provide a steady stream into the first team.

A system where you promote from within and sign one or two class players each year has to be the best solution.

i hope your system continues to improve, you clearly can produce talent in your catchment area,so i hope you can convert it to players

Not forgetting Ben Harrison as well.

Wire have a young centre Rhys Evans who has every chance of becoming a big name in Super League.

I went through my list twice, God knows how I could forget the best talent of the lot!!!!

Rhys Evans was the best young player I saw at academy level last year.

Funkin' eck. You don't half have above your quota.

Warrington seem to have impressed the pundits. skybet have the Dire 3rd favourite for winning the GF behind us and the whinos in 1st place.

think bradford and hull will be stronger this year

I think Bradford are the outsiders with the halfs they have could rip up any team on there day !

They haven't got much strength in depth though. Beyond their 17, it is all youngsters with not much experience between them.

sounds familiar