Quote: atomic "If you had so much home grown talent, same as Leigh. Put it on the pitch and stop pitching tripe.'"
What a ludicrous comment, maybe think about cutting out the chippyness, eh? Somebody stated that Featherstone traditionally produced home-grown talent, and I was pointing out that that is still the case to a degree. And I mentioned three local lads who will all be playing regularly for us this year, as will Luke Cooper and Jack Bussey, who both came through the club's own junior system.
There are well-documented reasons why some Championship teams such as Fev and Leigh don't run academy/reserve teams any more, but in any case a chunk of the best youth talent in towns of Championship teams gets snapped up by the academies at Leeds/Wigan etc before they can sign for their local teams. Morgan Smith (grandson of former GB international and Featherstone legend Pete Smith), who is another local lad who will represent the club this season, was being watched by Warrington at the age of 12.
The post I was replying to was itself responding to someone posting about Fev's signings being "the most ambitious in their history", whether that's true or not, it's a fact that the club seems to be relatively prosperous in terms of finance/income, certainly compared with the glory days of the 1970s when despite winning Cups and Championships there was still a need to sell players to survive.
I'm not sure what your comment "same as Leigh" means btw - unfortunately that comment is ambiguous at best.