Quote: RogerMoore "Look more to develop promising players and youngsters. Most teams seemed to go for 1 or 2 big name (usually Aussies) signings rather than work on player development. There are examples of players currently playing Super League who came from the Championship and were patient, developed their game and broke through. Benefiting the clubs who were prepared to be patient with the development. I'm not suggesting it is the total answer. Don't really want to name names about individual clubs, but as Warrington fans themselves criticise the club policy of big money signings at the expense of development I'll use them as an example. It's not all about money, if it were Warrington would have won several Grand Finals.'"
Very much so, you don't need to rely on "money for success" its more what you can achieve and promote at Academy level and as you say what superleague see from the championship clubs. For the saints half the team are from the academy and didn't spend a lot of money getting Walmsley from Dewsbury and Batchelor from York those 2 are now international players.
Stabilty in players and coach are another important factor, quite a few clubs have a large turnaround of players, you could say the current top 4 clubs at the moments are not doing a lot of chopping and changing.
At the moment Wigan and Saints are the benchmark they are not jumping on the money merry go round we just don't have a salary cap to make that work.