who is pretending, the facts speak for themselves

Am I. Oh dear

yes, Hull shouldnt be signing players the quality of Moa, they should be looking at a higher quality,

however Hull themselves mitigate the the criticism by having only 5 other overseas players rather than 10

thats fine, but why not release/sell one of the other 10 you have to balance the books as it were?

he is, absolutely,

but he also has the same pedigree as Frank Winterstein, 8 first grade appearances in Aus and a couple of Schoolboy caps

No worries. if korki goes only 25% as well as Scotty Moore we will be well pleased with him as a back up prop.

OK, you never said it was OK for Wigan, but you don't appear to be slagging them off for their policy which has not been brought about by the same desperate situation as Wakey have got. They have much more choice and a much bigger pull with youngsters or British based players but they still recruit from down under.

I don't personally think that we are holding youngsters back at Wakey. I am disappointed we have had to go to the NRL for a player but until anyone has seen him play how can you say he has nothing to offer in terms of making an impact or helping other players develop.

you may not be, but clearly your not making enough of an effor to find them

Hull have a much larger catchment area, have been in SL longer than Wakefield, Have the KC stadium which offers much greater facilities than Belle Vue and when they signed Moa they were still expecting Crocker so at the time this decision was made they had six overseas players.

I'm not going to criticise Hull as they, like Wakefield, have a good youth development programme. Whats important here is that the clubs are moving in the right direction overall.

Wakefields youth programme is unrecognisable from the one they ran 5 years ago, it's more professional, wider reaching, has greater diversity, employs more and better qualified staff and perhaps most importantly it caters well for those who don't make the grade as well as those that do.

Like Trinity most clubs will need to bolster their team/squad with overseas signings of varied experience and quality all subject to the circumstances prevailing at the time.

What's important is that each and every clubs youth programme is heading in the right direction. One day we might start exporting our talent in greater numbers than we import overseas talent.

6 is still much less than 11,

and Wakefield dont need you to make excuses and patronise them, they are an SL club like the others, and can have the same high standards demanded of them,



where is the evidence wakefield are 'getting there'? where is the evidence that Wakefields youth development programme is now good enough, and will allow wakefield to sustain themselves and make a real contribution to the league?



most clubs? how many other clubs are looking at bringing over their 11th overseas player for the season?