Quote: the flying biscuit "
Big shake up required at academy level we may be ranked outstanding but we are just producing kids for Salford and widnes and the championship. ..'"
This. Deserves it's own thread to be honest.
Our youth set up has a track record, dating back decades, of not providing players good enough for the 17. It's a simple as that. It needs a complete drains up review.
The typical process is this .
1) Player shows a bit of promise (not world beater by any means) but those who follow the academy tell us to watch out for them
2) In and out of 17 as quality just not good enough
3) Loaned out to Rochdale etc to get game time
4) Transferred to Widnes/Salford or below.
Few exceptions. Dwyer to Leeds and Philbin looks like he may be good enough.
I am afraid Toby King, George King and Declan Patton will all be going the same way as Evans, Williams, O'Brien, Laithwaite, Wilde, Ormsby, Glen Riley, Blythe (#1), ....