Quote BogBrushHead="BogBrushHead"Maybe there are some 'internal' problems at Warrington that need sorting before they can attract the best junior players!
I've been stood next to parents when they've been told to move their son to a certain favoured local club or he wont be given an acadamy place, as the scouts "can't be bothered watching more than a couple of local sides". I fully understand that they can't watch every team, and other SL clubs have their 'favoured' local sides, but this was a straight forward threat that you play for XYZ as a junior or you get cut from the squad. Those parents chose to keep their lad at his local club, but moved him to another SL acadamy ..... and senior coaches at Wire are actively trying to persuade him to return. Maybe this is where Briers will fit in, as he does get out n about at local junior games.'"
I can only speak for the current U15s age group but your comments are not correct as the scouts were often at local games. The point being is that there are only three local sides at this age group (Latchford, Woolston, Crosfields) with no teams at Rylands, Burtonwood or Culcheth. Out of those three Latchford are far and away the most competitive (currently challenging at the top of the Premier) whilst the two other teams are in lower divisions and thus Latchford provide the bulk of players to the Academy (eight players).
There just isn't a big pool of playing talent in comparison to other areas. I have never seen any players being 'persuaded' to move clubs.
