short sighted board.....
dear oh dear.

They were some of the top lads at their age group, an age group that seems to be very strong compared to others around the nation. They're obviously nowhere near established players, but we as fans love nothing more than seeing the homegrown lads come through and establish themselves in the first team. If the best players from every age group, your Mellor's, your Watkins and so on keep on leaving, we have to wonder WTF is going wrong, and it's natural for us to show our disappointment.

I'm not sure if it's the club going wrong, the player's making their own decisions or a combination of both.

what posistions do they play?

Just spoken to a mate of a mate who told me Warrington only offered him the chance to train once a week for his age, whereas Saints offered him training twice a week. Can't really argue with that. Still a scumbag

SENSATIONAL

That'll explain why Latchy isn't on the forum tonight then.

but panties is.

The whole scholarship/service area system is a farce, not just Warrington's. The fact you can only bring together your top [itwelve[/i players in the town from each age group on a weekly basis throughout the year challenges no one and doesn't develop an individual player's talent.

Service area would be worthwhile if it ran for more than the current six to eight weeks at the end of the BARLA season. Without prolonged exposure playing against the best in the country on a regular basis from a young age, we're not going to develop enough talent to improve the standards of Super League and become a competitive nation against Australia and New Zealand.

Nothing to do with it at all pal.I also coach Dougie and since the coach you have mentioned who is at Saints as not once tried to persuade him at all.
At training last night talking to is dad he just said "Saints attitude and training set up just blew him away."
With coachin Dougie for the last five years his style of rugby is that of saints play.Good strong running losse forward and also can kick goals from anywere on the field, he is a good lad and will go a long way at saints. BIG BIG LOSS FOR WARRINGTON.

Were not a successfull club. We arent going to keep all the players we want until we are the type of club where young lads aspire to play in order to be part of something successfull and not just because its their local side.

Unfortunately in order to be successfull we need these young players so theres almost a chicken and egg situation there.

If true about the club having an emergency meeting then Im glad this issue is being taking seriously.

We are still a long way behind the top sides in our academy set up but we are defintely making progress. We have a huge amount of catching up to do. Bastian and the rest of youth development at the club and around the town need time.

The point that jumped out at me in Boyd's post was "attitude." Its there in the Saints first team and obviously part of the culture of the club. That cant be developed over night.

On a sidenote, does anybody else not feel this is a little unfair on us as a club? I mean, we've invested time and money training these lads for years, we've improved them as players had them on scholarships, only for them to just shift clubs and that's the end of it?

I just think it's a little unfair that we're bringing these lads through, only for them to F us off and move to our rivals. We obviously can't force them into things, but do we gain any kind of compensation or anything for this?

It is disappointing when good prospects are signed by other clubs. But don't forget we've had Academy players leave us and go to other clubs, just as we have signed players from other clubs Academies.