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Or maybe that players overinflated ego prevents him from accepting the contract he's offered

Correct. All we are losing is potential, he may be good at age group RL but that's no guarantee whatsoever and it's for that reason that I don't blame them for chasing the money. Making it to the pro ranks is a lottery no matter where you are.

You get the odd once in a generation player like Sam Burges or Paul Sculthorpe who was always going to make it barring injury but they are rare. The rest are all a gamble, look at Ellis, nobody really spotted his potential.

If we as a club start losing players we have nurtured in the 19-21 age group on the brink of first-team then I'll worry.

You sound suspiciously in the know, are you an agent, you talk like one?

You don't like it when people try and guess your identity or link you with another user. Don't do it to other people.

Well, there's a surprise.

Fair enough but it was more a joke comment, I should have put a wink at the end, my mistake.