Quote: Khlav Kalash "To be fair its all about players coming through. Results, while wins are nice, are secondary. We had an all concuring side in the mid 2000's/early 10's and I can't say it produced any notable names where as the teams Jowitt, Pratt, Croft, Smith, Eseh, Aydin, Batchalor, Crowther, Kershaw, Johnstone, Ruan et all played in didn't pull up any trees but all are having, or are about to have, decent RL careers.'"
It was the Ruan, Eseh, Pratt, Murphy era that was successful in the table around 2021/2022 and they finished high up in results.
In the 00s there was players like Ellis, Westwood, Brough etc and some who went on to feature for us certainly for a few years. Think they went successfully in their respective leagues too.
Ultimately I understand some of the players who thrived at academy level have grown above that limit. Perhaps we have taken on a cohort of younger players with a view to them improving over the next few years. Someone who knows and watches the current younger and reserved team may be able to offer some insight I hope.
I agree about the players coming through though and i hope we have a couple who have that potential.
I noticed Brough is on first team page on website? Has he got a deal for first team I wonder.