Not true!

We pay into a system that covers the scouting, signing and development of young players at all ages up to Academy, which next year is limited to U19. These players now have to either play in the first team, be on dual reg or be released to pursue other avenues. The former 2 cost money which will come from the first team budget, not from the Academy budget.

We may have different opinions about players, but the club have done nothing wrong and certainly not with the 1873 money.

We have already kept Walshaw, Wildie, Cowling and Trout, with Slater, Fletcher and a couple others targeted. It's a decent return on the investment if they all make it!

Are we keeping Grayston? Wouldn't surprise me I he gets a full time deal this time round

The deal Grayston has on the table from Aus is currently significantly better than the WTW one but WTW are now in talks with him again and should offer a much better deal in my opinion but we cant keep / sign everyone.

The new system is going to make it very difficult to identify, develop and then retain players as part of the current salary cap; it maybe needs some tweeting or even dispensation for players that have come all the way through the system from a young age.
Many young players will hopefully benefit though from playing first team rugby rather than hanging around in the reserve system for too long waiting for a chance.

if its any conciliation I was talking to one of the scout/coaching staff that is down at Belle Vue and he went through a scholarship down at Leeds and he reassures me that what we have in place is as good if not better than down at Leeds.

so while you might be not happy at what you have heard please remember that if you want the club to succeed in producing talent please give this 1873 club a chance to prove it self

for definate :

Lillycrop gone
gledhill Gone
Grayston gone.

and i can garuntee all of these 3 players will play super league in the future. i must say im very dissapointed in the club this time round. but from what i gather you could earn more working part time in Aldi than what these lads were offered.. and yet weve got thousands to throw at players that other clubs dont want.

Think we have 4 very promising if not more so in Walshaw, cowling, Kaye and trout.

There has to be some give somewhere.

Anakin as well, like you say you just can't keep everyone not under the new system, even the likes of Leeds have sold their young player of the year.

Forget about SL clubs, look what excellent talent is going to be able cut its teeth in first team rugby in the championship!!
The salary cap seriously restricts how many youngsters each SL club can keep hold of, if you want them on better than Aldi money, then half a dozen on £30k per year seriously dents the cap if they're not ready and are just gaining experience of being in the pro environment.

Ive seen Lillycrop and I thought he had huge potential carried it in like a train. This is a bad decision by the club would have gave him a few games this season.

the lad tried hard but had the shape of a bowling ball, poor defence and no reset speed when he made the tackle, were talking him going up several levels here lets be realistic.

Hope he proves the doubters wrong and is back at WTW as a Super League Prop in a couple of years.