Quote: richieh1981 "Surely forward thinking is building a franchise that has a team of homegrown talent that you have nurtured.
Yep, that sound like wire and not us.'"
Actually, yes it does. However, I considered Warrington to be forward thinking for making some astute decisions and signings, even if those signings aren't paying off
at the moment.
Capturing Joey Johns was quite a coup at the time, as was Morely, but if you want to talk about home-grown talent, then yes, it does sound like Warrington.....
Matty Blythe – Wolves Scholarship – England Academy
Andy Bracek – Leigh Miners / Wigan - England Academy
Chris Bridge - Oldham - England Academy
Lee Briers - local - but ok, not young!
Jon Clarke – Wigan - local enough to Warrington
Mike Cooper – local born, England Academy - highly rated
Martin Gleeson – born Wigan
Mark Gleeson – Wolves Acedemy
Ben Harrison – signed from Barrow as a schoolboy – Warrington schools U11 England Academy England Academy
Paul Johnson – Wigan
Lee Mitchell – Warrington academy – England U17
Adrain Morley – Salford Born
Rob Parker Leigh East
Kevin Penny – Wolves Academy – England Academy
Steve Pickersgill – local lad – joining Wolves at aged 14. Warrington Academy, England Academy
Chris Riley – Warrington born – England Academy
Paul Wood – Warrington Academy. England’s international player of the season 05.
All the above are local born players in the Warrington area and/or have come through the ranks at Warrington.
Please don't believe that Hull is the only club norturing their 'home grown talent' .....and that their talent is full of world beaters.