Quote: knockersbumpMKII "Quality enough for us to get to a GF with them so the youngsters on show in recent seasons are decidely poorer than those of 12 years ago right?'"
I'm not normally 1 of those that has a pop at you but even on this occassion you've really outdone yourself and are talking complete BS.
You cannot compare trophy wins, finals or youngsters from different eras under different regimes simply because the infrastructures of the club were completely different.
Youngsters came through the ranks previously more out of necessity for reducing costs and maybe landing that 1 big overseas signing whereas now we can develop them at a slower rate, send them out on dual reg, which we couldn't do before and we now have a fairly balanced squad in terms of playing personnel.
Ultimately I don't care where our players come from as long as we don't break the quota rules.
I'd rather the club be predominantly English but not fussed about local which you unfortunately seemed obssessed with. It's not always a viable option.
I'd rather the players here be proud to wear the shirt irrespective of where they're from and be successful.
Unfortunately you use this as your last little dig at Pearson and Radford.
The club is financially stable and moderately succesful and entertaining now all good platforms to build on.
Something we've not had for many a year, so enjoy it for what it is.