Yes, the obvious clear pathway is to bring in academy players on loan or poach them from other clubs, e.g Watts from Castleford and Hodgson from Hull FC!

Isn't Briscoe from Fev?

Watts was released by Cas and Hodgson didnt want to spend another 2 seasons being 3rd chioce to Berrigan and Houghton.
As was said the Briscoe brothers are from Fev, Tuffour was from London so quite why Rovers are having the finger pointed at them here i fail to see your point.
All clubs have to look further afield hence Rovers setting up roots in Grimsby as an example.

You keep using Cas as an example of the "pathway" for youth to 1st team, yet this season alone Cas have loaned 2 Wigan youngsters (Ainscough & Tuson) to help them through an injury crisis.

Rovers do exactly the same and its somehow the Berlin Wall in front of our Acedemy? If you are going to try for the "reasoned debate" form of trolling, you need to up your game sonny!

He'll maybe get MOTM after a full weeks training then...oh, hang on.

So who will be the minimum 8 home grown players for 2011 then, i.e. a player still under 21 and / or has completed 3 years service with the same clubs academy set up?

From current first team squad, Liam Watts and Scott Taylor definitely.

Surely Louis Sherriff, Jordan Cox and Kristian Bell will all get first team contracts.

The remaining two will come from James Green, Dominic Dee, Dave Peterson, Joe Gay, Sam Latus, Liam Salter and Aaron Ollett.

Whatever happens, I would expect the club to release I'Anson, Spaven, Mariano, Jack Latus and probably Richie Beaumont.

Welham, Taylor, Watts, S Latus, Bell, Peterson, Sheriff, Green, Cox.

Not signing 10 then like Castleford and Wakefield just have? The aspiration has got to be Harlequins and play 16 non quota / mainly english players and beat Bradford with them!

You better go and have a word on the Wigan forum who are on the verge of announcing FOUR new aussie signings in the next week.

This a club who have had Super League money since day one. On that score, Rovers are doing a decent job in only their fourth year.

You asked for a minimum of 8 names then moan when you are given them!
I would like to see Salter, Ollett, Joe Gay and Callum Taylor given full-time deals next season but at this stage they will not be in the first 25 names listed in the first team squad.