Fully wrote:
But how many are first team regulars? Erm, Ferguson and who else?
Cas have Westerman, Shenton, Boyle, Owen, Huby who are all first team regulars or have first team experience at the top level.
Add to that Massey, Arundel and Thompson have all played top flight games.
And then add to that add Walker, Gledhill, Davies and Cording who all have full time professional contracts. I make that 12 players which exceeds your 7 players that have never played a game in SL or NL.
Also, add to that our past record of promoting players throughout the past decade and we more than out class Wakefield in that department.
Our stadium has three covered areas and only one full open end compared to your three-quarters open stadium. Ours is of much better standard than Belle Vue despite both being unfit for purpose.
Wakey have Fergi, Murphy, Bibb, George all recently promoted from the academy, Jay Pitts who has just signed for Leeds has been promoted over the last 2 years. Out of the others James Davey. Luke Blake and Dale Morton have been promoted from the academy this year and have been awarded with full time contracts.
Lets not Forget Matt Blaymire, Danny Brough and Steve Snitch all come from Wakeys academy.
Of course lets not forget who finished topped the academy table this season
The reality is that both clubs have excellent youth teams. The only difference is at Wakey we don't suffer from that superiority complex. We can accept that other teams also have equally good youth policies.
