Re: It's not all doom and gloom . . . : Wed Jun 04, 2014 2:56 pm  

If they're signing SL quality players, they'll surely have a better side in 2015 than 2014?

[Bulliac]

Re: It's not all doom and gloom . . . : Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:10 pm  

It's called long term planning..

Re: It's not all doom and gloom . . . : Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:56 am  

Which it looks as if Green/Ferres are doing by looking to improve the youth setup with a performance manager. In the new (ie old) promotion and relegation era it is sugar daddy teams that will usually rule, but a good youth system will be a big help.

Re: It's not all doom and gloom . . . : Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:03 am  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

If they're signing SL quality players, they'll surely have a better side in 2015 than 2014?

Obviously though, with the reduced salary cap, their players will be SL quality but on championship salaries if London are to be believed.

Why do more clubs not do that? It would solve a lot of problems.

[Bulliac]

Re: It's not all doom and gloom . . . : Thu Jun 05, 2014 9:42 am  

martinwildbull wrote:

Which it looks as if Green/Ferres are doing by looking to improve the youth setup with a performance manager. In the new (ie old) promotion and relegation era it is sugar daddy teams that will usually rule, but a good youth system will be a big help.

Yeah, I agree and to be honest I think Paul Medley will be a hard act to follow in the junior set-up. It would be interesting to read the views of people who have had a more direct relationship with it, maybe with their youngsters in the academy.

Re: It's not all doom and gloom . . . : Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:47 am  

Which juniors, developed by the Medley regime, have progressed to full SL players? I saw some great junior teams at Cas but you are lucky if more than 1 or 2 each year actually make it. That shows the scale of investment needed to continually feed the first team. Leeds & Wigan seem to have a bigger pool of talent to choose from than most, hence the number of top local lads in their teams.

Re: It's not all doom and gloom . . . : Thu Jun 05, 2014 12:25 pm  

tigertot wrote:

Which juniors, developed by the Medley regime, have progressed to full SL players? I saw some great junior teams at Cas but you are lucky if more than 1 or 2 each year actually make it. That shows the scale of investment needed to continually feed the first team. Leeds & Wigan seem to have a bigger pool of talent to choose from than most, hence the number of top local lads in their teams.

Agreed local lads like Seinfeld, Watkins and Mccillorum just want to play for their hometown teams