Wakefield Trinity • Poching
[quote="vastman"]Problem is fans talk the talk but don't walk the walk. They all cry out (see Batchelor) when we lose one but then cry out when we promote the new Batchelor's. They want youth to be given a chance but only if everything is perfect.
Who is the new Batchelor ready to step straight into the first team. This is rather a definite statement from one who has not seen any of the academy games to my knowledge. The other problem is that we do not have a sufficiently skilful squad to accommodate too many inexperienced players. The only ones benefiting from a squad made up of academy or youth players are the board because once again it saves money on the salary cap.
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I'll tell you know, if we go with youth next year posters on here will go apoplectic after the first loss. They will then trot out that we've let all the good ones go and blah blah, forgetting that it took Batchelor years to really cement a place.
What you are saying is that our current youth are ready to step into the first team without any impact on the performances or development but why did it take Batchelor years.
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The proof is right in front of us this year, TJ and Tupou our superstar duo leave and within a third of a season their replacements are ripping it up.
Maybe so but we still likely to finish 11th after another poor season.
Who is the new Batchelor ready to step straight into the first team. This is rather a definite statement from one who has not seen any of the academy games to my knowledge. The other problem is that we do not have a sufficiently skilful squad to accommodate too many inexperienced players. The only ones benefiting from a squad made up of academy or youth players are the board because once again it saves money on the salary cap.
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I'll tell you know, if we go with youth next year posters on here will go apoplectic after the first loss. They will then trot out that we've let all the good ones go and blah blah, forgetting that it took Batchelor years to really cement a place.
What you are saying is that our current youth are ready to step into the first team without any impact on the performances or development but why did it take Batchelor years.
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The proof is right in front of us this year, TJ and Tupou our superstar duo leave and within a third of a season their replacements are ripping it up.
Maybe so but we still likely to finish 11th after another poor season.
Statistics: Posted by Scarlet Pimpernell — Mon Aug 22, 2022 2:41 pm — Replies 55 — Views 3877