Strange this has all come out after they joined that rah rah agency.

I'm sure he will give the youth a chance.... your last coach didn't..... he was 100% win mentality.... he had no inkling to bring anyone new through really..... fadge knew it was a few year long jolly and coached the team accordingly.

wigan have lots of good young players.... i wouldn't be worrying about the future if i was a wigan fan.

LOL how has this managed to keep going for 18 pages? !!

actually.... thinking about it.... wane could well be planning on being the person that 'brought attacking rugby back to wigan'....... maybe he wont be this clone of fadge that everyone is expecting..... maybe he is going to have a good go at restoring some credibility.

Madge brought a load of young players through in his first season, but yet only 1 player has made his debut this. I think its more a case of we were fortunate enough to not lose many players the end of last season, and we subsequently found ourselves with a pretty deep squad.

Off the top of my head I think he gave debuts last season to Tuson, Farrell, Charnley, Stef Marsh, Ben Davies, Jack Hughes (who might actually have been the one this season)

he walked into a club with the best recruitment policy and he didn't have to bring anything to the table..... that's all im saying.... he even signed a player on a 1 year contract from Australia and caused the departure of an English international to union.

im glad he has gone and wane is in charge.

Just remind me again how many ex Wire academy players Tony Smith selected in the last Wire game of the season v Leeds.

Dunno, a few? What's your point? That Wigan have produced more players for their 1st team through their academy? Well spotted.

Doesn't make the point about Fadge's recruitment policy any less valid.

Come on Rogues, even you'll be the first to admit our academy is still several years behind Wigan.

An academy doesn't happen overnight, we are planting the seeds and reaping the rewards slowly at the moment. Cooper holding down a jersey over international Ben Harrison for example, Chris Riley regaining his spot on the wing forcing arguably the best English centre Chris Bridge to the backrow is another. AND an U20's GF this year shows clear improvement.

We're not too far behind and with the likes of O'Brien, the Evans bros, Dwyer, Laithwaite, Mendieka et al... And don't forget we don't have the talent pool available to the likes of Wigan & Saints either. As foremost this town is somehow dominated by a football presence even though the football team is barely known nationally, so we will still have to poach from other clubs, Danny Bridge & Ben Hellewell just to name 2. We are setting the foundations to build upon, hopefully we are ready when the big names start to leave over the next 3 years.

The future is bright for Warrington RL.

I'm taking that reply as you being in agreement with me.

Come on Rogues, that's the sort of answer a squirming politician would give. Most of us acknowledge that Wigan produce by far the most young players in the game and we're a long way behind (but catching up rapidly). Answer the question.