Quote ="Captain Hook"An excellent post. Add to this that improvement doesn’t follow a set trajectory, so some players peak will be as an 18 year old while others will keep improving.
The players we let go are far more noticeable than say Wigan/Saints as they have a bigger pool. Can’t see many Saints fans complaining about Costello or Ashworth leaving for example.'"
Yeah exactly - Wigan and Saints will churn out a load of players who aren't good enough for SL, a lot more who aren't good enough for a top club so they filter down to the lower clubs, and 1 or 2 a year who are worthy of a top club. Warrington do the same apart from the last bit.