This is just what happens, players move up a food chain depending on how much resources a club has and how close they are to winning trophies, we were in exactly this situation for many years.
If you think losing Myler and Ratchford is annoying then think what a kick in the teeth it was to produce Harris and Sculthorpe in our own Academy then watch them being pinched by other clubs and go on to win 3 Man of Steels and 5 Super League titles between them. I bet Myler and Ratchford don't do that.
Warrington are now in a position where we can be in a position to compete for talented players but we know what it was like to be in the situation Salford are in and if Salford's stadium move goes well like ours did, and Salford start to get some good solid revenue in, Salford will do exactly the same, they will be competing for other young players, they wouldn't just leave them at their home club on principle....in fact Salford already took Myler and Robinson from other clubs.
Also I don't buy this line that Warrington can't develop their own talent - we might not have produced as much as Saints, Wigan or Leeds say, but we've produced Paul Wood, Harrison and Riley who are all decent players, that record matches up at least as well as what Salford have produced in the same time period. What Warrington have also done quite successfully is picked up young players from other clubs who showed talent but maybe had question marks about them, like Briers, Bridge and Westwood, and these guys have gone on to be top players with us. I would put Ratchford in that category (also Atkins). He's not a Harris or Scully type signing, he's a young player with talent but question marks.
