Deus Dat Incrementum wrote:
That does put us at a disadvantage in recruiting young talent. Why would a 16/17 year old halfback look at signing for us when in the last 5 years we have had Sandow, Brown, Gidley, Austin and Widdop. They stand a far better chance at pretty much any other club.
Patton has played 100 first team games over that time period.
How many would he have had if he was at Saints, where they've had Lance Hohaia, Travis Burns, Luke Walsh, Theo Fages,...they played Jordan Turner at stand off for a while, they brought Matty Smith back, Danny Richardson, Jonny Lomax....
Look how quickly they moved on from Richardson - would Patton have been given more patience or would they have dropped him behind Fages and Lomax?
What about if he was at Wigan, where he'd have been competing with Tommy Leuluai, Matty Smith, George Williams, Sam Powell. Wigan didn't exactly show much patience with Josh Woods, last year they brought in Jarrod Sammut rather than give a young lad a chance.
Would Patton have got over 100 first team games at Wigan?
