So we've got
Wellens
Armstrong
Wheeler
Lomax
Eastmond
Emmitt
Frodsham
Dixon
Graham
Ashurst
Roby
Cunningham
Clough

All products of our acadamy that've played this year as well as Matty Smith and Scott Moore out on loan and Wilkin and Gardner who we bought and developed.

Impressive.

Dads army

Proves what a great academy system we have.

Chris Dean
Steve Tyrer

Does Barry Giles still play at the Saints acadamy?

Let's just see how these young lads turn out before we say how good our academy is.

Any team can get young lads on the pitch but it's how good they are.

It's early doors yet.

Are you watching with your eyes closed?

No I'm not!

Just think you getting bit carried away with the kids.

Some of them only played few times yet people tip them to be next this and next that.

Let's just see how they go.

It wasn't long ago tyrer was going to be the next jamie Lyon.

So you don't agree Ashurst has made a steady step up, akin to Clough?

You don't agree Wheeler has shown maturity beyond his years?

Tell me where I said any of them havnt?

All I'm saying is don't get carried away with them.

Clough looks to be very good and also wheeler but not seen enough of the others yet.

It's obvious you have seen all these kids play at super league level more than me.

No one is getting carried away.

We are saying our academy has provided us with great success, it has, in recent years there are ten plus names who will be Saints regulars next season, and more who failed to make the grade playing rugby elsewhere.

I also recall bennet, tyrer showing maturity there years.

It takes more than a few games to say how good I think they are .

TBH I think the is a lot of people getting carried away.

I'd love it if all saints team was home grown lads but the is no chance that all of the kids will make it.

Thank you Mystic Meg. How about tomorrow's lottery results too?

If you think all them kids will be playing at a high level for saints for next 10 years then you living in a dream land.

I hope they all do but IMO we will be lucky to get half of them playing at the level we are used to.

Not getting carried away?

I've heard lomax is next wello

Armstrong better than meli

Tyrer next Lyon

Dixon the next scully

EMMITT IS BETTER THAN BRYN after the young lad had played 1 gamek

You really do know NOTHING about RL.

Give it up mate

Prove it.

I think most people have their feet on the ground. These kids are outstanding prospects, but there is no absolute guarantee they will succeed.

However, you've got a better chance of succeeding if you are an outstanding prospect. Haven't seen too many obviously mediocre juniors developing into internationals (although there are plenty of average/slightly above-average ones who have - Roby & Wellens spring to mind).

Watched this kid in the reserves since he was 17, think he has real potential, seems to have the right attitude as well.

For anyone who follows the kids closely;

Who do they (you) think has the most potential:

MacGennis (sic)
Dixon
Ashurst

All great lads with tremendous potential and I would expect all three to make it in the first team. Who has the most potential of those three? I would say Dicko - but that is not to detract from the others.

agree entirely...youll not hear of half of them in a couple of years.
some people make out theyre worldbeaters..wev'e heard all that before.

Dickson,Wheeler,Foster,Maguiness and Frodsham all played for Blackbrook in the under 16s against us every one of them are freaks all will make it. Wheeler prob has the most potentiol out of them all IMO

You know, the only youngster I have seen mentioned in that way this season has been Eastmond. The others have slipped into the team under the radar. They have become noticed purely due to their playing ability which, IMO, is entirely different from them being labelled as 'worldbeaters'. They have simply shown themselves capable of standing up to the test, sometimes in some very challenging encounters. Not all of them have been equally good. But I would totally agree with the three signings made so far. Those three have been outstanding for us, Dixon and Ashurst being particularly impressive simply because they are the newer crop (Wheeler is just quite simply impressive!).

And, you know, it's not impossible for a group of young talents to come through all at once. Ask any teacher about cohorts. Sometimes, classes seem to produce a quantity of really talented children whereas at other times teachers struggle to find a single one. There is no rhyme or reason to it; it just happens. It might just have happened at Saints this season, only time will tell.

Sometimes it is more about attitude than ability.

At Wigan we've had a few Billy big boys who think they've made it once they pulled a first team shirt on.
They are no longer at the club. You then look at the kids like Hansen who works his @rse off.

It has happened and I'm led to believe is happening at Saints with a couple of players.
Some have left and more will follow. Saints management will not allow it.