I hope not R'know, I'd much prefer other clubs raise their own aspirations. Of course this topic quickly leads to "fair playing field" and/or "player payments"; but to me, truly successful clubs are ones that develop talent, not buy trophies. How many local kids who've been through the Cashmere or Technical junior ranks are in that MPL team? Do Cashmere Tech care? If they were to win the Chatham Cup, do the means justify the end?
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How many clubs in the league can say they have an Mpl team with lots of players coming through their "junior ranks". This is an amateur league where player movement occurs very often and also many of the better young players play school football till 17/18 then join a club. Most of the Canterbury youth team players you can't link to a certain team they played for in their younger days.