If the Waikato based players arnt happy with there club and want a change isn't that ok ?
I thought 2 of them were just in the reserves ?
Which players have turned Birkenhead down ?
Think your'e making things up..
Hi BigT, I wasn't saying if it was good or bad, just confirming that it had happened.
In actual fact I agree with you. If a club/coach/team aren't able to provide everything that a player is looking for, then it's up to that player to try and work with that club/coach/team to change things and if they can't then it's up to the player to change club.
It's the same in school football. I am aware of 7 current Waikato based/schooled players that have moved the Auckland schools for the 2014 school year because they want to play at the highest level available to them, and as much as other parts of the country want to think otherwise, Auckland school football in the Premier division is the best football, in terms of standard and depth, available in NZ for teams of players aged 14-18.
Of course school football is different to club football, but also very similar in terms of supporting the point, sometimes players have to move club/school for their best interests.
As to whether clubs should look to build teams (particularly their first teams) primarily through internal player development or by looking outside their own club and 'poaching' - well that's another discussion altogether.
