OK, wasnt gonna pop this on an open forum but here goes....
Losing edd from the Young guns squad isnt a problem, in all honesty we havent seen enough of him at practice sessions to really gauge his skill, personally something i cant see being able to do from one days play.
What does upset me is the poaching of any player, yes as you state you aim to be the best, but at what morale cost?
Personally i see any team poaching players as downright low. If you wanna be the best, work from the start. Take completely new/raw players and work on up with them. Train them from the start rather than take shortcuts to achieve the end result.
Secondly, if you feel you must cut those corners, surely its good manners and form to inform the players current team capt. of any intention you have towards a player and any offer you may be giving him.
Yeah you dont have too, but hell it shows good sportsmanship and a little courage to admit what you are doing.
Always nice to know the truth, even if you do have to find it out for yourself, but who am i to judge a teams morale and sportsmanship codes, Im just a player who values his team and would rather work from the bottom up, so that when we do win, we can say we did it all rather than taking the fast route.
Hope to see ya in the middle sometime, and we can compare ethics