POPEYE
Coach
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I like your common sense posts ol' mate so I'll persevere here. Get a couple of things straight first, any player is entitled to chase a dollar and every club is entitled to chase any player. I'm only concerned for the players that don't want to go anywhere other than the club that inaugurated their first grade career
More importantly, supporters don't want to see their favourites leave and they are the people who RL need to pander to. Add to that, which club do you think has the most players that don't want to play anywhere else and where do they rate in the scheme of things. No coincidence that the clubs who keep players that supporters want kept and hire people with the ability to educate those players stay at the top of the tree
Ideally, every club would have enough nous to hire the right coaching staff, find raw talent and introduce it to the top grade, fend off poachers and give supporters that warm cosy feeling of 'my mob can beat yours'. I want clubs that try to do just that given a little protection, if you don't care if players live out of a suitcase it's your prerogative
It has to be considered that players who shift around don't always give what they gave, only the best can perform in any environment, Rugby League is one sport that doesn't need to be diluted
