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Poupou Escobar

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I was ridiculed for saying we should sign Perdue for the last 6 months.
Who ridiculed you mate?
Kids a gun. We have management that cannot identify talent. But they can identify a RMC player. how the f**k MON is still in a job is baffling. The f**ker has no f**king idea. He’s built a shit team. Devoid of speed and talent.
I can't believe the other 17 NRL clubs didn't get him ffs! Their scapegoats all need to be sacked!!!
 

Poupou Escobar

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IMO debuting players at 18/19 is a bad idea and at the Tigers, IMO it has stunted a few players careers. Id put TDS & Brooks in that category as well as Fonau Pole. Time will tell with players like Galvin & Makasini but I could make an argument that it would have been better for both of them to develop in lower grades for another year or so. IMO unless its a Fittler, brasher type player, its better to hold them back as long as you can.
When there is demand from rivals, most clubs don't get that luxury, including yours. You need some salary cap magic to pay a youngster like a top 17 player without sacrificing a spot in your first team.
I think your two lists are evidence of that. You list these players to make the claim that Parra have blooded 10 kids to Canberras 5
Because it was claimed that Canberra promote them younger. It's irrelevant how they turn out. The claim is demonstrably wrong. Go and harass Delboy for his implication that we should be debuting them younger. Did you skim everyone else's posts looking for mine to pick apart? Have you got him on ignore?
, but of those 10, how many kicked on to become very good/elite first graders? IMO maybe 2 (out of 10) whereas clearly Raiders have held some kids back (had gun junior sides) and Id say 3 of Raiders 5 have kicked on.
So you're saying that debuting them young didn't hurt their development after all? I agree. If you look at the Origin sides, nearly every player debuted much younger than the non-Origin cohort.
 

Parrapat

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I hated every Georg Harrison song on every Beatles album

Each one struck me like a droning parasite, much like India
 

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