Former Panthers in the NRL

[franklin2323]

RCG puts the boot into the Panthers every time he is interviewed, ungrateful prick

It must be burning him with how well we are going

 

[mxlegend99]

RCG puts the boot into the Panthers every time he is interviewed, ungrateful prick

Why wouldn't he? We forced him to leave for that shithole and he will miss out on a premiership as a result.

 

[franklin2323]

Why wouldn't he? We forced him to leave for that shithole and he will miss out on a premiership as a result.

It takes both parties to break a contract. If he didn't want out he could of refused to go

 

[Jane Murray]

Panthers letting RCG go might be a bigger stuff up than bulldogs letting Thurston go

Disagree. Arthur is a dud of a coach. I would love to see him coach an inexperienced side, rather ones will experience.

 

[ACTPanthers]

Panthers letting RCG go might be a bigger stuff up than bulldogs letting Thurston go

RCG is the next Thurston...


So, meds workin for ya?

 

[betcats]

What would all these minnows in the west do without Penriths spectacular junior development. RCG, Jennings,Waqa, Clark, Blore all last night and im probably forgetting some. Dogs got a few of ours also and are chasing more, we are keeping these struggling clubs alive out west.

 

[Westernised Panther]

What would all these minnows in the west do without Penriths spectacular junior development. RCG, Jennings,Waqa, Clark, Blore all last night and im probably forgetting some. Dogs got a few of ours also and are chasing more, we are keeping these struggling clubs alive out west.

Ungrateful bastards!

Imagine the state of affairs the Eels would be in, if not for the injection of a bunch of Panther rejects?!?

 

[franklin2323]

What would all these minnows in the west do without Penriths spectacular junior development. RCG, Jennings,Waqa, Clark, Blore all last night and im probably forgetting some. Dogs got a few of ours also and are chasing more, we are keeping these struggling clubs alive out west.

Penrith are single handedly keeping footy alive

 

[ACTPanthers]

Penrith are single handedly keeping footy alive

Have been for decades

 

[mxlegend99]

Penrith are single handedly keeping footy alive

You're not wrong. Eels needed Panthers to get them off the bottom of the ladder.

A roster full of imports... Even Roosters seem to do a better job at developing players. Personally I still love our former players and enjoy seeing them thrive. Especially when we are thriving also. Could make 2x decent NRL teams based purely on talent we developed. Couldnt make a a decent reserve grade side from a team like Eels.

 

[franklin2323]

Have been for decades

You wonder what other teams are doing as for Junior development

 

[franklin2323]

You're not wrong. Eels needed Panthers to get them off the bottom of the ladder.

A roster full of imports... Even Roosters seem to do a better job at developing players. Personally I still love our former players and enjoy seeing them thrive. Especially when we are thriving also. Could make 2x decent NRL teams based purely on talent we developed. Couldnt make a a decent reserve grade side from a team like Eels.

Yeah. I don't regret anyone we lost but if that was us I'd question where are our juniors. Parra especially made the last NYC GF. A few years ago

 

[Westernised Panther]

Both of our GF wins were on the back of Penrith juniors and Penrith-developed players making their first grade debuts at Penrith.

Not a single Parramatta-produced player amongst those winning GF teams.

Can they claim the same thing should they emerge as GF winners this year??

 

[herbert henry1908]

Blore will be a big loss unfortunately, I think we could’ve done more to keep him. He probably would’ve debuted for us by now anyway.

 

[franklin2323]

Blore will be a big loss unfortunately, I think we could’ve done more to keep him. He probably would’ve debuted for us by now anyway.

He can start for them regularly. Would be a depth player here

 

[herbert henry1908]

He can start for them regularly. Would be a depth player here

Sure, but I still think we could’ve held off another year before releasing him. The club invested so much time and money into his development, give it another year and then release him if he isn’t playing regular FG footy.

We didn’t even wait to see how he’d go in FG.

 

[The_Frog]

Both of our GF wins were on the back of Penrith juniors and Penrith-developed players making their first grade debuts at Penrith.

Not a single Parramatta-produced player amongst those winning GF teams.

Can they claim the same thing should they emerge as GF winners this year??

If the Eels win the premiership it will show all and sundry that you can buy premierships and leave junior development to someone else. The Bulldogs are doing the same thing, looking to poach players from elsewhere. I know the Roosters have done it to an extent to fill perceived gaps but at least some of their players were developed there. The NRL doesn't seem to want clubs doing development, but I'm not entirely sure what their alternative is.

 

[herbert henry1908]

If the Eels win the premiership it will show all and sundry that you can buy premierships and leave junior development to someone else. The Bulldogs are doing the same thing, looking to poach players from elsewhere. I know the Roosters have done it to an extent to fill perceived gaps but at least some of their players were developed there. The NRL doesn't seem to want clubs doing development, but I'm not entirely sure what their alternative is.

Two alternatives. First is the NRL take full control of development, from funding to organisation. Then you’d have a draft like in the AFL. (I understand there could be legal issues with a draft)


Second is a trade system.

You could even do both.

 

[The_Frog]

Two alternatives. First is the NRL take full control of development, from funding to organisation. Then you’d have a draft like in the AFL. (I understand there could be legal issues with a draft)


Second is a trade system.

You could even do both.

I'd like to see clubs doing it, with a trade system. But all clubs, not just a few. It has to be seen to be beneficial to produce your own players, otherwise clubs will continue to offer promising juniors more money. They'd rather win a comp and three spoons every decade by backending and frontending than finish 6th or 7th every year.

If the NRL runs the entire development show there'll be allegations of bias as to who gets which players, and it'll be kind of like a draft anyway, and may be challenged in court.

 

[The_Frog]

Why wouldn't he? We forced him to leave for that shithole and he will miss out on a premiership as a result.

Mate he forced us to move him on by giving 50% effort for 50% of the minutes.