My word is that Cartwright has been approached as a replacement for Elliot who is not on another period of probation. Hes definately going in 2010, its just a question of when.
In the meantime, it is rumoured that Wallace signed for the Broncos for a lousy $20K more. If that is true, management need to take a good look at their recruitment effort.
But its not all bad news.
On average, our panther player catchment produces a NRL representative player once every 18 months. Thats about the best in the comp.
Insiders are troubled about team prospects for 2010, but the record shows that this is not an unusual concern. For example, any serious suggestion during the 2002-2003 offseason that the Panthers would have won the grand final in 2003 would have been met been great criticism and derision.
They were a bloody good side, but not that good (or so we all thought at the time!!).
There is a lot of talent in our catchment, its just a matter of harnessing all this energy and making manifest the Panthers as the true rugby league powerhouse they deserve to be.
Elliot was supposed to bring this together. Hasnt happened.
Here we go with another new direction.
I think management should abandon all the hoopla crap, just tell everyone that they are a club trying hard to win the comp.
