If you didnt see Goulds interview with Sterlo last night I suggest you try and find it online as it was pretty awesome. It was about more than just his time here at Penrith but they talked about us a lot.
Anyway some brief points for those who cant see it:
Firstly he said there is a lot of great people at the club who worked hard to get to where we are.
He gave a lot of credit for our recent good recruitment to Cameron Ciraldo, Clint Newton and Chris Armit(these are who he mentioned but i think he ment a few more in that group) he said those guys coming was what gave us the ability to go out and sign better players the next few years.
He said by the end of 2016 we should have about 18 or 19 of our top 25 that came through the system and debuted here at Penrith. He said we should have 4 or 5 players debut this year.
There was never any five year plan, the only time he said five years was just after he started he said to his wife "its gonna take five years before we are out of the woods" though we are well ahead of that now.
This time next year our academy should be opened and ruinning and will be the best league academy and facilities in the world. Also the Baird government plegded 12 mil toward a junior sporting complex out there or something.
He praised the junior leagues and coaches in the district and said we give 2.5 mil a year to funding the junior leagues.
He heaped praise upon Cleary, apparently when he hired Ivan he told him we would run last the first two years but he would let him build the squad and develop the cultutre that we need. On that culture, he said they want Penrith to be a place where from the juniors up people want to play FG here and spend their whole careers here. HE spoke about the future of the club and what we are aiming to become which was impressive as well.
Anyway some brief points for those who cant see it:
Firstly he said there is a lot of great people at the club who worked hard to get to where we are.
He gave a lot of credit for our recent good recruitment to Cameron Ciraldo, Clint Newton and Chris Armit(these are who he mentioned but i think he ment a few more in that group) he said those guys coming was what gave us the ability to go out and sign better players the next few years.
He said by the end of 2016 we should have about 18 or 19 of our top 25 that came through the system and debuted here at Penrith. He said we should have 4 or 5 players debut this year.
There was never any five year plan, the only time he said five years was just after he started he said to his wife "its gonna take five years before we are out of the woods" though we are well ahead of that now.
This time next year our academy should be opened and ruinning and will be the best league academy and facilities in the world. Also the Baird government plegded 12 mil toward a junior sporting complex out there or something.
He praised the junior leagues and coaches in the district and said we give 2.5 mil a year to funding the junior leagues.
He heaped praise upon Cleary, apparently when he hired Ivan he told him we would run last the first two years but he would let him build the squad and develop the cultutre that we need. On that culture, he said they want Penrith to be a place where from the juniors up people want to play FG here and spend their whole careers here. HE spoke about the future of the club and what we are aiming to become which was impressive as well.
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