Hypocritical bullsh*t from Cam Smith

[The Colonel]

Is this a recent article by Smith, or was it published on April 1st?

You would assume that it should have been published on 1st April but no it came out today....

 

[The Colonel]

I made up a team of all the juniors we developed who are playing for other clubs this season:

1. Wade Mckinnon - St Clair (Penrith)
3. Jamie Lyon - Wee Waa
4. Willie Tonga - Qld
7. Tim Smith - Qld
8. Joel Clinton - Riverstone (Penrith)
9 P.J Marsh - Mackay Cutters
12. Andrew Ryan - Dubbo
14. Ashley Graham - signed from Nth Qld Development Squad
16. Luke O'Dwyer - Tweed Heads
17. Richard Fa'asoso - has played first grade at the Roosters and ESL before joing Eels.
19. James Maloney - North Sydney Bears
22. Ben Farrah - Newcastle HM Squad
23. Jack Afamasaga - New Zealand

They may have all played in our lower grades but they aren't "our" juniors as such - some the club signed directly from their junior area or they have come from other development programs like Graham and Farrar.

Fa'aoso started at the Roosters and played first grade for them before going overseas.

 

[Tin Man 4.24]

You would assume that it should have been published on 1st April but no it came out today....

It's still pretty funny.

 

[Binga]

They may have all played in our lower grades but they aren't "our" juniors as such - some the club signed directly from their junior area or they have come from other development programs like Graham and Farrar.

Fa'aoso started at the Roosters and played first grade for them before going overseas.

I'm not talking about where they grew up, im talking about which NRL club took the time and money to develop them. after all this is what smith is refering to as that young winger, Israel and Will Chambers are all from QLD.

 

[AlexTheEel]

They may have all played in our lower grades but they aren't "our" juniors as such - some the club signed directly from their junior area or they have come from other development programs like Graham and Farrar.

Fa'aoso started at the Roosters and played first grade for them before going overseas.

Fa'aoso was from the panthers not the roosters. He joined the roosters after playing first grade.

 

[The Colonel]

Fa'aoso was from the panthers not the roosters. He joined the roosters after playing first grade.

Thanks for that, I knew there was another team involved in there somewhere but couldn't remember.

I'm not talking about where they grew up, im talking about which NRL club took the time and money to develop them. after all this is what smith is refering to as that young winger is from QLD as well.

It isn't a case of where they grew up. Many of these players came through our junior system but some of those names you mention were developed by other clubs before we had even signed them.

 

[Binga]

Thanks for that, I knew there was another team involved in there somewhere but couldn't remember.



It isn't a case of where they grew up. Many of these players came through our junior system but some of those names you mention were developed by other clubs before we had even signed them.

Ok fair enough, obviously i have a different definition of what consititutes a junior. When i classify a junior I think about which NRL club has developed that player through the grades to play first grade. But anyway I wasn't aware of Fa'asoso or Farrah which i just assumed as his dad used to be my soccer coach and Ben was our ballboy when i used to live in Greystanes.

 

[caylo]

I made up a team of all the juniors we developed who are playing for other clubs this season:

1. Wade Mckinnon
2. David Williams
3. Jamie Lyon
4. Willie Tonga
5. John Williams
6. Blake Green
7. Tim Smith
8. Joel Clinton
9 P.J Marsh
10. Michael Hodgson
11. Paul Gallen
12. Andrew Ryan
13. Zeb Taia

14. Ashley Graham
15. Brett Delaney
16. Luke O'Dwyer
17. Richard Fa'asoso
18. Tony Williams
19. James Maloney
20. Kane Cleal
21. Michael Witt
22. Ben Farrah
23. Jack Afamasaga
24. Trent Hodkison

The guys that bar in bold where brought up throu jnr ranks from a young age and the club put most of them through scolarships in school and paid for housing etc. These guys are all can all be considered parramatta jnr then Tomane can be considered a Melbourne jnr.

Guys like Falou also grew up in cambeltown area, playing in jnr teams with a supported by Parramatta Eels. Falou is a young star but is no Melbourne jnr, but had he come through parramatta system would be considered a local jnr... go figure.

 

[AlexTheEel]

Didnt Willie Tonga only come down to parra in 2001? He left at the end of 2003.

 

[Jasdragon]

The Storm are f**king hypocrites and are a massive blight on the game!

 

[The EELiminator]

and how many of our juniors have been poached away by other clubs in the last few years? more than i can fkn count but as soon as someone dares touch a storm player its a disaster!
:crazy::roll::BDH:

 

[parra-matters]

sorry but when ever Cameron Smith opens his mouth i tune out.

 

[The EELiminator]

sorry but when ever Cameron Smith opens his mouth i tune out.

wise move mate

 

[El Diablo]

and how many of our juniors have been poached away by other clubs in the last few years? more than i can fkn count but as soon as someone dares touch a storm player its a disaster!
:crazy::roll::BDH:

the worst thing is that Melbourne are yet to produce 1 local junior

 

[spiderdan]

yeah fair enough we will benefit from all the resources put into poore and shackleton but big deal. while i feel for the dragons as they produce as many good players as us i am not pissed off about poaching him. it's been the first time in a while our club has actually bought players.

i few years back i went through the nrl team lists one weekend. i found from memory 31 players that we had let go playing for other sides and of those more than half were from our junior ranks.

i don't think the storm can say the same thing. seriously, if anyone bags parra, saints, knights or panthers for buying a few players here and there they are kidding themselves considering how much each of those clubs puts into developing players.

 

[lingard]

Very good article. I agree with his sentiments. Obviously he picked a bad example when he talked about Parramatta - because we are one of the clubs that it happens to the most. But good article.

 

[parra-matters]

what goes around comes around.

 

[slippery_sucker]

gees big call by Cam Smith if what he is say came true... Melbourne would be 2million over the cap and no juniors to step up lol...

 

[Parra Guru]

WTF. This guy is a whinger. Considering the choice of QLD talent is really only split between 4 clubs, including the Storm, compared to the rat race of scouting in sydney!!!

If the Reds wanted that player, and he was dollar driven they were always going to get him.

And I'm sure Dragon's fans are disappointed about losing JP, but with the quality of their recruitment I'm sure they'd take that loss over their great form and ownership of the whole South Coast. If we had no salary cap, and played purely with our own junior retention, St George Illawarra would win the comp every year hand down. They keep churning out props, Ryles, Bailey, Kite etc. When Poore leaves there will be another monster waiting in the wings to fill his spot.

Cam Smith should keep his trap shut. Perhaps he should focus more on why the Storm are only 1 from 3 in the last 3 GF's with all their talent!

 

[caylo]

WTF. This guy is a whinger. Considering the choice of QLD talent is really only split between 4 clubs, including the Storm, compared to the rat race of scouting in sydney!!!

If the Reds wanted that player, and he was dollar driven they were always going to get him.

And I'm sure Dragon's fans are disappointed about losing JP, but with the quality of their recruitment I'm sure they'd take that loss over their great form and ownership of the whole South Coast. If we had no salary cap, and played purely with our own junior retention, St George Illawarra would win the comp every year hand down. They keep churning out props, Ryles, Bailey, Kite etc. When Poore leaves there will be another monster waiting in the wings to fill his spot.

Cam Smith should keep his trap shut. Perhaps he should focus more on why the Storm are only 1 from 3 in the last 3 GF's with all their talent!

If it was only local jnrs then we would have a a backline to the tune of

Hayne
Gardner
Inu
Falou (grew up in cambeltown and played footy with inu as a youngster)
Reddy
KK
T.Smith

That there would take you to so many GF and with the addition of players like MK, Mitchell, Cayless brothers etc