EGGG said:
You say we don't have any locals, I say we have had enough to win 1000 GAMES before anyone else.
The current lack of direction at the club is appalling, there is no long term plan nor a set culture. Its all based on short term fixes through signing whoever is the biggest name out there regardless of whether he is fit to wear the Rooster colours.
How about developing a team consisted mostly of eastern suburbs locals who actually feel loyalty and passion for the colours. Sure the talent pool we choose from is not as deep as some others, but what is lacking is talent will be more than compensated for through teamwork and determination. Ricko wasn't the biggest or fastest guy around, but don't tell me a team of 17 Luke Ricketsons wouldn't be better than what we have today.
I'm sick of seeing this player merry go round every year, I'm sick of seeing every second drunken lout kicked off his team being linked to the Roosters. Its time for some stability and end this humiliation.
Seriously, we have FOUR local clubs. We don't even have a competition, they play in the Souths Juniors comp. We won 1000 games buy scouting the best talent we could find, its been like that for decades and always will be. Not as deep? Our local talent pool is a puddle in an ocean! We have four clubs. Bondi United, Clovelly, Paddington Woollahara, and St Charles Waverley. Compared to Souths and Parra 24 each. We simply can not compete with juniors. And unlike yourself, the rest of the fans aren't content with "losing with dignity." There is no dignity in wooden spoons, and that's what we'd be claiming year after year if we tried to build a team of local juniors.
How can you say we have no direction. For the first time in 3 years we do! We have a new coach, a Rooster legend, arguably (with some helpful bias) the best player of the last 15 years, and a brilliant football mind, who is finally getting the best out of our players. The club has moved its HQ to the SFS, and is aiming to get memberships up on the back of Fittler and the club's youth policy, as well as trying to get a couple of experienced, touch props to give us some strength and help bring the younger blokes through. For the first time since Fittler retired we have a halves combination that looks the goods, with Jnr Jnr just 18 and sure to improve out of sight, and Anasta in career best form. Looks like a positive direction to me. Wake up and see that the next 2 years are going to be big for Easts.
