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Sucked as in done well in Ball and Matts comps ? No.
Sucked as in failed to develop from strong juniors to NRL players, yes.
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Sucked as in done well in Ball and Matts comps ? No.
Yes well the purple patch that Penrith are enjoying is not normal across the NRL.
If that was true other clubs wouldn't keep poaching them off us.
Moses is a Parra junior.
They bought most of those guys from elsewhere. Hopgood's a Queenslander (and became an Origin player at Parramatta), Cleary is only at the club because his dad was the coach. Burton, Edwards, Yeo and Martin are from the country. External recruitment costs money.
Of course we're behind, we still don't have a dedicated facility. This shit costs money and ours won't be finished until next year. James Packer bought one for Penrith eight years ago ffs:
www.penrithpanthers.com.au
Look at the coaching and the one club style and recruitment. This is why we needed change. Its been influenced right through the club no doubt.
I reckon our major issue is keeping them to be honest.
Oh and thats not to say they are all quality NRL players, just that they have come through the system.
The frustration is that we offer generally the same money, but don’t seem to be able to persuade them to stay. Which is strange given that most young players wil have to travel up to an another 1 hour or more each way to attend training elsewhere. I know that’s true of at least 3 players that signed elsewhere recently, I won’t name them for obvious reasons as they may come back.
I'm not sure you can count Moses, given he left after Harold Matthews didn't he?
Strangely, Moses always states he’s a Parra junior, originally played at All Saints Toongabbie before the switch under Ben Elias to the Tigpies.
Carlingford lad.
I think junior ‘development’ was less competitive back in the day. Head coaches still did it and only Gould and Brian Smith had mastered it. Now everyone’s doing it and even hiring the right people is super competitive.
LeBron Tuala only got media attention because of his interesting name (like Dantoray Lui) and his size. But he is too big for the modern game. I’ll be surprised if he even plays reserve grade.
Yep, and it’s bullshit to think they left because we didn’t want them. We just didn’t want them as much as our desperate neighbours who were happy to overpay.
You don’t know that. Why would they go to worse performing clubs for the same money?
