Relocate training to Kogarah?

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

The coach once painted the gym. That’s pretty f**king radical.

Bet it’s peeling off already, but seriously what a champion bloke, who does that, that’s solid if you ask me.

 

[j0nesy]

Bet it’s peeling off already, but seriously what a champion bloke, who does that, that’s solid if you ask me.

Champion bloke, champion footballer, great painter, hard worker, .... NRL coach

 

[possm]

i seen an article by Gould claiming the travel could be getting to the lads, and it’s something I have thought about for years. Me personally if I were a player I’d much prefer the Illawarra region to live but I’m a country bloke and think Sydney is a bit of a hole. Players on the other hand seem to love Sydney with all it offers a young buck. Should they just train at Kogarah to make it more attractive to players so they can live at Cronulla? Or should we force the players to live in the Gong. Young blokes these days don’t seem to see the bigger picture though so I doubt that will succeed.

I think the Club should invest in a comfortable bus or make arrangements with a local bus company to transport the players living in Sydney to Kogarah or Wollongong. Maybe WIN Corp could sponsor such a bus.

Until the St George Leagues Club is upgraded and a new training facility is bult at Kogarah, we should just train at Wolongong.

 

[j0nesy]

I think the Club should invest in a comfortable bus or make arrangements with a local bus company to transport the players living in Sydney to Kogarah or Wollongong. Maybe WIN Corp could sponsor such a bus.

Until the St George Leagues Club is upgraded and a new training facility is bult at Kogarah, we should just train at Wolongong.

Sounds fair WIN Corp pays for the special bus to get Sydney players to Wollongong and St George leagues pays for the training facility. Don’t forget once this you beaut new training facility is built someone will need to foot the bill for the bus for the “half the team that lives an hour south of Wollongong” to get to Kogarah, St George leagues should pay for that.

Alternatively, Gus and some fans could stop inventing stories. The club could save the money and use it for something we actually need (especially the bus money that could go a long way). Both sides of the JV can contribute equal funding. Even better if the JV is run as business instead of gravy train for old boys it may actually generate revenue and pay for everything stuff itself.

 

[SBD82]

Im responding to the OP. I didn’t hear it or read it from Gus. This topic has come up before on here though.

Read it from Phil Gould story:- https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...n/news-story/3cc115d7d221429f665310d1364f4ad7

Sorry gents. Apparently last night I was being a belligerent f**kwit. Poor form on my account. I’m not even sure what point I was trying to make.

 

[Coffs dragon]

It wasn't a problem when Bennett was here, he told the players and management that our BASE was in Wollongong. Take it or leave it.
If we had good strong Management & Recruitment then that's what they should be instructing our current & future players.
I'm sure the players would get better value for their money living near the beach on the South Coast than living in Hurstville-Kogarah next to a train line under a flight path.

 

[grouch]

It wasn't a problem when Bennett was here, he told the players and management that our BASE was in Wollongong. Take it or leave it.

Exactly. It's a weak excuse and 2010 proves it.

 

[JohnnoMcJohnno]

Nothing wrong with Wollongong. Good spot to live. OK, someone already living in Sydney has a big commute. I remember Benji saying he used to carpool. Is it such a big deal?

 

[Dragonsamy]

Most of you people on this thread are starting to sound like the excuse gallery for our board, coach and results.
These guys have plenty of cash and time to make it work. We even provide a bus for the guys from north to come down to training etc.
How long do you reckon it takes for some of the penrith guys to get to training from all parts of the city. they dont all live in Penrith or close by in Parra. They car pool to training.

BLM01
Spot on.
Cowboys have won a comp travelling much greater distance than any of our players have after travel. As you have already said it's just another excuse

 

[Willow]

Doesn’t seem to bother Melbourne. Not many players originate from there.

Beat me to it. They travel interstate for all their away games.

To put things in perspective... Mick Cronin lived in Gerringong and played 11 seasons with Parramatta, driving himself to and from training 2-3 times per week while running his pub in Gerringong. It was at least a 5 hour round trip in those days. No chauffeur driven bus and on old roads. He became the League's top point scorer.

 

[grouch]

To be honest, if I had to travel that far to work for McGregor I'd probably get the shits too.

 

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

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Beat me to it. They travel interstate for all their away games.

To put things in perspective... Mick Cronin lived in Gerringong and played 11 seasons with Parramatta, driving himself to and from training 2-3 times per week while running his pub in Gerringong. It was at least a 5 hour round trip in those days. No chauffeur driven bus and on old roads. He became the League's top point scorer.

They don’t make them like they used to.

 

[FlameThrower]

Lamest of excuses.

 

[grouch]

Lamest of excuses.

Imagine we had a culture that inspired our players. Where any commute is worth it, purely for the chance to be part of something special.

Instead, we have a culture of excuses.

 

[Dragons 09]

Imagine we had a culture that inspired our players. Where any commute is worth it, purely for the chance to be part of something special.

Instead, we have a culture of excuses.

100% mate. A real coach and a genuine premiership chance and you would have lads paddle boarding from NZ to come play for us. I seriously can't even believe this is a story and even worse, it's mind numbing that some people are buying into it.

An hours drive to training for half the team is why we have been also ran's for the last 7 and a half years? REALLY!
FFS, concentrate on the real problem and just fix it.

 

[merahputih]

Bet it’s peeling off already, but seriously what a champion bloke, who does that, that’s solid if you ask me.

He's much better at whitewashing.

 

[Dragonsamy]

Imagine we had a culture that inspired our players. Where any commute is worth it, purely for the chance to be part of something special.

Instead, we have a culture of excuses.

Grouch
Well said.
It didn't stop them in 2010 so why not now.
We all no the real reasons

 

[SGMax]

I am sure once a player has signed the travel is not a big issue.
The point is if a player is considering an offer from the Dragons and he also has offers from Souths , Bulldogs, Roosters etc, it will count against us.

For some prospective signings it may mean an extra couple of hours driving each day and less time with the kids.
For others it may mean relocating to the gong and the kids changing school.
Its something that most would avoid unless the Dragons were offering something extra.

Also, sick of hearing how the Illawarra provides the juniors.
The juniors are not exclusive to the Dragons and any team can sign them. We will get a better look at them as they develop, but these young players will go with whoever promises them a better career path or more dollars.
Juniors from all the other Sydney teams are the least likely to want to travel and relocate out of Sydney.

 

[muzby]

Also, sick of hearing how the Illawarra provides the juniors.

100% of all junior comps won during the JV have been due to Illawarra.

The juniors are not exclusive to the Dragons and any team can sign them. We will get a better look at them as they develop, but these young players will go with whoever promises them a better career path or more dollars.
Juniors from all the other Sydney teams are the least likely to want to travel and relocate out of Sydney.

So much irony in this statement that it’s almost satire.

At the start of your post you talk about how players don’t want to move far from home, but then say Illawarra juniors will move.

And secondly, with the proliferation of Sydney clubs and the limited juniors in the area, you should have a quick look at the laws of supply and demand to understand what that does to the contracts..

 

[Slippery Morris]

Funny how they are blaming the travel and 2 of the trainers in Young and Hornby won a Grand Final where they would have had to train at both venues. Excuses deluxe here. What will they come up with next.

What happened to the bus Tonia?