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TheRam

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And a year later he wasn’t? Give it a rest. They had heaps of merkins they thought would be stars. There’s no need to pay outside backs on potential. They are a dime a dozen.

And yet we struggle to produce 1 in 10 years, BUT YOU STILL DEFEND POTATOE HEAD BLINDLY.

Who hasn't a clue here and is in total brainless denial?
 

TheRam

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Or jnr development is embarrassing. When did we last produce a kid who played origin and is picked on a consistent basis for a good 3 or 4 yrs. JNR? HE DEBUT 10yrs ago
It's terrible really.

I think it is the worst we've ever seen it, isn't it?

And all the hype about the great strides we keep making in this area year after year. But nothing. I'm at a loss. Even with mismanagement, with the amount of juniors we have, time we spend developing them and money we spend on all our programs, you would think our success rate would somehow be better?

What a total waste. We must have some A-grade nongs overseeing all of it. Total waste of time and money. I've said it before, we would do so much better if we just gave up and implemented the Roosters model and just pilfered the best of the best juniors.
 

King-Gutho94

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Or jnr development is embarrassing. When did we last produce a kid who played origin and is picked on a consistent basis for a good 3 or 4 yrs. JNR? HE DEBUT 10yrs ago
It's terrible really.
Fair call.

Though with origin selection can be a bit of boys club. We aren't in the boys club with Fittler & Alexander.

But at same time there isn't anyone outside of Reg who we bought from Penrith that has been hard done by.

And you could say deserved Origin selection constantly.
 

Poupou Escobar

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And yet we struggle to produce 1 in 10 years, BUT YOU STILL DEFEND POTATOE HEAD BLINDLY.

Who hasn't a clue here and is in total brainless denial?
That’s because you can just buy them when you need them. We got Sivo out of reserve grade ffs. And Penisini goes well for his age. He is 20 years old. That’s the age where you might be thinking about a player’s potential. Blake was 24 when we signed him. There was no upside.

ffs try watching the game instead of blindly following sports journos, and promoting hysterical fans narratives. Things are never as bad (or good) as you dopes say they are.
 

JokerEel

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When Penrith re-signed Blake they already had Crichton and To’o on the books. Those two and Naden debuted the next year. They weren’t desperate.

Pretty Funny that the argument is that Waqa was over paid at 500k as season.. Which Merkin at the Panfers paid and him that.. The same Merkin that is doing the same thing the Dogs cap at the moment 🧐 people's wanted him at our club...

But yes Waqa was on 500k a season when he joined us he would not have come for less whomever was paying his freight.
 

Poupou Escobar

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And all the hype about the great strides we keep making in this area year after year.
It’s not year after year. I showed you how our spending dropped off after we went into administration and again during Covid. It even matches the performance of our junior rep teams.
 

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