parra_panther said:
That sounds a bit worrying - by all means, he's worth chasing, but not at the detriment of other players.
Bear in mind, from the current playing roster, we have already released or allowed to leave Campbell, Pulutea, Swain and Stapleton. In all likelihood they will be followed by Galea, Gordon, McLean, Howland, Wrigley and a few others will not be with us in 2007.
IMO our recruitment should be focussed on unearthing the another Amos Roberts from the lower grade ranks of other clubs rather than chasing the likes of Jamie Lyons at ridiculous money! The only difference being we should be aiming at retaining the likes of Amos after he becomes a gun player!
The perfect example on the inequity of the whole system is Frank Pritchard!
Pritchard = $275.000-00 per season for four years.
Personally I would rather retain Frank Pulutea, Craig Stapleton and
Danny Galea on average of $100K each person than the one Frank Pritchard!
I have no doubt that Jamie Lyon will end up at Manly despite what my best mate told me this evening. I would love to get Jamie Lyon but at the end of the day one Ryan Girdler came to the Panthers for a song unwanted by the then Illawarra Steelers.
The moral to the story is there is another Ryan Girdler out there somewhere! Either within our own ranks or through skillful recuritment from the lower grades of other clubs.
The people responsible for our recruiitment/retention just need to do there job. (Unlike our major off season purchase from last season ie O'Halloran)