I don't think it's unreasonable for us as fans though to express our relief that we don't have Webb, White, J Smith, Tighe, etc on our books for next year. I agree that it's highlighting a big issue we have with recruitment of big name players, but it's a lot easier to swallow knowing that we're not starting off 2011 with White and Webb as our starting frontrowers.
You're right that something needs to be done though to make the place more appealing to players. We really need at least one of Henry, KOD or Likiliki to absolutely kill it. If we can show the up and coming superstars that they'll get a shot here to show what they've got, more will follow. If we can build a good team around these young players, I can see other more experienced players wanting to follow. Nobody is going to want to come here currently given that we're not a finals footy team. We need on field success before that will happen. And since we can't sign great players, we're going to have to do it the hard way with the youngsters.