TheDalek079
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hi everybody!
i've been thinking. the knights are now 1-4, despite an easy draw and lotsa home games. which is really surprising, considering how most people were picking them to be premiership contenders. but once i thought about it, the piss poor start to the season by the Newcastle Knights is not that surprising.
why?
Because you cannot buy a premiership!!
I looked at the Knights lineup for last night's game. 11 of the starting 13 were bought from other clubs. and many of them (ramien, hunt, lee, lino, gavet, glasby, klemmer) are in their first season in newcastle. this is textbook trying to buy a premiership. and its the cause of the knights' failings. you need to build a strong culture if you are to win a premiership, and you cannot achieve that if you have lots of players new to the club. they are not familar with the newcastle culture, so they are doomed to fail.
i compare it to a successful development club like the Roosters, who won the premiership last year. Toops debuted at the club in 2012. Lats and Manu are other Roosterites who have come through our lower grades, as has Friendy, Maubs, Cordner, Radley, Liu, Napa and Matto. Taukeiaho and JWH came to the club with less than 10 appearances for their former club. whats the result of all this development? a team of players who live and breathe the Roosters Culture.
Thats why development clubs like the Roosters will win premierships, whilst clubs that try to buy premierships will fail.
Thank you for reading
i've been thinking. the knights are now 1-4, despite an easy draw and lotsa home games. which is really surprising, considering how most people were picking them to be premiership contenders. but once i thought about it, the piss poor start to the season by the Newcastle Knights is not that surprising.
why?
Because you cannot buy a premiership!!
I looked at the Knights lineup for last night's game. 11 of the starting 13 were bought from other clubs. and many of them (ramien, hunt, lee, lino, gavet, glasby, klemmer) are in their first season in newcastle. this is textbook trying to buy a premiership. and its the cause of the knights' failings. you need to build a strong culture if you are to win a premiership, and you cannot achieve that if you have lots of players new to the club. they are not familar with the newcastle culture, so they are doomed to fail.
i compare it to a successful development club like the Roosters, who won the premiership last year. Toops debuted at the club in 2012. Lats and Manu are other Roosterites who have come through our lower grades, as has Friendy, Maubs, Cordner, Radley, Liu, Napa and Matto. Taukeiaho and JWH came to the club with less than 10 appearances for their former club. whats the result of all this development? a team of players who live and breathe the Roosters Culture.
Thats why development clubs like the Roosters will win premierships, whilst clubs that try to buy premierships will fail.
Thank you for reading
