Benji Marshall joined the Tigers from Keebra Park because a 5 year old Luai told him to according to this bloke.
Were you even alive then. We won that competition on the back of identification and development of one of the best bunch of juniors coming through with a few hard heads to guide them
Penrith won 4 comps an remained competitive using the same model.
We have not made the finals in 15 years. We cannot identify junior talent & we can’t keep them (the Luali’i brothers are off to Perth). That is before discussing whether blokes Galvin & DaSilva were wrongly identified as talent, signed to bad contracts or just couldn’t be retained).
We lost most of the big 4.
The club is a basket case & the future will consist of:
- identifying talent and giving experience before handing them off to a competitive club
- overpaying names as the next hope only to see them fail to meet expectations
- not having to consult a calendar around when you’re playing in September, because you aren’t.
As someone that has supported various iterations of the club, it is a return to standard programming.
Last 8 weeks has been fun.
Do you honestly think we will circle the wagons , block out the noise and make the finals this year? I hope so.
More likely we will implode. Media speculation around whether Luai going is the cause, club saying all solid. We are on the up. Miss the 8. Rinse & repeat next year before competing for the spoon again in 28 with new clubs and others that cannot competently manage a roster.
