It actually does have an effect on retention and recruitment, they might be professionals that doesn’t mean that all are idiots. There are players that look at the club itself before they decide whether to go there or not. Look at Ice for example he signed with us to play under Madge, then when...
Again, we’re a basket case. We are not going to be able to sign anybody because once again players will be weary of joining us. Just because we have spots and maybe a little money doesn’t mean players will come. My guess is we’ll upgrade who we have here to top 30 to fill the roster.
I don’t know if we tried for either player but given we’re a basket case again we won’t be landing anyone worthy for a long time. That could be why we didn’t sign them.
He’s got nothing that’ll give him any chance of being eligible for Origin. He wasn’t born in either state, he was actually born in NZ but moved to Victoria at an early age. He grew up playing AFL originally down in Victoria but eventually switched to League and played in Victoria. His dad didn’t...
In this case it could also be due to the owners basically nuking the joint putting everyone on edge. I doubt we’ll hear any signings news until well into next year.
Obviously I can’t speak for everyone but the ones that I have spoken to about it have all said the same thing, they don’t go to Cup games because it isn’t WT. They’ve only followed WT and can’t support a team that isn’t called that. Obviously the ones prior to the merge might see it differently...
It might be our players but it isn’t WT in Cup it’s a different name and a different team. It doesn’t show unity which is why I think 99% of people want us playing under WT in Cup. Can you honestly say you’ve seen a real big crowd under the Magpies name for us in Cup? I know I haven’t. But I...