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@Jerry Seinfeld said:@GNR4LIFE said:@tottie said:It doesnt matter where they live, what matters is a bloke on $500k sitting on the M5 in traffic 5 days a week.
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More cop outs. Leave home earlier. Whats the next excuse?
You call 10 minutes travel to work compared to 1hr and ten minutes a cop out?
@TrueTiger said:@Jerry,money plays an important part,if they get top dollar and want to play in the NRL they will play anywhere in the country to achieve their goal,granted a very good location would help.
As far as Campbelltown goes I think it has massive potential for players and supporters,I live about an hour from there but have family there and I think it is a great place to go,the atmosphere at the stadium is great and most of the people are terrific,it is also family friendly and this is what the NRL has to strive for..
@Jerry Seinfeld said:@diedpretty said:Geez there is a lot of rubbish sprouted on this forum - do the Penrith, Parramatta, Canterbury and Canberra squads all live near the ocean or inner city - I think not - footballers have a 10 year window of opportunity to set themselves up for life. The majority of them will go to where they have the best opportunity of playing 1st grade, earning good money, being coached well in order to improve their game and hopefully being successful. Not all footballers are like SBW and can swan around drinking lattes all day.
And how have Penrith and Canberra gone at attracting top talent for the most part in the last 15 years.Fittler,**lewis and Jennings(to easts and cronulla?**mmm)are but three of a long list for Penrith while Canberra(Blake ferguson when he was good and dugan)to saints are but two recent examples.Canberras last quality import was Mal Meninga and penrith always get the scraps(this year was great for them recruitment wise but soward was considered washed up and Idris was a massive risk first good buys in 15 years for panthers).Im not saying I agree with the players refusing to play in the outer suburbs/Canberra but the dislike for living in these areas for rich footballers is very real.With Parra and Canterbury the players live east of these areas its really not far to training and to city/beaches(strathfield etc).Love it or hate it the Canberras and the Panthers of the world have REPEATEDLY said over the last 15 years that they have problems signing top talent as the players dont want to live in those areas.
@GNR4LIFE said:@Jerry Seinfeld said:@GNR4LIFE said:@tottie said:It doesnt matter where they live, what matters is a bloke on $500k sitting on the M5 in traffic 5 days a week.
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More cop outs. Leave home earlier. Whats the next excuse?
You call 10 minutes travel to work compared to 1hr and ten minutes a cop out?
So we're basing our entire existence on making it easier for the players travel plans? Please.
@Jerry Seinfeld said:@diedpretty said:Geez there is a lot of rubbish sprouted on this forum - do the Penrith, Parramatta, Canterbury and Canberra squads all live near the ocean or inner city - I think not - footballers have a 10 year window of opportunity to set themselves up for life. The majority of them will go to where they have the best opportunity of playing 1st grade, earning good money, being coached well in order to improve their game and hopefully being successful. Not all footballers are like SBW and can swan around drinking lattes all day.
And how have Penrith and Canberra gone at attracting top talent for the most part in the last 15 years.Fittler,lewis and Jennings(to easts and cronulla?mmm)are but three of a long list for Penrith while Canberra(Blake ferguson when he was good and dugan)to saints are but two recent examples.Canberras last quality import was Mal Meninga and penrith always get the scraps(this year was great for them recruitment wise but soward was considered washed up and Idris was a massive risk first good buys in 15 years for panthers).Im not saying I agree with the players refusing to play in the outer suburbs/Canberra but the dislike for living in these areas for rich footballers is very real.With Parra and Canterbury the players live east of these areas its really not far to training and to city/beaches(strathfield etc).Love it or hate it the Canberras and the Panthers of the world have REPEATEDLY said over the last 15 years that they have problems signing top talent as the players dont want to live in those areas.
@supercoach said:Good idea, set up cost would have to be cheaper and I would imagine more players live and have their roots closer to Campbeltown than the inner west.
Also for the player who dosn't like the big smoke theirs the appeal of the Southern Highlands just down the road.Really its a no brainer and that is coming from a bloke who has lived in the inner west for forty years.
Its the old story you have to take the circus to the people not bring the people to the circus
@Balmain Boy said:@Jerry Seinfeld said:@diedpretty said:Geez there is a lot of rubbish sprouted on this forum - do the Penrith, Parramatta, Canterbury and Canberra squads all live near the ocean or inner city - I think not - footballers have a 10 year window of opportunity to set themselves up for life. The majority of them will go to where they have the best opportunity of playing 1st grade, earning good money, being coached well in order to improve their game and hopefully being successful. Not all footballers are like SBW and can swan around drinking lattes all day.
And how have Penrith and Canberra gone at attracting top talent for the most part in the last 15 years.Fittler,lewis and Jennings(to easts and cronulla?mmm)are but three of a long list for Penrith while Canberra(Blake ferguson when he was good and dugan)to saints are but two recent examples.Canberras last quality import was Mal Meninga and penrith always get the scraps(this year was great for them recruitment wise but soward was considered washed up and Idris was a massive risk first good buys in 15 years for panthers).Im not saying I agree with the players refusing to play in the outer suburbs/Canberra but the dislike for living in these areas for rich footballers is very real.With Parra and Canterbury the players live east of these areas its really not far to training and to city/beaches(strathfield etc).Love it or hate it the Canberras and the Panthers of the world have REPEATEDLY said over the last 15 years that they have problems signing top talent as the players dont want to live in those areas.
Very true Jerry. Canberra and the Panthers have relied almost entirely on developing their own players because they've had to. When was the last time either club signed a 'star' player who wasn't at the tail end of their career?
@GNR4LIFE said:I can just see it now. We put an offer to a player in excess of 500K+ and they turn it down cos we base ourselves in Cambo. Haha cool story.
@gallagher said:Parramatta is a long way from Campbelltown. Thats not really a good comparison.
@TrueTiger said:Supercoach,I live and work in the Southern Highlands and a lot of people have moved here over the last couple of years because it is so close to the CBD of Sydney,they commute to work by train and car and are happy to do it for the tranquility of the area.It takes about 21/2 hours by train and 11/2 by car,most do it 5days a week.
So the argument about travelling time has gone out the window,because for people to make a living and affordability in life,travel is not a problem..
:smiley: :smiley: :sign:
@GNR4LIFE said:@Balmain Boy said:@Jerry Seinfeld said:@diedpretty said:Geez there is a lot of rubbish sprouted on this forum - do the Penrith, Parramatta, Canterbury and Canberra squads all live near the ocean or inner city - I think not - footballers have a 10 year window of opportunity to set themselves up for life. The majority of them will go to where they have the best opportunity of playing 1st grade, earning good money, being coached well in order to improve their game and hopefully being successful. Not all footballers are like SBW and can swan around drinking lattes all day.
And how have Penrith and Canberra gone at attracting top talent for the most part in the last 15 years.Fittler,lewis and Jennings(to easts and cronulla?mmm)are but three of a long list for Penrith while Canberra(Blake ferguson when he was good and dugan)to saints are but two recent examples.Canberras last quality import was Mal Meninga and penrith always get the scraps(this year was great for them recruitment wise but soward was considered washed up and Idris was a massive risk first good buys in 15 years for panthers).Im not saying I agree with the players refusing to play in the outer suburbs/Canberra but the dislike for living in these areas for rich footballers is very real.With Parra and Canterbury the players live east of these areas its really not far to training and to city/beaches(strathfield etc).Love it or hate it the Canberras and the Panthers of the world have REPEATEDLY said over the last 15 years that they have problems signing top talent as the players dont want to live in those areas.
Very true Jerry. Canberra and the Panthers have relied almost entirely on developing their own players because they've had to. When was the last time either club signed a 'star' player who wasn't at the tail end of their career?
And of course none of that has to do with on field success, or lack there of does it. Parramatta are another one of those teams from that eyesore you call the outer west, and they've never had trouble attracting players. Why is that i wonder? Perhaps cos they have a history of consistent on field success.
@GNR4LIFE said:@gallagher said:Parramatta is a long way from Campbelltown. Thats not really a good comparison.
And its only about 15 mins from Penrith, yet Penrith can't attract anyone cos of where they are located apparently, yet Parra have no trouble.
@gallagher said:@TrueTiger said:Supercoach,I live and work in the Southern Highlands and a lot of people have moved here over the last couple of years because it is so close to the CBD of Sydney,they commute to work by train and car and are happy to do it for the tranquility of the area.It takes about 21/2 hours by train and 11/2 by car,most do it 5days a week.
So the argument about travelling time has gone out the window,because for people to make a living and affordability in life,travel is not a problem..
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They want the tranquility, I get that. How many single 20yr old men on over $200k want tranquilty?