Balmainbred
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Look forward to watching all these tiger cubs again next year it's all up to them to win a fg spot have a good off season to all
Rookies deliver in 2017...
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Fade_To_Black
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Congratulations to all of our rookies this year, the most encouraging part of this year from these guys is that for the most part they all showed consistency of performance. That makes a refreshing change from past rookies (looking at you Moses) who played brilliantly one week and like pus for the next 3\. Consistency is a more desirable trait in a junior than flashy brilliance, especially for a club like our that is always seeming to be competing with other not-so-salary-cap-accountable clubs with one arm tied behind our back.
Obviously some of our rookies from this season will be poached by aforementioned bottomless-pit clubs in the coming seasons but what can you do? IMO we should promote and retain toilers and consistent grinding players from within our club but rely on hand-picking the flashier, "match winner" types from other clubs….buy proven players who have walked the walk instead of throwing vaults of money at local juniors who have shown just bare glimpses of perhaps above-average talent (looking at you again Moses).
Great signs from our youngsters this season, here is hoping they will have a loyal , long-standing and ultimately successful future at WT.
Obviously some of our rookies from this season will be poached by aforementioned bottomless-pit clubs in the coming seasons but what can you do? IMO we should promote and retain toilers and consistent grinding players from within our club but rely on hand-picking the flashier, "match winner" types from other clubs….buy proven players who have walked the walk instead of throwing vaults of money at local juniors who have shown just bare glimpses of perhaps above-average talent (looking at you again Moses).
Great signs from our youngsters this season, here is hoping they will have a loyal , long-standing and ultimately successful future at WT.
LeichhardtTiger
Well-known member
Interesting to see the pics of the "Young guns' at Pre Season training on the Tigers site, Bailey Sironen is in the squad so, has he been signed for next season yet and if so does that mean we only have 1 spot left to fill?
