@JoshColeman99 said in [Wests Tigers Sign Shawn Blore](/post/1147976) said:
From the sounds of it we’ve picked up the two best young forwards in NSW and possibly the country. Stefano and Blore are gonna be our future hopefully. We’ve got a really good amount of young guys ready for the future
Haha the write up of every young player we sign make them out like they are going to be a huge star, but I'm pleased with the signing.
To be fair, all the young players we’ve signed this year are all junior origin reps etc. Stefano clearly the highest rated prospect we’ve signed but this kid is probably #2, people who know footy rate him extremely highly.
The others seems good but we will have to see how we will go in first grade not every young rep turns Out to be a star
This bloke has the temperament to do so. Give him an offseason and watch him go with the likes of Stefano next year. I'm very impressed with how Madge is building our squad. We're going to have quite the forward pack in a season or two.
In theory it sounds good but in sad reality if one of them takes the game by storm in the next 1 or 2 seasons they will miraculously end up at the Roosters or a club who prefers to offer "incentives" outside their salary.
Contracts etc these days are such a laughable disgrace that signings are usually met with trepidation that once the player shows promise they are gone just as quick. That is probably the biggest gripe with our game nowadays IMO.
Gotta try not to think like that. With the Centre Of Excellence coming and some great up and coming talent we've got a real opportunity in the next 2-3 years.
It's ingrained lately unfortunately. Would be awesome to build a great pack and watch it develop over 4-5 years together.
How much emphasis do you think players put on COE's etc?
If the players are keen, motivated and commited then they can do good things with limited facilities, Manly have been a good example of that these last 2 or so years.