@bres said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1445370) said:
Gus’s take on Parra. Completely agree with him, 80% of a good team comes via development. Over recruitment won’t buy you a premiership.
Gould says Parramatta's woes stem from being a 'manufactured' team.
"They fold under pressure every time. As soon as some team takes it to [them] they get isolated as a team. There's no sense of team, there's no sense of resilience about them, there's no common cause about them," Gould said.
"It's kind of like as soon as they're challenged, they break up, they isolate, and it's every man for themselves – and we saw that tonight again.
"They're not like the top-two teams [the Storm and Panthers]; the top-two teams are developed teams, they're kids that have come through together, playing together for a long period of time, they've been in the Storm system or the Panthers system, and even South Sydney and the Roosters have more of a culture and more of a feel and a personality and character about their club than what this Parramatta team does at the moment.
"And that's not casting aspersions on individuals; it's just the way it's been crafted and brought together and cobbled together with high-price purchases. It's not always the way to win a premiership."
Interesting - because that seems to be the path the Bulldogs have decided to take for next season.
