At the end of the day, if an emerging young player has star quality such as what we are hoping for with Makasini, they get elevated into the top 30.
If they are showing plenty of potential, but not quite of top 30 standard there is now 6 Development Contracts to be handed out each season.
If any team has more than 6 or 7 star young emerging players each season, they are doing very well and it’s inevitable that one or some may leave to look for better opportunities elsewhere.
If any club including ours cannot identify their best talent and are putting the wrong emerging players on Development or Top 30 contracts, they only have themselves to blame.
Successful Talent ID which also incorporates developing players, recruitment and retention and not overpaying players who cannot or will not live up to their price tags are the main contributors in what determines a clubs success.
The other factor what people generally overlook is that when you have a couple of top quality players that form the nucleus of your team, it is much easier to accommodate and cover for a few average to ordinary players in your team.
Do we honestly think the Panthers would be struggling at the moment if they had Tristan Hope playing 9 for them ? I would say it would make no difference to them whatsoever as they have the quality of players to surround average players and not expect them to do anything out of the ordinary.
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