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Plus Milne
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Plus Milne
The_Patriot
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Im not with Ink on many things but im with him on this one. The coach is under pressure to recruit and replace quality players.
No interest at all in players moved on during the Jason Taylor era.
Balmainbred
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Anyone know how much the dogs singed him for.
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Hopefully not too much, I reckon it would hurt.
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300k
innsaneink
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We need better to replace him now than we did in 2017…we need to continue to improve in all recruitment as we have onfield
For the most part his recruitment so far hasn't been too bad... In an area thats a bit of a gamble he's done fairly well, but we have to get cracking
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He's played four good games.
Desperate attempts to get a contract…
Don't quote me..
Twal is way better and way younger.
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Gronks.
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A school to lookout for is Patrician Brothers Fairfield. In the recent past they have been known primarily as just an Education based school. But have now been giving scholarships for sport. Their rugby league teams have some real talent. They have produced Nathan Brown & Taniela Paseka.
Most of the junior players are playing HM and JF for the eels.
jirskyr
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No offence, but look out for? PBF have been producing top-tier footballers for decades, e.g. Sterlo and Brandy. Or do you mean their teams are back up with the better sides?
The problem with aligning with schools is that many ebb and flow in their sports focus/output. With many of the Catholic and Independent schools, it depends on the Principal. Gregs were the dominant footballing school of the 80s and early 90s - 8 Commonwealth Bank Cup titles in 15 years.
Gregs are part of the MCS which has a couple of other very strong League schools - PB Fairfield as you noted, PB Blacktown (GIO Cup finalists 4 of the last 6 years). St Dom's Penrith used to be a powerhouse in the early 2000s when all the Panthers juniors went through the school. Sometimes those strong schools strangle the competition for other schools.
Gregs have actually been fielding a rugby union team in the ISA for the past few years.
Holy Cross Ryde is a good example of the ebb and flow of schools' footballing talent. Holy Cross were a founding member of the MCC in 1915, but dropped out in the 1950s because they didn't have enough players. In the early 80s Holy Cross were again one of the dominant footballing schools - Benny Elias and Siro went there. They had another renaissance with Brooks / Moses / Siro Jr / Nathan Milone all playing at the same time, just after Woods and Bronson Harrison went through the school.
Holy Cross and Marcellin Randwick are the dominant footballing schools in the MCC right now - between them won all of the 2018 grades and Ryde won 5/6 grades in 2017.
But really none of these schools can consistently compete with the specialist sporting schools - Keebra, Endeavour Sports, Westfields Sports, MAtraville Sports, The Hills Sports etc.
I am guessing clubs are just as well off focusing on their local weekend clubs as much as any school relationship, esp when any club can come in and sign players anyway. E.g. when we were aligned with Keebra Park, didn't stop players like Greg Eastwood, Kenny Edwards, Kahu, Tautau Moga, Corey Norman, Bodene Thompson, Isaac Liu (depending on exact timing) from going elsewhere.
kingbrooks
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We are going to miss him.
His form surge in the back half of the year has coincided with our return to the winners column. Until he came on tonight (with Twal) we looked shot.
His form surge in the back half of the year has coincided with our return to the winners column. Until he came on tonight (with Twal) we looked shot.
