Tigers welcome Shaun Mielekamp

[mtd#2]

So what happens when they get picked to play first grade and they grow up and live in Campbeltown are they seriously going to drive to Concord everyday? No wonder there juniors are jumping ship to other clubs, sell the Concord centre and move the training to Campbeltown if home grown talent is the main strategy.

Where exactly are all these players jumping ship to if they want to stay in campbelltown? I dont see a mass exodus to penrith or the dogs?

Its like anyone, you finish school and you probably have to travel for work. Concord is 40minutes travel. I used to travel that distance to play harrold matt's and sg ball.

Sorry, its a cop out excuse.

So if we turn this on its head, what type of external talent are we going to attract when they have to travel and live in Campbelltown? Earning hundreds of thousands a year and living there vs the inner west..

 

[Glenji95]

So what happens when they get picked to play first grade and they grow up and live in Campbeltown are they seriously going to drive to Concord everyday? No wonder there juniors are jumping ship to other clubs, sell the Concord centre and move the training to Campbeltown if home grown talent is the main strategy.

Unless another COE built at Campbelltown is equal value or better than the one at Concord, they won’t be leaving that one for a smaller/weaker one. Besides the players that do live in Campbelltown have 3 choices. They either make the effort to travel there like majority of Sydney people going to work, find a place that’s closer to work (if they can afford to), or they just leave and potentially forgotten about.

 

[Glenji95]

But imagine if you lived in Campbeltown way and training way only 10 minutes there and back 5x a week and you have a young family , paying rent anywhere near Concord is already too expensive compared to anywhere near c town, this type of set up of cheap rent/short trips eg Newcastle,cowboys, Brisbane, dolphins, gold coast, Penrith, Parramatta, and the dragons.

From what I found online the average rent rate in Campbelltown is around $650 a week anyway so that’s not exactly cheap. Concord is definitely more expensive for renting but Campbelltown ain’t cheap either.

 

[Glenji95]

You would still save on fuel and time. You don't believe there's more benefits of training full time in ctown? When the COE is finished being built there?

Not sure on when it’s supposed to be finished but given it’s nowhere near how much they spent at Concord, training there full time would be a waste. If eventually they decide to upgrade the one at Campbelltown to be equal value or better to the one at Concord, then eventually maybe you can make the decision to train there full time. Otherwise we’re just making ourselves weaker moving into a facility that cost $50 million less than where we currently train.

 

[mtd#2]

You would still save on fuel and time.

For what % of the squad? You are pigeon holing this to accomodate a tiny number of juniors who will actually make it to the nrl. The majority or nrl squads these days are imported.

You don't believe there's more benefits of training full time in ctown? When the COE is finished being built there?

Not really.

Lets say a big name player hits the open market.. they have the choice of concord, Campbelltown, Bondi, Manly, Newcastle, Stgeorge or Cronulla.

Personally, the last place on that list for me is Campbelltown.

Again, I think you are trying to accomodate a small few - because the majority of NRL squads arent local juniors

 

[Buttface]

Unfortunately you're right.

I like a lot of what you said, including @mtd#2 being right. I think the local training and playing on ya same home ground thing is old school now days and that’s probably why I like the idea but I don’t think it’s a reality anymore for most teams.

 

[innsaneink]

But imagine if you lived in Campbeltown way and training way only 10 minutes there and back 5x a week and you have a young family , paying rent anywhere near Concord is already too expensive compared to anywhere near c town, this type of set up of cheap rent/short trips eg Newcastle,cowboys, Brisbane, dolphins, gold coast, Penrith, Parramatta, and the dragons.

We just signed a couple of kids from Qld
They wont be going home every night.
If you want it bad enough theres this thing called sacrifice

 

[happy_tiger]

We just signed a couple of kids from Qld
They wont be going home every night.
If you want it bad enough theres this thing called sacrifice

Do the clubs still find accommodation from families for junior players like they did in the past ??

 

[Halbrowne61]

Very few of us have/had the luxury of living close by our work place, but it didn’t mean you said to the boss , hey can you move the office/ factory/ building site closer to where a few of us live.
Suck it up boys, you’re already treated like rock stars and let’s not forget , it’s football, not rocket science or heart surgery.

 

[westielife]

Very few of us have/had the luxury of living close by our work place, but it didn’t mean you said to the boss , hey can you move the office/ factory/ building site closer to where a few of us live.
Suck it up boys, you’re already treated like rock stars and let’s not forget , it’s football, not rocket science or heart surgery.

Sure but it might help

 

[innsaneink]

Do the clubs still find accommodation from families for junior players like they did in the past ??

I do know some clubs will lease a 3 b/r unit close to training and have a few players in rhere togwther

Some families involved with clubs still billet you footy players from bush or interstate

Read this hap

How a case of mistaken identity earned Caine his first shot at first-grade

“You’ve just shown me half an hour of tape of my mate from Taree.”

archive.sen.com.au

 

[happy_tiger]

I do know some clubs will lease a 3 b/r unit close to training and have a few players in rhere togwther

Some families involved with clubs still billet you footy players from bush or interstate

Read this hap

How a case of mistaken identity earned Caine his first shot at first-grade

“You’ve just shown me half an hour of tape of my mate from Taree.”

archive.sen.com.au

From memory wasn't Benji billeted at the Farahs place

 

[innsaneink]

From memory wasn't Benji billeted at the Farahs place

Not sure

 

[happy_tiger]

I do know some clubs will lease a 3 b/r unit close to training and have a few players in rhere togwther

Some families involved with clubs still billet you footy players from bush or interstate

Read this hap

How a case of mistaken identity earned Caine his first shot at first-grade

“You’ve just shown me half an hour of tape of my mate from Taree.”

archive.sen.com.au

Funny story Ink .....we all have a funny tale about footy

I have one .....I make a tackle on an opposition back rower .....and as we are going to ground ....whack under the chin ....completely split me open
So I naturally get up thinking this bloke has dropped the knee purposely
I throw the first one ...best punch I ever threw ....he doesn't flinch and precedes to beat the tripe out of me
Gets broken up and we both get sent off....I'm mouthing off calling him a dog and he decides to come after me
Get back to the dressing room and half time comes along . Few blokes come and check on me and our centre comes over just as HT time is finishing to apologise.....for accidental kneeing me lol
And the second rower went on and played for Brisbane and Qld .....they obviously saw how tough he was beating me up 😆

 

[Halbrowne61]

Sure but it might help

Help who B ? The players, the club, the fans.
All they have to do is get up and go to work, like everyone else. If that’s 5 or 40 minutes it doesn’t matter, they are at training from 10-3 or thereabouts, plenty of time to commute.