Rooster Booster wrote:DM doesn't know what happens at clubs.
....you're being too kind
Rooster Booster wrote:It will stay as it is with only say 2 or 3 kids on average per year getting first grade contracts and even then not likely to play first grade. Don't listen to the News hype. Not much has changed since it was called Jersey Flegg in NSW, but as it's the NRL comp now, it's overhyped and all over the News Ltd media.
...don't doubt your on the ground knowledge, but I think the numbers will increase.
I have had years of ranting about DH spending too much on development and not enough on marketing the club.....it has always been an unwinnable debate, because even though we are getting a few cockneys coming through the ranks now, we still have no fans to witess it.
...we will agree to disagree on this. I have no doubt you will be proven correct over the coming years, but I still say my business model of growing your own is the better one.