Hot Dog
Kennel Participant
- Joined
- Jun 2, 2018
- Messages
- 316
- Reaction score
- 385
The kennel is a funny place. There are 3 pages of posts rubbishing the kid after his nrl debut 2 weeks ago where he had a decent game without being exceptional. Then this week when has played a great game, those same posters who bagged the kid are nowhere to be seen. Certainly a glass half empty bunch I would say.
My take is simple. Who cares who we sign. Especially now when we know we have no money. In all honestly when was the last time we signed a crowd favourite? Think back to all your favourite Bulldogs and I bet they were all juniors, or we got them at 15-16 or under 20 level. The last established first grade player we bought that was any good was Terry Lamb. The rest all made our team worse, rather than improved it.
As cliche as it sounds, we are a family club and we do have our own unique DNA. We were better off developing players and always will be.
My take is simple. Who cares who we sign. Especially now when we know we have no money. In all honestly when was the last time we signed a crowd favourite? Think back to all your favourite Bulldogs and I bet they were all juniors, or we got them at 15-16 or under 20 level. The last established first grade player we bought that was any good was Terry Lamb. The rest all made our team worse, rather than improved it.
As cliche as it sounds, we are a family club and we do have our own unique DNA. We were better off developing players and always will be.