@Flanagun they’ve all fallen for the rebuild line when that’s a code for failure is acceptable. Some wouldn’t even know what a rebuild means. Gould has gone all out for the quick result trying to buy virtually every player on the market and looking for instant successes including buying 3 from QLD for Harold matts when it used to be locals only for that side. Our signings can’t be classified as rebuilds most of them will be here 2yrs or 3yrs in Tracey case. Who of the signings will remain beyond? We’ve gone for a lot of mid range quick fixes after missing out on the big targets.
We did attempt to go for the big targets Moses, Hunt, Leinu, Haas, Tino, D Saifiti, Luai and AFB. We even went for lesser range in Twal and Sele. We at least tried to land the big fish at prop or spine.
Still puzzles me why we never went after Flegler or J Saifiti.
Two local juniors one of whom is 23 about to hit his peak one of our 3 best last year & our most dangerous attacking and another the boom most dominant junior talent of the last 5-6yrs plays NRL at 19 and flicked after one year.
That’s not the definition of a rebuild. It’s looking for quick results by saying it’s a rebuild allows failure to be acceptable. Some have been sucked in by it all.
Every club every year signs dozens of development players for lower tier sides. Our ones now make the puff piece headlines and it’s always either Gus and the Bulldogs or Gould’s Bulldogs. Just never the club only.