Gus on our squad and the salary cap

[Spirit of 66]

But Paul Kent today has dismissed Gould's arguments:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...-1227288284425

[Spirit of 66]

I think he's suggesting that we shouldn't be allowed to recruit young talented players and develop them. It's unfair.

[Frozen Chook]

Nice to see Football Gould out and about instead of Clown Gould

Agreed KB. Phil can and is a very interesting and knowledgeable person to listen to about football, but when he switches the Vaudeville on for the telly well that's another matter.

[2026]

Gus has an incredible footy brain.His articles are always interesting. However, he shouldn't commentate!

[Frozen Chook]

I know many on here as I have continued to try and expose the well-worn story that sports hack masquerading as journalists have trotted out since the 1970’s about Easts buying premierships.
It has been Easts approach since the end of the Gould era that we will develop squads largely as young players with a few key signings look at the 2000 grand final squad where the large percentage of the squad was under 23 led by Fittler and Lam and a few mid-career forwards. Went onto win the 2002 Grand final.

A similar pathway was followed leading up to the 2013 Grand Final with a relatively young squad boosted by the key signings of Jennings, SBW and Maloney joining Minichello who was the youngster in the previous decade’s rising squad. Add to that a couple of ex NRL super league players in Moa and O’Donnell and a quality coach and we have another grand final win.

[Frozen Chook]

Interestingly Brian Canavan enters the club at pretty much the same point in the cycle.

[Frozen Chook]

As for Kent rarely find anything he says illuminating about football - can’t remember him banging on in 2012 as we finished 13th about why NRL clubs weren't fighting each to sign up Moa and O'Donnell, or earlier on in the piece, hurry up and pick up the young Kiwi back SKD when he turned up at Clovelly, or the Parra unwanted in Tupou, or praising the rising youngsters such as Cordner, Guerra, Friend, JWH or RTS as many of them played in our younger grades.

As he said “Now, I assumed it would have been fairly easy to recognise most players, at schoolboy level, with the potential to go on and play rep football at NRL level”.

Apparently it isn't that easy for everyone to quote Kent himself "“but then what would I know?”"

[2026]

I know many on here as I have continued to try and expose the well-worn story that sports hack masquerading as journalists have trotted out since the 1970’s about Easts buying premierships.
It has been Easts approach since the end of the Gould era that we will develop squads largely as young players with a few key signings look at the 2000 grand final squad where the large percentage of the squad was under 23 led by Fittler and Lam and a few mid-career forwards. Went onto win the 2002 Grand final.

A similar pathway was followed leading up to the 2013 Grand Final with a relatively young squad boosted by the key signings of Jennings, SBW and Maloney joining Minichello who was the youngster in the previous decade’s rising squad. Add to that a couple of ex NRL super league players in Moa and O’Donnell and a quality coach and we have another grand final win.

There was a very interesting interview with Gus on Triple m around 4 weeks ago.He stated that this was the Broncos early model and one they are trying to replicate at the Panthers.

I think the interview may have been just before the Panthers vs Dogs round 1 game.

[Frozen Chook]

interesting 2026 - for Brisbane when they kicked off they had a huge geographic pool of youngsters who could enter the NRL comp through their club whilst not needing to leave QLD.

[2026]

interesting 2026 - for Brisbane when they kicked off they had a huge geographic pool of youngsters who could enter the NRL comp through their club whilst not needing to leave QLD.

You may still be able to find it on Triple m's web site.It's worth a listen.

[Frozen Chook]

sure would be interested - Phil has also has made some interesting comments in relation to the downside of this approach in regards to the interests of young players with clubs warehousing all the talent in their area of influence.

[Frozen Chook]

i think for Easts they got burnt during the period of the mi eighties until Gould arrived with some pretty poor recruitment options with established players.

[Frozen Chook]

For the last couple of decades I think they got it right and Phil acknowledges this in his article while Kent seeks maintain a few common themes of the NRL soap opera which provides the majority of the media with plenty of easily regurgitated material for tomorrows paper and their weekly TV spots.

[bondi paul]

the kent story a return of serve on behalf of cawley - it so predictable.saw it coming a mile off

[Salvatori Grubber]

As for Kent rarely find anything he says illuminating about football - can’t remember him banging on in 2012 as we finished 13th about why NRL clubs weren't fighting each to sign up Moa and O'Donnell, or earlier on in the piece, hurry up and pick up the young Kiwi back SKD when he turned up at Clovelly, or the Parra unwanted in Tupou, or praising the rising youngsters such as Cordner, Guerra, Friend, JWH or RTS as many of them played in our younger grades.

As he said “Now, I assumed it would have been fairly easy to recognise most players, at schoolboy level, with the potential to go on and play rep football at NRL level”.

Apparently it is that easy for everyone to quote Kent himself “but then what would I know?”

Fantastic retort. Well done.