Quote: Kingmaker "You're missing the point. You can't just play players every week because they're British; they have to be good enough as well. You compare the likes of Spavin and I'Anson to Eastmond and Robinson like "give em a shirt and they'll be as good". That is absolute cobblers and you know it.'"
So then go out and find a prospect better than Spaven. It is you who is missing the point that these players dont fall out of the sky, SL quality players arent magicked into existence, they are trained, scouted, developed and coached to become SL quality players. That isnt happening at HKR, we can see this because you arent going out and scouting, training, developing and coaching players to be SL players, you are picking up players Scouted, trained, developed and coached in the NRL because it is easier.
Spaven was your example of a player you are bringing through, you cant then say he doesnt get games because he isnt good enough.
Either you are bringing him through and at this stage of his development that means first team games, or you arent because he isnt good enough.
And if those players arent good enough, thats your problem, go out scout, train, develop and coach better ones, just stop taking the easy option and have the aussies do it for you.
Quote: Kingmaker "
We've been without centres for ages so Ratu would've played most of the year if he'd been fit. He might have got a better go at Leeds had it not been for Brett Delaney.
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He wouldnt, he would have been behind Smith, Ablett, and Watkins. Ratu was still given more of a chance as the 4th best english centre prospect at Leeds than he has at HKR.
Quote: Kingmaker "Yeah Murrell was at Leeds, I'm not claiming him as an academy product, just a good British NL player who's become a SL player whilst at a club who apparently don't give Brits a go
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