Quote: Keiththered "There might also be seeing potential in a player who you think will fit into your team. It cannot just be luck as you suggest. Kelly, Blair, Mantellato, Sio, Campese amongst others joined us this year. All have played better than their equivalents in your side this season. Kelly, Sio and Montellato are in the top 10 try scorers. Montellato is the top points scorer. Only Campese of those I mentioned is in the twilight of his career. Montellato and McCarthy, who I presume you know well, were not even NRL players. Maybe you should be looking for players who can perform well in Super League and not for "a top quality half". You are not a top quality team and in the pool you seem to feel you should be fishing in neither is any other Super League club.'"
I agree with a lot of that. But you only have to remember that we signed a world elite, 29 year old, Adrian Morley (that'd be like someone signing Sam Burgess when he's done with Union); Matt King who was the current Aus and NSW winger (the equivalent of someone signing Michael Jennings now); Michael Monaghan who was a NRL GF starting half back when we signed him (the equivalent of someone signing Josh Reynolds now)...Andrew Johns (although a brief stint, would be like someone signing Greg Inglis for three weeks now)...Alfie Langer was chosen to play for QLD when he was at Wire (that's like someone having Cameron Smith in their side now in SL and him being selected for QLD for Origin)...
We have a history of catching fish from that pool...maybe now though we have started to cast the line and aren't getting bites and as you say we should be aiming a little lower and even aiming lower would still being over players who would have a huge impact in this league.