@joel I agree Matamua was given plenty of opportunities to show he wanted a spot .. but just seemed not interested . How long do you keep players around that either have reached there ceiling are just not good enough or just do not have the drive to succeed …there still are a few at the club at present that meet these criteria’s unfortunately.
@joel I agree Matamua was given plenty of opportunities to show he wanted a spot .. but just seemed not interested . How long do you keep players around that either have reached there ceiling are just not good enough or just do not have the drive to succeed …there still are a few at the club at present that meet these criteria’s unfortunately.
Not sure if it was that Matamua was not interested... I think it was more that he got opportunities so young that he thought he was entitled to more opportunities without putting in the hard work... only speculation from the outside
With the season about to commence after seeing the talent coming through after last weeks trail the Magpies reserve grade is going to be very competitive in fact more so than in many many seasons .This raise my question seeing HBG are all about the Magpies isn’t it a negative for HBG to suffocate the Weststigers of funds ! As this money would be used to retain the talent coming through and lure better credentialed players that certainly would be playing for the Magpies which would lead to greater success for that entity. So this seems to be a very unusual way to support the entity that ranks as your first priority for HBG . I would have thought with the bravado of keeping the Magpies as your feeder to the NRL side HBG would provide better funding as this would benefit the Magpies to become a top tier reserve grade side.
With the season about to commence after seeing the talent coming through after last weeks trail the Magpies reserve grade is going to be very competitive in fact more so than in many many seasons .This raise my question seeing HBG are all about the Magpies isn’t it a negative for HBG to suffocate the Weststigers of funds ! As this money would be used to retain the talent coming through and lure better credentialed players that certainly would be playing for the Magpies which would lead to greater success for that entity. So this seems to be a very unusual way to support the entity that ranks as your first priority for HBG . I would have thought with the bravado of keeping the Magpies as your feeder to the NRL side HBG would provide better funding as this would benefit the Magpies to become a top tier reserve grade side.
You would think they would be trying to bump up that level for sure 👍 but then losing and being on struggle street is so richly and deeply ingrained. It is their identity- the battlers.
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