Kettykat wrote:
Too many big name signing have turned out to be disappointments over the years ,and some that have come under the radar have been fans favourites . A side that is competitive and shows commitment and effort will pick up more wins than losses IMO and that in itself will bring folk in . Listening to poaching and his vision for the club fulls me with confidence ,and has more charisma and vision in his little finger than Chester had ,who was about as inspiring as an undertaker in his interviews,and surely that must have rubbed off on the players when things got tough .Different team/coach/mindset,what’s not to like ,bring it on .
To many fans go by reputation, this is probably a good guide if you are Saints. However, you have to ask why a player with a big reputation has ended up at Trinity, especially overseas players.
There is simply no logic as to why a player who still has it would choose us. We have no money, no obvious chance of sucess and facilities at present remain poor.
True we used to pick up the odd star but NRL players of any known quality joining SL these days are so rare that even Leeds and Wigan etc struggle.
Trinity has some quality but what we really need is players who are hungry, most of our signings fall into that category with the possible exception of Gaskell though even he has underachieved so far in his career relative to other players from that generation.
Signings are never about reputation or selling ST's they are about players who fit and only the coach knows that, despite what we all think on here at times.
Gaskell and Lineham the most high profile of our signings may be duds but they may not be and if the latter is the case we've signed two cracking players. Best to judge after 10m games or more imho.
