08-07-2018, 03:45 AM
(08-07-2018, 03:35 AM)Professer E link Wrote:Makes me laugh about who clubs bring in and the flush of hope offered by recruits in trade week. Mature players with issues rarely suddenly change and dramatically improve....cue Port. Fringe players don't become A-graders.
What's the saying, class is permanent and form is temporary? Buy quality not hope for quality.
It works both ways I think.
Some fans confuse a period of poor form with a lack of long term class, talking about players like Weitering, Dow, SPS, etc., etc..
Some fans confuse a period of good form with legitimate long term class, players like Casboult, Jones, Kerridge, Graham, etc., etc..
It seems to be related to longevity at the club, like it's a prayer of some sort, "They'll come good", "I told you they'd come good!", etc., etc..!
I worry about some of the blokes we have traded for recently, which category they will eventually fall in!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"