I would love nothing more than to see a quality football team of players all from Newcastles junior sustem in saying thatWe have won two premierships with largely local squads, developed from the ground up. Brian Smith and Wayne Bennett both tried to buy a premiership, and both ruined the club for a decade.
I'm not running down the players that have been bought - I'm just not buying into the outrageously inflated expectations most of you have, given that imported players very, very rarely live up to the hype.
I think it's important to have a team of good players on the field if we need to buy imports to fill positions that we dont have a good local to do the job so be it.
As far as recruitment and expectations have we ever Signed a half of mitchell pierces quality or a young prospect with as much talent and natrual class as ponga.