Originally Posted by
late_to_the_game
At the start of last season Merewether were approached by a group of 7 ex Lake Macquarie players who carefully explained under what conditions they would play for the club, including that we would have to take all 7 (and ditch some of the players we already had in the squad). Our answer was no (and credit to Marc Hingston) for not being tempted.
The addition of the lower grades is important in terms of developing a club culture, and providing a pipeline of players who want to play first grade. Then if you have a chunk of players leave, you have a chance of at least fielding a team, probably young and develop them.
Thornton have a very young team, and in 1 to 2 years they will be very competitive.
Those early years can be characterized as WPL 1st grade players believing that it should be the same as the mens NBN league, except there were not the old boys around to help out, and no one was paying to see them (tried that in the first year I think). Most of the clubs that dropped WPL teams in the early years did so because it was just too much work.
Relegation would be the worst thing NNSW could introduce. Give us time to build something worth while.