Originally Posted by
redwah
Maybe it's time for everyone involved in the club to have a good hard look in the mirror and decide what this club is and what it stands for.
As most point out we have been shite for a few years now. Yeah we won a championship years ago and we have made the finals a few times but do we really compete with the big clubs financially. I mean have we ever had a major sponsor with national appeal or international profile? We had an owner who was worth a billion (on paper only I know) and all we got was some 35yr old ex England international who's goal scoring record doesn't set the world on fire. We have had some names here but all at the back end of their careers and usually only for a season.
When and who was the last player from newcastle or the hunter to make it on the world stage? I don't mean guys who came here and played for the jets or breakers form other parts of Australia but actual born and bred novacastrians....Craig Johnston?
I ****ing love this place and I support both the national code teams in the Jets and Knights but honestly both will always struggle to have the financial clout to compete against teams in capital cities. On field performances will almost always reflect the circumstances of the club.
I see some of the players around sometimes, usually the younger home grown ones and they walk around like they are ****ing Barcelona legends or something. Thay have achieved nothing but somehow their egos are through the roof. Maybe if they were made to front up to fans and cop the sprays they might understand a bit more who it is they represent...problem is the club raps them up and protects them so they don't see it all. Maybe a few of them need a game in the newcastle comp so they can get the shit kicked out of them to deflate the egos.
The club will always protect itself....look at the johnny Steele case....something isn't right but rumour and innuendo will be all we get from it.
