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Message: [QUOTE="Ari Gold, post: 2383521, member: 1917"] Their high profile, relatively old recruits got older. And declined. Scott Prince, Preston Campbell, Luke Bailey, Matt Rogers, Anthony Laffranchi. The Titans went out all bought all these very established players. Outside of William Zillman I can't think of any other Titans player of note that was brought to the club. There appears to have been very little planning for the future in their recruitment process. And even when they do have a younger player that has some potential (Tomane), they basically ignore him so that they can play people out of position ahead of him. To be fair, they are missing Nathan Friend. But even still, I think the Titans just went out trying to win a premiership from year one, rather than trying to build a squad for the future. Look at the Gold Coast Suns. They suck compared to the Titans first year performance, but in 5-10 years time they will have achieved a lot more, simply because their recruitment emphasis was on youth and the future and giving young players a go. Outside of two decent wingers (Mead, Gordon) and a mediocre centre (Esi Tonga) I can't name any young player the Titans have actively tried to promote and develop. Even William Zillman, they moved him around all the time, benched him etc. for the Dad's Army brigade of Campbell and Rogers. Now they are simply paying the price for employing that kind of thinking. [/QUOTE]

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