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Message: [QUOTE="mick, post: 2157222, member: 1794"] True that. But "young blood" refers to experience as much as age. Folau is very young, but coming into his third season of first grade and has plenty of experience. I do agree with the majority of your post, but I also fear the likes of Yow Yeh could be lost under the Denan Kemp theory. In that, young blokes can advance and go really well in the juniors until they are ready for first grade, but if they are kept at that level for too long and other clubs come knocking with a full-time NRL spot and three times the cash, they're going to bugger off. Let's face it, Steve Michaels' knee was the only reason we saw so much of Kemp this year. The only different thing now is that THOUSANDS of fans were pissed off that we couldn't hold onto him, whereas it might've only been the few who saw him play a lot who would've been let down by the move. While experience and a cool head is great to add into the team to keep the boys' heads in the right places during games, I don't think signing guys on the wrong side of 30 will do anything to help our cause in the future. If De Vere's signing causes even one or two young blokes in the u20's to look twice at a larger offer at another club, it's just not worth it IMO. What if we were to lose Hoffman and Yow Yeh because De Vere's wages meant we had to offer them $35k less than other clubs that come knocking? Would it be worth it then? Nah. [/QUOTE]

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