That is my point and a question that needs to be asked to Seibold and Mestrov
Congrats to Feledy and the Fainus.
Some players starting to dominate NRL now can be found listed in Origin youth teams, from 4, 5, and 6 years ago.
It's a luxury to have those players on your books and still be contending for the NRL title while they slowly reach maturity and stardom. Over that period of several years.
After Manly's up-and-down performance in recent years we need to get the NRL side contending consistently first. When we are, top young talent will always find us an attractive option.
Meanwhile (and I haven't read all the posts so this may have been mentioned) but, at least in Manly's case, all Tartak's players seem to be from a similar area, and be quite tight as friends. Lot of them came through Westfields high maybe? And all on track to be big money stars.
The 'Moses collection', by comparison, are not of one 'coterie', and not all future big money stars: there's veterans, Qlders, and also young low-cost fringe types.
Just another consideration in terms of shaping squad culture going forward?