2021 - Squad, Signings, Re-signings

[Maddragon99]

Not exactly Michael O’Conner, Steve Rogers and Graeme O‘Grady type signings eh...

Well you can’t pull an elite player out of thin air mid season. Depending how fit Beale is he can play a role until Lomax, Ravalawa & Dufty are back.

 

[Inisai Toga]

there is SFA Footballers left in the game, just athletes...

Munster and Grant come to mind, cream rises to the top....

 

[Inisai Toga]

Well you can’t pull an elite player out of thin air mid season. Depending how fit Beale is he can play a role until Lomax, Ravalawa & Dufty are back.

No, possibly not, but an an elite player in the off-season would be nice..!

 

[Maddragon99]

No, possibly not, but an an elite player in the off-season would be nice..!

We’re in the midst of a injury & suspension crisis but it’s interesting that Jack Bird isn’t part of the problem. Jack has been awesome, a real rock for us & injury free. Who would have predicted that??

 

[Inisai Toga]

We’re in the midst of a injury & suspension crisis but it’s interesting that Jack Bird isn’t part of the problem. Jack has been awesome, a real rock for us & injury free. Who would have predicted that??

It’s great that he’s injury free; ‘awesome’, not sure that would be my assessment. He’s getting better and improving every game; hopefully will find his groove and his position as the year and the team settles down. Always had talent Jack, think he wouldn’t be happy with his defensive reads at times though, but to be expected due to the pace of the game.

 

[blacksafake]

It's happened .....

 

[blacksafake]

Mate we are absolutely screwed at the moment. Our backline is missing Dufty, Lomax, Ravalawa, Matt Feagai, Wiliame. The cupboard is beyond bare. Thrown in Fuimaono and McGuire for 5 weeks each plus Sullivan. That’s a lot of cattle. If it means moving Burns into the back row instead of centre then I can live with it[/QUOTE

I know we’re desperate but besides experience what does he offer.

 

[redandwhite4evr]

Very cheap addition
Training contract only so not in the top 30, but as it says at the bottom of the article, players outside the top 30 can now play first grade as of this weekend

Will add experience thats just about all, but has that Lachlan Maranta vibe to it.

The "Moneyball" approach to recruitment continues- let's hope our juniors can deliver because we seem to have passed on a lot of good players.

 

[possm]

I'll throw in something stupid how about rava as an edge backrower next year fast big and likes to tackle.

That's not stupid at all. We have heaps of young wingers but are short on back-row forwards that can hurt in a tackle and move like the wind. For me Ravalawa fits the bill.

 

[True_Believer]

Yeah mate, we are.

Look at our injury and suspension list. Add to that the amount of backs we have with little or next to no first grade experience.

I think its a smart signing.
Cheap, yet he will bring some experience to our squad.

Spot on. He will be dirt cheap and this will tide us over until we are back on our feet. We've lost A LOT of experience over the last couple of weeks so this will help out immensely. Like you, I think it's a smart signing.

 

[Maddragon99]

Spot on. He will be dirt cheap and this will tide us over until we are back on our feet. We've lost A LOT of experience over the last couple of weeks so this will help out immensely. Like you, I think it's a smart signing.

Yes, I’m all good with the Beale signing as well. Beggars can’t be choosers as the saying goes. We need a short term fix & what do we expect at a moments notice? Beals’s a decent player & will fill a hole until Lomax is back.

We are still fielding a decent team this week & I fully expect we’ll get the job done against Scumulla particularly if we continue to spin the ball wide on early tackles. Forwards need to roll on up the middle & then promote the ball wide. Excited to see what Ramsey can offer at Fullback it’s what we’ve all been waiting for.

 

[Ghostrider22]

Not exactly Michael O’Conner, Steve Rogers and Graeme O‘Grady type signings eh...

Boy, wouldn’t that be great to have those 3 great players in the RedV on Saturday.

 

[getsmarty]

Boy, wouldn’t that be great to have those 3 great players in the RedV on Saturday.

They probably send all 3 off...LOL

 

[Ghostrider22]

They probably send all 3 off...LOL

Your probably right Getsmarty hahahaha. They don’t want the Dragons to have absolutely nothing, which is pretty close to what we see now.

 

[Lindsay Moss]

No, possibly not, but an an elite player in the off-season would be nice..!

All the elite players are signed.

 

[denis preston]

What happened with that supposed rule where local juniors are discounted in the salary cap? That is a rule that would ensure clubs put in to grassroots and would help teams like us immensely.

Nick didn't like that one so they scrapped it.

 

[denis preston]

Gerard Beale. Welcome back

Can someone help my memory that when we signed Gerald he was yet to have a serious injury that put him out for the season at the Bronco's ? This injury shaved a couple of metres of pace off him and thus restricted him as a solid player rather than very good ?

 

[Jeremy Dragon]

16 jersey in the same game. He was playing brilliantly - chopping players down in defence and made a few good runs

Jack Owens he hits like a brick.

 

[thebigredv]

Nick didn't like that one so they scrapped it.

I think he replaced it with the rule where if a ball carrier ducks into a tackle the defender must instantly adjust their whole body so as not to catch them slightly high, or else he will be sent off and treated like a criminal for the rest of his career. That rule.

 

[Gareth67]

I think he replaced it with the rule where if a ball carrier ducks into a tackle the defender must instantly adjust their whole body so as not to catch them slightly high, or else he will be sent off and treated like a criminal for the rest of his career. That rule.

Exactly tBRV , that has become so common place now , players ducking their heads as they are about to be tackled . Not blaming them for their self preservation , but by the same token , if players were tackling around the legs ( as they once did many years ago ) then the incidents of concussions would be much , much lower .

The NRL would have a much cleaner game , the clubs a lower injury count , the only problem is to convince the coaches to stop implementing all of those illegal tactics that is par for course nowadays .

On the other hand , they could get rid of the one individual who is responsible for bringing them to the game in the first place .