Flanno's New Signings

[getsmarty]

‘Lacking a little’: Why Rugby Sevens star was swayed by Flanno to make Dragons switch

‘Lacking a little’: Why Rugby Sevens star was swayed by Flanno to make Dragons switch

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[SAP58]

If Hunt goes to the Dogs, Sexton may become available.

Whoever the new half is i would have thought he needs to be appointed as soon as possible so he can have to whole off season to train with the side & build up a combination with Flanno Jnr or whoever the 5/8 is going to be. If it is correct that Illias has had a medical then i would hope an announcement will be made within the next week. It is Friday tomorrow (their favoured announcement day.

 

[OneEyedDragon]

Whoever the new half is i would have thought he needs to be appointed as soon as possible so he can have to whole off season to train with the side & build up a combination with Flanno Jnr or whoever the 5/8 is going to be. If it is correct that Illias has had a medical then i would hope an announcement will be made within the next week. It is Friday tomorrow (their favoured announcement day.

Patience @SAP58 . I'm pretty sure Flano said in a recent comment that "nothing will happen in the next couple of weeks". We've just got to hope that something IS happening in the background.

 

[Jubilee]

21st Nov today. Things are still being shaken up. The uncertainty could go into early Dec. But the last dominoes are probably Hunt and whoever next makes a public fool of himself and gets released by his club.

 

[Old Timer]

What I don’t quite get in all of this fiasco surrounding our halves is the following

Last year we had Hunt and we signed Marschke and would have had Volkman if he wasn’t injured.

If they were part of the answer last year and Hunt is no longer here then why are those 2 not part of the potential answer for this year?

Ok Volkman may have angst but that isn’t anything $$$ won’t fix considering other clubs are supposedly looking at him or maybe he is still ratshit with his shoulder?

I thought Marshke went ok so maybe we were premature in letting him go especially considering Hunt was always going to be let go?

The K F signing imo has probably created difficulties in balancing the squad as he is also a neither nor type player.

 

[denis preston]

Whoever the new half is i would have thought he needs to be appointed as soon as possible so he can have to whole off season to train with the side & build up a combination with Flanno Jnr or whoever the 5/8 is going to be. If it is correct that Illias has had a medical then i would hope an announcement will be made within the next week. It is Friday tomorrow (their favoured announcement day.

Spot on. Asking for trouble signing up chief playmakers 2 months out before season’s start.

 

[Jubilee]

Today is Nov. 21. Ben Hunt moved on just three weeks ago. I know that is a bit more than a year ago in forum time, but really it is just three weeks.

Hunt had to go and I suppose there was no "good" time for him to leave but we couldn't approach players for 2025 before he left bcs we didn't know for sure that he would leave. Now we can be in the market for 2026 and we can also continue to develop juniors, like LKT - and I am sure something will turn up in the next 12 months.

For 2025, however, the market is still fluid at least until Mr Sulks signs for a new club. So it seems Flanno is hoping something is kicked up in the turnover.

But the market for 6 and 7 is not deep: Douehi (my preference), Iliias, Sexton (?), Volkman, Marschke. Who do we want Flannagan to choose from that bunch?

Would you accept Latu Fainu if the tiges tear up his contract?

Anyway, the season begins for us March 8. I expect this half issue will be decided by Dec 8, then we have three months to get some cohesion. Meanwhile, it just is what it is.