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Flanno's New Signings

possm

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From what I’ve heard Reagan Campbell Gillard looks likely he will be a Dragon in 2025

Daniel Saifiti is still a good chance but the club has to successfully offload Mikaele Ravalawa or Blake Lawrie
I think we would be in a better position if we offloaded:

Sloan - 500k
The Feagai brothers 900k
Lawrie - 700k
Bird - 500k
Ravalawa - 400k
Hunt + 900k
That's 3.9m + to spend on new players

A great cleanout for 2025

Then sign

Fullback Pongia - 1m
Prop RCG - 850k
Lock Horsborough - 650k
Wishart - 600k
Cook - done
Holmes - done


Top 17 for 2025

1. Pongia
2. Allen
3. Suli
4. Holmes
5. Tuipulotu
6. Flannagan

7. Wishart
8. RCG
9. Cook (c)

10. F Molo
11. Leilua
12. Su'A

13. Horsborough

14. Liddle / LKT
15. De Belin
16. R Couchman
17. T Couchman

Another off-season of ruling fitness training will see the likes of Leilua and Molo become more involved and effective in 2025. Let's hope the whole team is more effective.
 
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possm

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will Cook, Holmes etc be happy for Ben to leave ?

hmmmm I wouldn't be unless there was a magic bullet signing half that will rip teams to shreds ?

We can get to 14 or so wins with Holmes, Cook and another strong dominant prop for 2025 and keeping Hunt at the wheel.

Can we do that with some 19yr old un tried half ? I suppose anything is possible
With Wishart at 7 it's a yes from me.
 

possm

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I'd actually prefer one or both of CH or DS. They are younger and we're likely to get more out of them in the long term assuming Flanno can get them performing at their best. I just don't see RCG being able to perform for too much longer.
We have the Couchman twins and a big junior prop coming through. All should be first-grade material when RCG's contract is up.
 

JubileeJeffro

Juniors
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I think we would be in a better position if we offloaded:

Sloan - 500k
The Feagai brothers 900k
Lawrie - 700k
Bird - 500k
Ravalawa - 400k
Hunt + 900k
That's 3.9m + to spend on new players

A great cleanout for 2025

Then sign
Fullback Pongia - 1m
Prop RCG - 850k
Prop Saifiti - 850k
Wishart - 600k
Cook - done
Holmes - done

Top 17 for 2025


1. Pongia
2. A junior Winger
3. Allen
4. Holmes
5. Tuipulotu
6. Flannagan

7. Wishart
8. RCG
9. Cook (c)

10. F Molo
11. Leilua
12. Su'A
13. De Belin

14. Liddle / LKT

15. Saifiti
16. R Couchman
17. T Couchman

Another off-season of ruling fitness training will see the likes of Leilua and Molo become more involved and effective in 2025. Let's hope the whole team is more effective.
Ponga is highest paid player in the comp. On $1.4M, part of the reason knights have major cap issues
 

offiah

Juniors
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I love the optimism, but we're not exactly a desirable club to play for. Hopefully in a few years we can attract high quality players. If we're to get any marquee at the moment it's going to be on overs, which Flanno does not seem to want anything to do with.
 

Veteran Dragon

Juniors
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Cook, Holmes and RCG will be a big help to Hunt as these are in the leadership groups at other clubs and have played at the highest level. Flanno has turned the club around much quicker then many critics thought. Whether we make the finals or not he has done a remarkable job. He has signed players who are now willing to come to the Dragons which is great news for 2025 and beyond.
GO THE MIGHTY DRAGONS!
 

Daptodragon

Juniors
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Cook, Holmes and RCG will be a big help to Hunt as these are in the leadership groups at other clubs and have played at the highest level. Flanno has turned the club around much quicker then many critics thought. Whether we make the finals or not he has done a remarkable job. He has signed players who are now willing to come to the Dragons which is great news for 2025 and beyond.
GO THE

Cook, Holmes and RCG will be a big help to Hunt as these are in the leadership groups at other clubs and have played at the highest level. Flanno has turned the club around much quicker then many critics thought. Whether we make the finals or not he has done a remarkable job. He has signed players who are now willing to come to the Dragons which is great news for 2025 and beyond.


GO THE MIGHTY DRAGONS!
For some reason we only sign older players who are not wanted by their current clubs, apart from Holmes I am not impressed by our signings, we will have the oldest team in the NRL next year.
 

since77

Juniors
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For some reason we only sign older players who are not wanted by their current clubs, apart from Holmes I am not impressed by our signings, we will have the oldest team in the NRL next year.
Since you are apparently better at this than Flanno, tell us who you would have signed based on the players that were available on the market? Beggars can't be choosers at the moment.
 

saintmar

Juniors
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Since you are apparently better at this than Flanno, tell us who you would have signed based on the players that were available on the market? Beggars can't be choosers at the moment.
All The ones Flano missed out on and we went for just about everyone.
Even just ONE of those would have been some result
Instead we chased everyone and ended up with three nobody else wants.
The tigers have been last for awhile now and they still attract good quality players
Lets not camouflage our failures in recruitment
 

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