New recruits for 2023

[hewi]

Liddell is on a one year contract only I believe. He was an Australian school boy player so can’t be all bad. That fact that McCullough appears to be retiring is a move in the right direction. Billy Burns and Moga on cheap money I also don’t have a problem with. Despite my reservations about Bird his last few games were good.

 

[qld redvee]

tongue in cheek , but do we declare Burgess a new signing for 2023 because he was clearly under done recovering from his hip operation .. with a full preseason under his belt and fit he could be a nice bench player for us ..

 

[BLM01]

Liddell is on a one year contract only I believe. He was an Australian school boy player so can’t be all bad. That fact that McCullough appears to be retiring is a move in the right direction. Billy Burns and Moga on cheap money I also don’t have a problem with. Despite my reservations about Bird his last few games were good.

I am pretty sure Moga wont be re-signed?

 

[denis preston]

tongue in cheek , but do we declare Burgess a new signing for 2023 because he was clearly under done recovering from his hip operation .. with a full preseason under his belt and fit he could be a nice bench player for us ..

Interesting that he is on minimal wage unless he plays certain number of NRL games So win win. What a bonus if he gets back to anywhere near his former form.

 

[Gareth67]

Yes, in my days when playing during my school years, teams were not graded by age but by weight.

I also poss. Under 7 stones , still I reckon there were a few ring-ins at times , as I remember being flatten by some over size monster and my teammates had to peel my carcass of the ground .

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

So, he is not good enough for the Warriors, and we should hurray and sign him. We lost Sims on 800k and might lose Su'A on 650k-700k and we replace one of these SOO players with this guy.

Give me a name like Haas or Fifita and you've got me interested.

I was being sarcastic mate. I agree with you mate

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

At least Waqa Blake doesn’t play for us…bloody hell he’s rubbish

 

[thebigredv]

I'm already licking my lips in anticipation for next season. Just think about... those could be our physios carrying him off next year.

Great stuff Dragons. You really know how to get it done.

 

[redV06]

Our physio is leaving the train wreck too.

 

[Dragonslayer]

Signing Liddle is more strategic than anything else. There's no confirmation Macca will retire, but injuries and realisation he's slipping behind is more the point. When Macca doesn't play, who have we drafted in to play hooker? Moose, Mbye and Bud, hardly what you'd call, apt replacements.

I think the real target is in '24, as far as hooker is concerned, Liddle is just a band-aid and my guess will play a lot of KOE Cup, but who knows, and as for young CM, he's a ways off yet.

 

[Dragon David]

Liddle is shown in Wikipedia to be a Dragon in 2023 -

Jacob Liddle - Wikipedia

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Murchie is shown also to be a Dragon in Wikipedia but not like Liddle is being shown. Murchie is shown as being at the Storm for 2023 in brackets -

Jack Murchie - Wikipedia

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Neither have been confirmed on the Dragons website.

 

[AyiosYiorgos]

NRL news 2022 the mole: Dragons sign Jacob Liddle as hooker from the Tigers

looks like the Liddle signing is going to be official

Lol the best photo they can put of Liddle in that article is him injured and getting carried off

 

[OneEyedDragon]

Liddle is shown in Wikipedia to be a Dragon in 2023 -

Jacob Liddle - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Murchie is shown also to be a Dragon in Wikipedia but not like Liddle is being shown. Murchie is shown as being at the Storm for 2023 in brackets -

Jack Murchie - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Neither have been confirmed on the Dragons website.

Maybe Murchie is not happening after all. Wikipedia was showing St George Illawarra earlier in the day , but is now showing Melbourne Storm in brackets in that spot. Who knows?

 

[itsme]

Liddle will tighten the middle defences a lot better than Bud has this year. The problem for me with this signing is where does Bud fit in now , as Liddle would be expected to play 80mins surely ?

Have you seen Liddle defend?

 

[jak]

I also poss. Under 7 stones , still I reckon there were a few ring-ins at times , as I remember being flatten by some over size monster and my teammates had to peel my carcass of the ground .

thanks for the insight mate was that the one hit to many

 

[macnaz]

Have you seen Liddle defend?

I have , and he is a good defender .

 

[denis preston]

Have you seen Liddle defend?

You are not confusing him with Simkins ?

 

[macnaz]

Liddle is a player ive been excited to see kick on . Injuries have definitely plagued his career but hopefully he can get a few stable years under his belt and reach his potential. He cops some flack for ill directed passes at times but i think thats due to those around him not being where they should rather then a poor pass.
To get the best out of him the forwards need to create momentum and that never happened at Weststigers , and he needs to have players share the defence load as he tackles his arse off until he is spent and that affects his stamina.
Good signing all round with potential to be one on the games best hookers if things align.

 

[Illusion]

Liddle is a player ive been excited to see kick on . Injuries have definitely plagued his career but hopefully he can get a few stable years under his belt and reach his potential. He cops some flack for ill directed passes at times but i think thats due to those around him not being where they should rather then a poor pass.
To get the best out of him the forwards need to create momentum and that never happened at Weststigers , and he needs to have players share the defence load as he tackles his arse off until he is spent and that affects his stamina.
Good signing all round with potential to be one on the games best hookers if things align.

"To get the best out of him the forwards need to create momentum" we'll that's us f**ked , and him ......

 

[Dragon David]

Liddle is a player ive been excited to see kick on . Injuries have definitely plagued his career but hopefully he can get a few stable years under his belt and reach his potential. He cops some flack for ill directed passes at times but i think thats due to those around him not being where they should rather then a poor pass.
To get the best out of him the forwards need to create momentum and that never happened at Weststigers , and he needs to have players share the defence load as he tackles his arse off until he is spent and that affects his stamina.
Good signing all round with potential to be one on the games best hookers if things align.

I know that Liddle was much younger in this video clip, but I can certainly see that he has a good footy mind and does attack with a lot of speed. I think that he would be good for the club going forward and hope that he can put his injuries behind him.

A one year contract, possibly with an option I guess either way, to see what he can give us. I'm thinking that if he can play to his potential and hopefully can defend well, he might be the long term hooker at the club.