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Not if you’re trying to build a club with decent culture he wouldn’t be!Albert Kelly would be a handy pick up.
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Albert Kelly player profile including contract information, news, stats and rumours.www.zerotackle.com
and how did the Titans go once Preston Campbell, Prince and Rogers retired? Their crowds dropped significantly and they made the finals once over the following decade.The man behind the NRL's expansion into the Gold Coast has warned the Dolphins their early years will be bleak if they can't coax someone of Cameron Munster's quality to Redcliffe.
The Dolphins have increasingly been used as leverage by player managers as the likes of Brandon Smith, Reed Mahoney and now Ponga have slipped through their grasp.
It's already threatening to be a point of concern, according to Gold Coast's inaugural football manager Scott Sattler.
"Missing Ponga is a big one," he told AAP.
"Munster is not even in the discussion at the moment because he's on contract for 2023 and the Dolphins have already taken three of Melbourne's players."
Sattler knows a thing or two about start-up clubs.
Sattler played for the South Queensland Crushers between 1995 and 1996 before being part of the Titans' set up for their entry back in 2007.
"I reckon they could be a big chance of signing Reece Walsh from the Warriors because he engages a young fan base," he said.
"The signings they've made will set the values that will continue through the club.
"They are astute moves by Wayne (Bennett) but you do need that big fish that sends a message to members that you're a chance of winning most weekends."
Sattler said the biggest thing working against the Dolphins was their lack of lead-in time.
From the day the Titans were granted their licence in May 2005, they had a hit-list that led to the signings of Preston Campbell, Scott Prince, Luke Bailey and Mat Rogers from rugby union before their debut game in 2007.
Digby Ioane was another they got close to adding, and the Titans were so ambitious they attempted to sign Jonah Lomu as a bench forward -- only for the latter's wife, who doubled as his agent, to demand they pay the All Blacks great "phonebook numbers" and ask for a share of gate takings.
"We had a long run-in from May 27, 2005
"We did everything backwards, which meant that we were talking to clubs about players they couldn't keep beyond their existing contracts and getting players to sign letters of intent way before we had been granted a licence.
"You've got to sell the club before you get the licence.
"It's arrogant, I know, but I've seen it work."
Titans lessons raise concerns for Dolphins
The Dolphins risk a bleak start to NRL existence if they can't lure a Reece Walsh or Cameron Munster north, according to the man who helped set up Gold Coast.www.perthnow.com.au
They started slow but built momentum well, then it all fell off a cliff
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Haha still peddling the cross rival hate, before a ball has even kicked off, you really hate these dolphins hey?
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Robert Jennings isnt getting any 1st grade action atm, not with T'oo, May and Staines at penrith, good on him
