Rumoured/Confirmed Signings and General Drivel XV

[Casper The Ghost]

This is Ricky's side. Looking good so far Ricky. You can't judge a coach in his first year. Poupou can explain.

Why are we defending SK, RS AND 3P when we have just had our best start to a season since when? 2007? None of those merkins are here!

Because Ricky built this side.

And we are in the 4th year of Kearney's 5 year plan.
Please don't disrespect SK with everything he has done for our club.
Ungrateful bastards........ aaaaahhhhhhhhh

 

[Casper The Ghost]

Well, its early days with Peats but if he keeps his form going then he is definitely a keeper. It's not often you pick up two spine players from the same club, and they both actually work out...

Get back on your medication, it's wearing thin, the psycho is starting to break out from its chemical chains again..... :crazy::sarcasm:

Hayne = Eels
Norman = Broncos
Sandow = Soufs
Peats = Rabbits

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Of course, Ricky knew how to make a signing.

That's true. Tonga, Hopoate, Radradra and Sandow have been very good.

Also Norman, Peats, Ma'u and Edwards signed by Stuart.

We've had a few good years of rebuilding, that's for sure. We certainly needed it after 2010.

 

[Casper The Ghost]

Yep, SK & RS were the cyclonic winds of change blowing through the corridors of our club.
Glad the winds took them as they went howling north and south.
The aftermath BA cleanup is looking good.

 

[Maroubra Eel]

This years a rebuilding year too you know. It's a big rebuild after the pile of rubble we were left with from 2011/12.

 

[Casper The Ghost]

This years a rebuilding year too you know. It's a big rebuild after the pile of rubble we were left with from 2011/12.

:shock:

1st year?
Out of how many years?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

This years a rebuilding year too you know. It's a big rebuild after the pile of rubble we were left with from 2011/12.

The squad is actually looking pretty good this year, as you'd expect in year four of the five year plan. We've been able to free up some salary cap space by developing young talent (time), which has allowed us to replace stop-gap spine players Roberts and Keating with more expensive, better players. Plus Hopoate has arrived and Hayne and Tonga have had better luck with injuries so far.

But next year is the big one - the fifth year of the five year plan. After that we should be consistently successful, as long as they don't scrap the 'academy'. I don't think Brad Arthur's will but. He was here when it was established.

 

[Maroubra Eel]

That's gold!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I know! :lol::lol:

It's funny because it's true.

 

[Maroubra Eel]

Lol it's the tenth year of Hagan's 11 year plan. Gold!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

You reckon Hagan had a plan?

Must be why we've kept all his staff after he quit.

 

[T.S Quint]

I love coming on here.
I always learn stuff.

 

[hindy111]

Couldn't Docker Clay do what Sandow does now in 2 years?

I don't think ZDC will make it avenger- Just my opinion

The 5 yrs plan is kind of shit. I mean you sign enough players ones going to come good yeah? What about all the rubbish we signed like Ryan and Harrison?
Most our signings have been paid big $$ so hoppa-Sandow-Norman-Peats well there just how do we spend our money signings. Anyone can come up with them.
Mau and Edwards are what I call talent spotting and I give credit for oh and Semi

 

[Eels Dude]

I think the whole idea of that 5 year plan kind of failed when we started to get worse results in the 2nd year as that we got in 1st, which in turn was a whole lot worse than year 0.

 

[T.S Quint]

Got to get worse before you get better.

At least in our case.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I think the whole idea of that 5 year plan kind of failed when we started to get worse results in the 2nd year as that we got in 1st, which in turn was a whole lot worse than year 0.

Injuries plus instability inside the club derailed season 2012.

 

[Eels Dude]

Injuries plus instability inside the club derailed season 2012.

There's a lot of reasons why the club has derailed over 2010-2013 and it's not worth bothering about. Maybe we should be like Tim Mannah and move on, not dwell on the past, and I include myself in that. Things are looking up over the past 5 games.

 

[T.S Quint]

Yes, let's look to the future when we will lose all these great young players to Manly.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I don't think ZDC will make it avenger- Just my opinion

I reckon he might not make it either. But the fact he trained with the NRL squad during the pre-season, and that he can still play NYC next year are good signs. He has plenty of potential and still plenty of time.

The 5 yrs plan is kind of shit. I mean you sign enough players ones going to come good yeah? What about all the rubbish we signed like Ryan and Harrison?

Those guys were signed because there was no other merkin available in our price range, and they had proven they could at least defend at NRL level. That made them a necessary stop gap measure. The alternative was throwing teenaged forwards into the NRL team. That's not good for them or the team.

Most our signings have been paid big $$ so hoppa-Sandow-Norman-Peats well there just how do we spend our money signings. Anyone can come up with them.

But they can't because they don't have the salary cap space when those players come available. There are plenty of clubs that would love to have a hooker like Peats and a left half like Norman. We would have loved to have had them between 2010 and 2013, but we couldn't afford players like that because our money was tied up elsewhere.

Mau and Edwards are what I call talent spotting and I give credit for oh and Semi

Ma'u and Edwards are phenomenal signings because they were plucked out of reserve grade in their mid 20s, much like Ryan and Harrison (and Peats and Norman and Joe Paulo). For them (Ma'u and Edwards) to make such an impact so soon is testament to Nolan's talent spotting, and Arthur's coaching.

Semi Radradra was a zero risk option because he showed he had ability, and was young enough and cheap enough to bring into the 'academy'. Because we have a good system now, we are able to identify the probables and the unlikelys well in advance and make sure the right ones are locked into contracts before opposition teams come sniffing around and push their prices up.

The great thing about Semi Radradra isn't that he appeared in first grade; it's that we didn't either lose him during his rookie season (e.g. Tony Williams) or get into a bidding war and have to pay overs to keep him (e.g. Daniel Mortimer).

 

[Casper The Ghost]

I reckon he might not make it either. But the fact he trained with the NRL squad during the pre-season, and that he can still play NYC next year are good signs. He has plenty of potential and still plenty of time.



Those guys were signed because there was no other merkin available in our price range, and they had proven they could at least defend at NRL level. That made them a necessary stop gap measure. The alternative was throwing teenaged forwards into the NRL team. That's not good for them or the team.



But they can't because they don't have the salary cap space when those players come available. There are plenty of clubs that would love to have a hooker like Peats and a left half like Norman. We would have loved to have had them between 2010 and 2013, but we couldn't afford players like that because our money was tied up elsewhere.



Ma'u and Edwards are phenomenal signings because they were plucked out of reserve grade in their mid 20s, much like Ryan and Harrison (and Peats and Norman and Joe Paulo). For them (Ma'u and Edwards) to make such an impact so soon is testament to Nolan's talent spotting, and Arthur's coaching.

Semi Radradra was a zero risk option because he showed he had ability, and was young enough and cheap enough to bring into the 'academy'. Because we have a good system now, we are able to identify the probables and the unlikelys well in advance and make sure the right ones are locked into contracts before opposition teams come sniffing around and push their prices up.

The great thing about Semi Radradra isn't that he appeared in first grade; it's that we didn't either lose him during his rookie season (e.g. Tony Williams) or get into a bidding war and have to pay overs to keep him (e.g. Daniel Mortimer).

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