Rumoured / Confirmed Signings

Frenzy. · 2024-08-24T14:57:43+1000

I'd love to know if we got Sal Cap relief for Dale. Have we had to pay him full freight for this year after he pulled up stumps or what?

Tiger Shark · 2024-08-24T15:24:27+1000

Go Nulla said:
I’d love to know whether we are in the hunt to sign anyone of note for 2025 other than AFB.

It’s pretty clear we aren’t

R-15-3 · 2024-08-24T17:45:07+1000

Frenzy. said:
I'd love to know if we got Sal Cap relief for Dale. Have we had to pay him full freight for this year after he pulled up stumps or what?

Strange that we haven’t heard anything.
If so obviously been used to front load but would be nice to know.

Ozzi_78 · 2024-08-24T21:26:02+1000

We are happy with everyone we have. Apparently.

Tiger Shark · 2024-08-24T21:45:25+1000

Ozzi_78 said:
We are happy with everyone we have. Apparently.

Who would you get that’s available and an upgrade on what we have with what ever cap space we have ?

Ozzi_78 · 2024-08-25T07:28:50+1000

Tiger Shark said:
Who would you get that’s available and an upgrade on what we have with what ever cap space we have ?

Think you took my comment the wrong way. Fitz believes in who we have, personally I don’t think we go further than we have with the players we have. But that’s just my opinion and would love to be proven wrong like I was with flanno.

Shark67 · 2024-08-25T10:34:15+1000

We are a development club. The strategy is to develop from within. Mezzatesta mentioned in a recent podcast that we won’t go to market until 2026 or 2027. Not saying we won’t pickup the odd player along the way, especially for a potential swap to strengthen a position.

DJDL · 2024-08-25T10:40:21+1000

Yep. It all sits in with Fitzy's "improvement from within" philosophy.

Of the current top 17 I don't really see where that improvement comes from.
The vast majority look at, or just past, their peak for me.

Hopefully it'll be through the likes of JC, Tuku, Dykes and Stonestreet coming through.

Otherwise this squad feels pretty stagnant to me.

Frenzy. · 2024-08-25T10:50:55+1000

The rarely, if ever, spoken about thing is expansion. When the Western Bears, or whoever it is, come in the game has to find 30 more players. Just having the Dolphins come in has watered down the talent pool. The teams who can keep their squads together the longest will have an advantage I reckon. To that end Fitzie's strategy is a good one and you only bring in blokes as needed. You also only bring in quality, not players like the current dross available.

Most of the current players are young enough to be retained when current contracts are up. Especially if they keep improving slowly but surely. This will, to a point, ensure the Sharks don't have to go into what will be an inflated market to try and restock the cattle.

We are pretty clearly playing a long game.

glenmoresharkie · 2024-08-25T11:28:10+1000

An upgrade at 1 would be nice

Ozzi_78 · 2024-08-25T12:24:34+1000

Unless of course expansion clubs take away our players. Reckon DA isn’t on the radar?

DJDL · 2024-08-25T12:30:11+1000

Ozzi_78 said:
Unless of course expansion clubs take away our players. Reckon DA isn’t on the radar?

One can live in hope

Cheese sandwich · 2024-08-25T12:47:07+1000

Royce linked with the tigers. Not really fussed if he goes.

Frenzy. · 2024-08-25T12:47:31+1000

Ozzi_78 said:
Unless of course expansion clubs take away our players. Reckon DA isn’t on the radar?

Royce Hunt would be the obvious one if the proposed inclusion was closer and it was, in fact , The Bears.

He was schooled in Kalgoorlie and played his junior footy there

Frenzy. · 2024-08-25T13:29:18+1000

Cheese sandwich said:
Royce linked with the tigers. Not really fussed if he goes.

If they are offering 3/4 of what Utoikamanu was on he'd have to accept it one would think. That'd be close to $640k.

I'd prefer he stays TBH

DJDL · 2024-08-25T13:53:42+1000

If we have to shed some middles I’d prefer it to be either one of Herb or Toby, plus one of Royce or BHU.

BHU and Toby were extended earlier in the year so it looks like it’ll be the other two.

Not the way I’d have played it.

Frenzy. · 2024-08-25T14:02:39+1000

DJDL said:
If we have to shed some middles I’d prefer it to be either one of Herb or Toby, plus one of Royce or BHU.

BHU and Toby were extended earlier in the year so it looks like it’ll be the other two.

Not the way I’d have played it.

No way would I cut Herb loose. He's going to be the one who benefits most from AFB being here. Going to be hard to stop a team with these 2 offloading. They are both in the top 10 offloading props this year. Herb is 6th, AFB is 9th.

Hazo is the one on the slippery dip after recent form IMO. He is cooked though. PLayed way more than was planned for him

DJDL · 2024-08-25T14:09:44+1000

Frenzy. said:
No way would I cut Herb loose. He's going to be the one who benefits most from AFB being here. Going to be hard to stop a team with these 2 offloading. They are both in the top 10 offloading props this year. Herb is 6th, AFB is 9th.

Hazo is the one on the slippery dip after recent form IMO. He is cooked though. PLayed way more than was planned for him

Agreed on all counts.
Way more upside in Herb than Toby.
I’m happy for him to hang around for a few more years.

Cheese sandwich · 2024-08-25T14:34:35+1000

Frenzy. said:
If they are offering 3/4 of what Utoikamanu was on he'd have to accept it one would think. That'd be close to $640k.

I'd prefer he stays TBH

I'd much prefer uele to go if we were shedding a front rower

shaggs · 2024-08-25T20:45:26+1000

I reckon Hazelton goes to reduced minutes once BHU gets his fitness back.
Esp if DA ends up on the bench I reckon TH becomes 18th

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