Rumoured Targets 3

[Sir Galahad]

Knights chasing Adam Elliott to replace Barnett

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/sport-confidential-nrl-nrlw-news-raider-adam-elliott-bronco-millie-boyle-on-the-move/news-story/b9c1dab7a5d9da6ee941e3d39d4eda1a

A soon to be 28 yr old with only 108 NRL games experience and average run mtrs this year of 66 coming off the bench.

Win% at Dogs = 31% Win % at Raiders 25%

A real WINNER

Heaven help us, seriously, supporting this club is one of the toughest gigs in world sport.

 

[Woosh]

So what makes you think he would be any better here than he is at South's?

Newcastle is closer to GC than Redfern?

He doesn’t have to kick as much partnered with Clifford.
Walker’s been trying to play the Reynolds role this season alongside a rookie half.
Souths have also tried Milne, Paulo and Tass at left centre which has hampered Walker’s natural instincts.
He would have Best outside of him at Newcastle, can even shift Gagai back to left centre.

 

[Knight Tales]

A lot of players are free to talk to other clubs after Nov 1. The list of talent is pretty impressive. This off season is going to see massive player movement for 2023/2024. Latrell and Munster lead that list. We have time as painful as it is now.

 

[Jono078]

Yep plenty of big names up for grabs for 2024.

I daresay we'd have the most to spend, behind the Dolphins.

We keep losing though and finish this year poorly then it'll make it that much harder to attract quality.

Wonder how much Moses will f**k us over this off-season.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Imagine a world where we flicked Pearce earlier and somehow jagged Reynolds and Burton...sigh... it's nice to dream...

 

[Sir Galahad]

Foran off the the GC apparently

 

[Woosh]

AJ back to fullback.
Personally don’t rate Jayden Campbell that highly but he is still better than Hoy/Crossland

 

[Sir Galahad]

Imagine a world where we flicked Pearce earlier and somehow jagged Reynolds and Burton...sigh... it's nice to dream...

or where we utilized having the games 8th immortal and opened the Andrew Johns Academy for play makers and grew our own talent and had a succession plan in place.....

 

[The Axe of Druss]

or where we utilized having the games 8th immortal and opened the Andrew Johns Academy for play makers and grew our own talent and had a succession plan in place.....

That would require Joey to be as good a coach as he was a player

Based on his past efforts....I have my doubts

 

[Yosh]

Once again, I reckon there is no difference who is available because they will only be merkins when they get here under AOB. We need to get rid of AOB asap or we will end up firing him far too late and miss out on talent again.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

they realized theyre stuck with them and need to support them and offer confidence, I'm sure behind the scenes alarm bells were ringing - hence the shot at Brookes

What I'd like to know is why they didnt have a go at Hastings. Why wasnt he on the hit list?

Hastings was signed to the Tigers last April. We still had Pearce at that time

 

[Woosh]

Imagine a world where we flicked Pearce earlier and somehow jagged Reynolds and Burton...sigh... it's nice to dream...

Zammit is quite happy with the squad he’s building tho

 

[TooheysNew]

Once again, I reckon there is no difference who is available because they will only be merkins when they get here under AOB. We need to get rid of AOB asap or we will end up firing him far too late and miss out on talent again.

If you think AOB is the only issue, I have a bridge to sell you.

 

[Yosh]

If you think AOB is the only issue, I have a bridge to sell you.

Only issue? No. Most important and pressing issue: YES!

 

[Loose Cannon]

Imagine a world where we flicked Pearce earlier and somehow jagged Reynolds and Burton...sigh... it's nice to dream...

Talent is as much of an issue in recruitment as on field.

 

[TooheysNew]

Only issue? No. Most important and pressing issue: YES!

Not convinced that's the case.

 

[Jono078]

Not convinced that's the case.

What do you believe is?

 

[macavity]

What do you believe is?

we don’t regularly produce talented juniors.

we will never be successful as a buying club.

Our kids need to be special by the time they get to AOB. They aren’t.

 

[Sir Galahad]

That would require Joey to be as good a coach as he was a player

Based on his past efforts....I have my doubts

watching Nathan Cleary play after seeing Joey's coaching with him at the Blues camps and watching Joeys kicking tutorials on youtube - the 8th's fingerprints are all over Cleary's game.

Same Mitchell Moses

 

[The Axe of Druss]

watching Nathan Cleary play after seeing Joey's coaching with him at the Blues camps and watching Joeys kicking tutorials on youtube - the 8th's fingerprints are all over Cleary's game.

Same Mitchell Moses

I think you are giving him faaaaar too much credit

When was the last time Joey worked with the Eels?