Secondrowers Wanted Urgently

[Crush]

I would not be happy with the spoon but with our squad, on paper and trial form, you would have to say the bottom four seems about a par finish. A pass mark for me with this squad is avoiding the spoon and showing some promise moving forward. I certainly wont be happy with it but he doesn't have a lot work with. Mary never had a such an inexperienced/out of form squad in his whole reign of terror. In my opinion this is the most promising set of juniors we have had since the Morris boys, Cooper, Gasnier but will take time. Lomax is well on his way to Gasnier territory but probably gets more involved, he just needs to get the odd error out. The rest of the boys will take a year or two just like he did. He never looked as good as Ramsey when he first come in and was also pretty skinny. Give these blokes full time training and not balancing work, training and no-doze and it wont be long before we are challenging for the 8 again and attracting the missing pieces with ease. I would be chasing country boys, and Kiwis if possible who would prefer living in the Gong.

I can’t accept that a pass mark is avoiding the spoon.
We have brought in a new coaching regime to propel us forwards not backwards.
When Hook took the job I’m sure he wouldn’t have said to the board in the first year of the contract the goal is to avoid the spoon.
Even with the roster we have I would hope that we can be at the very least be competitive.
For me a pass mark would be 9-10. Making the 8 overachieving and bottom 4 a huge disappointment. Getting the spoon would be absolutely unacceptable and no chance of a contract renewal for Hook.

 

[FlameThrower]

It founds like they are waiting for JDB to be cleared ,that might not happen.
Plenty were on offer
Sorenson, Eisenhuth.,ofahengaue, Tom amone who is from souths could play prop or second row.

Re JDB - The Club has been poorly advised to keep hanging on to this false hope. Even if he is cleared he had been almost 3 years out of the game and I wonder what state of mind he will be in - opposition fans and players will baiting him if and when he ever returns to the field...

 

[Forbes Creek Dragons]

I can’t accept that a pass mark is avoiding the spoon.
We have brought in a new coaching regime to propel us forwards not backwards.
When Hook took the job I’m sure he wouldn’t have said to the board in the first year of the contract the goal is to avoid the spoon.
Even with the roster we have I would hope that we can be at the very least be competitive.
For me a pass mark would be 9-10. Making the 8 overachieving and bottom 4 a huge disappointment. Getting the spoon would be absolutely unacceptable and no chance of a contract renewal for Hook.

That’s what I’m hoping for sure, but I’m talking reality. I do believe we will go forward, just not this year. Bellamy couldn’t win the GF with this squad. Bennett failed to do anything with a better squad at Newcastle. We might make the 8 he’ll it’s not impossible we win the GF. But the reality is we are a far far higher chance of the spoon than winning the gf or probably even making the 8. If he can get our young guns firing and have us close to or even in the 8 he deserves coach of the year.

 

[boardlumps62]

So no one's looking out for any Secondrowers. See we don't have any scouts out looking around the country.

 

[muzby]

So no one's looking out for any Secondrowers. See we don't have any scouts out looking around the country.

I found a couple of tall, quick, athletic blokes down here who could be of assistance..

I was watching an AFL training session at the time though, so it probably means they don’t have the ticker required to play NRL..

 

[redVinme]

I found a couple of tall, quick, athletic blokes down here who could be of assistance..

I was watching an AFL training session at the time though, so it probably means they don’t have the ticker required to play NRL..

Theyd probably fit right in here then

 

[boardlumps62]

I found a couple of tall, quick, athletic blokes down here who could be of assistance..

I was watching an AFL training session at the time though, so it probably means they don’t have the ticker required to play NRL..

How can I say I don't like. Just did so you see Warick Capper in tight shorts and he says I want to play for Goldcoast. f**k me dead!!!

 

[boardlumps62]

Theyd probably fit right in here then

Blokes that look like Grahame Wynn??¿?

 

[Wittenberg]

That’s what I’m hoping for sure, but I’m talking reality. I do believe we will go forward, just not this year. Bellamy couldn’t win the GF with this squad. Bennett failed to do anything with a better squad at Newcastle. We might make the 8 he’ll it’s not impossible we win the GF. But the reality is we are a far far higher chance of the spoon than winning the gf or probably even making the 8. If he can get our young guns firing and have us close to or even in the 8 he deserves coach of the year.

Afraid I have to agree. What we want and what we are capable of are two different things. We have close to the most average pack in the comp, with little depth and our ‘young guns’ are just that, young. Our backline has the potential to develop into a backline of real quality but it will need time to develop, but even if all of the backs play to their potential, we will still have a pack that will be constantly dominated putting huge pressure on our outside backs in both attack and defence.....let alone allowing Hunt to shine at half back.