Signing News

[OzDragon]

Recruitment from outside the Club should be like for like or better. Promotion from inside the Club should be the potential to be like for like or better by end of off-season training.

Unless Millward goes after Hayne, we should be testing Field, Dugty and Mann from next game on, with Dugan at right centre.

For the remainder of the season, we should be testing in turn, Kerr and Lawrie off the bench from next week on.

From this testing we should be able to make some decisions on recruiting.

Possum mate give up on Hayne lol

 

[Life's Good]

Possum mate give up on Hayne lol

Too late. He's signed to play on the condition that Madge is the coach!

 

[red rocket]

Lussick - possibly yes, big and tough still young enough and a decent replacement for Packer
Lillyman - definitely no. Too old, too small
Walker - maybe, some potential. But I'd prefer we hang on to our young backs
Johnston - probably not. I think we have a few with more potential.

The bloke we should be chasing is adam blair

 

[JohnnoMcJohnno]

Don't mind Lussick. He's big and aggressive. Dick head? Can't say. Injury prone? He's just coming back off a long layoff and playing reserves so who knows.

I can understand why we would be looking for another prop. But why would we be looking at Walker or Johnston? I thought we had good juniors coming through.

 

[dragonssamy61]

I wonder if we need another forward as I would prefer to give Lawrie and Hind a go.
What do the Under 20's gurus think of Jack Murchie who hails fron Gerringong and plays for Canberra. He is in the Junior State of Origin team.

Good player but I think Canberra have him under raps

 

[Old Timer]

The bloke we should be chasing is adam blair

Very good call because if we do have to go outside Blair is certainly the right person.
Extremely tough and aggressive and slightly mad in the head.

 

[saintm]

If we are signing the two players from South's , to play fullback and wing I'd rather 1 as a winger as for fullback can't understand why we are looking outside the club . Dufty is there and Mann , if for some reason we are not going to sign Mann he would my first choice

Totally agree with Dufty would do a great job if given a go.

 

[saintsarealive1]

How about we sign some good young players like Dufty, Field, Lawrie or Kerr.

NSW Cup team running 5th, for and against is negative 24.

U20s for and against is negative 13 and running 3rd.

Been belted a few times in 2017.

A lot of names are thrown around saying they are ready for first grade.

Not so sure.

 

[coast_dragons]

Lets see the NSW Cup team was ripped apart with key players leaving and numerous players injured.

This year is a year for allowing players to develop and thats exactly whats happening at the exspense of results yet still they are still in contention for a finals birth.

The under 20's team has only 2 players that are 20 the rest are in their first year out of the SG Ball so for them to be sitting third is fantatsic.

You have to actually give players ago to see if they are actually ready.

 

[hazzbeen]

NSW Cup team running 5th, for and against is negative 24.

U20s for and against is negative 13 and running 3rd.

Been belted a few times in 2017.

A lot of names are thrown around saying they are ready for first grade.

Not so sure.

Not sure also , but we will never know if they are not given a chance . Agree that the teams are not going great , but they just might play better amongst better players ....

 

[saintsarealive1]

Not sure also , but we will never know if they are not given a chance . Agree that the teams are not going great , but they just might play better amongst better players ....

Agree we could give them a go.

So if we put Dugan to centre to allow Field or Dufty play FB, who is likely to be dropped from centre, Milne?

If Milne is dropped, i think most of this forum wanted / demanded Milne be included in firsts, and finally he was.

If Milne is moved to wing to free up centre for Dugan, flo or McDonald will need to be dropped.

And Mann still has to be fitted in.

If Field and / or Dufty are promoted, what is your team?

If we also promote a junior forward, who goes from the team?

 

[Old Timer]

NSW Cup team running 5th, for and against is negative 24.

U20s for and against is negative 13 and running 3rd.

Been belted a few times in 2017.

A lot of names are thrown around saying they are ready for first grade.

Not so sure.

Rabbitohs are running 14th & - 65 and some people are adamant we should buy some of their players.
Lots of ways to interpret stats but only one way to find out if a player is ready.

 

[hazzbeen]

Agree we could give them a go.

So if we put Dugan to centre to allow Field or Dufty play FB, who is likely to be dropped from centre, Milne?

If Milne is dropped, i think most of this forum wanted / demanded Milne be included in firsts, and finally he was.

If Milne is moved to wing to free up centre for Dugan, flo or McDonald will need to be dropped.

And Mann still has to be fitted in.

If Field and / or Dufty are promoted, what is your team?

If we also promote a junior forward, who goes from the team?

While Dugan was out we could have tried Dufty or Mann at fullback or Field or Field to 5/8 Mann to fullback we could have tried while we had injuries . Instead they went for Nighty .( nothing wrong with that )

 

[Frank Facer]

Why would we want to test players when we have a great forward pack and are currently 3rd on the table? We have the potential to win it all, therefore we need to use our best players.

Having a great forward pack is the right time to blood these juniors.

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

Having a great forward pack is the right time to blood these juniors.

Can't agree with you there. Unless we're playing Newcastle at home, but I'd still be sceptical. I'd only throw them in if 1 of our starters is injured or not performing.

 

[hazzbeen]

Can't agree with you there. Unless we're playing Newcastle at home, but I'd still be sceptical. I'd only throw them in if 1 of our starters is injured or not performing.

Mate I see what you are saying , but we dont do that , how many times over the last couple of years have they given someone a chance when as you say a starter is injured or not playing well , as is now Dugan injured nothing changes .....

 

[Life's Good]

Rabbitohs are running 14th & - 65 and some people are adamant we should buy some of their players.
Lots of ways to interpret stats but only one way to find out if a player is ready.

And sign their coach......

 

[Frank Facer]

Can't agree with you there. Unless we're playing Newcastle at home, but I'd still be sceptical. I'd only throw them in if 1 of our starters is injured or not performing.

Where I am coming from is that it is better to blood a young player into a team that is winning and has good forward pack as opposed to blooding a rookie into a losing team with a weak forward pack. I think a rookie will have an easier time entering a stable winning team with a good forward pack. There is more chance of a player's confidence being rocked if they get blooded into a losing team with a weak forward pack.

I also think it is harder for an opposition team to target a young rookie in a team that is winning, has a dominate forward pack and is playing with confidence. While it is easier to target a rookie in a team that is not winning, has a weak forward pack and is down on confidence, as we were last year.

I will also add that I do not think that we a realistic chance of winning the comp this year. If we could blood Field or Dufty this year and they are a success, then with the addition of Hunt, we could be a genuine premiership contender, but we still need a replacement for Packer.

 

[saintsarealive1]

And sign their coach......

Brown had a team 10% better than our current one for a few years in a row.......and?

I accept he is rebuilding Newcastle, but around 2 wins last year is still not what I would accept.

 

[2010]

I would love to see field or Dufty on the bench and if there was a game where we have a game wrapped up, give them some game time