The Rumours Thread

[Gareth67]

well said alfred

I resigned from that position at the Wayne Manor after the lousy sod refused to give me a pay rise after 50 years of sterling service ! Can you believe it !

Hope you are plodding along o.k old friend .

 

[BIG RIG]

We definitely need a prop but very happy not to pay 900 k plus for a prop who hasn’t proved enough quiet yet

Hopefully De Belin re ups but if he doesn’t then we will definitely need Atleast one new prop but several names being thrown around as being on the outer at other clubs for a fraction of Stefanos asking price

Daniel Saifiti
Emre Guler
Corey Horsburgh
Jack Hetherington

I’d personally be looking at signing Daniel Saifiti and would be looking at moving on Blake Lawrie giving his spot to Toby Couchman then signing Emre Guler

Both Hetherington and Horsburgh I think are too big a risk to sign

Other outside options and better options obviously would be Royce Hunt and Nelson Asofa Solomona but I believe they will be a different clubs in 2025

 

[TheRev]

Hopefully JDB signs, its 1 less guy we have to source and hes reliable.. and probably means Flanno can take a bit more risk on the final one..

I dont see who is taking Lawrie though (bar super league), he had played 103 games when he extended... so surely he is on 450-500k...... Were gonna have to eat all of that for 2025 & 2026... or maybe we can cover half if someone is desperate for a depth prop...

 

[jak]

I resigned from that position at the Wayne Manor after the lousy sod refused to give me a pay rise after 50 years of sterling service ! Can you believe it !

Hope you are plodding along o.k old friend .

all good at this end mate, say hi to ethel for me.

 

[Mojo]

Compared to Stefano, Royce Hunt has more grunt and motor. They call him Hunt the Grunt. Haha!

Two rhyming slang Hunts in the one team?
Punt and Grunt.

 

[justadragon]

Two rhyming slang Hunts in the one team?
Punt and Grunt.

Correct except one is probably good at what he does and the other thinks he is I'll let you decide who is who.

 

[Biglance]

I actually would love to see we go a Saifiti and either a NAS or Horsburgh, I think Horsburgh is worth the risk, big, mobile, agressive.

 

[Parko1310]

I actually would love to see we go a Saifiti and either a NAS or Horsburgh, I think Horsburgh is worth the risk, big, mobile, agressive.

NAS for me. At the right price, off the bench, maybe Saifiti but I think he's really soft. The only reason I'd consider it is because Flano has shown he can get improvements out of every position in the team, so I wouldn't write Saifiti off completely under his coaching, it's not like he doesn't have the talent. The work ethic, grunt and heart is his issue. Still, I would probably rather go after NAS and then be patient and see who else becomes available following that. None of Saifiti, Hetherington or Horsborough does it for me

 

[John moz]

Big Nelson for me from Storm .

 

[Biglance]

NAS for me. At the right price, off the bench, maybe Saifiti but I think he's really soft. The only reason I'd consider it is because Flano has shown he can get improvements out of every position in the team, so I wouldn't write Saifiti off completely under his coaching, it's not like he doesn't have the talent. The work ethic, grunt and heart is his issue. Still, I would probably rather go after NAS and then be patient and see who else becomes available following that. None of Saifiti, Hetherington or Horsborough does it for me

IMO anyone that Flano wants, i have faith that he would get the best out of them

 

[JubileeJeffro]

Pool

Big Nelson for me from Storm .

Sense he will end up Roosters as JWH replacement

 

[dragon thomo]

Yep Nelson would be great

 

[baggygreen man]

moving on Blake Lawrie giving his spot to Toby Couchman

Moving on Eisenhuth for Toby.

 

[baggygreen man]

because Flano has shown he can get improvements out of every position in the team,

 

[TheRev]

IMO anyone that Flano wants, i have faith that he would get the best out of them

Thats my view also, I dont feel these strong emotions of 'hell yes' 'hell no' to any given player.. if Flanno can actually land xyz player and thinks he can get value/performance out of him.. great.. I just want more 1st graders so Flanno isnt stuck trying to polish a giant roster turd for another season.

Note: Flanno has improved all 30 of the current squad (Lawrie the arguable exception), many of which most on here thought were rubbish (myself included), and we aint gonna land marquees, so its all about finding a few renovators delights... guys with the raw attributes... that need a 2nd chance or a different coach to get them back to their best.

 

[baggygreen man]

Royce Hunt has more grunt and motor.

Low RM and PCM. Where is the big motor DD. The much maligned Blake Lawrie has far better stats than those.

 

[baggygreen man]

Flanno has improved all 30 of the current squad

chuckle chuckle.

 

[Desperate Dragon]

I actually would love to see we go a Saifiti and either a NAS or Horsburgh, I think Horsburgh is worth the risk, big, mobile, agressive.

I think it will be one of these players, but Flanagan would probably also be waiting to see who is going to become available as clubs look at their rosters and reset for 2025.
The Eels and a few other clubs will look at a full review with their new coach that will see a few players being tapped.

 

[baggygreen man]

That is a wonderful response from Flanno,

So from where did this bull crap offer by us of 4.5m for a 5 season deal begin.

 

[RedVee]

Out of those possible for us, NAS & Saifiti are the pick imo.

In Flanno we Trust.