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AyiosYiorgos

Coach
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Yes you keep harping on with this post
Any club will have some flotsam & jetsam
but honestly we are taking hacks that didn’t make it where I would rather find out if our youth can make it.
A couple of seniors yes but we have a plethora of them and it shits me up the wall when our juniors don’t get a proper chance and we keep acquiring never was type players.
Our juniors will cost no more than the bums we are signing
Lol the only one harping on is you, quick to criticise but when someone challenges you to come up with a 30 man squad you can't, but i bet when we announce we have signed "Joe Average" you will be posting your BS again You and everyone else including me doesnt know the FACTS of what every player is on, why we signed him or released him, we can speculate but when you constantly harp about it like your opinion is correct and factual it's f**king annoying, so make your comment, but no need to go on and on and yes i don't have to read in , but i do ..The problem is whatever positive/good stuff you post is forgotten because of the so many negative, whinging shit you write, yes its a forum to discuss, but again show me your 30 man squad that you want us to have which will make you happy, give me the players you want us to sign to take Maranta's place etc...
 

muzby

Village Idiot
Staff member
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Like seriously OT and AyiosYiorgos you both need to pull your heads in and get over it, trying to nitpick and find something to bitch about each other..
 

Old Timer

Coach
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18,179
Lol the only one harping on is you, quick to criticise but when someone challenges you to come up with a 30 man squad you can't, but i bet when we announce we have signed "Joe Average" you will be posting your BS again You and everyone else including me doesnt know the FACTS of what every player is on, why we signed him or released him, we can speculate but when you constantly harp about it like your opinion is correct and factual it's f**king annoying, so make your comment, but no need to go on and on and yes i don't have to read in , but i do ..The problem is whatever positive/good stuff you post is forgotten because of the so many negative, whinging shit you write, yes its a forum to discuss, but again show me your 30 man squad that you want us to have which will make you happy, give me the players you want us to sign to take Maranta's place etc...
You are 100% correct in that nobody knows who is on what so very hard to come up with a 30 man squad with any great accuracy.
You are also correct in saying all clubs will have some fill ins to help manage the cap.
As always, I believe that rather than buying cast offs, journeymen, never was's etc we should be constantly sifting through the juniors first and adding a couple of well credentialed and known performers who are at the tail end of their careers.
I like Lats as a permanent ISP player as he will really do a job for us and if there are a raft of injuries only then do we call upon him.
I cannot fathom how he is a constant starter in 1sts.
Let's have a close look at our last 2 announcements Maranta & Buchan.
What is there form line over the last 2 years in either NRL or ISP that makes them a savvy pick up?
Plenty of player movements going on and we acquire these 2 players and people want me to say I should be pleased about it.
Well give me a reason why I should be pleased as you obviously think they are a worthy addition to our squad.
Do you really think they are the best options for us as we look at a premiership window?
We already have rookies and never was's in our 1st grade squad and we consolidate it with yet another round of "depth".
If we had of cleaned out and not brought Pearson & the "Fijian Sensation" and got a Jennings or Johnstone then I would accept the Maranta signing as being sensible.
 

dragon thomo

Juniors
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OT is right in regards to recruitement. We really should look at young talent across the comp. The odd hard head to help in there developement in reserve grade does help. To fill spots in the top 30 because there cheap is a waste of time.
 

ouryears

Bench
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3,195
OT is right in regards to recruitement. We really should look at young talent across the comp. The odd hard head to help in there developement in reserve grade does help. To fill spots in the top 30 because there cheap is a waste of time.
If we have to fill 30 positions and it has to be done by a certain date, unless you employ 4 or 5 talent scouts across the state and Brisbane, I think it’s impossible to sign the perfect 30 players.

We need a competitive ISP team, players are signed to achieve that.
Then we have a big junior base, which I hope we are scouting all the time to assess who is coming through and how good they will be, then organising the pathway into grade for them.
 

BLM01

Coach
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OT is right in regards to recruitement. We really should look at young talent across the comp. The odd hard head to help in there developement in reserve grade does help. To fill spots in the top 30 because there cheap is a waste of time.
Who has said or who assumes that Jack Buchanan is in our Top 30 signings. If Norman is actually announced I have been told there is 1 more spot still to fill.
Actually that could possibly be 2 after February...hope not.
 

Forster Dragon

Juniors
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1,122
Maybe we should start looking at the retention of young Robson.State in the Telegraph today that Titans are looking at him seriously and Meninga reckons he is a First Grade NRL player now.
Just hope our mob do not take the eye of the ball and McIdiot does recognise his ability and utilise it.
 

RedVee

First Grade
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7,153
I remember being disappointed when Buchanan left us. That’s about all I remember though. Big guy, a prop.
 
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i liked Jack Buchanan when he was playing U 20's for the Dragons. Was sorry to see him go. Did not progress that much with Penrith or the Tigers. Could be a handy pick up for ISP though.
Go Dragons :D
Jack Buchanan was among a group of promising kids .. and others let go by our worst ever CEO.. the oft hated Peter Doust.
 

aquiin

Juniors
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194
Jack Buchanan was among a group of promising kids .. and others let go by our worst ever CEO.. the oft hated Peter Doust.

Mmm I’m sure he should have been kept in front of De Belin, Ah Mau, Prior, Stockwell etc when a better contract was put in front of him. They must have thought, we’ll never be able to get him back now!
 

Saint_JimmyG

First Grade
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5,067
i liked Jack Buchanan when he was playing U 20's for the Dragons. Was sorry to see him go. Did not progress that much with Penrith or the Tigers. Could be a handy pick up for ISP though.
Go Dragons :D

“Could a handy pick up for ISP though”.

This summarises the vast majority of 2019 recruits.
 

denis preston

First Grade
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8,798
“Could a handy pick up for ISP though”.

This summarises the vast majority of 2019 recruits.

We whinge about speed so we get wingers with speed.We whinge that Widdorp has left us in the lurch so we get Norman. We whinged 18 months back that we needed a representative half back so we get Hunt. Also resign representative forwards Frizzell, Vaughan & Debellin as well as Mcinness.We buy a hard nose Front rower in Graham to lead this pack. All this whilst holding on to our most promising juniors ( for the first time in a decade ) AND not paying overs to retain players ( Merrin, Packer , Dugan haven't exactly set the world on fire have they ? )

Whingers always dissect any decision the club makes to criticise. Sometimes it is valid but jesus not always.
 

jak

Bench
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3,494
We whinge about speed so we get wingers with speed.We whinge that Widdorp has left us in the lurch so we get Norman. We whinged 18 months back that we needed a representative half back so we get Hunt. Also resign representative forwards Frizzell, Vaughan & Debellin as well as Mcinness.We buy a hard nose Front rower in Graham to lead this pack. All this whilst holding on to our most promising juniors ( for the first time in a decade ) AND not paying overs to retain players ( Merrin, Packer , Dugan haven't exactly set the world on fire have they ? )

Whingers always dissect any decision the club makes to criticise. Sometimes it is valid but jesus not always.
well said denis
 

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