The Rumours Thread

[St Tangles]

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Yesterday I said the Sharks fans were confident they'd nab AFB

We suck

 

[SaintElroy]

Well , there’s a decision by xmas

 

[maestro1]

The Sharkies have just delivered the following message to us......."step aside and let the grownup recruiters show you how it is done". Our recruitment "experts" are so fxxxxxg amateur it hurts. FAAAAAAAAARRRRRKKKK

 

[AyiosYiorgos]

AFB is over rated, shit player...

 

[thebigredv]

https://www.sharks.com.au/news/2023/12/19/fonua-blake-to-join-the-sharks-in-2025/
On the sharks website

This hurts more than any match loss. Losing out to the arch rival who offered less money and no sign of us getting anyone any time soon.

 

[Dragon David]

Well that's it. Bombed out all over. I give up on our mob of losers.

 

[maestro1]

One of the most important roles in a football club and we leave it to fxxxxxg amateurs, ex players and sons and so and so...... Until we give the job to someone who is actually qualified, we will continually fail at landing anybody of note.

 

[Illusion]

This hurts more than any match loss. Losing out to the arch rival who offered less money and no sign of us getting anyone any time soon.

Well this will make them even stronger , we are way behind them now ......

 

[JohnnoMcJohnno]

This hurts more than any match loss. Losing out to the arch rival who offered less money and no sign of us getting anyone any time soon.

Yep. Management can tart this up anyway they like, but we are obviously a club of last resort. Whether it's the club, the board, the location, or the coach, no decent player will come to us without a truckload of money. I expect our half-decent players will be looking for a way out.

I await Management's response.

 

[shazam]

The hope of landing some high quality players before Christmas is gone
In Flanno we trust I am starting to think no
The wooden spoon is looming

 

[RaginDannyDragon]

Yep. Management can tart this up anyway they like, but we are obviously a club of last resort. Whether it's the club, the board, the location, or the coach, no decent player will come to us without a truckload of money. I expect our half-decent players will be looking for a way out.

I await Management's response.

As it turns out no decent player will come to us even WITH a truckload of money

 

[Dragon David]

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Yesterday I said the Sharks fans were confident they'd nab AFB

We suck

Yes you did St Tangles and they were spot on. Talk about coming through the back door or in the dark of night to swoop on this guy when we expected his signature. Goes to show that what the Sharks can offer the Warriors as a swap is better than what we have.

I can't wait to hear what Flanno has to say. Nothing I guess like it will be with results - nothing.

We talk about patience, we talk about reasons for missing out and that there are hidden agendas that they have got planned, but it is all a load of bullshit to make us think and hope that they will get the players we need and get people to join up as members because "we will be going somewhere".

We will be wooden spooners like no other next year and the years ahead. Flanno will bite the dust and we end up on the scrap heap.

 

[Saints supporter]

That was a massive blow missing out on AFB but it is just so hard to attract players to a club that is perceived to have the poorest roster in the NRL.
On the flipside though if you look at AFB'S record we were never going to get a committed clubman for our mill + per year.

 

[hewi]

Has anyone thought that maybe just maybe he didn’t want to be based in Wollongong? I’d love to know where his parents live.

 

[thebigredv]

Yep. Management can tart this up anyway they like, but we are obviously a club of last resort. Whether it's the club, the board, the location, or the coach, no decent player will come to us without a truckload of money. I expect our half-decent players will be looking for a way out.

I await Management's response.

Reading on here that a Dearden was not even in our sights. False, that’s pure BS. Same people telling us not to panic that things take time. Well, the facts are we couldn’t attract a single credible player to us. Flanagan and his men will be in full meltdown themselves after today. 2025 has just evaporated and Hunt, the only thing saving us from a spoon last year, will be wiggling away as we sit here.

 

[CozDragon]

Yes you did St Tangles and they were spot on. Talk about coming through the back door or in the dark of night to swoop on this guy when we expected his signature. Goes to show that what the Sharks can offer the Warriors as a swap is better than what we have.

I can't wait to hear what Flanno has to say. Nothing I guess like it will be with results - nothing.

We talk about patience, we talk about reasons for missing out and that there are hidden agendas that they have got planned, but it is all a load of bullshit to make us think and hope that they will get the players we need and get people to join up as members because "we will be going somewhere".

We will be wooden spooners like no other next year and the years ahead. Flanno will bite the dust and we end up on the scrap heap.

I think Flanno also needs to shut the hell up about who he is trying to sign. Barely a peep out of Sharks and just like that signed. Keep things behind closed doors, at least that way when we inevitably fail miserably no one knows about it.

 

[shazam]

Flanno has delivered stuff all so far except getting a job for his son & a couple of average players
Dean Young has no players from the Cowboys following him
Thanks for the non Christmas presents Dragons recruiting staff

 

[Crush]

OK BLM, but if he signs with the Sharks I’ll hold you personally responsible.

@BLM01 explain yourself

 

[maestro1]

Has anyone thought that maybe just maybe he didn’t want to be based in Wollongong? I’d love to know where his parents live.

Why bash Wollongong. It shits all over living in Sydney. I've lived in both, give me the Gong anytime. people are leaving Sydney in droves to live in the Gong

 

[maestro1]

Newcastle is very similar to the Gong and the Knights don't seem to have any trouble attracting players like Ponga.