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Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer

First Grade
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7,882
Gardenia said:
I wait with baited breathe
They never fail to underwhelm
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Hey @Gardenia
totally understand the frustration here, however, there's a lot more in play than just 'signing' someone.

Firstly, who would sign for us to play the rest of the season, especially in the halves? Yeah, all the talk of KFlan, and let me state quite irrevocably that he isn't a 7, and he's barely a 6. But with Atkinson coming in and the continues education and upskilling of LKT, I think this is where we are tracking to. Further, young Reed is a star, and, without us getting him sighed up soo, other clubs will come sniffing quite aggressively. I doubt a current 1st grader would sign anywhere for a contract lower than 2yrs.

Secondly, we still need, atm, to include Ravalawa for next year. I don't see the Bunnies falling over themselves to offer a contract. It may change but Rava is Rava, diamonds one minute, rocks the next.

Next, what about Cody Ramsay? His form in Cup almost warrants him a top 30 spot next year, and he would be the driving force for our team. Mr Courage personified.

Lastly, with 2 new teams and other squads updating to improve, we have to balance out our juniors coming through. We've lost Latu already, and by accounts, We've also now lost Fitzgibbon from SG Ball squad. Both to the Dogs. JH will also join the top 30 next year, but what about Buchanan (current u19 SOO player, and a real star in the making in Heidke. Now we have to consider NT after such a good debut. There's of course Reed and Jett Liu to throw into the mix as well. Nowadays, you can't simply offer an extended squad contract without some pathway. Or even direct to top 30, as some other clubs may.

Yes, we need forwards, and an Alpha type to boot, but realistically who (unfortunately Haas, I feel will stay at Brisbane)? Young Couchman will come back next year, as will Egan on the edge.

So, do we sign someone else's reject or problem, just to fill our squad, or do we look to securing our future?
 
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denis preston

First Grade
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8,976
Dragonslayer said:
Hey @Gardenia
totally understand the frustration here, however, there's a lot more in play than just 'signing' someone.

Firstly, who would sign for us to play the rest of the season, especially in the halves? Yeah, all the talk of KFlan, and let me state quite irrevocably that he isn't a 7, and he's barely a 6. But with Atkinson coming in and the continues education and upskilling of LKT, I think this is where we are tracking to. Further, young Reed is a star, and, without us getting him sighed up soo, other clubs will come sniffing quite aggressively. I doubt a current 1st grader would sign anywhere for a contract lower than 2yrs.

Secondly, we still need, atm, to include Ravalawa for next year. I don't see the Bunnies falling over themselves to offer a contract. It may change but Rava is Rava, diamonds one minute, rocks the next.

Next, what about Cody Ramsay? His form in Cup almost warrants him a top 30 spot next year, and he would be the driving force for our team. Mr Courage personified.

Lastly, with 2 new teams and other squads updating to improve, we have to balance out our juniors coming through. We've lost Latu already, and by accounts, We've also now lost Fitzgibbon from SG Ball squad. Both to the Dogs. JH will also join the top 30 next year, but what about Buchanan (current u19 SOO player, and a real star in the making in Heidke. Now we have to consider NT after such a good debut. There's of course Reed and Jett Liu to throw into the mix as well. Nowadays, you can't simply offer an extended squad contract without some pathway. Or even direct to top 30, as some other clubs may.

Yes, we need forwards, and an Alpha type to boot, but realistically who (unfortunately Haas, I feel will stay at Brisbane)? Young Couchman will come back next year, as will Egan on the edge.

So, do we sign someone else's reject or problem, just to fill our squad, or do we look to securing our future?
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Well put DS. Sorry I can’t answer your question!
 
sammymills

sammymills

Juniors
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419
offiah said:
The problems are bigger than the coach. No coach outside a Bellamy or Bennett could attract the top quality players to our mess at the moment. This idea that Shane should just be able to sign anyone available is not realistic. We don’t have the TPAs, the board has to sign off on everything etc

We need a good enough coach to dig us slowly out of the hole we are in, as nothing seems to change at the top. That’s the reason Ryles pulled out, he wasn’t up for the fight with the constraints in place.

The best coaches aren’t going to be up for it either. These rookie coaches are going to be a huge gamble to be able to do it. I still have some faith that Flanno can though, it’s just going to take some time and incremental improvements. Hopefully the club can see that and not put in Deano if it doesn’t come quick enough, cause that is going to turn into a disaster real quick and then drag on for way too long ala the peanut.

Let’s see how this year plays out. We need to improve on last year. Only coaching will get us into the top 8, as we are a bottom 4 squad talent wise and our available halves are the worst in the comp.
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We could’ve used Rava the other night
 
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InFlannoWeTrust

Juniors
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234
Daily telegraph put an article up today on who each club should sign with their remaining spots in the roster. This is what they have selected for us.
 

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blacksafake

blacksafake

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Dragonslayer said:
Hey @Gardenia
totally understand the frustration here, however, there's a lot more in play than just 'signing' someone.

Firstly, who would sign for us to play the rest of the season, especially in the halves? Yeah, all the talk of KFlan, and let me state quite irrevocably that he isn't a 7, and he's barely a 6. But with Atkinson coming in and the continues education and upskilling of LKT, I think this is where we are tracking to. Further, young Reed is a star, and, without us getting him sighed up soo, other clubs will come sniffing quite aggressively. I doubt a current 1st grader would sign anywhere for a contract lower than 2yrs.

Secondly, we still need, atm, to include Ravalawa for next year. I don't see the Bunnies falling over themselves to offer a contract. It may change but Rava is Rava, diamonds one minute, rocks the next.

Next, what about Cody Ramsay? His form in Cup almost warrants him a top 30 spot next year, and he would be the driving force for our team. Mr Courage personified.

Lastly, with 2 new teams and other squads updating to improve, we have to balance out our juniors coming through. We've lost Latu already, and by accounts, We've also now lost Fitzgibbon from SG Ball squad. Both to the Dogs. JH will also join the top 30 next year, but what about Buchanan (current u19 SOO player, and a real star in the making in Heidke. Now we have to consider NT after such a good debut. There's of course Reed and Jett Liu to throw into the mix as well. Nowadays, you can't simply offer an extended squad contract without some pathway. Or even direct to top 30, as some other clubs may.

Yes, we need forwards, and an Alpha type to boot, but realistically who (unfortunately Haas, I feel will stay at Brisbane)? Young Couchman will come back next year, as will Egan on the edge.

So, do we sign someone else's reject or problem, just to fill our squad, or do we look to securing our future?
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Good sensible post.
 
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InFlannoWeTrust

Juniors
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234
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Dragonslayer said:
Hey @Gardenia
totally understand the frustration here, however, there's a lot more in play than just 'signing' someone.

Firstly, who would sign for us to play the rest of the season, especially in the halves? Yeah, all the talk of KFlan, and let me state quite irrevocably that he isn't a 7, and he's barely a 6. But with Atkinson coming in and the continues education and upskilling of LKT, I think this is where we are tracking to. Further, young Reed is a star, and, without us getting him sighed up soo, other clubs will come sniffing quite aggressively. I doubt a current 1st grader would sign anywhere for a contract lower than 2yrs.

Secondly, we still need, atm, to include Ravalawa for next year. I don't see the Bunnies falling over themselves to offer a contract. It may change but Rava is Rava, diamonds one minute, rocks the next.

Next, what about Cody Ramsay? His form in Cup almost warrants him a top 30 spot next year, and he would be the driving force for our team. Mr Courage personified.

Lastly, with 2 new teams and other squads updating to improve, we have to balance out our juniors coming through. We've lost Latu already, and by accounts, We've also now lost Fitzgibbon from SG Ball squad. Both to the Dogs. JH will also join the top 30 next year, but what about Buchanan (current u19 SOO player, and a real star in the making in Heidke. Now we have to consider NT after such a good debut. There's of course Reed and Jett Liu to throw into the mix as well. Nowadays, you can't simply offer an extended squad contract without some pathway. Or even direct to top 30, as some other clubs may.

Yes, we need forwards, and an Alpha type to boot, but realistically who (unfortunately Haas, I feel will stay at Brisbane)? Young Couchman will come back next year, as will Egan on the edge.

So, do we sign someone else's reject or problem, just to fill our squad, or do we look to securing our future?
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Excellent post mate. Reed is the interesting one.
personally if glover or illias are getting the move on next year we should promote reed now as everyone has said he’s definitely in our future plans. If we are going to sign an Alpha prop, he has to have experience but not a 30 year-old..

Rava & lawrie need to go.
Fifita & Rfm & Molo won’t get re signed
 
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Desperate Dragon

Juniors
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859
InFlannoWeTrust said:
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Excellent post mate. Reed is the interesting one.
personally if glover or illias are getting the move on next year we should promote reed now as everyone has said he’s definitely in our future plans. If we are going to sign an Alpha prop, he has to have experience but not a 30 year-old..

Rava & lawrie need to go.
Fifita & Rfm & Molo won’t get re signed
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Plus Finau probably won't be resigned. Latu also gone and the contracted player who is most likely to leave is Sloan.
Mooney would be worth a look.
Being contracted until 2027 means next to nothing in the NRL.
 
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Get2dachopper!

Juniors
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1,735
That’s a puzzling one, I really can’t understand what Finau has done wrong. Scored a few brilliant tries in the trials. He gets one chance in FG, scores a length of the field try, but also let’s in a few. Then never sighted again in first grade. Sloan has been making the same errors all season, Lawson too over the last few weeks. It’s extremely odd.
 
Gardenia

Gardenia

Bench
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Looks like Gould is stockpiling our promising juniors. Is he trying to eliminate our club all together given the Sydney component is close geographically?

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