Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Fainu Brothers]

Thanks Pom! Hope we get the Crichton deal done. As we know on here is never a done deal until it’s announced. I think Dykes will be a great addition too

 

[weststigerman]

Reminds me of Payne Haas in the junior grades

Payne Haas is a once a generation player and first picked in every junior team.

Miller while he has huge potential, started from the bench in City v Country under 18s.

 

[earl]

No loss. Bit part player.

I'd love to have gotten him but it's not like it's a huge loss or anything. He is a project player.

 

[tony soprano]

Dropping the ball probably is unfair. They're doing their best from all reports but you can't just match every insane offer that comes in.

Keeping the right player is what it's all about imo.

 

[Madge]

Called it 😉

@Lee's fedora did too. Was being punched down for it.

 

[TheDaBoss]

No thanks. This place is better without the likes of power hungry mods like Willow

I didnt think willow was a bad mod...yes he was strict but i did enjoy his posts....

 

[TheDaBoss]

Throw brown paper bags at burton

Centre

 

[Kelce68]

Dropping the ball probably is unfair. They're doing their best from all reports but you can't just match every insane offer that comes in.

Exactly.

 

[Holman Barnes #1 Fan]

Miller news ridiculous, where is the loyalty

$150K contract coming out of HMs, as THE_POM said, is "too good to be true". Hard to be critical of a kid who is getting that sort of money thrown at him.

 

[tony soprano]

The club will officially offer Angus Crichton a 3 year contract this week worth close to $2.2million over the span of the contract, sticking point will be the issue of who will be coach as we are main attraction to him to be back under Madge.

Also Doueihi is being put through his paces today & has an appointment this afternoon with a specialist to be cleared to play this Friday.

Luke Brooks early indication is grade 1 hamstring 2-4 weeks.

The talk of Franklin Pele is new to anyone at the club, his management last informed the club he had better offers elsewhere.

Club also trying to fast track a move for Kade Dykes this week, they want him at the club before the bye round. 2023 terms agreed upon.

Does that mean

The club will officially offer Angus Crichton a 3 year contract this week worth close to $2.2million over the span of the contract, sticking point will be the issue of who will be coach as we are main attraction to him to be back under Madge.

Also Doueihi is being put through his paces today & has an appointment this afternoon with a specialist to be cleared to play this Friday.

Luke Brooks early indication is grade 1 hamstring 2-4 weeks.

The talk of Franklin Pele is new to anyone at the club, his management last informed the club he had better offers elsewhere.

Club also trying to fast track a move for Kade Dykes this week, they want him at the club before the bye round. 2023 terms agreed upon.

Does that mean dykes done for 2023?

 

[Holman Barnes #1 Fan]

If we sign Angus Crichton I will lose it.

 

[Needaname]

Keeping the right player is what it's all about imo.

Galvin is the one you bank on.
Tough as teak and has the witts and skill to play in the halves.
If there is one trait that our first grade side has lacked, it’s football smarts.
Having a 6ft plus backrower with that level of game awareness is what we need.

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

Does that mean


Does that mean dykes done for 2023?

would be good, it looks our recruitment department is very busy, a very positive change to the last period! Is it just Sheens or some other forces, working quietly in the background?

 

[jrtiger]

Galvin is the one you bank on.
Tough as teak and has the witts and skill to play in the halves.
If there is one trait that our first grade side has lacked, it’s football smarts.
Having a 6ft plus backrower with that level of game awareness is what we need.

out of all the players we have, Galvin and Kautoga are the two best back row prospects at the club. lock them both up now.

 

[Bones]

What have you heard?

Just rumours on twitter Facebook as well as here. I definitely don’t have any inside info but hopefully where there is smoke there will one day be a fire.

I’ve said before all the club can do is keep speaking to good players till we land one.
It’s like the old nightclub method of approaching a number of girls till one eventually says yes 😆

 

[Nelson]

150k a year is huge money to a 17 year old kid. It's a balls out move from the Dolphins. Running over the top of 16/17 year olds doesn't necessarily mean it will happen in the NRL otherwise we'd be fondly recalling the Matt Groat NRL domination. For a playmaker maybe you roll the dice but wow it's a bold move to spend that on a Harold Matthews prop.

It's not a bad strategy if you're the Dolphins. They haven't been able to land marquees so they have plenty of cap space available and might as well use it to target the up and comers.

 

[tony soprano]

Galvin is the one you bank on.
Tough as teak and has the witts and skill to play in the halves.
If there is one trait that our first grade side has lacked, it’s football smarts.
Having a 6ft plus backrower with that level of game awareness is what we need.

Yeah, position still not clear, suprised he was also in the halves.

 

[Spartan117]

Can you tell the club to keep this out of the media? I don’t want other clubs thinking that Angus isn’t heading back to rugby.
Hopefully it can be done and announced just like Api and Papali were.

No Chance Mate - The Media read this forum also.

 

[Demps]

Appreciation post for @Lee's fedora

Keep up the good work.
🔥🔥🔥

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Burton is definitely an interesting option to consider going forward, especially if he doesn't exercise his option. Brooks' money frees up at the end of 2023 so we could roll a good amount of that into Burton. Burton and Hastings could be a very good pairing on opposite sides of the field. I feel Burton's struggled a bit having to play more first receiver at the Dogs, stifling his running and ball playing. Having someone like Hastings run the show and let Burton focus on his kicking and running game would be huge.

It's essential we put Doueihi in the 6 as soon as possible and Brooks in the 14 to see if there's long-term potential in that. If Doueihi + Hastings works, great. If not, then we could have a ready made 6 to step in and shift Doueihi to the centres.

you move Brooks and Douhie on and go after Burton
your backup is Madden
You then have money left to go after a Stephen Crichton