Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Dolphins were able to go out and sign 17 players for this season.

No reason we cannot go to market and sign 4 - 6 for 2024.

Fullback, Centre's, Wing, Halves.

Released : Nofo, Brooks, Talau, Laurie - maybe AD and Staines too...

Release Talau already, likewise release Nofo if we can get at least 300k off his contract... Otherwise let him go to reserve grade. Look I see no point in paying huge freight to get him off our books but he should be dropped from First grade.

Brooks has to go. Laurie can develop, Clearly under McGuire he regressed. Staines is a temp and AD is not a fullback. We see who performs and drop the others but those players have some potential.

Brooks needs to go.
 
I don’t know how we come back from this.

Forget about paying transfer fees to get blokes out of the super league. That money will be needed to pay out the current coaching staff at some stage and pay massive overs to attract a new coaching staff.

Our half decent players will leave in the interim.

I thought last year was rock bottom but we’ve gone to a completely new level.
 
After watching the 1st half our number 1 focus is FB as AD clearly has no interest in putting his body on the line.
AD needs to move to centre next week.

If we cannot find FB need to put Stains there ASAP.

He should be dropped. Imagine him at centre with the lack of interest, quick sand running or putting his body on the line.
 
I don’t know how we come back from this.

Forget about paying transfer fees to get blokes out of the super league. That money will be needed to pay out the current coaching staff at some stage and pay massive overs to attract a new coaching staff.

Our half decent players will leave in the interim.

I thought last year was rock bottom but we’ve gone to a completely new level.
Benji will be the first NRL coach to quit or to be sacked before he even coaches one game. Theres no way he makes it to 2025.
 
Forget signing any more players. Papali’i, Bateman and Koroisau haven’t improved us.

Punt Pascoe, punt Lee.

Sign a new CEO, then find a real NRL coach.
Watched through the neverending pain of waiting for brooks to do something, but I dont notice many offloads from our forwards if any. And Jake Simpkins does better at Half than Brooks, three times in the first half he came rushing up at the speed of light in defence only to have the players he had lined up make a slight swerve and brooks going straight past them on all 3 occasions. Cause he was going to fast to turn and tackle, he was only ever going to get them if they kept running straight at him.
 
Signing Suggestions…

Release AD and Brooks asap. Surely we can arrange something. Would rather play Bateman and Koro in the halves.

Primary Targets:
George Williams
Aiden Sezer

Secondary Targets:
Mitchell Pearce
Braydon Trindall
Jonah Pezet

Other Targets:
Luke Metcalf
Toby Sexton
Niwhai Puru
 
Release Talau already, likewise release Nofo if we can get at least 300k off his contract... Otherwise let him go to reserve grade. Look I see no point in paying huge freight to get him off our books but he should be dropped from First grade.

Brooks has to go. Laurie can develop, Clearly under McGuire he regressed. Staines is a temp and AD is not a fullback. We see who performs and drop the others but those players have some potential.

Brooks needs to go.

Alright, who will you sign up instead when no one wants to come here.
 
I never even noticed that Koroisau played for over 50 minutes tonight, got a suprise when I looked it up, was he injured.
 
Im just about done this season, dont enjoy watching my team play anymore, all I ever seem to do is complain about brooks, but tonight I have to add AD he is terrible as well.
I enjoyed putting my grandsons presents together, instead of throwing things at the TV.
Also I don’t have a headache.
 
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If you are looking for an experienced half who can play at a high level - Williams is your man. Don't see any issues with his attitude. Most of his (and Bateman's) problems started and finished with Sticky who for a supposedly elite level coach has some horrible traits (briefing against his players in the media being the worst). With Williams you get an elite level short kicking game. Although you're still going to need a territorial kicker because - for reasons which completely escape me - Williams never developed this part of his game in line with his short kicking. Great professional. First class workrate. Certainly won't get run over like Brooks seems to do every game. Personally I'd go for Dodd because he's an awesome talent who plays like a veteran despite just turning 21. But if I were Dodd I wouldn't want to go to the Tigers. No offence.
As for Sezer - no way. Not anywhere close to either of those players and has been completely outperformed by both - regularly.
 
As for Sezer - no way. Not anywhere close to either of those players and has been completely outperformed by both - regularly.
The Sezer calls crack me up -
Bloke played NRL for 10 years and was only ever thought about in 1 of them.

Even then - he wasn’t the best player in his team that year, probably not in the top 4 players in his team that year…

Yet he’s going to do better here?
😂😂😂😂
 
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