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HabboTiger said:
Islanders seem to expandable out at the riff. I’d be pissed looking at who is staying and leaving.
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….and now resorting to replenishing with some big names.

But most of those cut loose are islanders, I never saw it in that light, but you may have something.
 
Tucker said:
They are Penrith Islanders.
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Got my letter off to Richo at last.

I thought I would get in early and congratulate you for yet another year of accurate predictions as to our finishing with the spoon and losing marquee.

Not as hard as other years, so don’t get too big headed.
 
TSP said:
Got my letter off to Richo at last.

I thought I would get in early and congratulate you for yet another year of accurate predictions as to our finishing with the spoon and losing marquee.

Not as hard as other years, so don’t get too big headed.
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This is the best squad we've fielded in years.
Not finishing at least mid table is a complete disaster.
Ill hold fire on next year until I see what management come up with to replace our forward losses. At this stage though, we're a better chance at 4 in a row than Penrith is.
 
Tucker said:
This is the best squad we've fielded in years.
Not finishing at least mid table is a complete disaster.
Ill hold fire on next year until I see what management come up with to replace our forward losses. At this stage though, we're a better chance at 4 in a row than Penrith is.
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Ye old trusty crystal ball fogging over, never thought I’d see that. Fair enough!
 
TSP said:
Yeah.

By 2026 a lot of our kids should be way ahead of where they are now.

At least this year is an investment kind of year. That’s the intent I took from him.

He can talk about planning, but you are going to get surprise releases and we need to be ready.

Cash in hand enables that.

to’o wanting out is disturbing the panthers rank and file. Very awkward.
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They should. It will highlight how well our coaching actually is over the next 18mths.

If these kids aren’t convinced their development is progressing as well as it should we will get a vote of confidence / no confidence if they stick around = new coaching will be forced upon us again.
 
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TSP said:
Ye old trusty crystal ball fogging over, never thought I’d see that. Fair enough!
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Tucker isn’t wrong though.

This season on paper is one of our best sqauds yet results wise we have performed worse than years before.

Next year we at this stage are weaker regardless with the pot of kids coming through, whom only 3-4 have actually stood up so far over the last 2yrs from the 10-15 or so that have been trialed with.
 
I don't see how people can say this is the best roster we have had in years when man for man we fall short of every team in the competition in just about every position. Take out Api and there is hardly a player in our squad that I could confidently say I would take every week over players in opposing teams. Whether you think we are stronger than last year - compared to every other team tell me the squad that is weaker than ours cause I can't see it.
 
Telltails said:
I don't see how people can say this is the best roster we have had in years when man for man we fall short of every team in the competition in just about every position. Take out Api and there is hardly a player in our squad that I could confidently say I would take every week over players in opposing teams. Whether you think we are stronger than last year - compared to every other team tell me the squad that is weaker than ours cause I can't see it.
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Yeah, I’m inclined to agree. If we were stronger on paper, for whatever reason, it hasn’t translated.

The results support your submission.

I’m a bit more optimistic about next year due to JL and co but they need bolstering.
 
TSP said:
Yeah, I’m inclined to agree. If we were stronger on paper, for whatever reason, it hasn’t translated.

The results support your submission.

I’m a bit more optimistic about next year due to JL and co but they need bolstering.
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Agreed. I reckon we need about 5 quality recruits. By quality I don't mean superstars but good solid NRL players. The problem is we don't have 5 roster spots open; I can't see where the 5 players will come from and I'm not sure our warchest is big enough to fund the 5 players we need.
 
coivtny said:
Agreed. I reckon we need about 5 quality recruits. By quality I don't mean superstars but good solid NRL players. The problem is we don't have 5 roster spots open; I can't see where the 5 players will come from and I'm not sure our warchest is big enough to fund the 5 players we need.
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$2m and some pay outs, such as Sully to the eels for $250k and maybe we scrounge around and we get to $2.6m

That’s 3 lower sub marquees and handy upgrades.

I like big fast backs and a busy pack.

But good players seem to be of any size or make. One of the great attributes of the game which is a superb leveller.
 
Let’s see, we can’t approach players on contract directly.

So the powers that be in the club, must not have any knowledge of approaches so they can deny everything.

A solution is needed.

If I wasn’t a member, I would volunteer to ring around and see if I can entice players to break their contracts, we might even want and try to cut a deal. Then I would meet with the gear steward and mime a players name and figures. So nothing is said directly and plenty of room for confusion and misunderstandings.

The gear steward can visit the executive bathroom, wait for one of the big boys to relieve himself and in a coughing translation spit out the players name and price. Morse code.

The next day at elevenses, the powers after mid morning coffee can visit the gents and cough back their decision.

Then back down the shadowy line so To’o manager knows there’s $800k for 3 years on the table to help him with his decision.

Then he can tanty on like Lomax until he’s released and all of a sudden Brian is ours.

We’ve been clean and fair for awhile now and all it’s brought is depression and misery.

I think we need to take some risks, 3 years with the spoon, in a horrific existential crocodile roll for our future.

I now volunteer @AmericanHistoryX to commit to special ops.
 
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Telltails said:
I don't see how people can say this is the best roster we have had in years when man for man we fall short of every team in the competition in just about every position. Take out Api and there is hardly a player in our squad that I could confidently say I would take every week over players in opposing teams. Whether you think we are stronger than last year - compared to every other team tell me the squad that is weaker than ours cause I can't see it.
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Our squad is better than it has been for many years.
It is full of blokes with finals and rep footy experience as well as some proper young talent.
We aren’t getting the best out of them, that’s where your attention should focus.
 
J.T said:
Id suggest listening to it rather than just reading about it as whatever you have read has mislead you. Its a good listen. He never said we only need 3 players. From what he said he believes we're about 8 players short of where we need to be.

But it takes some time to make changes on that scale when there are contracts involved. He has spoken to the managers and players that he says arent part of their future plans. But he can't sign players to replace them unless those players actually agree to leave.

Tbh he doesnt sound too confident that next year will be our year although he did say we'll be much more competitive and looking to get into the 8. But i got the feeling 2026 is when he sees the club really starting to become a genuine top 8 chance.
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It seems to be the same story every time we get a new coach.
Here’s an idea? It may be crazy enough to get a result?
How about we stop sacking coaches?
 
BAGNF05 said:
Don’t worry, the boss has said a few times now he won’t be repeating the same shit over and over like the clown before him.
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I’m not worried about the boss, more concerned about the balance of power in the boardroom and the amount of time it took for the boss and his bosses to decide who’s responsible for what.
We can all rejoice about the loss of Brydon and Coogan, but I suspect for much of the time they were simply following orders.
 
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