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Think Ciraldo missed a trick if he actually rates himself as a good NRL coach of the future. If he does eventually jump in with a team high on the ladder or after Cleary finishes his contract, fair chance the natural cycle of teams means his team slide down the table over his tenure. Where does...

I would love Ciraldo, but Burton rejecting his player option also allows Bulldogs to upgrade and extend his contract.

If Ciraldo did sign I’m tipping he would think he could bring some over. If he doesn’t think he could bring players over or attract other quality options from the market then he sits tight and waits for a better option/time.

The club currently has a stink about it. What are the factors that cause a stink / help remove it: - club and board (is it divisive or unified, finances, leadership, attracting sponsorship, facilities (eg COE), culture. - football operations: pathways, recruitment, support of coaches and...

Don’t mind a young coach at all for this next stage. Assistant coaches will be super important to the success of that though. Reckon assistant coaches play a huge role in how good teams go in modern footy setups. Wonder who a Ciraldo or Morris would bring in to work with them if they got the gig?

Surely the Cowboys start to feel some salary cap crunch. They have rocketed up the table and have a lot of money invested into some of their senior players (Taumalolo, Townsend, Holmes, Luch next year). All their young guns are gonna want an upgrade pretty quickly the way they are playing...

I’d like to hope they are a fair way down the path with behind the scenes negotiations on who the new coach will be. If not we are in trouble given that 2 other clubs now in the market for coaching talent and the time involved to go through the recruitment process. Sets back recruitment and...

Agree, if we could jag 2 more top end signings similar to Api and IPap then it starts to look pretty good. Get key injured players back on the park and cross our fingers some of our juniors progress, even better. Would take any of Tapine, Chrichton, Burton, etc in a heartbeat.

Strongest team on paper all year. But with so many players coming back from injury and no consistency on combinations likely need a few weeks together to get the output to match the potential. Hopefully we can string some consistent weeks together. Slot Api, Paps, Douehi and maybe one other...

The glass half full way of looking at tonight is we lost 2 of our spine before half time, already had our first choice fullback out, had a debutant and Pauga playing his first game of the season, have Stef still trying to find his fitness, were down to 1 on the bench at one stage, got smashed in...

Would be nice just to get a run of games where the fifty/fifties are even rather than more often than not feeling we never get the rub of the green from the reffing.

He’s already been offered $1.1M for 2 years by the Dragons, so he’s not going to come to the Tigers for $900K for 3 years.

If they do decide to move Brooks on his salary would be handy to put into a new recruit. It really needs to go to a top level half (not too many on the market other than Munster and can’t see him coming here), a prospective gun fullback with lots up upside (Savage?) or a strike centre. Hastings...

What about the idea of Brandon Smith to the Panthers for 1 year and Api released to the Tiges early?

The way we do business has certainly improved in professionalism, we are holding our nerve and not making desperate plays at risky buys on overs. Media articles have shifted in recent weeks too and is helping to remove the stink around the club with attracting players. These recent signings will...

Far out, current forum mood is chalk and cheese from where it was after the Canterbury loss. If a couple of the mooted changes can be done in the coming week then a very solid off season of trade business. No marquee but lots of upgrades and exciting youth. Certainly steps in the right direction...

Could part of the reason they might be happy to move Liddle due to rumours of him being one of the agitators behind the scenes regarding Madge? Not sure if the truth of that but there has been some commentary on this forum regarding that and potential other players whiteanting. So it’s sometimes...

Not sure if already mentioned but hopefully one/both of those assistants can fill like a Ciraldo type role with us, ie: establishment really strong bonds with the young core of our club and really generate some great culture and passion to play for each other. Reckon assistants are super...

I’d assume the club is well aware of this and planning to do exactly that. All recruitment and retention would’ve been put on hold while coach situation was sorted. Next step would be to sort out final recruitment to fill out our top 30. Once that is done they will know their money situation...

If the Peachey signing is a done deal as reported I don’t mind it. We need a 14 and some cover for Doueihi until he is fit again. Pretty well a replacement for Mbye with say similar level of talent (if not more as he is versatile). At less than half the money I’d say a reasonable bit of...