Signing quality forwards
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Chicken_Faced_Killa
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One of my mates use to live in a place out the back of Marrickville and you’d have to pause your conversation every couple of minutes when have beers out the back due to the planes. Still wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, everything I need/want is in the local area or easily accessible.
prattenparkchild
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Ever since we merged from the old Balmain & Wests we have never really had a pack for forwards that were feared by other teams. Back in the days of Wests & Balmain yes at times, but not now. We need forwards that the other side does like fronting up to. We will just have to buy cautiously with a longer term goal. Yes, have to replace plodders with plodders until …...., but we can only hope longer term we can have a pack like Souths, Easts, Bronco's.............
I also think we should try expanding the search to ESL because the pickings here are getting very slim at present.
I also think we should try expanding the search to ESL because the pickings here are getting very slim at present.
clifferdSH
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Roosters just offloaded their reserve orange peeler so that frees up 1 million a season.heard they're keen
Donald_Trump
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Didn’t that same guy say he was going to sort JT and Robbie’s differences back in the day?????
balmain boy
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How about Josh Maguire? Either the Broncos re-sign all their gun kids coming through or they let some of their more experienced high profile forwards go. Thaiday is one, Sims was in there to an extent but not on great coin. They may be releasing one of their contracted players.
We'd still likely be outgunned by the Sharks, Roosters or Eels but we could make a big play for him. Still only 28.
We'd still likely be outgunned by the Sharks, Roosters or Eels but we could make a big play for him. Still only 28.
wonka
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They were all backended contracts, At least they spent a few years at the top.
A lot of this stuff I am reading in this thread and in the "Signing Suggestions and Rumours" thread isn't making any sense to me. People need to be a little more patient. Coming from where we were in the last couple of seasons with the roster that we had, it was obvious that it was going to be a process to climb off the bottom of the pile. No club can make a turnaround of that proportion in one season. We are not going to be a "destination" that quality players want to play at just all of a sudden. The cap structure wont allow you to buy up a whole bunch of top players in one go that maybe will win a GF! You have to take it in steps, and that's what Ivan is trying to do. A quality roster is built over time.
We need to PROVE to everyone that we are no longer a basket case club. We need to EARN a reputation on and off the field. Top players have got to be able to look at us and think - "there's a club going somewhere".
All this requires many things but includes, sound Management and Admin decisions, having a respected Coaching team, having quality facilities, a strong fan base and membership, building a positive club and player culture, as well as performing well at all levels on the field.
We have made good inroads in most of these areas and have begun to earn respect. There have been some clever decisions on recruiting, and some perhaps that haven't worked out as hoped. As an example, the recruiting of Benji and Farah has shown everybody that WT's has a proud history, and as much as it may seem a feel good story, it resonates well with prospective players and NRL fans.
Ivan has been able to clear away some of the superfluous players to make room for new blood and next season he will do this again, until we are able to hone in to a playing group that will get us where we want to be. What players we are able to secure at the end of this season will be interesting, but I am sure he is out there working on it. So as much as I would have liked to see us playing finals this year, realistically I am pretty happy with the way things are heading and I think everyone else should be too!
We need to PROVE to everyone that we are no longer a basket case club. We need to EARN a reputation on and off the field. Top players have got to be able to look at us and think - "there's a club going somewhere".
All this requires many things but includes, sound Management and Admin decisions, having a respected Coaching team, having quality facilities, a strong fan base and membership, building a positive club and player culture, as well as performing well at all levels on the field.
We have made good inroads in most of these areas and have begun to earn respect. There have been some clever decisions on recruiting, and some perhaps that haven't worked out as hoped. As an example, the recruiting of Benji and Farah has shown everybody that WT's has a proud history, and as much as it may seem a feel good story, it resonates well with prospective players and NRL fans.
Ivan has been able to clear away some of the superfluous players to make room for new blood and next season he will do this again, until we are able to hone in to a playing group that will get us where we want to be. What players we are able to secure at the end of this season will be interesting, but I am sure he is out there working on it. So as much as I would have liked to see us playing finals this year, realistically I am pretty happy with the way things are heading and I think everyone else should be too!
Nucky_Thompson
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Sydney saturated and we not on top of list atm.
Chicken_Faced_Killa
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X 3
The club is heading in the right direction and things will happen in time.
