Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[hobbo1]

So we have all this money available and no one to spend it on :face_palm:
So besides Dale Funicane who is available we could target ??
Even the Cheese is not available so our luck we might end up keeping Packer or Joey.. (god I hope not)
We don't need anymore juniors as we have plenty we desperately need experienced players so fingers crossed the powers have some sort of back up plan.

Our lower grades are doing well, we are going to need the cap sorted when the time comes to lock them up. There are some ruthless clubs which will stop at nothing to prey on our future stars.

Correct and with the inclusion of Sheen and Kimmorley hopefully we can be more certain of the top classed ones and lock them away before others poach. They have a lot of experience to draw from and you add Madge and Farah to that we might be on a winner here.

But how do you then get the juniors to stay if we are going to get smashed like we have so many times this season

Thye have already proven they aren't a loyal clubman ....why would they show any more loyalty to their 2nd club who finished 11th ....or even worse .....we become a transit centre .....exactly what 3 players who were our own juniors did .......

Simple answer IMO is we can not keep them unless we buy the experience players to help develop there trade.
I have been getting shot down for the last 24 hours for saying this and if you look at every single successful club you will see they have experience players there to guide them around through the thick and thin.
Lets be real our experience players that are currently leading our young future stars are .... Packer, Mbye, Tamou, Joey and JTJ. I for one don't feel any of these guys except Tamou is helping them and thats why we need to buy....
Unfortunately we are in a hard position but we have options due to having money unlike past years..

1 - We continue with development and hope we don't get smashed and lose the good ones
or
2 - We put some money into recruitment for an experience player or 2 that will help with there development but for that to happen we need to pay overs because no one wants to come here.. Finucane and Smith would be ideal

Its reality and for me I say option 2 because once we get 1 or 2 of the top players others will want to come if we are successful. Before others explode on me again I am not saying pay TPJ 850k or Finucane 4 years at 800k but we need to pick carefully. We already have the foundations built with the juniors but need help.

We need at least 3 top 50 players to put around the young blokes ......

And the paying overs talk ......is paying someone 50 or 100 k over when they are valued at 750 k such a mass panic ..if only for 2 players ...?

Nope and I would be happy to for the right ones.. I would love Brendan Smith and Dale F but I think that is a pipe dream.

I can't see the Dogs attracting Finucane ...they pushed him out once ......Roosters though ......

Maybe I need to do some research on our most likely top line player that everyone is talking about -Harley Smith-Shields
Hope he is top notch as we will need him top be :eyes:

Some highlights. Good to see some of his tries are over distance and not from 20 metres out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rGpT5gfRP4

“But can he tackle ?”

Why does that matter no one else in the team tackles.

Someone at some stage will need to lead by example.

 

[bathursttiger1]

So we have all this money available and no one to spend it on :face_palm:
So besides Dale Funicane who is available we could target ??
Even the Cheese is not available so our luck we might end up keeping Packer or Joey.. (god I hope not)
We don't need anymore juniors as we have plenty we desperately need experienced players so fingers crossed the powers have some sort of back up plan.

Our lower grades are doing well, we are going to need the cap sorted when the time comes to lock them up. There are some ruthless clubs which will stop at nothing to prey on our future stars.

Correct and with the inclusion of Sheen and Kimmorley hopefully we can be more certain of the top classed ones and lock them away before others poach. They have a lot of experience to draw from and you add Madge and Farah to that we might be on a winner here.

But how do you then get the juniors to stay if we are going to get smashed like we have so many times this season

Thye have already proven they aren't a loyal clubman ....why would they show any more loyalty to their 2nd club who finished 11th ....or even worse .....we become a transit centre .....exactly what 3 players who were our own juniors did .......

Simple answer IMO is we can not keep them unless we buy the experience players to help develop there trade.
I have been getting shot down for the last 24 hours for saying this and if you look at every single successful club you will see they have experience players there to guide them around through the thick and thin.
Lets be real our experience players that are currently leading our young future stars are .... Packer, Mbye, Tamou, Joey and JTJ. I for one don't feel any of these guys except Tamou is helping them and thats why we need to buy....
Unfortunately we are in a hard position but we have options due to having money unlike past years..

1 - We continue with development and hope we don't get smashed and lose the good ones
or
2 - We put some money into recruitment for an experience player or 2 that will help with there development but for that to happen we need to pay overs because no one wants to come here.. Finucane and Smith would be ideal

Its reality and for me I say option 2 because once we get 1 or 2 of the top players others will want to come if we are successful. Before others explode on me again I am not saying pay TPJ 850k or Finucane 4 years at 800k but we need to pick carefully. We already have the foundations built with the juniors but need help.

We need at least 3 top 50 players to put around the young blokes ......

And the paying overs talk ......is paying someone 50 or 100 k over when they are valued at 750 k such a mass panic ..if only for 2 players ...?

Nope and I would be happy to for the right ones.. I would love Brendan Smith and Dale F but I think that is a pipe dream.

I can't see the Dogs attracting Finucane ...they pushed him out once ......Roosters though ......

Maybe I need to do some research on our most likely top line player that everyone is talking about -Harley Smith-Shields
Hope he is top notch as we will need him top be :eyes:

Some highlights. Good to see some of his tries are over distance and not from 20 metres out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rGpT5gfRP4

“But can he tackle ?”

Why does that matter no one else in the team tackles.

Someone at some stage will need to lead by example.

Who?

 

[pawsandclaws1]

But can he tackle ?

We’ll find out. He’s a local Raiders’ junior so remaining with the Raiders could have been taken for granted. Kris, Timoko and Savage are a pretty talented trio.

Canberra have an incredible amount of untapped talent. Xavier Savage is going to be a star. Timoko is unbelievably strong. guys like Hudson Young and Emre Guler are lucky to make the bench of their first grade side. Starling has bided his time but is about to unseat Hodgson as their starting 9. Kai O'Donnell is a serious prospect. Smith-Shields himself is a very good centre in his own right.

Savage was signed by the Roosters. A Qld Under Age 100m sprint champion. O'Donnell is also a Qlder. The Raiders appear to recruit heavily from Qld?

 

[Geo]

NSW Cup highlights - Thoughts on a ban?

Only fuelling my anger here 🤬

It's a +1 from me unless accompanied with a podcast..

 

[balmain boy]

But can he tackle ?

We’ll find out. He’s a local Raiders’ junior so remaining with the Raiders could have been taken for granted. Kris, Timoko and Savage are a pretty talented trio.

Canberra have an incredible amount of untapped talent. Xavier Savage is going to be a star. Timoko is unbelievably strong. guys like Hudson Young and Emre Guler are lucky to make the bench of their first grade side. Starling has bided his time but is about to unseat Hodgson as their starting 9. Kai O'Donnell is a serious prospect. Smith-Shields himself is a very good centre in his own right.

Compare this to our NSW Cup squad and we've got maybe Fitz can step up in the backs, and a few forwards look to be ready too: Tuki, Tuilagi and Simpkin.

Canberra replaces Rapana with Savage. Everytime they lose a top first team player they have juniors ready to step up. We don't have elite players in the first team, and our juniors are still not ready to ever make the step up.

Massive issues with our coaching.

 

[851]

We were in the running for Capewell before he went to Penrith. Sadly another missed target.

Yes we were, another miss, but there were plenty on here who rated him as a plodder and nothing special


Oh my God, people here can make stuff up about nothing to stick the boot in. We were NEVER in the running for Capewell and Im glad we werent. Bog average player looking good in a good team.

I hope we never made him an offer. He seems like the kind of bloke who would take whatever he can get.

I have to disagree on all points, you say people make things up, then you say I hope we never made an offer.
He in my opinion is better than our backrowers, and can cover centre during a game if someone goes down.
Penrith have him on low dollars, not surprised he was looking to get an upgrade, most players would do the same

 

[hodgo]

i have a legitimate question for everyone. We seem to be looking at forwards but surely our biggest weakness by a country mile is our backs. So apart from the kid from Canberra who else are we chasing? surely the club realises this?

 

[BAGNF05]

i have a legitimate question for everyone. We seem to be looking at forwards but surely our biggest weakness by a country mile is our backs. So apart from the kid from Canberra who else are we chasing? surely the club realises this?

Our backrowers are horrendous when compared with the better sides. We don’t match them physically. Backs just do the fancy stuff if the forwards set a platform.

 

[TigerWest]

i have a legitimate question for everyone. We seem to be looking at forwards but surely our biggest weakness by a country mile is our backs. So apart from the kid from Canberra who else are we chasing? surely the club realises this?

Agree, though we have a centre coming, just got a winger,
Me personally, I would like to see a bigger, more penetrative FB and maybe give Nofo some competition for his spot with Laurie?

 

[happy_tiger]

So we have all this money available and no one to spend it on :face_palm:
So besides Dale Funicane who is available we could target ??
Even the Cheese is not available so our luck we might end up keeping Packer or Joey.. (god I hope not)
We don't need anymore juniors as we have plenty we desperately need experienced players so fingers crossed the powers have some sort of back up plan.

Our lower grades are doing well, we are going to need the cap sorted when the time comes to lock them up. There are some ruthless clubs which will stop at nothing to prey on our future stars.

Correct and with the inclusion of Sheen and Kimmorley hopefully we can be more certain of the top classed ones and lock them away before others poach. They have a lot of experience to draw from and you add Madge and Farah to that we might be on a winner here.

But how do you then get the juniors to stay if we are going to get smashed like we have so many times this season

Thye have already proven they aren't a loyal clubman ....why would they show any more loyalty to their 2nd club who finished 11th ....or even worse .....we become a transit centre .....exactly what 3 players who were our own juniors did .......

Simple answer IMO is we can not keep them unless we buy the experience players to help develop there trade.
I have been getting shot down for the last 24 hours for saying this and if you look at every single successful club you will see they have experience players there to guide them around through the thick and thin.
Lets be real our experience players that are currently leading our young future stars are .... Packer, Mbye, Tamou, Joey and JTJ. I for one don't feel any of these guys except Tamou is helping them and thats why we need to buy....
Unfortunately we are in a hard position but we have options due to having money unlike past years..

1 - We continue with development and hope we don't get smashed and lose the good ones
or
2 - We put some money into recruitment for an experience player or 2 that will help with there development but for that to happen we need to pay overs because no one wants to come here.. Finucane and Smith would be ideal

Its reality and for me I say option 2 because once we get 1 or 2 of the top players others will want to come if we are successful. Before others explode on me again I am not saying pay TPJ 850k or Finucane 4 years at 800k but we need to pick carefully. We already have the foundations built with the juniors but need help.

We need at least 3 top 50 players to put around the young blokes ......

And the paying overs talk ......is paying someone 50 or 100 k over when they are valued at 750 k such a mass panic ..if only for 2 players ...?

Nope and I would be happy to for the right ones.. I would love Brendan Smith and Dale F but I think that is a pipe dream.

I can't see the Dogs attracting Finucane ...they pushed him out once ......Roosters though ......

Maybe I need to do some research on our most likely top line player that everyone is talking about -Harley Smith-Shields
Hope he is top notch as we will need him top be :eyes:

Some highlights. Good to see some of his tries are over distance and not from 20 metres out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rGpT5gfRP4

2019 ...might as well be a lifetime away

Why isn't he playing top grade now with the Raiders ??

 

[Deleted member 3518]

So we have all this money available and no one to spend it on :face_palm:
So besides Dale Funicane who is available we could target ??
Even the Cheese is not available so our luck we might end up keeping Packer or Joey.. (god I hope not)
We don't need anymore juniors as we have plenty we desperately need experienced players so fingers crossed the powers have some sort of back up plan.

Our lower grades are doing well, we are going to need the cap sorted when the time comes to lock them up. There are some ruthless clubs which will stop at nothing to prey on our future stars.

Correct and with the inclusion of Sheen and Kimmorley hopefully we can be more certain of the top classed ones and lock them away before others poach. They have a lot of experience to draw from and you add Madge and Farah to that we might be on a winner here.

But how do you then get the juniors to stay if we are going to get smashed like we have so many times this season

Thye have already proven they aren't a loyal clubman ....why would they show any more loyalty to their 2nd club who finished 11th ....or even worse .....we become a transit centre .....exactly what 3 players who were our own juniors did .......

Simple answer IMO is we can not keep them unless we buy the experience players to help develop there trade.
I have been getting shot down for the last 24 hours for saying this and if you look at every single successful club you will see they have experience players there to guide them around through the thick and thin.
Lets be real our experience players that are currently leading our young future stars are .... Packer, Mbye, Tamou, Joey and JTJ. I for one don't feel any of these guys except Tamou is helping them and thats why we need to buy....
Unfortunately we are in a hard position but we have options due to having money unlike past years..

1 - We continue with development and hope we don't get smashed and lose the good ones
or
2 - We put some money into recruitment for an experience player or 2 that will help with there development but for that to happen we need to pay overs because no one wants to come here.. Finucane and Smith would be ideal

Its reality and for me I say option 2 because once we get 1 or 2 of the top players others will want to come if we are successful. Before others explode on me again I am not saying pay TPJ 850k or Finucane 4 years at 800k but we need to pick carefully. We already have the foundations built with the juniors but need help.

We need at least 3 top 50 players to put around the young blokes ......

And the paying overs talk ......is paying someone 50 or 100 k over when they are valued at 750 k such a mass panic ..if only for 2 players ...?

Nope and I would be happy to for the right ones.. I would love Brendan Smith and Dale F but I think that is a pipe dream.

I can't see the Dogs attracting Finucane ...they pushed him out once ......Roosters though ......

Maybe I need to do some research on our most likely top line player that everyone is talking about -Harley Smith-Shields
Hope he is top notch as we will need him top be :eyes:

Some highlights. Good to see some of his tries are over distance and not from 20 metres out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rGpT5gfRP4

2019 ...might as well be a lifetime away

Why isn't he playing top grade now with the Raiders ??

Did his acl ,didn’t he ?

 

[happy_tiger]

So we have all this money available and no one to spend it on :face_palm:
So besides Dale Funicane who is available we could target ??
Even the Cheese is not available so our luck we might end up keeping Packer or Joey.. (god I hope not)
We don't need anymore juniors as we have plenty we desperately need experienced players so fingers crossed the powers have some sort of back up plan.

Our lower grades are doing well, we are going to need the cap sorted when the time comes to lock them up. There are some ruthless clubs which will stop at nothing to prey on our future stars.

Correct and with the inclusion of Sheen and Kimmorley hopefully we can be more certain of the top classed ones and lock them away before others poach. They have a lot of experience to draw from and you add Madge and Farah to that we might be on a winner here.

But how do you then get the juniors to stay if we are going to get smashed like we have so many times this season

Thye have already proven they aren't a loyal clubman ....why would they show any more loyalty to their 2nd club who finished 11th ....or even worse .....we become a transit centre .....exactly what 3 players who were our own juniors did .......

Simple answer IMO is we can not keep them unless we buy the experience players to help develop there trade.
I have been getting shot down for the last 24 hours for saying this and if you look at every single successful club you will see they have experience players there to guide them around through the thick and thin.
Lets be real our experience players that are currently leading our young future stars are .... Packer, Mbye, Tamou, Joey and JTJ. I for one don't feel any of these guys except Tamou is helping them and thats why we need to buy....
Unfortunately we are in a hard position but we have options due to having money unlike past years..

1 - We continue with development and hope we don't get smashed and lose the good ones
or
2 - We put some money into recruitment for an experience player or 2 that will help with there development but for that to happen we need to pay overs because no one wants to come here.. Finucane and Smith would be ideal

Its reality and for me I say option 2 because once we get 1 or 2 of the top players others will want to come if we are successful. Before others explode on me again I am not saying pay TPJ 850k or Finucane 4 years at 800k but we need to pick carefully. We already have the foundations built with the juniors but need help.

We need at least 3 top 50 players to put around the young blokes ......

And the paying overs talk ......is paying someone 50 or 100 k over when they are valued at 750 k such a mass panic ..if only for 2 players ...?

Nope and I would be happy to for the right ones.. I would love Brendan Smith and Dale F but I think that is a pipe dream.

I can't see the Dogs attracting Finucane ...they pushed him out once ......Roosters though ......

Maybe I need to do some research on our most likely top line player that everyone is talking about -Harley Smith-Shields
Hope he is top notch as we will need him top be :eyes:

Some highlights. Good to see some of his tries are over distance and not from 20 metres out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rGpT5gfRP4

2019 ...might as well be a lifetime away

Why isn't he playing top grade now with the Raiders ??

Did his acl ,didn’t he ?

No idea ...as i said I'd never heard of the bloke until someone on here mentioned him ......haven't seen a bloke playing for Canberra NSW Cup side ever stand out as much as is mentioned on here

 

[the_third]

in all seriousness, we got pumped by the storm 66-16, roosters got pumped 46-0
we mustnt be far off the pace...

surely that's an attempt at humour.

 

[Needaname]

Just on Liu. Can anyone confirm he has signed with the Titans. There was talk a while ago we’ve been having chats with him. Prehaps we are the Bulldogs in this scenario?
Either that or Ese Ese gets his boarding pass.

 

[hsvjones]

Just on Liu. Can anyone confirm he has signed with the Titans. There was talk a while ago we’ve been having chats with him. Prehaps we are the Bulldogs in this scenario?
Either that or Ese Ese gets his boarding pass.

I don't know how much he is worth but he is 30 just like Dale Funicane so if I had the choice I would be calling DF over him any day.

 

[Needaname]

Just on Liu. Can anyone confirm he has signed with the Titans. There was talk a while ago we’ve been having chats with him. Prehaps we are the Bulldogs in this scenario?
Either that or Ese Ese gets his boarding pass.

I don't know how much he is worth but he is 30 just like Dale Funicane so if I had the choice I would be calling DF over him any day.

Whilst I agree. Beggars can’t be chooses. We could offer him 500k and he still has most of what Finucane offers.
Robinson speaks highly of him

 

[TheDaBoss]

NSW Cup highlights - Thoughts on a ban?

Only fuelling my anger here ?

It's a +1 from me unless accompanied with a podcast..

Add another .5 for socials

 

[Cairnstigers]

Ok so who can we target next if TPJ go's elsewhere? Surely we can enquire about Tariq Sims or Fitzgibbon from the knights or Sau, probably the best we can attract atm.

Ava Seumanufagia ?
He might be available

 

[Tcat]

in all seriousness, we got pumped by the storm 66-16, roosters got pumped 46-0
we mustnt be far off the pace...

At least we scored a couple of trys. The roosters never looked like scoring.

 

[izotope]

Not much quality out there, probably need to strap in till end of season shuffle.

Maybe we can get joey manu for 2022