Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[weststigerman]

All I can say is I'm glad some of you guys don't run the club.

Would be worse than Ivan and Kelly Egan.

You are aware that not every major signing backfires? It’s like asking a woman out and she saying no so you swear to yourself you’re never asking another woman out and sticking to a life of celibacy.

I'm not talking about every major signing. I'm talking about being the highest bidder on a player who is being let go by the team running 15th who is currently suspended and accused of being inconsistent.

 

[weststigerman]

All I can say is I'm glad some of you guys don't run the club.

Would be worse than Ivan and Kelly Egan.

So you have confidence in the current regime, but not enough confidence that they can manage the salary cap if they make 2 or 3 marquee signings? If not, how about we get rid of them and bring in people who can. Because, I know it may be a surprise to you, but it can be done.

As I said, glad you're not running the club.

 

[DJG]

Wait till Tim Sheens comes along..

I am more than sure he has a wild, aggressive front rower or two from England that he's been looking at...

 

[TillLindemann]

People’s thoughts on this guy
Off contract at the end of the year
Good replacement for BJ and Roberts

Sharks fans call him "Shitroti".

Yep rubbish. Slow as a pregnant wombat. We are eyeing up Okunbor

Just as bad. He’s shite

Surely no truth to Okunbor. Bulldogs have the worst backline in the competition and he can hardly make the FG side.

The only signings we’re likely to sign will be other clubs discards, so Okunbor makes sense (unless another club shows mild interest)

You do realise TPJ is another club's discard right? As is Corey Allan, as well as Kyle Flanagan.

So what did I say was wrong?

Well aren't you criticising the club for getting other club's discards but also saying how awesome the dogs recruitment plan is?

JAC and Burton aren’t discards. And TPJ wants out (and the Broncos are obliging).

Dogs recruitment has been proactive and Gould is an excellent appointment. If the signings gel they’ll be a vastly superior team to this year.

We’re more of a known quantity. With the exception of a couple of ESL players we’ve signed no one. We can go into another season without any expectation.

TPJ doesn't want out, Broncos are so happy for him to leave, they'll be paying part of his salary next year.

They will need to be vastly superior because as bad as we're going, they are EIGHT points behind us.

We're not finished yet. Laurie signed with us in November. AD signed in January. Be Patient.

Patient is a word that needs to be banned. We’ve been waiting since 2011. Stick your patience.

Cool, that's the Bulldogs plan and our plan in 2017. Lets see how it works for the Bulldogs.

How do you think our plan of signing no NRL players will work out?

When we signed Stefano and Laurie they weren’t NRL players either. The approach we have taken is far lower risk than the Bulldogs, but will also take time to pay dividends.

The only real class signings they have is Burton and JAC who is a winger. They are spending lots of money on guys with big question marks over them, much like we did a few seasons back. It might work, it might not, but what we are building will funnel players to our NRL squad for years to come.

Laurie and Stefano are solid hands, no doubt. But they aren’t players that are going to catapult us into contenders. When you are reduced to having to buy players at pauper prices, you are always bound to find a diamond. The only problem is, they aren’t good enough to do it on theor own

I disagree, it is young signings like that that gave us 2005. This feels like the first time since back then that we are making talented youth our focus rather than an afterthought.

 

[PJ_]

@avocadoontoast @GNR4LIFE
Spot on. This place is so used to mediocrity. Mentality needs to change. We would be wetting ourselves if we signed Burton and fox for nxt yr.
Think about it, we are less attractive than the Bulldogs. The old cap cheating, pisshead mad Monday having, sex scandals with schoolgirl Bulldogs.

Look at the top 4. How many players have they signed for 800k+ in the last few years?

Don't need to. They're top 4. We have been bottom 8 for 18/21 years.
I think that's pathetic and I love this club.

 

[PJ_]

Wait till Tim Sheens comes along..

I am more than sure he has a wild, aggressive front rower or two from England that he's been looking at...

A mystery prop perhaps 🤔

 

[GNR4LIFE]

People’s thoughts on this guy
Off contract at the end of the year
Good replacement for BJ and Roberts

Sharks fans call him "Shitroti".

Yep rubbish. Slow as a pregnant wombat. We are eyeing up Okunbor

Just as bad. He’s shite

Surely no truth to Okunbor. Bulldogs have the worst backline in the competition and he can hardly make the FG side.

The only signings we’re likely to sign will be other clubs discards, so Okunbor makes sense (unless another club shows mild interest)

You do realise TPJ is another club's discard right? As is Corey Allan, as well as Kyle Flanagan.

So what did I say was wrong?

Well aren't you criticising the club for getting other club's discards but also saying how awesome the dogs recruitment plan is?

JAC and Burton aren’t discards. And TPJ wants out (and the Broncos are obliging).

Dogs recruitment has been proactive and Gould is an excellent appointment. If the signings gel they’ll be a vastly superior team to this year.

We’re more of a known quantity. With the exception of a couple of ESL players we’ve signed no one. We can go into another season without any expectation.

TPJ doesn't want out, Broncos are so happy for him to leave, they'll be paying part of his salary next year.

They will need to be vastly superior because as bad as we're going, they are EIGHT points behind us.

We're not finished yet. Laurie signed with us in November. AD signed in January. Be Patient.

Patient is a word that needs to be banned. We’ve been waiting since 2011. Stick your patience.

Cool, that's the Bulldogs plan and our plan in 2017. Lets see how it works for the Bulldogs.

How do you think our plan of signing no NRL players will work out?

When we signed Stefano and Laurie they weren’t NRL players either. The approach we have taken is far lower risk than the Bulldogs, but will also take time to pay dividends.

The only real class signings they have is Burton and JAC who is a winger. They are spending lots of money on guys with big question marks over them, much like we did a few seasons back. It might work, it might not, but what we are building will funnel players to our NRL squad for years to come.

Laurie and Stefano are solid hands, no doubt. But they aren’t players that are going to catapult us into contenders. When you are reduced to having to buy players at pauper prices, you are always bound to find a diamond. The only problem is, they aren’t good enough to do it on theor own

I disagree, it is young signings like that that gave us 2005. This feels like the first time since back then that we are making talented youth our focus rather than an afterthought.

Laurie and Stefano aren’t anything on the young kids from 2005

 

[The_Patriot]

Yes the ebbs and flows of the transfer market have not been kind. I wouldnt be panicking yet however.

The plan was always to build this from the ground up. Recruits like Stefano,Simpkin, Laurie and Tuki were the plan and are on track to transition into quality first graders.

While patience is a shit word around here its a fair word.

The signing of one or two class players is required however. We still have time to pull that off, lots of moving and shaking of the recruiting tree still to come.

We did do well signing Maumalo and Pauga. identifying weaknesses and recruiting who we could to fill those spots. Thats one positive.

Like Canberra we find it hard to recruit the big name player so we have had to go to England for Hastings and Gildart. It may work out, it may not but it was the right call from the club to look overseas. We need to.

Hopefully a big name players lands in our lap, the rebuild will take much longer without one. We desperately lack a class centre and a couple of forward leaders. Proven professionals. Culture type players with class.

The most important issue for me is finding a way to move on from players like Mybe, Roberts, BJ, MCK, even Brooks. Turning over middle of the road roster spots in the hope of finding good young players who dont have a pathway at their current club.

We need an injection of energy in the club that the current middle of the road players are not bringing.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

All I can say is I'm glad some of you guys don't run the club.

Would be worse than Ivan and Kelly Egan.

So you have confidence in the current regime, but not enough confidence that they can manage the salary cap if they make 2 or 3 marquee signings? If not, how about we get rid of them and bring in people who can. Because, I know it may be a surprise to you, but it can be done.

As I said, glad you're not running the club.

But you are glad the current the current crop are?

 

[weststigerman]

All I can say is I'm glad some of you guys don't run the club.

Would be worse than Ivan and Kelly Egan.

So you have confidence in the current regime, but not enough confidence that they can manage the salary cap if they make 2 or 3 marquee signings? If not, how about we get rid of them and bring in people who can. Because, I know it may be a surprise to you, but it can be done.

As I said, glad you're not running the club.

But you are glad the current the current crop are?

We've had no salary cap for the last panic buys of Ivan. 2022 and 2023 we start to lose that dead weight, so I'll wait and see how the Haritgan's plan translates to performance on the field. I don't care about signing my favourite players, if the performances don't improve I will call for them to be sacked as well.

 

[Barnsta B]

Am curious about dogs salary cap, may have been mentioned previously but where is all this money coming from?
Fox, cotric, burton, flanagan, pangai, Adam elliot, josh jackson, raymond and yes Naden probs cheapish as most likely dufty but surely Vaughan going to cost around 400k mark.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

All I can say is I'm glad some of you guys don't run the club.

Would be worse than Ivan and Kelly Egan.

So you have confidence in the current regime, but not enough confidence that they can manage the salary cap if they make 2 or 3 marquee signings? If not, how about we get rid of them and bring in people who can. Because, I know it may be a surprise to you, but it can be done.

As I said, glad you're not running the club.

But you are glad the current the current crop are?

We've had no salary cap for the last panic buys of Ivan. 2022 and 2023 we start to lose that dead weight, so I'll wait and see how the Haritgan's plan translates to performance on the field. I don't care about signing my favourite players, if the performances don't improve I will call for them to be sacked as well.

That’s true. However, almost all of those signings and deadwood are gone now. We’ve had Reynolds off the books this year, Packer will be off next year. The only one left will be Mbye. As it stands, for 2022, we’ll have only one bad contract with all other funds available. What’s holding the club back?

 

[avocadoontoast]

All I can say is I'm glad some of you guys don't run the club.

Would be worse than Ivan and Kelly Egan.

You are aware that not every major signing backfires? It’s like asking a woman out and she saying no so you swear to yourself you’re never asking another woman out and sticking to a life of celibacy.

I'm not talking about every major signing. I'm talking about being the highest bidder on a player who is being let go by the team running 15th who is currently suspended and accused of being inconsistent.

How do you know we weren't the highest bidder?

 

[rihannafan1]

Am curious about dogs salary cap, may have been mentioned previously but where is all this money coming from?
Fox, cotric, burton, flanagan, pangai, Adam elliot, josh jackson, raymond and yes Naden probs cheapish as most likely dufty but surely Vaughan going to cost around 400k mark.

And you've left Waddell and Allen off there both on 400k+. Any injuries next year and they will struggle.

 

[the_third]

Wait till Tim Sheens comes along..

I am more than sure he has a wild, aggressive front rower or two from England that he's been looking at...

A mystery prop perhaps ?

probably play them on the wing

 

[PJ_]

Wait till Tim Sheens comes along..

I am more than sure he has a wild, aggressive front rower or two from England that he's been looking at...

A mystery prop perhaps ?


probably play them on the wing

Sheenius

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Am curious about dogs salary cap, may have been mentioned previously but where is all this money coming from?
Fox, cotric, burton, flanagan, pangai, Adam elliot, josh jackson, raymond and yes Naden probs cheapish as most likely dufty but surely Vaughan going to cost around 400k mark.

And you've left Waddell and Allen off there both on 400k+. Any injuries next year and they will struggle.

Least they have that luxury. we’ll struggle with or without injuries

 

[Bones]

People’s thoughts on this guy
Off contract at the end of the year
Good replacement for BJ and Roberts

Sharks fans call him "Shitroti".

Yep rubbish. Slow as a pregnant wombat. We are eyeing up Okunbor

Just as bad. He’s shite

Surely no truth to Okunbor. Bulldogs have the worst backline in the competition and he can hardly make the FG side.

The only signings we’re likely to sign will be other clubs discards, so Okunbor makes sense (unless another club shows mild interest)

You do realise TPJ is another club's discard right? As is Corey Allan, as well as Kyle Flanagan.

So what did I say was wrong?

Well aren't you criticising the club for getting other club's discards but also saying how awesome the dogs recruitment plan is?

JAC and Burton aren’t discards. And TPJ wants out (and the Broncos are obliging).

Dogs recruitment has been proactive and Gould is an excellent appointment. If the signings gel they’ll be a vastly superior team to this year.

We’re more of a known quantity. With the exception of a couple of ESL players we’ve signed no one. We can go into another season without any expectation.

TPJ doesn't want out, Broncos are so happy for him to leave, they'll be paying part of his salary next year.

They will need to be vastly superior because as bad as we're going, they are EIGHT points behind us.

We're not finished yet. Laurie signed with us in November. AD signed in January. Be Patient.

Patient is a word that needs to be banned. We’ve been waiting since 2011. Stick your patience.

Cool, that's the Bulldogs plan and our plan in 2017. Lets see how it works for the Bulldogs.

How do you think our plan of signing no NRL players will work out?

When we signed Stefano and Laurie they weren’t NRL players either. The approach we have taken is far lower risk than the Bulldogs, but will also take time to pay dividends.

The only real class signings they have is Burton and JAC who is a winger. They are spending lots of money on guys with big question marks over them, much like we did a few seasons back. It might work, it might not, but what we are building will funnel players to our NRL squad for years to come.

Laurie and Stefano are solid hands, no doubt. But they aren’t players that are going to catapult us into contenders. When you are reduced to having to buy players at pauper prices, you are always bound to find a diamond. The only problem is, they aren’t good enough to do it on theor own

No they aren’t, but you pick up 2 or 3 of those guys every year and you build the squad and work your way up the ladder. It’s pretty much the way the Panthers got to where they are. It’s not the fast route but it’s more sustainable than spending big $.

I understand why people are over waiting, but the last thing I want to see is the club end up crippled again by panic buying.

 

[The_Patriot]

People’s thoughts on this guy
Off contract at the end of the year
Good replacement for BJ and Roberts

Sharks fans call him "Shitroti".

Yep rubbish. Slow as a pregnant wombat. We are eyeing up Okunbor

Just as bad. He’s shite

Surely no truth to Okunbor. Bulldogs have the worst backline in the competition and he can hardly make the FG side.

The only signings we’re likely to sign will be other clubs discards, so Okunbor makes sense (unless another club shows mild interest)

You do realise TPJ is another club's discard right? As is Corey Allan, as well as Kyle Flanagan.

So what did I say was wrong?

Well aren't you criticising the club for getting other club's discards but also saying how awesome the dogs recruitment plan is?

JAC and Burton aren’t discards. And TPJ wants out (and the Broncos are obliging).

Dogs recruitment has been proactive and Gould is an excellent appointment. If the signings gel they’ll be a vastly superior team to this year.

We’re more of a known quantity. With the exception of a couple of ESL players we’ve signed no one. We can go into another season without any expectation.

TPJ doesn't want out, Broncos are so happy for him to leave, they'll be paying part of his salary next year.

They will need to be vastly superior because as bad as we're going, they are EIGHT points behind us.

We're not finished yet. Laurie signed with us in November. AD signed in January. Be Patient.

Patient is a word that needs to be banned. We’ve been waiting since 2011. Stick your patience.

Cool, that's the Bulldogs plan and our plan in 2017. Lets see how it works for the Bulldogs.

How do you think our plan of signing no NRL players will work out?

When we signed Stefano and Laurie they weren’t NRL players either. The approach we have taken is far lower risk than the Bulldogs, but will also take time to pay dividends.

The only real class signings they have is Burton and JAC who is a winger. They are spending lots of money on guys with big question marks over them, much like we did a few seasons back. It might work, it might not, but what we are building will funnel players to our NRL squad for years to come.

Laurie and Stefano are solid hands, no doubt. But they aren’t players that are going to catapult us into contenders. When you are reduced to having to buy players at pauper prices, you are always bound to find a diamond. The only problem is, they aren’t good enough to do it on theor own

No they aren’t, but you pick up 2 or 3 of those guys every year and you build the squad and work your way up the ladder. It’s pretty much the way the Panthers got to where they are. It’s not the fast route but it’s more sustainable than spending big $.

I understand why people are over waiting, but the last thing I want to see is the club end up crippled again by panic buying.

Well said.

That's the truth of the issue. Emotion removed.

It's a long road but the only road we have. Unless we get lucky and someone falls into our lap.

 

[earl]

People’s thoughts on this guy
Off contract at the end of the year
Good replacement for BJ and Roberts

Sharks fans call him "Shitroti".

Yep rubbish. Slow as a pregnant wombat. We are eyeing up Okunbor

Just as bad. He’s shite

Surely no truth to Okunbor. Bulldogs have the worst backline in the competition and he can hardly make the FG side.

The only signings we’re likely to sign will be other clubs discards, so Okunbor makes sense (unless another club shows mild interest)

You do realise TPJ is another club's discard right? As is Corey Allan, as well as Kyle Flanagan.

So what did I say was wrong?

Well aren't you criticising the club for getting other club's discards but also saying how awesome the dogs recruitment plan is?

JAC and Burton aren’t discards. And TPJ wants out (and the Broncos are obliging).

Dogs recruitment has been proactive and Gould is an excellent appointment. If the signings gel they’ll be a vastly superior team to this year.

We’re more of a known quantity. With the exception of a couple of ESL players we’ve signed no one. We can go into another season without any expectation.

TPJ doesn't want out, Broncos are so happy for him to leave, they'll be paying part of his salary next year.

They will need to be vastly superior because as bad as we're going, they are EIGHT points behind us.

We're not finished yet. Laurie signed with us in November. AD signed in January. Be Patient.

Patient is a word that needs to be banned. We’ve been waiting since 2011. Stick your patience.

Cool, that's the Bulldogs plan and our plan in 2017. Lets see how it works for the Bulldogs.

How do you think our plan of signing no NRL players will work out?

When we signed Stefano and Laurie they weren’t NRL players either. The approach we have taken is far lower risk than the Bulldogs, but will also take time to pay dividends.

The only real class signings they have is Burton and JAC who is a winger. They are spending lots of money on guys with big question marks over them, much like we did a few seasons back. It might work, it might not, but what we are building will funnel players to our NRL squad for years to come.

Laurie and Stefano are solid hands, no doubt. But they aren’t players that are going to catapult us into contenders. When you are reduced to having to buy players at pauper prices, you are always bound to find a diamond. The only problem is, they aren’t good enough to do it on theor own

No they aren’t, but you pick up 2 or 3 of those guys every year and you build the squad and work your way up the ladder. It’s pretty much the way the Panthers got to where they are. It’s not the fast route but it’s more sustainable than spending big $.

I understand why people are over waiting, but the last thing I want to see is the club end up crippled again by panic buying.

Well said.

That's the truth of the issue. Emotion removed.

It's a long road but the only road we have. Unless we get lucky and someone falls into our lap.

We got one option. It's an option that can work really well.

The thing that will stuff us is panic buying.