Bula
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Did not.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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Dennisspicer1
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AmericanHistoryX
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Well. Consider it. Heaven on Earth. Bucket List?
BlackWhiteGold
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Two other players who could turn out to be anything are Riley Oitmann (fullback/wing) - Junior Blues & Tino Tavana (fullback/wing) who can take a speccy on the wing. Tino will be Flegg next season (turning 20) & Riley bottom age SG Ball (18).
AmericanHistoryX
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By then interest rates could be going down. No crystall ball here.
AmericanHistoryX
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Then its gospel.
jrtiger
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Heath has a job ahead of him given he is typically a spine player. has always played in the halves before moving to fullback for SG Ball and has become a revelation. he also played at lock at the Schoolboys carnival interestingly enough and I think he additionally did some time at hooker.
the rise of Jahream plus the stockpile of young halves has made it difficult for him, but he is talented enough to break into grade within the next 12 months. I see him as a 14 in the mould of a Ben Hampton, where you bring him on and play two fullbacks either side of the ruck in attack and have him defend in the middle. all of that said, he might manage to unseat someone in the spine and never look back.
big fan of the brands ice cream ?
AmericanHistoryX
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Rothfield gets paid to blow hot air. But Nounny not taking anything away from you. Thanks for sharing.
AmericanHistoryX
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Hope Fulton reads this stuff. This is good. You guys do this for free! Kudos to you both!
Bula
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Merlot, You may have OD'ed on Bulla Pops. Should have gone to Specsavers.
AmericanHistoryX
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You both on fire this morning!!!!!!😆
His name was Bryan Lockwood, he was a master ball playing backrower .
And here’s one everyone has missed , one of are very best pommies , ELLIS , what a gun
teddy23
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I usually post here and there about stuff I might've heard so just gonna do one big post every now and then to save the time so here we go:
- On the topic of the Dragons, I've got a really good source within the club who reckons Jayden Sullivan is expected to be announced within the next week barring any late change of mind. I believe both parties have come to an agreed figure and personal terms have already been agreed for nearly a week now just paperwork being processed should be official soon. They also confirmed that Flanagan has rejected any approaches towards Lomax and the view is to have him starting fullback come round 1 next year. I know Lomax's uncle and Zac has expressed he feels as if the culture is starting to shift positively lately and has been assured he's looked at as a long term player. Continuing on the Dragons there's a massive clean out developing as Flanagan isn't wasting any time turning over the roster. Moses Suli has been offered to a few clubs including us and was apparently told "no thank you". Suli's deal apparently in the region of 500-600k a year.
- In term of recruitment, the club have reached out to Canberra representatives in regards to Nick Cotric's availability. Nick Meaney has also been identified as a future target come November 1. Franklin Pele's representatives have reached out to the club to gauge interest come November 1. Unsure about the progress about these 3 just know there's interest.
- I know there's been reports of Blore being shopped to SL clubs. I may be wrong but my source insists that Blore will re-sign on 2 year deal. There is however concerns around his health and being prone to injuries but Sheens is a big fan of Blore.
- Simpkins is being aggressively shopped around.
- Belief around the club that Stefano wants to be here long term with plans to take over as captain after Api leaves and they believe when the time comes he'll extend.
- There's word around the league that Ilias may be on the outer at the Rabbits. This is personal opinion but if he becomes available I'd be seriously shocked if we don't make a play at him. Not saying it would be a good or bad signing but I'm pretty confident we will be one of his suitors due to the multiple connections. Benji will be driving that.
That's all I've got.....
- On the topic of the Dragons, I've got a really good source within the club who reckons Jayden Sullivan is expected to be announced within the next week barring any late change of mind. I believe both parties have come to an agreed figure and personal terms have already been agreed for nearly a week now just paperwork being processed should be official soon. They also confirmed that Flanagan has rejected any approaches towards Lomax and the view is to have him starting fullback come round 1 next year. I know Lomax's uncle and Zac has expressed he feels as if the culture is starting to shift positively lately and has been assured he's looked at as a long term player. Continuing on the Dragons there's a massive clean out developing as Flanagan isn't wasting any time turning over the roster. Moses Suli has been offered to a few clubs including us and was apparently told "no thank you". Suli's deal apparently in the region of 500-600k a year.
- In term of recruitment, the club have reached out to Canberra representatives in regards to Nick Cotric's availability. Nick Meaney has also been identified as a future target come November 1. Franklin Pele's representatives have reached out to the club to gauge interest come November 1. Unsure about the progress about these 3 just know there's interest.
- I know there's been reports of Blore being shopped to SL clubs. I may be wrong but my source insists that Blore will re-sign on 2 year deal. There is however concerns around his health and being prone to injuries but Sheens is a big fan of Blore.
- Simpkins is being aggressively shopped around.
- Belief around the club that Stefano wants to be here long term with plans to take over as captain after Api leaves and they believe when the time comes he'll extend.
- There's word around the league that Ilias may be on the outer at the Rabbits. This is personal opinion but if he becomes available I'd be seriously shocked if we don't make a play at him. Not saying it would be a good or bad signing but I'm pretty confident we will be one of his suitors due to the multiple connections. Benji will be driving that.
That's all I've got.....
several times ,,my bad Bulla, you still didnt answer the question
AmericanHistoryX
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Ellis and Hanley. Both influential for Wests and Balmain.
BlackWhiteGold
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Just a Friday vent post about the club's recruitment & retention ...
Ok so we hear we are undertaking an aggressive recruitment & retention drive but since Latu & Samuela Fainu, there has been crickets.
I do like we are keeping our plans in-house until announcement day with all this speculation re Sezer, Sullivan, Best, Moylan et al probably 99% likely coming from their managers.
I do think we are being patient so we land recruits who tick the necessary boxes for Benji and not rushed into low-IQ, overpaid players like the past.
However my vent is why the club cannot announce our retentions (like all other clubs). To me it shows disrespect from the club or a lack of understanding of what gives members/fans joy & hope ... in that we would love to hear that Tallyn DaSilva has agreed to a contract until xxx etc.
We hear that Lachlan Galvin, Da Silva, Laulilii are contracted through Zero Tackle website or hidden away in a club story.
WHY can't the club do a dedicated news story on each! For crying out loud, give us something! We claim to be a development club and these kids are the future, well bloody hell announce when they are extended or promoted to the top 30.
This is more evidence that the club's management need to be reviewed.
We haven't heard anything official about Galvin, Da Silva, Lauliliis, Faagutu, Mansfield, Miller and team mates.
AND why is there such a delay in retaining Charlie Staines & extending Shawn Blore! These two are 'no brainers' for me.
Sorry for the diatribe, just needed to get that off my chest,
Ok so we hear we are undertaking an aggressive recruitment & retention drive but since Latu & Samuela Fainu, there has been crickets.
I do like we are keeping our plans in-house until announcement day with all this speculation re Sezer, Sullivan, Best, Moylan et al probably 99% likely coming from their managers.
I do think we are being patient so we land recruits who tick the necessary boxes for Benji and not rushed into low-IQ, overpaid players like the past.
However my vent is why the club cannot announce our retentions (like all other clubs). To me it shows disrespect from the club or a lack of understanding of what gives members/fans joy & hope ... in that we would love to hear that Tallyn DaSilva has agreed to a contract until xxx etc.
We hear that Lachlan Galvin, Da Silva, Laulilii are contracted through Zero Tackle website or hidden away in a club story.
WHY can't the club do a dedicated news story on each! For crying out loud, give us something! We claim to be a development club and these kids are the future, well bloody hell announce when they are extended or promoted to the top 30.
This is more evidence that the club's management need to be reviewed.
We haven't heard anything official about Galvin, Da Silva, Lauliliis, Faagutu, Mansfield, Miller and team mates.
AND why is there such a delay in retaining Charlie Staines & extending Shawn Blore! These two are 'no brainers' for me.
Sorry for the diatribe, just needed to get that off my chest,
Mate of mind is a trainer with Newtown , he told me early this week Moylan is of to the super league, so rest easy
