Dragons Chris
SGI NSW Cup
Just as long as it's not another fringe first grader like Gular or Ilias. In that case, better to upgrade Liu, Nick T or even Halangahu.
Recruitment and Retention for 2025
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TheRev
SGI NSW Cup
Yep agree, we have to be really careful with anyone signing for 2026 or beyond... but in terms of someone coming like klemmer for just 6 months.. i think all good.. were just gonna need another first grade prop or im nervous were gonna lose a lot of winnable games through the rest of the year.
Dragons Chris
SGI NSW Cup
Klemmer goes ok. Runs hard, makes metres in the first 15min when the hits are the hardest. Gular, not so much.
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TheRev
SGI NSW Cup
Do agree, im not sure about Klem and Jack for next year because our data point is May 2025.. at their age its so hard to know what they look like in 3 months time, let alone 12 months time..I just dunno how its all playing out behind closed doors.. i.e. are we having some success in our quest for better props? or will we have to wait till end of year again and hope to get lucky in the off-season? But we will have to make a call on Klem/Jack before then.. hope they keep going well though, it will really help us out.
And yah thats what went wrong with Guler.. he was a very late january jag.. and gotta admit I thought he would go better than he has.. maybe he will get there yet.. and then ironically someone who was on the market and we didnt go for in Horse is going gangbusters.. someone who most fans thought was rubbish.. and then someone like RCG who we had over the line.. hasnt set the world alight either.. I mean how do you make calls on this stuff.. were not gonna get sure things, weve just got to back our decisions over time and hope most come off.
RedV01
SGI NSW Cup
Jack needs to be extended for another year. Still now he's arguably our best middle forward. Specially if hopefully some or all of Blocka, Sele, Gular can be shipped off.
Justadragon
SGI Jersey Flegg
A whole lot of mismanagement went into these 3 RVH both on and off the field. For starters Hunt was supposed to mentor our young halves, wtf did he do except to show them how to screw a club over !!!
Justadragon
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We have forgotten about Lawrie, what do we do about him ?
Edward
SGI NSW Cup
I might be wrong but I think Flanno has been trying to move him on.
TheRev
SGI NSW Cup
I think with 1 year left, it might be easier to move on Lawrie and/or Ravalawa, maybe we pay some freight.. hopefully Rav is a bit more open to moving now that hes done it once before.. assuming souths dont want to retain him ofcourse.
Sele I think we will know before then if he can get back to fitness.. and then there is someone like Ilias who we will just see what goes down there.. but im sure Braith will go hunting for somewhere else if Ilias isnt getting game time before then... but if he cant find a new home.. we might need to eat that contract also..
Sele I think we will know before then if he can get back to fitness.. and then there is someone like Ilias who we will just see what goes down there.. but im sure Braith will go hunting for somewhere else if Ilias isnt getting game time before then... but if he cant find a new home.. we might need to eat that contract also..
Justadragon
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Yeah I think he has been trying but no one is taking up the offer, there was talk of ESL.
RedVHeartbeat
SGI NSW Cup
Where you and I differ. I see LPT and Jake H as our future starting props. Tell you why Jake. He has a habit of hiding our wide and waiting for the ball to come to him. I think his coach has had a word in his ear as he has been more involved infield last few matches with some powerhouse hit ups. Doubt he will make his debut on the edge if coming off the bench. More likely he will be a middle...
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RedVHeartbeat
SGI NSW Cup
Toby you mean. Can we pick up a seasoned bookend by June 30.
Eric
Staff
Remember Jake is eligible for SG Ball but is playing, for the most part very well, in NSW Cup.
I think he'll be a star edge forward and Couchmans can play on an edge or in the middle but almost everyone seems to agree they're better in the middle.
RedVHeartbeat
SGI NSW Cup
I'd like a Pommie team to give him a crack as, despite his lack of fitness these days, Blocka still plays every minute with passion.
RedVHeartbeat
SGI NSW Cup
Am aware of his age. I see a debut for him sometime this year despite his tender years.
Yes Couchies can play either edge or middle as they are so versatile. Dead set we have an embarrassment of emerging forward riches. Not likely we can keep them all, so our best keeps need to be put on long term contracts.
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jodragon40
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Mailroomsgi
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Not signing RCG was the best thing we did all offseason. 3 years would have been way too long, he already looks way off the pace now and he wanted good coin too
thank god we missed out
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GCRV
SGI NSW Cup
What's with not rating Toby or Ryan to be very good props? They are far from the smallest props. I know
jodragon40 likes to bang on about a big prop and I've come around to that too but not every prop needs to be like that. In the 4 man rotation most teams only have 1 big prop and Penrith haven't even had that for a few years. Toby and Ryan are both heavier than Penriths starting props from the last 4 years.
TheRev
SGI NSW Cup
I'm going to be really pi$$ed off if the Titans manage to offload/retire him before he serves his 3yrs.. he basically picked the 3yr contract over our 2yr offer, but the Titans should face the consequences in the back half of that contract period when hes struggling...
He probably would have been good for us though in terms of that big body we wanted.. they are all a gamble though.. even if we signed someone like NAS, hes a complete beast but hes also quite capable of slipping into a mess with his discipline, weight and injury.. any one 30 or older is a ticking time bomb.. but signing genuine quality middles in their 20's is nearly impossible for us.. plus they are all locked up.... we will have to be very shrewd and find someone whos keen to agitate.
GCRV
SGI NSW Cup
I thought Flanno might have given up on that big bodied, youngish prop and instead decided to fast track LPT. Liu killing it in reserve grade is also a big body, isn't he?