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If Hook isn't reading your posts, he should be
Recruitment and Retention for 2023
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RedVHeartbeat
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The Dragons remain hopeful of securing fellow Manly prop Viliami Fifita.
..and now have. So we snare both from the Eagles. Has this been mentioned, Fifita is here on a swap deal with Aaron Woods who the Eagles want to mentor their other young props that have kept Fifita and Tuitavaki from playing Firsts. I maintained that Woodsy should have been given the same mentors job while with us. If he wasnt then FO missed a trick.
..and now have. So we snare both from the Eagles. Has this been mentioned, Fifita is here on a swap deal with Aaron Woods who the Eagles want to mentor their other young props that have kept Fifita and Tuitavaki from playing Firsts. I maintained that Woodsy should have been given the same mentors job while with us. If he wasnt then FO missed a trick.
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RedVHeartbeat
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Cant find any stats on Tuitavake except he is a prop, 22, 106k. Fifita, same age and position but 6k bigger. So do these two now go into our Top 30?
RedVHeartbeat
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Yes he is a mid season swap with Aaron Woods. He should be here next week is the word. Sorry to see Woodsy go.. always gave us 100% even tho these days this is far less than it was.
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Chris M
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Gives 100% but has been on the slide for about 6 years. Doubt he'll see any first grade for Manly.
jodragon40
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Good news Woods gone the 2 young Manly props coming and don't we need them
GCRV
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Lets hope Hook can get them to play well.
RedVHeartbeat
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Aren't you kinda contradicting yourself here. He may be mending relationships with some players but I doubt they will be players like Josh Coric.. and our other promising prop forwards.
RedVHeartbeat
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and Turner.. We should be ruling all those names I have put a line thru as surplus to requirements (except Ramsay). .Tuitavake and Fifita will come in for Woods and another. Who else takes the other dud spots. Josh Coric would have taken one, Jackson Sherab, Finau brothers?
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RedVHeartbeat
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Me too. Like I have said he has been snapped up to be a mentor for the young inexperienced Eagles props, probably the same ones that have kept our two signings from playing in the top grade.
RedV01
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Agree 1000%. Club should be looking to send the following out with Griffin. The one's with a line through their name. I'm including J. Hunt.
Aaron Woods (2023)- Ben Hunt (2025)
Ben Murdoch-Masila (2024)Billy Burns (2023)- Blake Lawrie (2026)
Cody Ramsey (2024)- Francis Molo (2024)
- Jack de Belin (2023, PO 2024)
- Jack Bird (2024, MO 2025)
- Jacob Liddle (2023)
Jaiyden Hunt (2024)- Jayden Sullivan (2025)
- Jaydn Su’A (2024)
Josh Kerr (2023)- Mathew Feagai (2024)
- Max Feagai (2024)
- Michael Molo (2023, MO 2024)
- Mikaele Ravalawa (2023, MO 2024)
- Moses Mbye (2023)
- Moses Suli (2024)
Nick Lui-Toso (2023)- Talatau Amone (2024)
Tautau Moga (2023)- Toby Couchman (2025)
- Ryan Couchman (2025)
Tyrell Fuimaono (2023)- Tyrell Sloan (2024)
- Zac Lomax (2026)
- Zane Musgrove (2024)
RedVHeartbeat
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I reserve judgement on him. Ran 140m a couple of games back.. a piddling 84 on Sunday. I also reserve judgement on Jaiyden Hunt, hardly seen him play.
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RedVHeartbeat
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Ryan is already on the list. How about some halves back up, Zach Herring/ Braxton Hall. The latter I'd really like to see given a crack some time soon. Put Rava in the pack and bring in Sione Finau. Like the look of this kid. Have him over Lobb, a good finisher but he has been taking defense reading lessons from Rava.
jodragon40
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No, I was referring to our starting 17
RedV01
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J. Hunt hasn't been given much of a go but he isn't playing well enough in NSW Cup.
jodragon40
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Nobody is playing well in reserves
RedV01
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First grade forwards not much better.
RedVHeartbeat
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You watched a Ressie game? Only way to tell who is going well and who isnt. Bloody joke that the NRL can not provide any more than a few piddling minutes of lower tier games. We have to part guess on certain player judgements when we should have all the gen in front of us..
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RedVHeartbeat
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Well the team is going poorly but I expect there are some decent individual performances that we dont get to see. One instance I did see was a clever piece of play by Amone, where he stepped the defense, linked with his outside backs with some neat chain passing for a quite spectacular try. Either last week or week before.
RedVHeartbeat
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Precisely. Why retain the bloke put him in your Top 30 then play him in your reserve team. How is he supposed to (and others for that matter) prove he is a First Grader. He is 24, 111k.. a big dude with an off load who is being under played if he only has an average 4 carries per game. Piss off Kerr who has never been Firsts standard and give Hunt a crack.