Recruitment and Retention for 2026

redv4life

SGI Jersey Flegg
Fingers crossed, Souths won't be playing semi finals football next season, neither will we unless we get a quality prop, not many around, if any, so if we manage to land him that will improve our forward stocks greatly and allow LPT more time to develop his skillset
the tino target doesn’t seem like it’ll happen so they’ve put all their eggs in keon’s basket now. souths can’t come close to our offer we might have a serious shot here
 
the tino target doesn’t seem like it’ll happen so they’ve put all their eggs in keon’s basket now. souths can’t come close to our offer we might have a serious shot here
I have been told that now that he has a young family his priorities are,
1. Money,
2. Ability to play for a premiership/ semi finals football and
3. Be a role model for younger forwards in a club.

Point 3 is definitely something we can offer him
 
Can you just imagine how excited our young forwards would be if we landed KK?

A 27 yr old dual international/SOO player who has his best years in front of him injury bar. The experience and tricks of the trade he could pass onto our youngsters, Couchman x 2, Halangahu, Stewart, LPT .

Just speaking from an.old coaches perspective, that would be gold.
 

Justadragon

SGI NSW Cup
So with the signing of the Warriors winger TU who was a standout in the championship winning ressies team this season does that mean that Sloan will be playing ressies this season? Or because he is on a development contract Sloan remains in 1sts
i thought I read on here that Sloan was training the house down, had gotten bigger and wanted to stay
 

GCRV

SGI NSW Cup
One thing I like about Dan Anderson and his new way of doing things is that for a long time, Dragons were chasing every player in the market. Like going back to Steve Price and Benji Marshall. Benji was a superstar but 5/8 was the one position we were covered in. Stupid stuff like that has plagued the club ever since. Until now it seems. Need a prop and a winger to start with and need to hope Atkinson is a decent halfback. That's it. Don't need to chase second rowers or centres or hookers but I get the feeling if Anderson wasn't on board, Flanno would be continuing the work of Price, Mary and Hook by signing players in the wrong positions just because they were available.

Frankly speaking, until it was taken out of his hands, Flanno was the worst of those.
 

TheRev

SGI NSW Cup
oddly enough(disclaimer zero tackle article)the Dogs upgraded him last week to top30 and now released him to us

definitely coming to us? I'm really confused what we intend to do with the cup halves next year with guys like Reed, LKT, Quinn, Hammoud already in the mix.. this is assuming we dont sign our marquee 7 in the meantime.

Note: I did kept looking at the logjam of bulldogs halves and wondering what on earth they intended to do with them all..
 

Justadragon

SGI NSW Cup
I hope it means KF is going to leave and explore options elsewhere. So the coach can stop worrying about what is best for his only son but instead concentrate on what is best for the team. So far the NSW Cup and first grade halves we have for next year.
  • Reed
  • Quinn
  • LKT
  • Atkinson
  • O'Neil
  • KF
A couple in lower grades who are rising and might push for promotion as well.
no chance
 

Justadragon

SGI NSW Cup
definitely coming to us? I'm really confused what we intend to do with the cup halves next year with guys like Reed, LKT, Quinn, Hammoud already in the mix.. this is assuming we dont sign our marquee 7 in the meantime.

Note: I did kept looking at the logjam of bulldogs halves and wondering what on earth they intended to do with them all..
I dont think there will be a marquee 7 coming Rev. And as for this guy well he just muddies the waters even more.
 
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