Recruitment & Retention 2027

RufusRex

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i am not hating Suli this season so far - and also expect he will be in the bears sights ...

If Bucky plays well tomorrow i could cope with a 3/4 line of Holmes (lw) bucky (lc) suli (rc) sami (rw) very easily.
 
RufusRex

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GCRV said:
That's not too bad actually. But Holmes with his skills would probably be wasted a bit on the wing.
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I get that .. do those skills include no look lomax flick passes to a wingers feet when we have a 1 man overlap?

He does have skills no doubt, his skill at wing though may be better for us than the likes of Tui/Tu.
 
RufusRex

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Mug Fan said:
For any other club this is a good depth expirence signing, but for us it's a marquee FG signing, we are moving further behind not forward.

At this stage our backline for next year is,

Gutho 32
CT 26 the baby of the backs
Val 31
Suli 28
Sami 29

To answer the question Flanno has last say on recruitment, it's his team.
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I have heard that in a few places over the last month and it was touched on in the other joint over the last few weeks .. to hear it confirmed by you here just makes me sad ...
 
Frank Facer

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Mug Fan said:
For any other club this is a good depth expirence signing, but for us it's a marquee FG signing, we are moving further behind not forward.

At this stage our backline for next year is,

Gutho 32
CT 26 the baby of the backs
Val 31
Suli 28
Sami 29

To answer the question Flanno has last say on recruitment, it's his team.
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Any idea why we didn't or haven't tried to sign Jenkins instead of Sami?
 
Frank Facer

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Instead of Not Happy Jan
Not Happy Sam

Hannay won't even pick him for the Gold Coast. That is how highly Hannay rates him.

And why sign him for 3 years? What is wrong with our recruitment team? Why did Anderson and Watsford rubber stamp the deal? Both of them should have said, no way to 3 years. Are we that desperate? I consider this up there with signing Lawrie for 3 years on a reported 600K a year or even more.
 
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Frank Facer

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Mug Fan said:
For any other club this is a good depth expirence signing, but for us it's a marquee FG signing, we are moving further behind not forward.

At this stage our backline for next year is,

Gutho 32
CT 26 the baby of the backs
Val 31
Suli 28
Sami 29

To answer the question Flanno has last say on recruitment, it's his team.
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The original Supecoach Jack Gibson said the best coach is the best recruiter. Flanno isn't looking good now. His recruitment was much better at Cronulla. Is it because that is all he can get or is that who he really wanted?

The 10 day cooling off period doesn't give the club a chance to change their mind, does it?

Ryles didn't want Gutho. I don't think there were any other clubs interested in signing Gutho. We did Parra a favor taking him off their salary cap.
Manly were happy to let Suli go. He didn't even want to come to us. I didn't hear of any other clubs wanting him.
Nth Qld were happy to let Holmes leave with a year left on his contract.
I didn't hear of any other clubs wanting Sami either.
They are basically all offcuts
We certainly aren't John West.
 
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Frank Facer said:
Josh Hannay has taken over at the Gold Coast. He was considered one of the best up and coming coaches not to have coached first grade. He is currently 0 from 3 games. Do you think it is his fault or doesn't he have the cattle?
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Good onya you’ve put the mock on now for our game 😂
 
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Frank Facer said:
Josh Hannay has taken over at the Gold Coast. He was considered one of the best up and coming coaches not to have coached first grade. He is currently 0 from 3 games. Do you think it is his fault or doesn't he have the cattle?
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Not quite true. He had coached first grade before he took the Titans job. He coached Cronulla for most of 2019.

They are 0-3 and have played quite poorly so far. I think they have been the worst team in the comp this year. That said, he's 3 games into his tenure. This is different to being, say, 3 seasons in.
 
GCRV

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It's not the worst signing if he's not on much money but from next year, get rid of the entire backline except for Holmes and possibly Atkinson depending on how 5/8s in the lower grades are going. Get a new coach as well but it looks like that might happen sooner than next year. As a matter of fact, lose today and that might force the CEOs hand.
 
RedV01

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Frank Facer said:
Josh Hannay has taken over at the Gold Coast. He was considered one of the best up and coming coaches not to have coached first grade. He is currently 0 from 3 games. Do you think it is his fault or doesn't he have the cattle?
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I thought you were running around like a headless chicken, or the cyber version of that, making excuses for Flanno due to the mess he inherited. He did inherit a mess but so far has made it even worse.
 
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Mug Fan said:
For any other club this is a good depth expirence signing, but for us it's a marquee FG signing, we are moving further behind not forward.

At this stage our backline for next year is,

Gutho 32
CT 26 the baby of the backs
Val 31
Suli 28
Sami 29

To answer the question Flanno has last say on recruitment, it's his team.
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Yikes! Age shall not weary them but.....are these the backs for the Illawarra Veterans Club? Our 2027 squad spells another up and down year.
 
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