Recruitment & Retention 2027

Dave03

Dave03

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TheRev said:
  • 100% and tbh I cant imagine we are moving Suli on unless we are pretty confident of landing a decent replacement..
  • I am assuming that Buchanan and Heidke and maybe Lyric are the OB's in reserve grade waiting for opportunity and not likely to be one of our 2 starting centres (could be wrong).. and tbf we have injuries allllllll the time in our outside backs.. like we never have our full strength backs on the field... and a few of these guys could handle wing... Williams maybe the 4th one, lets see who can stay fit and push up.
  • I am still waiting to 100% Confirm Sloan is moving on, and if so we do need backup for Drinkwater... that seems the hardest one to me.. the only path is if sign a Votano or an Averillo or someone who is rly comfortable moving between ctr and fullback.
  • I did think Gutho must have agreed to retire and take up coaching, but the thought of him in the centres next year may mean thats not the case.. and if its not the case, thats a bunch of cash I thought we had for 2027 which we now don't.
  • And Val, who rumour is has also been tapped.. hes probably on like 700-800k for his final year.. unlikely another NRL club picks up more than 500k of it.. so tbh unless we rly want him out for cultural reasons, hes probably on the books to cover ctr or wing.. and hes still a weapon if he can get anywhere near his best.,, but this is why I dont love the idea of buying DWZ or Taulagi.. I mean I'm excited if they came but along with Sami, they can only play wing, so that mean Val or Heidke or Lyric rly need to play ctr.. it just limits us... Averillo would be reeeallly good for protecting us in terms of depth.
  • I guess the rumours of chasing a Herbie or Bostock...they would be 2028 anyway.. so both Gutho and Val are finished by then.. so we would be cashed up in theory.
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Mick C/ Readie floated medical retirement for Gutho
 
TheRev

TheRev

SGI NSW Cup
Dave03 said:
Mick C/ Readie floated medical retirement for Gutho
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Mailroomsgi said:
Gutho amongst the coaching staff would be great
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Does it even need to be a medical retirement or can he just retire? Either way that was the rumour that it was actually Manly who have offered him a coaching gig for 2027.. if not them we could maybe offer him something for 12mths.. but Mug hinting at him playing centres makes me think thats no guarantee... its not the end of the world, but its just 800k or so of cash we could have bought 2 young OB's instead who are faster.. unless Gutho is also our fullback depth.. I hadn't considered that..
 
TheRev

TheRev

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I think Fale will end up a winger.. maybe in time he could improve @ctr though, that said hard if hes not playing there... but the time on the wing will not hurt at all in his development. I only saw 1 cup game of his @ penrith, he made some dud reads, but he was a weapon in attack.

Its funny when you think about Centre depth being: Fale, Buchanan, Lyric, Heidke, most can also play wing + Williams.. it doesnt seem too bad.. its just that none of them seem fully-formed, certainly not at first grade level... but they will be a year older, another pre-season etc..
 
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