Replies

      • Id support signing Gardner,  but 3 years isn't on.  1 or 2 years maximum.  Clubs should reserve signing players for 3 years and above unless they are absolute quality standard, or are exceptional young talent as Iongi is.

        3 years is just ridiculous 

      • If premiership winning players become available they are always well worth looking at.

        I don't think people realise how important having that type of experience at a club especially a so called development club actually is.

        These players have been part of systems that have won the big dance with first hand knowledge of the work required and the commitment to be able to take advantage of that opportunity is priceless.

        Why do you think the dogs are doing so well, they bought premiership winners, albeit winners on the up.

        They purchased 5/6 premiership winners that turned around the standards of that club , brought an attitude that young blokes can replicate.

        NFL clubs chase players with rings no matter the position they play so that winning culture can rub off on his current squad.

        Often its  not the flashiest of players that turn around the fortunes of a club but the collective effort of hard working players that just do their job no excuses.

         

         

        • amen to that.

          The fox & Dylan Walker have won on the biggest stage. We can see what they bring on the field but its the stuff at training that majority dont see.

          Elite defenders in the NRL are at 90+ % efficency. Garner is at 89.4% efficiency.  

        • Whilst I agree Bup, and have been saying the same thing for years, we need the leaders . It's great to have the toilers that are used to success , but we are a team that's desperately needing the guys that stand up and drag these guys along with them. Unfortunately Canterbury and to a lesser extent Wests have raided the best of the bunch from Penrith whilst we were holding our dicks thinking we had it all figured out with Moses and Brown. 

  • I would much rather seesome juniors get a chance than sign an aging average at best player lke this. I would also like to see Williams be moved to an edge. I think though form teh reading the aricle we were only interested for shorter than the three year offer he seems to have received elsewhere so mabye R&R were not completely dumb

     

    • The perfect mix is premiership experience and youngsters with talent. We have a bit of each but not enough.

      Problem with this recruitment tactic of investing only in jnrs is you develop a player only to see that player bought once they get some exposure. We struggle to compete when it's not a fair fight.

      The elephant in the room are TPAs and that's why we have struggled to attract talent and keep the better juniors.

      From where I sit, the only way to get ourselves out of this mess is finding fans or investors with deep pockets, until then we will never be a consistent premiership force.

      By all means, let's develop the talent, you can find the diamond, but my fear is we always seem to do it for the benefit of other clubs and not ours when it matters most.

  • he might be ok for 1 year, can cover centre & a edge, but no more then 1 year but, I'd rather promote our juniors. There's some good ones coming thru.

  • How depressing. This is all we can announce or rumoured! 

  • WHY ARE WE EVEN AFTER HIM FOR? WE SACKED HALF OUR OLD FORWARD PACK, 3 OF THEM MID SEASON NOW WE ARE AFTER ANOTHER FORWARD PAST IT. GO AFTER JUNIOR NSEMBA!!!!!!!! WHY ARE PUTTING LUKE GARNER IN FRONT OF OUR JUNIORS

This reply was deleted.

More stuff to read

Coryn Hughes posted a discussion
https://youtu.be/zySGhC9NFMA?si=qx1R5fvU-uwcUAXLSaw this with the Lakers and many of the issues they have are very similar to what the Lakers have.Man U much the same until the above mentioned is executed and you have the best in place off the park…
39 minutes ago
Coryn Hughes replied to Make Parra Great Again's discussion Eels chasing Luke Garner
"The issue is how does this recruitment stack up what's around you and what's above you.
I'd suggest out of what's been mentioned there how many are legit starters in a top side around the nrl.You take Katonga Samarani and Papalli they were all…"
56 minutes ago
Coryn Hughes replied to Jason's discussion Tallyn Da Silva going to market
"I thought 22 was no fluke the club took some pain getting to a GF 19-21 we couldn't get past the 2nd week of finals before breaking through.Parra and the rest of the leagues issue we ran into the Riff sweet spot who basically crushed everything in…"
1 hour ago
Coryn Hughes replied to Jason's discussion Tallyn Da Silva going to market
"Well that's quite simple actually it's how a proper football operation works when it's working to a plan.You can best bet they have targeted Finau for a long time and have just executed a plan to land him.Just like they did with Galvin.
This is the…"
1 hour ago
More…