Bulldogs have pulled out of the race for Metcalf and his asking price is around 1 million dollars. Dragons most likely spot but to get him immediately I wonder if this means they will allow Sua to join us early to free up cap space to get Metcalf immediately. Just seems logical
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Careful Mitchy the right and centre right prefer a Corona with a twist, just like your and my politics.LOL
Ha, centre right? Daz would not agree there....and tbh not a Corona fan. If you need to add lime to a beer then what does that say???
Well Anderson is Head of recruitment. MON is GM. Two different roles.
So shouldn't you be asking who do we prefer out of Anderson and Rogers?
Peter O'Sullivan for me I'm looking at the talent he's managed in conjunction with others to get to Newcastle and the Dolphins at his most recent stops would just about do it for me.
I mean St George tried to get him before he took the Newcastle job.
Totally agree, hes the 1 we should target
A bit of a sliding doors moment, Coryn.
In 2024 the Eels roster was clearly at the end of it's cycle, and needing to adapt - especially with aging forwards.
In 2024, Peter O'Sullivan leaves the Dolphins after building a very talented roster. The Knights & Dragons fight it out for his signature. Both Knights & Dragons weren’t in good positions at the time.
O'Sullivan feels like the exact piece the Eels are missing.
Obviously, he doesnt always get it right, no one can. But on top Brown & re-signing Ponga, Trey Mooney was an brilliant pick up. He has made a huge impact.
Mooney was offered good $$, but that is the key, identifying him as a target worth spending extra on.
Eels fans are obsessed with 'overs', but we really have no idea what 'overs' are, we see 80mins a week of these players, and even then we don't understand all the intricacies.
I know through a friend who was in the NZ team with Dylan Brown, that O'Sullivan did a huge amount of due diligence before offering Brown that deal. There was a lot more to it than on-field performances.
It's that ability to identify the talent, the personalities, and where $$ can be extended that O'Sullivan is the best at, and he's proved it again.
The Knights went for a circuit breaker, and wen’t all in, good on them.
100% agree NOS about the obsession with "overs". This is a team sport with a shared salary cap. DIfferent team strategies will weight cap space across different positions on the field. It also ignores that money is only one incentivising factor (albeit a big one) - many players have signed or stayed for status, mateship, off field career paths, introductions to powerful people, education pathways, a succulant Chinese meal, the list goes on and on.
O'Sullivan seems to have done a great job at roster building at both the Dolphins and now at the Knights.
Yep, you two are amongst the smartest on here and you just prosecuted a brilliant case.
Exactly, Cap.
There are so many variables, and as you said, what position a team is in need of dictates their 'worth'.
As fans, we have no idea how much value any one player can bring to a club, to professionalism, leadership, training standards, whether that player improves other players, encourages other to sign, or to stay.
Look at the Dragons. Keaon signs on 'overs', but then reportedly played a big part in the recruitment of Drinkwater, maybe they both play a part in Metcalf signing. It’s snowballed.
What we see 80mins a week is such a small indicator of a players, or persons, true worth to a club.
Peter O’Sullivan started at the Storm and had success, built a Roosters premiership team, didn’t seem to have huge success at the Warriors but both the Fins & Knights are clear indicators he can sign elite players & build a talented roster.
If he becomes available, I hope we offer a blank cheque.
They've over paid on more than a few.
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