Seems like every week there are good quality players coming onto the market or that are available that would add something to our team and roster but we aren't seeming to be as active in the player market as we were earlier this year. EG Keon. Barnett
Has anyone heard anything or have any news on any potential signings for 2027 /2028 we may look at? I still believe there is the basis of a very good football side at the Eels but we defintely need 1 or 2 additions of quality players at the absolute least
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that we can attract talent and it sounds like barring some unknown factors, he would have been playing at parra.
That comment makes no sense, the brothers were at Tigers,where is the criticism of Parra, circumstantially signing someone like him would require strong thought....he did have a reputation, but don't let me spoil the story....I would have taken him, but I don't have to due diligence reports every month answering why we did or did not sign a particular player.
I am a great believer in second chances, it helps players that have had chequered pasts bond more naturally to someone who offers salvation!
Feels like we have been saying this for 4-5 years that we're short in outsides back
With all the talk of recruitment, Chiefy asserted the board should sack the recruitment and retention staff for failing to meet recruitment criteria. Which raises an interesting question: can anyone answer the following?
1) What is the recruitment criteria?
2) If the answer to Q.1 is unknown, what should be the recruitment criteria?
I don't know what the current criteria of success is, but it doesn't have to be rocket science. For instance:
Creating and maintaining a squad that:
These KPIs should be judged on a 6 year rolling window so you can't just rest on your laurels of the past. It's a performance based business, so base the metrics of success on performance.
Are there extenuating circumstances? Sure. Welcome to life. Overcome them or find another job that's not in a performance based industry.
Interesting Cappy, I don't disagree in principle, we definately are failing at the practice but what industry is not performance based these days.....its a dog eat dog world and the answer my friend seems to be owned by Bob Dillon who is blowing in the wind.
I thought about that and ask how you define performance based when you have a salary cap and no extras' combined with 3 ACL's in a season and an Achillies or two, now we have hip drops,calf and miniscus issues, not to mention the erraticness of rule interpretations by Refs and the blindness of a bunker....lots of room for mitigation.....we are running out of same if we do not manage some of the signing's we are talking about......btw Moses is proving a costly conveyance, not his fault, but I cannot see him getting stronger?
We need Shane Richardson!
We have asked a few clubs permission to speak to players, some to join before the deadline and some to join from next year.
There is also a hit list for some who become available from Nov1
Anyone see Simmo in an interview. He tore his hamstring off the bone just prior to pre season starting. So he never had an nrl pre season this year and only returned to training just before the sharks trial game. This bloke is so injury prone now. Def can't rely on him for next year so should not be thinking of him as a player to count on next year rn.
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