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  Wizardssleeves official receipts July 12, 2021 at 11:59am

  A big fat donut . Maybe GayGuy if we pay him lots of Gaydollars 
• Seth hardy July 12, 2021 at 12:03pm

  As long as we don't sign Sharyn Woods, he is a dead set pillow. Then we'd have a pair of pillows with Shaun Lane.
• Hunterhunter July 12, 2021 at 12:08pm

  Wish we could trade Lane for some young mad bull who cut people in half
• NBE aka Embers July 12, 2021 at 12:51pm

  Probable losses (all guesses)

  Ferguson - on outer on big $

  Oldfield - 32 next year 

  Hughes or Hollis - Grieg and others in front can't keep both 

  Waqa Blake - if they could get a trade I think they would

  Ray Stone - utility position taken by Will Smith 

  So I reckon a winger or two and a centre or two - a few clubs need a big clean out so let's wait and see 

   
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    Brett Allen > NBE aka Embers July 12, 2021 at 2:33pm

    Hughes & Hollis ???

    They're only 19 and developing. Not going anywhere. 
    • NBE aka Embers > Brett Allen July 12, 2021 at 3:03pm

      Hi Brett I agree but I wouldn't be during we decide to bolster our roster with more outside backs as that's where we are thin 
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        EA > NBE aka Embers July 12, 2021 at 9:37pm

        Holis is already resigned. I think Hughes may become a development player next year since he has not played or trained with the NRL squad all year. 
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        Brett Allen > NBE aka Embers July 13, 2021 at 7:56am

        They are the perfect age to eventually take over from RCG & Junior. Hollis would be on minimum salary or near enough to it, and Hughes is on a development contract, he doesn't even count against the cap. 
        
        

        We've said we want to be a development club, well, that means we rely on developing our own and bringing them through. We cannot have sustained success relying on recruitment.

        Have y'all not learned from the predicament that the likes of the Broncos, Bulldogs, Tigers & Dragons find themselves in ?

        Recruitment needs to be a last resort of something you do to kickstart a rebuild. 
        
        

        Neither applies to us. 
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          Anguillidae > Brett Allen July 13, 2021 at 1:39pm

          Yes, we said we want to be a development club yet Utoikamanu is getting around in a Tigers jersey. 
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            Poupou Escobar > Anguillidae July 13, 2021 at 1:53pm

            Just because you develop a player doesn't mean you want to match huge offers from desperate clubs like the Tigers. You can't keep them all. Even development clubs can't. The Storm lost  Fa'asuamaleaui (a desperate club offered overs) and the Panthers are losing Burton (also to a desperate club). It happens. You just have to keep developing players and retaining the ones who want to stay.