: Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:24 pm  

Its a pitty that Michael Witt isn`t really a flashy/creative stand off as he would certainly solve our goal kicking problems, i suppose if you could pair him up with a world class scrum half then it could work.

Nobody else on that available list really appeals, even Karmichael Hunt doesn`t seem to be kicking on from the sparkling rookie tag to the next level plus he has had his injury problems and off field discipline issues.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:45 pm  

hey Rob have you been working at Newcastle Knights?

Did you hear they were going to give Byron Ford a contract for this year - but he got banned for 12 months for failing a drugs test!

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:04 pm  

sally cinnamon wrote: hey Rob have you been working at Newcastle Knights? Did you hear they were going to give Byron Ford a contract for this year - but he got banned for 12 months for failing a drugs test! Yeh i read about it, its a strange one .... Whatever next in the NRL after all the goings on of late, Lee Briers to be announced as fitness and defensive coach at Manly ? http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/ ... 57961.aspx

sally cinnamon wrote: hey Rob have you been working at Newcastle Knights? Did you hear they were going to give Byron Ford a contract for this year - but he got banned for 12 months for failing a drugs test! Yeh i read about it, its a strange one .... Whatever next in the NRL after all the goings on of late, Lee Briers to be announced as fitness and defensive coach at Manly ? http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/ ... 57961.aspx

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:26 pm  

I think we should stop looking at the NRL for player recruits.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:49 pm  

It would be a massive mistake to stop looking at the NRL completely for player recruits. We just have to find the ones who fit instead of going for the stand out performers. For me the one man I would look at if available is Dallas Johnson from the Melbourne outfit, he is a machine and would definately shake up our ailing defence. From that list though i'd go with David Taylor the giant, plus Matt Orford and Glenn Hall from Manly.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:05 pm  

Jimmy Wire wrote:

It would be a massive mistake to stop looking at the NRL completely for player recruits. We just have to find the ones who fit instead of going for the stand out performers. For me the one man I would look at if available is Dallas Johnson from the Melbourne outfit, he is a machine and would definately shake up our ailing defence. From that list though i'd go with David Taylor the giant, plus Matt Orford and Glenn Hall from Manly.

Yes I agree; maybe stop looking altogether is the wrong comment from me! As you say we should look at the right players instead of the obvious players. Look back at when we signed the 'unknowns' Toa Kohe Love, Darren Burns and Nigel Vagana; that is the type of recruitment we need.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:10 pm  

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:10 pm  

mark_m wrote:

I think we should stop looking at the NRL for player recruits.

wait til next season
mind you we have got to endure the rest of this one!the future under tony smith will be bright,he's the right man to make the changes,he knows who he wants and he'll have the finances.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:42 pm  

There's been a hell of a lot of comments on here in the last few months about the problems we've encountered in signing players from overseas and those that have already achieved success and might not have the same hunger and ambition as up and coming players.

That all seems to have disappeared!
(Granted, there will always be exceptions.)

Here's the 'Off-Contract' list for the Super League clubs.
Hull KR have got a couple of experienced internationals up for grabs!

I suspect the NRL list will look a whole lot more inviting when you get to the bottom of this post!

Hull KR
Fitzhenry, J Netherton, Welham, Aizue, Fox, Gene, Lovegrove
Bradford
Lynch, Sam Burgess Jeffries, Halley, Solomona, Morrison, Cook, Sykes, Tadulala, Menzies, Newton
Castleford
Evans, Feather, Dixon, Higgins, K Netherton, Faumaina, Mike Wainwright (perfect escape goat)
Huddersfield
Kirmond, Griffin, Lolesi, Brown, Hemingway
Hull
Thorman, G Horne, Thackray, Tony, Cusack, Lee, Whiting, Byrne
Leeds
Gibson, Ablett, Senior, Leuluai, Smith, Donald, Worrall
Harlequins
Purdham, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Temata, Grayshon, Haggerty, Howell, Ward, Orr, Melling, Randall
St Helens
Cayless, Cunningham, Gilmour, Gidley, Long
Wakefield
Drew, Blanch, Sculthorpe, Rooney, Blaymire, Bibey, Obst, Martin
Wigan
Coley, Phelps, K Pryce, Mossop, Bailey, Smith

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:45 pm  

Burgess is under contract til 2011, signed an extension last season