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Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Mon May 13, 2024 3:39 pm  
Dave K. wrote:
Very rarely do SL clubs sign top quality NRL players, especially in positions such as 7 or 9.

The best player IMO is French who was a fringe player, so was Mago, Misk hardly played.

Ipapa another example, never played in the NRL.

Heard O Connor isn't happening, so can still bring in a centre, Hooker and backrower with Carlos, Hoy and Ockunbor's spot. We will certainly have the cap space.

More worried we could have 4 quota props, but hope at least one of them is released.


French played 47 NRL games in 2 seasons and scored 35 try’s, you could argue that he was a fringe player but there’s levels to it. There’s no way any club is going to bring in the real top NRL spine players or centres in their peak, but in recent seasons players like French, Levi, Sezer, Hastings, Marsters, Lam, Hurrell, Naiqama and Lolohea have all come over with decent first grade records and experience. Can’t see us being in for these quality of players now, we’ll be looking at reserve graders. Not saying it’s impossible to find gems in the lower grades, but as we’ve seen it’s not easy either.
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Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Mon May 13, 2024 3:46 pm  
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French played 47 NRL games in 2 seasons and scored 35 try’s, you could argue that he was a fringe player but there’s levels to it. There’s no way any club is going to bring in the real top NRL spine players or centres in their peak, but in recent seasons players like French, Levi, Sezer, Hastings, Marsters, Lam, Hurrell, Naiqama and Lolohea have all come over with decent first grade records and experience. Can’t see us being in for these quality of players now, we’ll be looking at reserve graders. Not saying it’s impossible to find gems in the lower grades, but as we’ve seen it’s not easy either.


3 seasons and the last season he didn't play a game, was playing NSW cup, but I get your point, Ockunbor played 17 times last season.

But you are right you can find gems there, just hope we we can find 3 (centre, hooker and backrower) the standard of some of those players you mentioned above.
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Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Mon May 13, 2024 3:56 pm  
The issue we'll have if we find a couple of good players, is holding on to them, Clifford being the latest example. The knock on effect of being a poor performing club for years is that they stand out like a sore thumb and either get enticed away by a better domestic club or back home to have another crack at the NRL. It's one of the many reasons why allowing the club to get into such a terrible state is absolutely criminal. Creating an ethos of continuous development and improvement becomes doubly difficult.
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Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Mon May 13, 2024 3:58 pm  
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3 seasons and the last season he didn't play a game, was playing NSW cup, but I get your point, Ockunbor played 17 times last season.

But you are right you can find gems there, just hope we we can find 3 (centre, hooker and backrower) the standard of some of those players you mentioned above.



I’m just disappointed because I think if we put a lot of our resources and a bit of due diligence in signing an overseas 7, 9 and a centre we could have come up with players of the quality of Clifford in these positions and give us a real chance. The potential signings of Hardaker, Adbull and possibly O’Connor (I know you said that’s not happening but there’s a lot of talk) in these positions are uninspiring and any other additions in these positions are only going to be project signings now at best.
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Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Mon May 13, 2024 4:01 pm  
HU8HFC wrote:
I might be wrong but i'm sure that AP said in his Humberside interview that we have 'almost a fifth' of our cap was on the sidelines in Trueman and Carlos, going off the £2.3 Million which AP has quoted, that would mean both are roughly earning £200K a year.


He's says a lot of things which often make no sense. I think he meant that in total we had a fifth of our salary cap out.
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Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Mon May 13, 2024 4:13 pm  
The target for next year has to be (however unlikely) is being in with contention of the last play-off spots.

To achieve that we have to re-populate the squad with better then those clubs immediately above us.

Our "recruited" players for next year are Briscoe, Hardaker, Holmes, Aydin. This so far is 75% of next seasons recruitment. I mean absolutely no disrespect, but not one of those signings pitches us above any of the lower teams we are competing with.

I make a strong exception with Asiati. When he was signed i was very much "we mean business"

If it was a night out it's like i started on champagne and i've been ushered onto Lambrini.

Reasonably confident the next signings announced will be more encouraging. Blind faith, mind.
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Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Mon May 13, 2024 4:48 pm  
If we were genuinely looking at O'connor then it probably tells you where we are In terms of thinking and budget for a hooker. Big mistake imo and the lack of a top quality hooker has been one of our big failings in recent years.

Presumably if we sign Abdul we'd also have to pay the dobbins a fee on top of his salary
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Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Mon May 13, 2024 4:52 pm  
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If we were genuinely looking at O'connor then it probably tells you where we are In terms of thinking and budget for a hooker. Big mistake imo and the lack of a top quality hooker has been one of our big failings in recent years.

Presumably if we sign Abdul we'd also have to pay the dobbins a fee on top of his salary


We enquired about o'connor but that's as far as it went
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Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Mon May 13, 2024 5:06 pm  
Jake the Peg wrote:
If we were genuinely looking at O'connor then it probably tells you where we are In terms of thinking and budget for a hooker. Big mistake imo and the lack of a top quality hooker has been one of our big failings in recent years.

Presumably if we sign Abdul we'd also have to pay the dobbins a fee on top of his salary


HDM article today just says that KR have given us permission to talk to him and won't stand in the way of a move. No mention of a fee at this time.

As for O'Connor, it's not necessarily about our budget but more about where we are at in terms of realistic signings. We might want a top quality hooker but does a top quality hooker want us right now?
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Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Mon May 13, 2024 5:22 pm  
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HDM article today just says that KR have given us permission to talk to him and won't stand in the way of a move. No mention of a fee at this time.

As for O'Connor, it's not necessarily about our budget but more about where we are at in terms of realistic signings. We might want a top quality hooker but does a top quality hooker want us right now?

We had an international hooker, played him at scrum half then let him go! Better quality than a makeshift hooker like O'connor available I'm sure but need to us a quota spot on one
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