Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Fri Jun 30, 2023 12:34 am  

[quote="K-Diddy"]Only a true Griffin would manage to spell double wrong.[/quote

Didnt take you for a Griffin. Its deliberate and not a spelling error.Wanted to see if any Griffins made the connection.Doble also has a better ring to it than double
If you dont know Doble is Spanish for double.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:35 am  

[quote="bonaire"]

has perida la trama = you've lost the plot, (in Spanish) seeing as it's the arse-covering tangent you've forked off on just because you forgot to put the 'u' in double.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:56 am  

[quote="WIZEB"]

It would be good if he did “fork off”

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:05 am  

[quote="Quirkyusername"]

'bifurcarse' is Spanish for 'fork-off', apparently.
How's about, Senor Shaul a las nueve?

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Fri Jun 30, 2023 8:51 am  

[quote="WIZEB"]
El es un proteston

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:05 am  

Shopping list for 2024 anyone?

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:22 am  

I love a new signing as much as anyone, but I’m ready for the change in philosophy it looks like we’re following. Promoting young players, supplemented by a bit of quality.

I’m ready for the change. Feels just as exciting as just signing players to plug holes in your squad.

Plus we’ve got a bloke in charge who will improve the players already here, and those he’ll bring in.

Smith, Shenton & Riding is the best recruitment we’ve done in years.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:53 am  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

I love a new signing as much as anyone, but I’m ready for the change in philosophy it looks like we’re following. Promoting young players, supplemented by a bit of quality.

I’m ready for the change. Feels just as exciting as just signing players to plug holes in your squad.

Plus we’ve got a bloke in charge who will improve the players already here, and those he’ll bring in.

Smith, Shenton & Riding is the best recruitment we’ve done in years.

It's very refreshing and the right way to go. People moan about not giving young players a chance and then in the next breath want us to sign an Aussie journeyman. I'm excited to see where this approach takes us because we certainly look competitive at reserve and junior grades.
It's also funny how everyone wanted rid of Griffin last year and slagged him off, he now has 3 or 4 good games and they want to throw a contract at him. Our overall approach looks far more measured and balanced.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:06 am  

BESTY wrote:

It's very refreshing and the right way to go. People moan about not giving young players a chance and then in the next breath want us to sign an Aussie journeyman. I'm excited to see where this approach takes us because we certainly look competitive at reserve and junior grades.
It's also funny how everyone wanted rid of Griffin last year and slagged him off, he now has 3 or 4 good games and they want to throw a contract at him. Our overall approach looks far more measured and balanced.

It would be good if Smith & Shenton can finally bring through some quality from the academy/reserve set up; we seem to have been unable to convert some outstanding prospects into SL players, over the years, so if this approach gives us that opportunity, the culture change will take shape nicely.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:12 am  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

I love a new signing as much as anyone, but I’m ready for the change in philosophy it looks like we’re following. Promoting young players, supplemented by a bit of quality.

I’m ready for the change. Feels just as exciting as just signing players to plug holes in your squad.

Plus we’ve got a bloke in charge who will improve the players already here, and those he’ll bring in.

Smith, Shenton & Riding is the best recruitment we’ve done in years.

Problem is are the young players good enough? Cause the youngsters coming through last 10 years has been pretty average really for a club/city our size

Whilst we've picked up last 6 weeks we're still 9th

If we finished 9th under any other coach they'd be under pressure

I'm not saying smith isn't the man but people are rating him more than what we've done this season

Will be harder next 2/3 years with expectations he's expected to deliver