Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Aug 01, 2023 1:20 pm  

GrahamBray wrote:

7 Cronk (that was every year wasn't it?)- Would have liked Clune, if not hope Lewis and Peters have a drunken brawl commiserating themselves after he gets sinbinned at Wembley and Tom Briscoe scores 5 times while he's binned. & he decides to restore his boyhood love affair with us.
9 Watson
11 Blore / Bentley
17 Ese ese /McMeeken

7 Prince. Signed, sealed and delivered until Broncos came in with an 11th hour offer which he was hoping for.

Unfortunately I think this is going to happen with our first choice NRL targets.

[Chris71]

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Aug 01, 2023 2:12 pm  

Keiththered wrote:

GrahamBray wrote:

7 Cronk (that was every year wasn't it?)- Would have liked Clune, if not hope Lewis and Peters have a drunken brawl commiserating themselves after he gets sinbinned at Wembley and Tom Briscoe scores 5 times while he's binned. & he decides to restore his boyhood love affair with us.
9 Watson
11 Blore / Bentley
17 Ese ese /McMeeken

What happened to the request to stay on topic?

It is still on topic, though thanks for your concern.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Aug 01, 2023 2:23 pm  

Marcus's Bicycle wrote:

7 Prince. Signed, sealed and delivered until Broncos came in with an 11th hour offer which he was hoping for.

Unfortunately I think this is going to happen with our first choice NRL targets.

Apologies Keith, the thread drift was entirely on me.
Agreed, but maybe it is better with a lower profile type, than those on the fringes, Clifford going home shows that and the lesser known players would probably have missed their chance in the NRL or have to rip it up for more than one season to attract NRL interest. The difference between the game's
standing over there to the one it has in the UK though means that even modestly talented players attract what appears to be high salaries in comparison to their UK counterparts and the gulf is widening year on year. Mitch Moses earns over $1 million dollars a year with the Eels, which equates to over half a million in sterling with no UK club being truly able to afford to tempt anything other than wayward stars, nearly men or past their best journeymen to our game. Moses M'bye joining Saints is a puzzler though. He hasn't done anything for a few years now and I wonder if we are starting to see the break up of their dominance with Roby, LMS and a few others leaving .

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Aug 01, 2023 2:36 pm  

Milky121086 wrote:

Hoy
Mcintosh
Scott
Sutcliffe
Tindall
Trueman
Clune

Sao
Woolford
Taylor
Blore
Savelio
Fash

Houghton
Ashworth
Carlos (Utility value and to prevent more injuries)
Ese'Ese

Scott isn't good enough for a starting centre week in week out if he is that's a step backwards

Is tindall even that good when I've seen leeds he's hardly set the world alight and a downgrade on swift

Would play hoy in the halfs thought he did well there and get a full back

All in all if that ends up our team the aussie signings better be good or were in trouble imo

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Aug 01, 2023 2:47 pm  

Hopefully we're in the mix for davies and mcmeeken

Gunna need plenty of signings as we still have loads of deadwood

Them 2 are genuine quality

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Aug 01, 2023 3:06 pm  

Thetalentboy wrote:

Hopefully we're in the mix for davies and mcmeeken

Gunna need plenty of signings as we still have loads of deadwood

Them 2 are genuine quality

Not sure why people keep mentioning those two, no indication at all that they are leaving the Dragons.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Aug 01, 2023 3:40 pm  

So if we don't sign them.. They can have a hissy fit and say how crap our recruitment is

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Aug 01, 2023 3:40 pm  

Joe Vuna from Gold coast has been made avaialble. Don't know much about him but fits the description of the second rower we are looking for..

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Aug 01, 2023 4:07 pm  

I reckon Franklin Pele signing is still one to watch out for...

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Aug 01, 2023 4:13 pm  

Thetalentboy wrote:

Scott isn't good enough for a starting centre week in week out if he is that's a step backwards

Is tindall even that good when I've seen leeds he's hardly set the world alight and a downgrade on swift

Would play hoy in the halfs thought he did well there and get a full back

All in all if that ends up our team the aussie signings better be good or were in trouble imo

Disagree, I think Scott is ready to step up. After a slow start breaking through I think he’s really showing showing some quality. Pacey and really strong. Had a good season.