Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:20 pm  

Might aswell change this topic to "Leaving list"

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:21 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Like the parable of the Chinese farmer and his horse - who can say what is good or bad, only what is.

Had to Google that. Excellent

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:24 pm  

Seems to be a bit of panic setting in tonight. We can either be patient and wait for the club to announce new signings or find out who Tony Smiths barber is and ask him.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:38 pm  

mwindass wrote:

Are you starting a philosophy thread in the off season

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

I'm not religious but I did read some secular Buddhism and Stoicism stuff a while back. Will be a good thread I think, but not for those who enjoy clinging to/regretting the past and mithering about imagined futures, as that's all pointless. So won'tgo down well on here.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:47 pm  

I'm a month into 4000 Weeks and I put red boxer shorts on to go supermarket shopping earlier.
I dont know whats happening to me.
It's absolutely crazy!

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:06 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

I'm a month into 4000 Weeks and I put red boxer shorts on to go supermarket shopping earlier.
I dont know whats happening to me.
It's absolutely crazy!

Man, I can’t wait for you to explain this because there’s no way you’re 77!

[Chris71]

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:12 pm  

mwindass wrote:

Not really surprised he's moved on. Wasn't selected for a sizable chunk of the season due to fitness/injury.

I like him, but he isn't the most durable of players so can understand why we've not renewed him.

Who's that leaving/gone then?

Swift
Clifford
Satae
Dwyer
Griffin
Evans
Lovodua
Shaul
Wynne
Mitch?
Houghton?
Taylor?

Some rebuild

Almost a half decent starting 13 there though with Savelio it would be a 13.

Trying to look at it objectively the majority of players leaving have in the most part been ones that have dished out the poor performances over the last few seasons. it’s been a squad at or near full cap that consistently failed. So it’s something that needs doing and as fans we’ve been critical of the club over sentiment and not moving players on at the right times etc.

TS has come in and obviously had seen the issues from the outside and then seen it first hand when he was appointed. Now he’s wielding the scalpel. In honesty we knew it wasn’t going to be pretty and a lot needed to be changed. Though I think seeing the scale of the job when the list of players going has probably surprised us all as to the numbers leaving.

I’m not sure that the club would release/not renew players if they didn’t have suitable replacements to come in.

Cooke has said that he knows some of the signings the club have made but won’t name them but says we as fans won’t be disappointed. I see no reason for Cooke to say something like this if there’s no truth in it particularly with his links to TS and the club.

As others have said I’m only really bothered about Swift & Clifford on that list. Satae would have been nice to have kept but does go missing more than he’s on it.

I suppose with the lack of news on incomings being closely guarded and the small player pool it probably doesn’t help to ease fans possible concerns. At the end of the day it would cost the club & AP an awful lot more if the team was reduced and way under the cap in term of its fan & sponsorship base so not sure that’d be the case. .

I don’t think the club helps itself at times with its communication to fans etc.

I’m just glad Mahe has signed for the Mackay Cutters as it rules that one out

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:22 pm  

As previously stated, Swift and Clifford are the two I’m disappointed in losing and will be the hardest to replace.

Bet we’ve never farewelled so many players at the same time before?

Plus the legend that is Gaz Ellis

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:24 pm  

I'd imagine that's a lot of cap tied up in the above list but realistically obviously Swift and Clifford will be big misses and Satae too (less so), hopefully we can get another year out of Taylor and Houghton, and maybe give Mitch another year, but the rest either aren't good enough or aren't first team regulars.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:21 am  

Sebasteeno wrote:

On Clifford - he was invisible for the first ten games - yes hes got better since but hes nothing special imo - good in SL - wont make it in the NRL - If he wants to go home to be back up when he's only been here less than a year then im thoroughly not impressed with him as a person.

As for the clubs announcement - it says nothing - doesnt actually say players are signed so were in no different a place to where we were before the announcement - i base this on the fact that every club in sport announces a player as soon as hes signed - no club goes cloak and dagger about it as what is the point in that?

No they don't. What a ridiculous comment.