Re: Lockie Lam : Fri Aug 09, 2024 4:15 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Contracts don't really mean anything though do they? It's a carrot to get a signature but we've had plenty of examples over the last couple of seasons of players leaving before the end of their contract.

I see where you are coming from but it still costs the club money.
If for example we want rid of Hardaker at Chamberlain at the end of next season then we would have to agree a pay off.

Re: Lockie Lam : Fri Aug 09, 2024 4:27 pm  

mwindass wrote:

Is our recruitment finished? You're like a bad broken record

If we don't sign anyone else then fair enough, the squad will be bottom 4 again....... but it's pretty obvious out business isn't finished yet

I didnt say our recruitment was finished.
My reply to your post was in response to you saying we need more shrewd signings.
If you seriously think our recruitment for 2025 Asiata apart is shrewd you need a bang on the head

Re: Lockie Lam : Fri Aug 09, 2024 4:28 pm  

bonaire wrote:

I see where you are coming from but it still costs the club money.
If for example we want rid of Hardaker at Chamberlain at the end of next season then we would have to agree a pay off.

I doubt either are on massive deals and we could see a McIntosh/Briscoe or Brown/Aydin deal in which case it doesn't cost us.

Re: Lockie Lam : Fri Aug 09, 2024 4:31 pm  

bonaire wrote:

I didnt say our recruitment was finished.
My reply to your post was in response to you saying we need more shrewd signings.
If you seriously think our recruitment for 2025 Asiata apart is shrewd you need a bang on the head

So we still have scope to make shrewd signings?

Aydin is a pretty shrewd pickup by the way as has Briscoe

Re: Lockie Lam : Fri Aug 09, 2024 5:06 pm  

I don't claim to know what players are on but I'd imagine we'll be trying to balance the cap and get a lot better value for players an example being Hardaker replacing Sutcliffe, we don't lose anything in terms of ability but hopefully Hardaker will allow us to get better cap value, same with Scott/Chamberlain, Aydin/Brown, Briscoe/Mcintosh etc...

Re: Lockie Lam : Sat Aug 10, 2024 6:33 am  

Any news on Lam?

Re: Lockie Lam : Sat Aug 10, 2024 6:45 am  

bonaire wrote:

more a laughing stock

Not sure how we could ever satisfy you B. I think I understand most of the recruitment, given what’s available. It depends on Custs and Abdulls fitness as to how happy I am with them. If Hardaker hasn’t regressed I’m ok with him though I would have liked another quality centre. Clearly we are nurturing the youth which as Sts and Wigan have shown is the blueprint for success. Shame we can’t recruit a Field or French though. It’s going to be a fascinating 2025 and I think we should all look forward to it with open minds

Re: Lockie Lam : Sat Aug 10, 2024 10:24 am  

DarksideDave wrote:

:THINK: Any news on Lam?

Well Leigh are using his photo on promotions for their pre-match fanzone tomorrow. Which is obviously what they'd do if he was about to announce he's leaving to sign for the team they are playing against.

Re: Lockie Lam : Sat Aug 10, 2024 2:41 pm  

TnT wrote:

Not sure how we could ever satisfy you B. I think I understand most of the recruitment, given what’s available. It depends on Custs and Abdulls fitness as to how happy I am with them. If Hardaker hasn’t regressed I’m ok with him though I would have liked another quality centre. Clearly we are nurturing the youth which as Sts and Wigan have shown is the blueprint for success. Shame we can’t recruit a Field or French though. It’s going to be a fascinating 2025 and I think we should all look forward to it with open minds

Thats what we said about 2024 having strengthened the forwards with some size

Re: Lockie Lam : Sat Aug 10, 2024 3:28 pm  

bonaire wrote:

Thats what we said about 2024 having strengthened the forwards with some size

We're in a very similar position now to where we were this time last year, last year we were in year 2 of uncle Tony's rebuild, people were optimistic about who we'd signed and said we had to use the last two quota spots effectively and we didn't, a few top targets tuned us down and we got Okunbor and Brown, hoping it's not the same for next season with our top two targets in lam and sailor saying no thanks