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Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:44 pm  
Simmo71 wrote:
Sorry but I can not excited about potentially signing Sam Powell.
Would be a really poor signing imo.
We need a game changing dynamic hooker.
He is not that.
We have steady already.
Total waste of cap space.
Our priorities are elsewhere.

We don't have steady. We have young and inexperienced. We can't be dynamic in all positions. Dynamic prop, centre and half would be great. Steady and competent hooker would also be welcome.
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Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:59 pm  
ArthurClues wrote:
We don't have steady. We have young and inexperienced. We can't be dynamic in all positions. Dynamic prop, centre and half would be great. Steady and competent hooker would also be welcome.


So, just because our current 9's are young and inexperienced, we should bring in a bang average cast off.
Not for me Arthur.
I'd rather we stuck with O'Connor and CJ next season and focus elsewhere.
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Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:02 pm  
Simmo71 wrote:
So, just because our current 9's are young and inexperienced, we should bring in a bang average cast off.
Not for me Arthur.
I'd rather we stuck with O'Connor and CJ next season and focus elsewhere.

Such as where and who?
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Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:06 pm  
Our current 9s are not just young and inexperienced, though. They're not that good either, at the moment. They're certainly not as good as Powell. Sure, it's a tad underwhelming, and I would definitely have preferred Levi, but Powell, is comfortably better than what we have.
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Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:09 pm  
Simmo71 wrote:
So, just because our current 9's are young and inexperienced, we should bring in a bang average cast off.
Not for me Arthur.
I'd rather we stuck with O'Connor and CJ next season and focus elsewhere.


Do that and exactly the same will happen next season as has happened this time. Every single opposition makes easy metres around the ruck with the bonus of playing low risk rugby. Getting battered every game is why neither of the youngsters has made any kind of improvement. Let them be the game changers while someone else does the graft.
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Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:21 pm  
My bet is that there will be no more " big" signings.

Resigning Donaldson and Bentley and signing Goudemand when we have Martin, Mcdonnell, Gannon and Ruan and only needed one of the first three means we are stacked for workmen backrowers / poor middles prop back up nonsense.

We have one centre that is injury prone and has an attitude problem,the other has run from a new 4 Yr deal.

One of our main players/ resigning only plays 50% of games a year for literally years and takes up a QS.

We only have four props. Two are young,one is young abd a project and the last only does short spells with random effectiveness/ reliability.

Hooker is a couple of kids ( who have done great,considering) and our new target there is OK I guess?.

Only one HB who will hopefully do well here but nothing on a much needed partner. I guess Myler or Gannon /Martin can fill in ? It's not that important xD.

Virtually everyone here and in the RL world knew who and what we needed and that this one was the big one to get right.
Now we seem to again be leaving it late and slipping in the transition / revolution/ etc talk to drop expectations and putting out interviews talking about our woes as if its past tense !.

It's really not, we..they..are making the same decisions again.

If we get players for our big three holes in the 17 and they are class we will do better. If we sign a few little boosters too then great.

If we don't then they have no excuses left and shoukd just admit they can't or won't be able to get a squad that can threaten top 4.
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Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:28 pm  
Seth wrote:
The club really has to deliver following that article, after acknowledging the mistakes (which has taken long enough), there really isnt room for more of the same.


Good point Seth and totally agree
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Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:30 pm  
ArthurClues wrote:
Assuming the three spots are currently unoccupied, this is my thinking.
Prop - Burgess or Sutton.
Centre - Aitken, Iro (wouldn't be marquee) or possibly Gagai.
Half - Croft, Moylan or Volkman. Having watched quite a bit of Volkman since his name came up, I actually think he'd be my pick. Young, but a sensational prospect with lots to prove and maybe just the sort of player where Rohan’s connections would give him a head start.


And we should have the finances to do just that sort of business
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Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:07 am  
ArthurClues wrote:
Such as where and who?


Prop - Burgess
Half - Croft
Centre - Aitken

Please let's show some ambition.
Of course, I'm well aware that the above will not happen.
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Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:11 am  
Clearwing wrote:
Do that and exactly the same will happen next season as has happened this time. Every single opposition makes easy metres around the ruck with the bonus of playing low risk rugby. Getting battered every game is why neither of the youngsters has made any kind of improvement. Let them be the game changers while someone else does the graft.


And you seriously think Sam Powell will change that?!?!?!?
I agree, we need a dynamic 9 to get us moving forward e.g. Levi.
But definitely not Sam Powell.
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