Recruitment Suggestions - Consolidated Thread

[Spoonman84]

no more West Tiger rejects

Warren McDonnell would be lost if he couldn't buy old Tigers.

 

[silva]

Outside backs are crucial these days. We need 1 or 2 guns as a priority over any other position. Id throw 800k at oates. Doubt broncos would compete with that given they already paying overs for bird and roberts. Jayden okunbor has potential with his size as well..may have a gun under our nose. Our halves are sorted let them be. Our forwards have potential at least.

 

[TwinTurbo]

To get players like Lomax you need to poach them before they play NRL. The scouts have to be spot on with identifying these players and you pay overs to get them because once they hit NRL they either get locked up long term or you are paying ridiculous money to lure them over.

I don't see that as being the way it works now, no club survives much less thrives on long term contracts, by that I mean 5 years or more duration. With the salary cap there is always another club that will pay more (have more free space under their cap) than you can afford (under your cap). If they want someone specifically to fill a position then they will be willing pay more than you are willing to, want to or can afford to. That's how it flows.

The way I see it a team is made up of;
Local players that other teams may not have recognised as yet. They are probably being underpaid, will eventually get noticed and will ultimately leave for more money unless you increase their pay, loyalty only goes so far.
Non local players that other teams may not have recognised as yet. They are probably being underpaid and most likely leave for more money as soon as they are noticed because they have zero loyalty to you.
Representative/quality players that every other team watches and are constantly trying to poach from you. Whether they have an ongoing contract with you or not.

The team is then made up of a combination of the above, where around 1/3rd of personnel changes and/or is resigned every year. That rotation frees up around 1/3rd of your salary cap so you can in turn poach players from other clubs. Hence contracts more than 4 or 5 years are getting rarer by the day.

Go Dogs

 

[silva]

Moga at the knights struggling to get a run. Plenty of options out there. We are just so pisspoorly managed atm. Pay us rubbish and this board are fast proving themselves to be outdated.

 

[doggieaaron]

Fuck no

 

[TwinTurbo]

Moga at the knights struggling to get a run. Plenty of options out there. We are just so pisspoorly managed atm. Pay us rubbish and this board are fast proving themselves to be outdated.

Moga isn't playing because he was charged with hitting a taxi driver multiple times, he is on a six-month conditional release order. Do something remotely similar again and he's in goal. He has only played half a game in the last year due to "injury". I'm not sure about you but he doesn't seem like the player we need right now, or maybe ever.

Go Dogs

 

[silva]

Moga isn't playing because he was charged with hitting a taxi driver multiple times, he is on a six-month conditional release order. Do something remotely similar again and he's in goal. He has only played half a game in the last year due to "injury". I'm not sure about you but he doesn't seem like the player we need right now, or maybe ever.

Go Dogs

Hmm Id still take him over montoya

 

[Scoooby]

Not for mine, that error has finished, he’s gone ! We have to move on from that an look elsewhere, not even worth considering tbh.

 

[diddly]

Based on the lists here there isn't a great deal of quality worth spending big dollars on. Any well run club would be methodically, and at the very least, scouting the 18s and 20s competitions in nsw and qld. Quality players at that level can be fast tracked for first grade for next year - by quality standard think of Munster, Mitchell etc.

There is no point in recruiting more of the same standard players - panic buying rarely works - although for this year recruiting any outside back who can consistently defend would be worthwhile, especially if we can swap for a back rower.

 

[_G-Dog_]

We need a halfback.. i still think both Lewis & Foran are 5/8s..

 

[cyborg66]

Reynolds is the new hodges breaks down all the time with hamstring problems

 

[Brendan7]

Scary thing is, he'd be in our top 3-4 players

And he's utter trash

 

[Trafford10]

Josh is in his 2nd year of a 4 year contract at WT with media Josh is on $750k - $800k a season.
He best see out his contract with them I think.

 

[Howard Moon]

Throw an offer at TPJ that he can't refuse. Brisbane have a host of players that they will need to upgrade, and who knows, maybe Pangai Jr might want to head back home

 

[Mr Invisible]

Seggy has a club. He will play for the sharks this year. He is just waiting for a spot on their roster to open up to justify the signing despite the club having salary cap issues. He has had a few offers from other clubs but turned them down as he has a guaranteed spot in the Sharks 30 and wants to play for them.

Is that the BS line those cheats at Cronulla spun him?

His careers over. Brailey brothers will cement the hooking role this year and beyond.

 

[Mr Invisible]

No No No No No....

Reynolds used to spew verbatim about his love for the Dogs and the jersey and the club, yadda yadda.

Moved over to the Tigers and now its a love for the Tigers, etc, etc.

 

[Bad Billy]

Lol.
Reynolds ?
That’s funny.

 

[Chicharito]

Why would we have him back? Love him as a bloke but football wise he isn’t going to improve the side in the slightest.

 

[Sandra's Bollocks]

Ffs fmd gtfo.

 

[Novdoggie]

Some people have short memory spans.

Go Dogs

Go tell that to the Tigers fans who got Benji and Farah back. Benji was busted at Broncos and Dragons, Farrah was in reserves for South's but both have Tigers running through their veins. Des had the shackles on players and we saw the effect on them. Maybe Reynold's under a different structure with the Bulldogs DNA would bring back some energy to lift the team and club.