Addo Carr

[DogsOfWar1704]

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not true the club said they weren’t interested in lattrell ,our recruitment are half asleep and are getting schooled by every club and some on here just make a million excuses for them yet other clubs just make it happen,i do like the culture the club is trying to build here but people need to take their blue and white goggles off our recruitment has been very very poor.

We offered a contract to latrell but as a centre he stated he only wanted to play fullback so the bulldogs withdrew the contract

 

[Natboy]

We offered a contract to latrell but as a centre he stated he only wanted to play fullback so the bulldogs withdrew the contract

For fullbacks money we didn’t have, yes

 

[bradyk]

We must have some as we have made offers to players. Plus Foran's 350k.

We tried to sign Ramien and Koroisau (wanted Ese'ese too but couldn't fit all three in). That would suggest we had about 1m before signing Katoa, Britt, etc. Then you need to add the Foran 350k.

Your post above is also spot on and I'm glad a few others are slowly starting to see the situation we're in.

 

[doggieaaron]

We offered a contract to latrell but as a centre he stated he only wanted to play fullback so the bulldogs withdrew the contract

Thats fair enough and i applaud the club for sticking by dwz if this is true

 

[doggieaaron]

For fullbacks money we didn’t have, yes

Hes getting $700k not a mill but if he wants fb fair enough from the club if true

 

[Natboy]

Hes getting $700k not a mill but if he wants fb fair enough from the club if true

Plus Packer & Rusty benefits. We just couldn’t afford that and I don’t see how he’ll have the fitness & attitude for fullback. I’d rather DWZ

 

[doggieaaron]

Plus Packer & Rusty benefits. We just couldn’t afford that and I don’t see how he’ll have the fitness & attitude for fullback. I’d rather DWZ

I totally agree i rate dwz bigtime and yes lattrell 100% will not last as a fb

 

[Natboy]

I totally agree i rate dwz bigtime and yes lattrell 100% will not last as a fb

I hope he does but I saw him a couple of weeks ago and it looked like he had eaten George Rose. I’m looking forward to a full season with DWZ

 

[DogsOfWar1704]

Dwz with a full pre season will do us good! If we had him from round 1 last year we probably would of made the 8

 

[JAYDOG]

DWZ is a great player.Always puts his body on the line.His passing game was starting to improve at the end of the year,So lets hope that keeps progressing.

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Hmmm. See where you're coming from and agree to a point.

Again looking from the outside the positions we really need to strengthen are hooker, half, and centre. Looking at those 3 positions:

- No good halves on the market on the market and 350,000 is nothing from Foran. Can't call that poor.

- Centre we missed out on Mitchell (always going to Souths). Who else? Scott? (off-field issues) Ramien (always going to Sharks)? Others? Would've been great to have had those players but honestly think none were ever going to come to us so why waste more time trying to get them to come.

- Hooker I do think we dropped the ball on that one. Api did a 11th hour turn around and he went to Penrith. Yes, we don't want a player who doesn't want to be here but ... Plus he was maybe the 3-4th attempt at getting a hooker so I think this was poor from our recruitment side of things.

Missing out on Addo-Carr is a bummer as I would've loved him with us without a doubt! Not going to hide that. But was that poor recruiting? Winger isn't a key position so any player recruited in that position is a luxury in many ways so you don't want to spend too much over on him ... especially when his heart seems to be elsewhere ... ?

Let's not forget that recruitment also involved retaining players which is what we did pretty well this year, no?

Was recruitment good? I wouldn't say it's great as we're missing a back without doubt. But at the same time we haven't splashed money just for the sake of it, kept our best players. I'd say it's an average to good recruitment window though you can't judge now. Wouldn't say it's poor though.

Just my thoughts.

It is poor, only club in world sport with a worse recruitment strategy is Man United

 

[Scoooby]

The way things are and although it’s a team sport, DWZ will probably be the difference between us being in the top 8 or missing it , I know it’s a big thing to say, and I shouldn’t be... BUT with his passion an attitude that he will bring to the team it’s going to really Male a diff an with all the boys having him around for a full pre season.. you decide.

 

[JUNKYARD DOGS]

The way things are and although it’s a team sport, DWZ will probably be the difference between us being in the top 8 or missing it , I know it’s a big thing to say, and I shouldn’t be... BUT with his passion an attitude that he will bring to the team it’s going to really Male a diff an with all the boys having him around for a full pre season.. you decide.

Can see the team lift when he’s on, some guys just have that ability. Totally agree, having one of the youngest spines and squads actually is hard to ignore. But I am looking forward to this season starting, with the minimal distractions for a change and not a huge roster change from end of the season hope we hit the field running.
Here’s hoping anyway

 

[Howard Moon]

The way things are and although it’s a team sport, DWZ will probably be the difference between us being in the top 8 or missing it , I know it’s a big thing to say, and I shouldn’t be... BUT with his passion an attitude that he will bring to the team it’s going to really Male a diff an with all the boys having him around for a full pre season.. you decide.

The Storm players would always talk about how effective it was to have Billy's voice at the back, and I am not comparing what the two do with ball in hand, but Dallin is going to prove just as valuable in terms of organising the defensive line, and it was on show at the back end of 2019

 

[NPC83]

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So Regan Grace it is

Can you please start a thread on Regan Grace it would be the in thing to do.. cheers bro.

 

[2144superman]

The Storm players would always talk about how effective it was to have Billy's voice at the back, and I am not comparing what the two do with ball in hand, but Dallin is going to prove just as valuable in terms of organising the defensive line, and it was on show at the back end of 2019

The same Storm players would also tell you that Billy was a freak and could do things most other full-backs could only dream of doing. Slater talking from the back was just one of the many attributes he had. As much as I do like DWZ let's not compare him with Slater even if it is just a comparison of the two guiding the team from behind the defensive line.

 

[Howard Moon]

The same Storm players would also tell you that Billy was a freak and could do things most other full-backs could only dream of doing. Slater talking from the back was just one of the many attributes he had. As much as I do like DWZ let's not compare him with Slater even if it is just a comparison of the two guiding the team from behind the defensive line.

Why would I not compare them? defence wins games and we were averaging over 20 against prior to Dallin's arrival. Just because Slater was a once in a generation player with the ball does not mean Dallin won't be just as effective for us from a defensive standpoint

 

[Morris1]

Why would I not compare them? defence wins games and we were averaging over 20 against prior to Dallin's arrival. Just because Slater was a once in a generation player with the ball does not mean Dallin won't be just as effective for us from a defensive standpoint

I see dallin as a similar player to luke patten. Great support play

 

[Kempsey Dog]

I see dallin as a similar player to luke patten. Great support play

Patten had better awareness when it came playing to his outside men in support

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Why would I not compare them? defence wins games and we were averaging over 20 against prior to Dallin's arrival. Just because Slater was a once in a generation player with the ball does not mean Dallin won't be just as effective for us from a defensive standpoint

Oh god lol.