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I agree.Another issue over the years has been not so much about recruitment, rather the retention.
We let blokes like Finucane and Cook go when we should never had.
We have potential there with Wakeham, Averillo and Tyrone Harding (reminds me of Curtis Rona). The club needs to ensure they lock up these players along with pumping as much resources and quality coaches as required to bring them through.
Would love to see Noddy working with Wakeham.
One thing about the Roosters and Storm, which a lot of people here dont get, is that they have the best of the best in every part of the football department....
Finucane kills me. All we had to do was give him the minutes and starting position he deserved yet we went ahead and gave Eastwood an upgraded extension and released Finucane to the Storm, I bet Bellamy still laughs about that.Another issue over the years has been not so much about recruitment, rather the retention.
We let blokes like Finucane and Cook go when we should never had.
We have potential there with Wakeham, Averillo and Tyrone Harding (reminds me of Curtis Rona). The club needs to ensure they lock up these players along with pumping as much resources and quality coaches as required to bring them through.
Would love to see Noddy working with Wakeham.
One thing about the Roosters and Storm, which a lot of people here dont get, is that they have the best of the best in every part of the football department....
Absolutely spot onFinucane kills me. All we had to do was give him the minutes and starting position he deserved yet we went ahead and gave Eastwood an upgraded extension and released Finucane to the Storm, I bet Bellamy still laughs about that.
Yh we definitely need a constant stream of youth coming through, not all of them will get the opportunity or be stars but we need a solid base there that we can look to pull players from instead of looking elsewhere. This will give us more wiggle room and options within the cap, you have an above average to star player coming through then you get a season of two of them on unders providing good value...you have a big earner attracting attention then instead of paying overs you blood a youngster on a lower wage...
Sancho, this is your second quality post today.Finucane kills me. All we had to do was give him the minutes and starting position he deserved yet we went ahead and gave Eastwood an upgraded extension and released Finucane to the Storm, I bet Bellamy still laughs about that.
Yh we definitely need a constant stream of youth coming through, not all of them will get the opportunity or be stars but we need a solid base there that we can look to pull players from instead of looking elsewhere. This will give us more wiggle room and options within the cap, you have an above average to star player coming through then you get a season of two of them on unders providing good value...you have a big earner attracting attention then instead of paying overs you blood a youngster on a lower wage...
How about the flip side to that coin, he goes to the tigers on a massive wage and caves due to the amount of pressure to perform at fb consistently. I'm not saying he's not a good player, but he shines at the rooters due to their whole team, not just his individual brillianceIf latrell does go to the tigers and becomes leading point scorer again, are the anti latrell advocates still going to say we dodged a bullet?
Its criminal to pass on such a talent.... rewind to the round 8 game against the Tigers TK was in uproar on how Cleal allowed such a prodigy to slip through our fingers
I'll never forgive the club for passing on him twice.
I really don't understand why every other Rooster player is getting all the credit for Latrells highlight reels...How about the flip side to that coin, he goes to the tigers on a massive wage and caves due to the amount of pressure to perform at fb consistently. I'm not saying he's not a good player, but he shines at the rooters due to their whole team, not just his individual brilliance
Most are arguing about the money his worth not his talentIf latrell does go to the tigers and becomes leading point scorer again, are the anti latrell advocates still going to say we dodged a bullet?
Its criminal to pass on such a talent.... rewind to the round 8 game against the Tigers TK was in uproar on how Cleal allowed such a prodigy to slip through our fingers
I'll never forgive the club for passing on him twice.
I personally think he'd be worth every penny.Most are arguing about the money his worth not his talent
You don't have to open the thread.Why is this still a thread? Lock it and please no more discussion on it. Fuck me drunk.
That's skeletor though, he always tries to play "mind games" with the media and just comes across as a senile goon. The club said we aren't in negotiations to him so I believe that. If you want to believe he's still an option then by all means, you're entitledUntil the bloke signs somewhere officially then there's still a discussion to be had...
How many times have we seen clubs release statements about retention and recruitment only to do the exact opposite.
Look at Souths and James Roberts... Bennett denied any interest yet a week later was a souths player.
If that important, you can, right?Can someone please arrange a fan poll on the simple question - Should our recruitment team have made a formal offer (as in ANY offer) to Mitchell ?
Last poll I saw asked if we should sign him for 10 years (was it also asking at 1M a season from memory). I personally voted no simply because I didn't think we should sign him OR ANYONE for 10 years but for 4 or 5 years I'd vote yes at the right price. We'd be a chance now at 850K a season for 4-5 years with him agreeing to playing fullback it seems. Why not make some offer rather than just rule it out totally. I definitely don't want to see the Roosters extend him for unders. Why would we let them and other clubs know PUBLICLY even that we're not in competition ? Wouldn't it be best for our club to push up his price for everyone else ?
Put your money where your mouth is, and fork out a couple hundrid townsend a year and become a 3rd party sponsor for Latrell to come over to the dogsI personally think he'd be worth every penny.
The club has been saying all year that were poised and prepared to splash to sign a marquee player for 2021... yet were passing on the leading point scorer when we've struggled with points for so many years now?
Settle down mate...Put your money where your mouth is, and fork out a couple hundrid townsend a year and become a 3rd party sponsor for Latrell to come over to the dogs