Bulldog_4_Life
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We have had a successful rebuild up to date, we have gotten rid of a lot of deadwood in our squad such as Woods and Mbye and also rid ourselves of there horrible contracts, we have found some hidden gems in Smith and Lewis who should be mainstays in our team for the next decade and also been able to turn around our salary cap issue fairly quickly.
In my opinion, we have two glaring holes in our team that still need to be addressed, a quality hooker and a marquee back.
1. The Lichaa experiment has failed miserably and it's ridiculous that he will rack up close to 100 Bulldogs first grade games before he is next off contract. He would've been a decent dummy half a decade ago as he defends well and has a good work rate but he doesn't fit the modern needs of a dummy half, he is too slow and he's service from dummy half is beyond questionable.
We should be making Koroisau are number one priority, he is a quality hooker who has become one of the top hookers in the game in my opinion, Manly are struggling with there cap and im sure we could nab him off them. I'd also be happy with Segeyaro, he could be a real spark for us and when in form is one of the best in the comp, He does seem to have a few attitude issues though and I don't know if Pay would want that around the young boys.
2. We also lack a marquee player in our squad, every team that wins a premiership has a go-to player that can just break a game open and turn small deficits into wins. And considering how rare it is to find a forward that can go that (Taumalalo is the only current forward that's that good enough) then we need to find a superstar outside back. I don't think there are any off contract at the end of this season but I'm sure we could sound out a young star thats stuck in reserve grade or someone that's looking for a move away from their current club due to any other reasons.
1. Meaney
2. Hopoate
3. (Insert new potential star centre)
4. Holland
5. Smith
6. Foran
7. Lewis
8. Tolman
9. Koroisau
10. Klemmer
11. Jackson
12. CHN
13. RFM
14. Elliot
15. Ogden
16. Fualalo
17. To'omaga
18. Martin
19. Sue
20. Cogger
In my opinion, we have two glaring holes in our team that still need to be addressed, a quality hooker and a marquee back.
1. The Lichaa experiment has failed miserably and it's ridiculous that he will rack up close to 100 Bulldogs first grade games before he is next off contract. He would've been a decent dummy half a decade ago as he defends well and has a good work rate but he doesn't fit the modern needs of a dummy half, he is too slow and he's service from dummy half is beyond questionable.
We should be making Koroisau are number one priority, he is a quality hooker who has become one of the top hookers in the game in my opinion, Manly are struggling with there cap and im sure we could nab him off them. I'd also be happy with Segeyaro, he could be a real spark for us and when in form is one of the best in the comp, He does seem to have a few attitude issues though and I don't know if Pay would want that around the young boys.
2. We also lack a marquee player in our squad, every team that wins a premiership has a go-to player that can just break a game open and turn small deficits into wins. And considering how rare it is to find a forward that can go that (Taumalalo is the only current forward that's that good enough) then we need to find a superstar outside back. I don't think there are any off contract at the end of this season but I'm sure we could sound out a young star thats stuck in reserve grade or someone that's looking for a move away from their current club due to any other reasons.
1. Meaney
2. Hopoate
3. (Insert new potential star centre)
4. Holland
5. Smith
6. Foran
7. Lewis
8. Tolman
9. Koroisau
10. Klemmer
11. Jackson
12. CHN
13. RFM
14. Elliot
15. Ogden
16. Fualalo
17. To'omaga
18. Martin
19. Sue
20. Cogger
