NRL General Recruitment and Retention

Yeah I figured that was the case, just the usual poorly worded article I read at the time
 
Would you guys sign a solid toiler who's far from one of your top players on a 200-300k deal? Can you imagine if we got Croker on a 4 year, $1m deal? $250k per year lol. I know he would never say yes to it, just wonder if some teams have that strategy, but it seems like shorter term deals for cap flexibility aside from marquee/spine players are the go.
 
Aside from Hunt, I don't know who the club thinks they'll replace Gagai with.

Seve, Winter, Votano etc aren't anywhere near FG ready, let alone being capable of becoming a FG centre on both sides of the ball.

It genuinely seems like they view Hunt as Gagai's immediate replacement
 
Les Misérables said:
Aside from Hunt, I don't know who the club thinks they'll replace Gagai with.

Seve, Winter, Votano etc aren't anywhere near FG ready, let alone being capable of becoming a FG centre on both sides of the ball.

It genuinely seems like they view Hunt as Gagai's immediate replacement
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Yeah Hunt is talented, but that is a significant downgrade. Hunt still has alot of areas in his game that need improvement. Errors, carries out of yardage. Also, an underrated skill of Gags is his catch and pass ability. Dom himself has admitted how much Gags has helped him in that aspect. We need someone with that skill, as it helps to utilise Dom's speed out wide. From what i've seen of Hunt, he is way off in that aspect. Passes often going behind, mistimed passes, dropping the ball in an attempt to tip the ball on etc.
 
Ahh, Fletcher Hunt, the 20 year old who isn't even in our top 30 yet and who isn't even in the team at the moment but someone needs to be the forum punching bag so he has to wear it for a bit. It's a shame for him that the likes of Sharpe, McKewn and Cant have shown they can play.
 
Owey said:
Ahh, Fletcher Hunt, the 20 year old who isn't even in our top 30 yet and who isn't even in the team at the moment but someone needs to be the forum punching bag so he has to wear it for a bit. It's a shame for him that the likes of Sharpe, McKewn and Cant have shown they can play.
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More that i think we need to re-sign Gags for another season as Hunt is still very raw.
 
Votano and Hopwood were both rushed into reserve grade when SG Ball aged.
They are now both first year of Flegg aged.
Hopwood adjusted to playing against men quicker, but over the last month, Votano has been our best back in reserve grade.
I'd say he's now ahead of Hunt and a year younger.
If the Knights let him go, he'll have about 10 offers. I'd say joining his brother at Melbourne would be the short favourite.
 
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