Recruitment And Retention Discussion

[Sheent14]

Schiller is the Forrest Gump of Newcastle, however there is a very good footballer in there but he sometimes plays like he has feet for hands. He would kill it in super league.

Has talent in attack, but his defence is dreadful.

 

[Good Times]

Toa is moving on i believe? Otherwise add him to the list.

Went to Manly from memory

 

[mullenmagic]

Courier Mail reporting Harry Grant has interest in linking up with Kalyn Ponga at the Knights. Would say it's just his manager trying to put pressure on Melbourne but it's a strange little story nonetheless.

 

[krustykraz]

Courier Mail reporting Harry Grant has interest in linking up with Kalyn Ponga at the Knights. Would say it's just his manager trying to put pressure on Melbourne but it's a strange little story nonetheless.

He wants to win a comp.
Im pretty sure he hasn't yet.
How funny would it be if he sees the Knights as a more promising option.

 

[Good Times]

Courier Mail reporting Harry Grant has interest in linking up with Kalyn Ponga at the Knights. Would say it's just his manager trying to put pressure on Melbourne but it's a strange little story nonetheless.

 

[BTP]

There could be a world where we don't resign Jsaf after 27.

28 season you'll have

8. Mooney
10. Hops
15. McEwen
16. Crouch
18. Saulo

Then it'll be about having a yound prop come through to be the Cup back ups.

By 28 I'd wager. Riley Wells, Ashton Allen, Elijah Galloway (From NR Titans), and Devante Hurrell could be knocking on the door.

I have hope in Jack Hilliar and William Bates too, but seems like Hilliar maybe not in plans (somehow) and Bates has been head hunted by other clubs

this is all if, in the end, our cap position is so tight we need all the coin available to retain Sharpe, Hoppy and Crossland

 

[Lefty]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2107949480884781205

 

[mozza]

Courier Mail reporting Harry Grant has interest in linking up with Kalyn Ponga at the Knights. Would say it's just his manager trying to put pressure on Melbourne but it's a strange little story nonetheless.

 

[RedBlue]

No thanks to Harry Grant - hard pass

 

[Macca89]

Dunno how we would even fit him in. He’d have to work his way through reserve grade and maybe take a development contract

 

[Billy]

Grant would suit our style perfectly, but he'd want a million and we've got about 50c - can't even afford Frizz.

 

[JOJO82]

Well what's a premiership worth to him?....I say let him play a year for a pie and coke and then sort the rest out later.

 

[Vagabond89]

Well what's a premiership worth to him?....I say let him play a year for a pie and coke and then sort the rest out later.

Between him and Munster hitting the eject button, seems to me with Bellamy retiring end of this year Melbourne is crumbling already. So sad to see...not.

 

[HarVeeGee13]

Wow, a manager is using us to try to drive a player’s price up like the Broncos and Roosters usually get used. What giddy heights are these.

 

[ASJ82]

Isn’t it sad roosters can have so many rep players and it’s the norm, the thought of adding Grant to our roster seems ridiculous. 3rd party deals still ruining the comp ?

 

[EASBay17]

No thanks to Harry Grant - hard pass

Its never going to happen so dont worry. But our young pack playing off his ability to engage the markers and get his forwards rolling upfield . Every day of the week you sign him.

 

[HarVeeGee13]

Yeah if I'm engaging with it seriously: No. His market value would be very similar to Dylan Brown's (he's a better player than Dylan, but hookers make less than halves and fullbacks). You don't even think about adding another salary like that for a guy who'll turn 30 the season he arrives, if you haven't already locked down - for as long as possible - the kid you have wearing #6 who'll turn 24 that season, who is *comfortably* the best spine prospect your club has produced since Andrew Johns & Danny Buderus.

Also, lowkey, Phoenix Crossland is pretty high on the list of "best internally developed spine players" for our club too at this point. It matters. Hooker is not a weakness in our roster. Spine talent/creativity generally is not a weakness. You recruit to fill weaknesses, not further bolster strengths.

 

[Captain Planet]

Our depth at 9 best it’s been in nearly 20 yrs

 

[EASBay17]

Yeah if I'm engaging with it seriously: No. His market value would be very similar to Dylan Brown's (he's a better player than Dylan, but hookers make less than halves and fullbacks). You don't even think about adding another salary like that for a guy who'll turn 30 the season he arrives, if you haven't already locked down - for as long as possible - the kid you have wearing #6 who'll turn 24 that season, who is *comfortably* the best spine prospect your club has produced since Andrew Johns & Danny Buderus.

Also, lowkey, Phoenix Crossland is pretty high on the list of "best internally developed spine players" for our club too at this point. It matters. Hooker is not a weakness in our roster. Spine talent/creativity generally is not a weakness. You recruit to fill weaknesses, not further bolster strengths.

dylbrown is going to be masive unders with his capped ratchet. sharpe local taking unders? potentially extra cash in there somewhere. its not going to happen but its nice to think about hahah.
Id argue though crosslands pretty one dimensional and certainly has an effect on our go forward.
your right though its surplas to our current needs.

 

[HarVeeGee13]

Phoenix brings guys onto the ball really well & missing that + him not leading the line in defence had an effect on our go forward too. A bad one. No shade on Cant there, it is what it is.

Phoenix is a really good hooker.