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Re: Recruitment and retention

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afgtnk wrote:Was kind of a dig at Nickman, actually. Awkward.
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Clearly you thought it was though.

Before you're tempted to go on, I strongly advise you to quit while you're well behind.
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Yikes... tough scenes for my guy Gangers here. :lol:
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Pfft

Alphabet needed an example to use against Nickman and the first one that came to mind was CNK. Wonder why that could have been?

Nothing to do with thinking that post was directed at me, which is why I quoted specifically the CNK bit and not the whole post ya pack of simpletons.
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The scene gets tougher.
Dig up!
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gangrenous wrote: July 5, 2022, 6:59 pm
afgtnk wrote:Similarly, we were doing well until CNK got injured last year, therefore his absence must explain how badly we went thereafter.
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Botman wrote: July 5, 2022, 9:47 pm The scene gets tougher.
Dig up!
:lol:

Christ. Didn't think he'd actually attempt it.
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Gangers going all Rick galaxy-brain on this one.

Maybe he just reads the forums more closely than the rest of us???
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The irony of you lot

Unsurprised by the 4 dunces of the apocalypse. But botman sometimes has more comprehension skills.
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Back on recruitment and retention:

We have lost CNK and Elliot who are at worst solid FGers.

Our only new signing for next year I have heard discussed is Ricky Stuart.
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We need a proper halfback- that would solve a lot of issues. Not all though as the biggest issue is still here getting his third chance of rebuilding a team
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No halfbacks want to play for Ricky. He reportedly punishes them for any errors, and holds them to impossible standards (my guess would be, his own playing days).

It’s as big an open secret as you will get amongst NRL players, and there’s close to 2 decades of proof in the pudding. I’ve had it corroborated by both an ex-Raiders player and a half playing at another club in recent years.
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We need a new fullback, halfback, hooker, backrower, and prop. Hell, get a new five eighth too.
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Heard we expressed an interest in Jack Murchie
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Are we giving up on Savage and Trevilyan? Schneider written off already too?

It's hard to keep up.

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Seiffert82 wrote: July 6, 2022, 12:03 pm Are we giving up on Savage and Trevilyan? Schneider written off already too?

It's hard to keep up.

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I see replacing Williams with Schneider, Hodgson with Trev a downgrade. Even Savage over CNK is a defensive downgrade.

If that’s our spine moving forward, enjoy the bottom 4 for a while.
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With Reece Walsh going to the Broncos, the chances of Brisbane re-signing hooker Jake Turpin have completely evaporated considering he is off-contract for 2023 at the moment. They're going to need his salary cap space.

Starling doesn't seem to be the player he was prior to those charges being laid against him. Adam Elliott, who has played some good footy at hooker, is off to the Knights. That leaves us with Woolford and Trevelyan. The latter is still a work in progress it seems.

Turpin was their captain and was named the Broncos' Most Consistent Player of 2021. However, he's only managed eight games this year and averaged 48 mins per game. He's currently out with a shoulder injury.

He'd be a Ryan James sort of risk, but the same sort of cheap one I reckon that could be used as a gap filler until Trevelyan is considered to be ready to come into the side regularly. As an ex-captain, Fogarty doesn't seem to have offered much on-field leadership leaving Whitehead to carry most of the load. Turpin might prove to be the opposite.
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Hard no to Turpin. Dont think he's a better prospect than Trevilyan and Woolford is looking like a potential long term starter. And we also have Starling. We've got our fill imo
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Does anyone know who/what TPAs our players have?

I've never really understood why TPAs are semi-secretive, aren't they ultimately about a player individually promoting a brand?
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nachopants wrote: July 6, 2022, 3:40 pm Does anyone know who/what TPAs our players have?

I've never really understood why TPAs are semi-secretive, aren't they ultimately about a player individually promoting a brand?
Semi-secretive because they would show up inequities in how much money players at different clubs are paid.

Especially the "whole of game" sponsorships which despite the Orwellian name, of course only go to a handful of players, who also happen to belong to a select set of clubs...
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Botman wrote: July 6, 2022, 3:22 pm Hard no to Turpin. Dont think he's a better prospect than Trevilyan and Woolford is looking like a potential long term starter. And we also have Starling. We've got our fill imo
But like I said, Starling hasn't been setting the world on fire for a while now. His two steps to the side before passing doesn't do the forwards any favours and allowed Hunt the chance to kill the final play. There's no guarantee that he'll find form again without specialist coaching.
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BadnMean wrote:
nachopants wrote: July 6, 2022, 3:40 pm Does anyone know who/what TPAs our players have?

I've never really understood why TPAs are semi-secretive, aren't they ultimately about a player individually promoting a brand?
Semi-secretive because they would show up inequities in how much money players at different clubs are paid.

Especially the "whole of game" sponsorships which despite the Orwellian name, of course only go to a handful of players, who also happen to belong to a select set of clubs...
Yeah those are the big mystery for me. When they last published the TPAs (about 2018/19 from memory) those whole of gamers also showed up, and as far as I could tell nobody had any clue about them. No coincidence that Storm and Roosters had multiple players receiving them.
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Get Adam Doueihi from the Tigers. He could be looking for an out as he is getting picked at centre but wants to play 5/8.

That way jack can move to centre
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yurithe1 wrote: July 6, 2022, 4:09 pm
Botman wrote: July 6, 2022, 3:22 pm Hard no to Turpin. Dont think he's a better prospect than Trevilyan and Woolford is looking like a potential long term starter. And we also have Starling. We've got our fill imo
But like I said, Starling hasn't been setting the world on fire for a while now. His two steps to the side before passing doesn't do the forwards any favours and allowed Hunt the chance to kill the final play. There's no guarantee that he'll find form again without specialist coaching.
Even if we get rid of him, I think the 3rd guy should be a developmental young bloke
Turpin at this stage of his career probably isn’t going to be wanting that role. He wants to play fg, and I wouldn’t have him above either Trevilyan or Woolford based on what I’ve seen of Turpin
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