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Offline noahrob

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on: 28 Oct 2024, 10:49:07 pm
We need to sign some proven professional's to help the younger players with on the field experience.
Good luck for 2025.


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Reply #1 on: 29 Oct 2024, 05:48:39 am
Connor and Jordan are pretty well proven professionals if we are trying to exist within our means then we have to rebuild economically. Better to build a local based side than go bankrupt paying mercenaries
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Reply #2 on: 29 Oct 2024, 08:00:01 am
Connor and Jordan are pretty well proven professionals if we are trying to exist within our means then we have to rebuild economically. Better to build a local based side than go bankrupt paying mercenaries
I was thinking more in the lines of Chris Taylor who with his experience could help the backline immensely.


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Reply #3 on: 29 Oct 2024, 10:00:03 am
Connor and Jordan are pretty well proven professionals if we are trying to exist within our means then we have to rebuild economically. Better to build a local based side than go bankrupt paying mercenaries
I was thinking more in the lines of Chris Taylor who with his experience could help the backline immensely.


Think we could do with a Fats, Soss or Jacko, experienced but could also protect the younger players who are stepping up.


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Reply #4 on: 29 Oct 2024, 02:46:42 pm
Connor and Jordan are pretty well proven professionals if we are trying to exist within our means then we have to rebuild economically. Better to build a local based side than go bankrupt paying mercenaries
I was thinking more in the lines of Chris Taylor who with his experience could help the backline immensely.

Rumour has it that he's signed, I'm sure Muz and Gus will have some lined up. Exciting to see all the young locals wanting to sign up, looking forward to more announcements, hopefully with quite a few signed up they can get in and crack on with training, seen a few of the lads playing union which I'm not a fan of in case of any injuries they pick up.


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Reply #5 on: 29 Oct 2024, 05:41:47 pm
What’s happened to all the Aussie lads . Have they all gone ??


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Reply #6 on: 29 Oct 2024, 05:51:09 pm
What’s happened to all the Aussie lads . Have they all gone ??

Probably to town well castle and Evans


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Reply #7 on: 29 Oct 2024, 05:59:08 pm
Was hoping Evan’s would stay along with Hannagan.  Loyalty now a days goes out of window well apart from Conor who simply loves playing for his home town club.


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Reply #8 on: 29 Oct 2024, 06:07:08 pm
What’s happened to all the Aussie lads . Have they all gone ??

Probably to town well castle and Evans

Thought Castle was away home?


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Reply #9 on: 29 Oct 2024, 06:34:37 pm
Hanneghan is the one we needed to keep apparently staying over in England aswell


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Reply #10 on: 29 Oct 2024, 06:54:44 pm
Hanneghan is the one we needed to keep apparently staying over in England aswell
When we signed Lachy he said that his father lived in the UK (Liverpool?)


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Reply #11 on: 29 Oct 2024, 11:43:08 pm
I'm really surprised that Ross chose to go to Town and didn't stay. What an inspiration he could have been to the new lads given the season he had.

I would have thought that most people would jump at the chance to be a role model and mentor former team mates as they step into the professional game given his roots.

Saying that, I also thought Guy Graham would have jumped at the chance to be coached by a fellow prop forward of the calibre of Kyle Amor and that certainly didn't prove to be the case either.

Maybe I'm just naive


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Reply #12 on: 30 Oct 2024, 12:40:37 am
Was hoping Evan’s would stay along with Hannagan.  Loyalty now a days goes out of window well apart from Conor who simply loves playing for his home town club.
Evans signed a two year contract through 2025, not sure if it was negated by relegation.


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Reply #13 on: 30 Oct 2024, 12:43:25 am
I'm really surprised that Ross chose to go to Town and didn't stay. What an inspiration he could have been to the new lads given the season he had.

I would have thought that most people would jump at the chance to be a role model and mentor former team mates as they step into the professional game given his roots.

Saying that, I also thought Guy Graham would have jumped at the chance to be coached by a fellow prop forward of the calibre of Kyle Amor and that certainly didn't prove to be the case either.

Maybe I'm just naive

Heard something the other day that there was a post on Facebook about how bad Ross was treated by the club? Maybe that had a part to play in him leaving but not heard that he was treated badly?


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Reply #14 on: 30 Oct 2024, 08:40:09 am
I'm really surprised that Ross chose to go to Town and didn't stay. What an inspiration he could have been to the new lads given the season he had.

I would have thought that most people would jump at the chance to be a role model and mentor former team mates as they step into the professional game given his roots.

Saying that, I also thought Guy Graham would have jumped at the chance to be coached by a fellow prop forward of the calibre of Kyle Amor and that certainly didn't prove to be the case either.

Maybe I'm just naive

Heard something the other day that there was a post on Facebook about how bad Ross was treated by the club? Maybe that had a part to play in him leaving but not heard that he was treated badly?

Can only think the badly treated comment was like everyone else the non payment of wages . But maybe it was something else but fair play to the lad he put his body on the line every week and never had a bad game