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Re: Shopping List 2023 : Mon Mar 06, 2023 10:03 am  
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The same person who seemed to know about Dwyer coming to us a good couple weeks before it came to light is confident the club is trying hard to get Ratu Naulago back for 2024, imagine it wouldn't be cheap or easy but, personally, id have him back in a heartbeat.


He'll be 32 this year. I'd avoid this tbh
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Re: Shopping List 2023 : Mon Mar 06, 2023 10:14 am  
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That would be really disappointing, what have you heard, hopefully not true, I'd be worried about losing Hoy too if Cliiford went.


Rumours of going to the Dolphins, but with the way they've started, maybe not. SL was only ever a filler for Clifford in my opinion, and Hoy was probably the one out of the 2 of them that would be here a bit longer
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Re: Shopping List 2023 : Mon Mar 06, 2023 11:13 am  
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HU8HFC wrote:
The same person who seemed to know about Dwyer coming to us a good couple weeks before it came to light is confident the club is trying hard to get Ratu Naulago back for 2024, imagine it wouldn't be cheap or easy but, personally, id have him back in a heartbeat.


He'll be 32 this year. I'd avoid this tbh


As much as I liked Ratu when he was here first time around I'd also avoid re signing Ratu as a player coming back to a club they left very rarely works out well, as Mahe and Westy have shown. As mwindass states he'll also be 32 this year so unless he'd be a low hit on our cap then I can't see any other reason for the club to want him back.
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Re: Shopping List 2023 : Mon Mar 06, 2023 11:16 am  
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He'll be 32 this year. I'd avoid this tbh


I'll be honest, I had no idea that he'd be 32 :lol: that does change things, I do think if its a reduced salary then it would still be a decent signing, even if we get a couple years out of him.
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Re: Shopping List 2023 : Mon Mar 06, 2023 12:57 pm  
Think he's been injured most of the time since he left us. So that's a big worry
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Re: Shopping List 2023 : Mon Mar 06, 2023 3:17 pm  
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Think he's been injured most of the time since he left us. So that's a big worry


you are right.he has missed 1 full season and a half with a knee injury but is now back in the first team fully fit.
That could actually be a good thing that he has missed so much playing time given his age.
I would have him back in a flash.
Bristol have some speed players but according to thier coach Ratu is still the fastest player in their squad.
If Ratu was a worry what about Savelio,Trueman,Tuimavave.
One thing is for sure we need some strike in our backs.Swift is Ok but McIntosh and our centres are average.I dont see any attacking strike from either Scott or Sutcliffe
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Re: Shopping List 2023 : Mon Mar 06, 2023 3:51 pm  
He'd still be the fastest at our club on one leg .
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Re: Shopping List 2023 : Tue Mar 07, 2023 10:57 am  
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He'll be 32 this year. I'd avoid this tbh

Minichello was 33 when we signed him

Ellis 34 in 2016

Ratu could score trys from nothing and was solid in defence

Swift is ok but I can't remember him beating 3 players and going full length like ratu did numerous times
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Re: Shopping List 2023 : Tue Mar 07, 2023 11:49 am  
Age is the biggest issue here, the salary cap in Union is over 3 times RL, we couldn't compete with the offer they made, so he would likely be our most expensive player for a winger who has played 11 games in 2 seasons.
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Re: Shopping List 2023 : Tue Mar 07, 2023 2:07 pm  
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Minichello was 33 when we signed him

Ellis 34 in 2016

Ratu could score trys from nothing and was solid in defence

Swift is ok but I can't remember him beating 3 players and going full length like ratu did numerous times


Swift is solid, reads the game well and reliable, not spectacular, as Ratu was, but Ratu's injury record, age and wage would be the issue.
Mini and Ellis were both schooled in fitness and recovery by top NRL conditioning staff and Ellis wasn't signed in 2016, if anything, he got fitter after his initial foot injury, ironically during the warm up for his debut at Leeds.
I'd rather spend on a nasty hard running front rower and a decent backrower, particularly as we have Baron to come back into the fold after his baptism of fire, last year. Personally, Mitch would be my pick over Macintosh, who looks like a startled rabbit when under pressure and is decidedly weak in defence, with his pace only really average, not as rapid as Marshall or even Ethan Ryan.
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