Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Tue Sep 10, 2024 2:47 pm  

I think it's time to say goodbye to Sao. Can be great on his day but too often lets us down with his indiscipline and his reckless offloads. If it wasn't for Smith's match winner at home to London Sao would have cost us that game with a stupid off load.

Hopefully a non-fed centre or if not a prop who is more reliable.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Tue Sep 10, 2024 2:51 pm  

Chris71 wrote:

I'd have preferred if the club hadn't signed Sezer nor Cust as just don't see the point a using up quota spots on either of them as question marks on their robustness alone.
Ideal scenario would bring in a quality half with a running game, then either a quality 9 or centre. Better still if we can shift Sao on then get all 3, do a deal for Matty English as Sao's replacement and possibly another either a SL fringe or Championship player as not sure we have any prospects that are ready just yet.

Not sure there us the availability of a good enough running half, so we either sign Seizer who has been decent this year or take the risk and wait it out.

This hasn't worked out for us in the past, signing Reynokds, Gale, Clifford and Brown all late on.

Could maybe get a queensland cup player, but good chance they won't be good enough for SL.

Club are in a tough place, nit exactly the most attractive club right now.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Tue Sep 10, 2024 2:52 pm  

Hurrell is out of contract.....

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Tue Sep 10, 2024 2:58 pm  

Milky121086 wrote:

The more i think about it, the more this sounds realistic... Hastings become known as being available after the Sezer deal was "agreed", hes injured at the moment too so maybe hes chose to retire and the deals been agreed to not go ahead? Which in turn has opened the door for Hastings?

If we could land a real X Factor half like that then id be over the moon, or Jayden Sullivan who's more of an illusive runner of the ball

If we have Abdull we should be looking for speedy running half to compliment his style

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Tue Sep 10, 2024 3:02 pm  

If sao goes we absolutely have to get another decent prop or we'll be royally screwed no matter who we sign in the halfs

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Tue Sep 10, 2024 3:05 pm  

I still can't get my head around Cust. I do feel he is a waste of a quota spot to be a back up half or 9.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Tue Sep 10, 2024 3:13 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

If sao goes we absolutely have to get another decent prop or we'll be royally screwed no matter who we sign in the halfs

Even if Sao stays we could do with another prop/second row.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Tue Sep 10, 2024 3:17 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Worrying thing is that the club seem to have no idea how weak we are at centre, even in the Sao article it talks about replacing him with another prop.

If Sao leaves our 4 Props would be Ese Ese, Ashworth, Aydin and Fash. As much as we are weak at centre, if Sao goes we best have another prop lined up first. As Marcus said above, feel we need a more seasoned forward even if Sao stayed

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Tue Sep 10, 2024 3:29 pm  

Yeah forwards would be a huge worry. Would be great spending money on a quality centre but if our forwards end up been as ineffective as they have this year then it doesn't matter how good the centres and halves are when they've got no platform to play from. We'll be consistently stuck in our own half again all season.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Tue Sep 10, 2024 3:47 pm  

Liam666 wrote:

If Sao leaves our 4 Props would be Ese Ese, Ashworth, Aydin and Fash. As much as we are weak at centre, if Sao goes we best have another prop lined up first. As Marcus said above, feel we need a more seasoned forward even if Sao stayed

Easier to get another forward than a centre though without a quota spot.

Agree we need another forward, two if Sao goes.