Recruitment and Retention for 2027

[Dolph]

If he's forced to medically retire and it'll be a blessing for Dolphins saving Woolf from the biggest mistake of his career the Dolphins should go all out to chase Matt Burton with the Williams money. He would be perfect for Katoa and hitting the prime of his career.

How many more years is he contracted with the Dogs?

 

[257Matt]

Burton with a good playmaker might work but he still looks like a centre with a big boot to me.

Dolphins lack a kicking game outside of Katoa and with Donga providing the extra skill sets them it would be a perfect fit for Katoa.

Burton was going well at 6 with Sexton at 7 and Salmon at 13 imagine him with Katoa at 7 and Donga at 13.

 

[257Matt]

How many more years is he contracted with the Dogs?

End of next year but never hurts giving Gus a call.

Perth and Parramatta have already declared they're keen to sign Burton.

 

[mr_c]

End of next year but never hurts giving Gus a call.

Perth and Parramatta have already declared they're keen to sign Burton.

you wont get burton on the money hes on now it be over probbally upwards of a mill

 

[midlands hobo]

woolf seems to get best outta lot of players n i think it be same with george

My personal view is i don't doubt he gets the best out of players, my concern is those players' best isn't good enough.

 

[midlands hobo]

George Williams has been out with a serious neck injury since April 18. At 32 years of age going to be close to impossible to come back from.

Current reports are he is ahead of schedule on rehab and could be back playing in about 2-3 weeks.
Plust he's actually only 31. I thought he was older but isn't 32 for another 3 months

 

[midlands hobo]

lol hes ahead of schedule with his progress n back on field latter in august lol hardly worth medically retiring him lol

snap lol

 

[SwoopAE]

I'm a lot more in the wait and see camp with Williams than most Phins fans being low on him - Kodi has always been hot and cold and while he's been good this year Williams in theory has more upside I think IF he can get fully healthy and back to his best. It's not like he's some random super league scrub. At this point I trust the coach knows what he's doing. I sort of lean towards

Hope he delivers

The team absolutely has to re sign Herbie, Bostock and Cobbo (in that order) and presumably the three of them and Naufahu or Poiniu make up the back line medium term

We want to keep hammer too but i'd be reluctant to pay more than 1m or so a season for him even with the new cap as a FB like another commenter said he is actually a better centre than he is a fullback but we already have two marquee centres

We do have to upgrade Bostock and Herbie though having the best centre pairing in the comp with both fully fit is so huge for this team

I also agree with the guy who said if we have to we can lose Flegler and Lemuelu if we have to lose any forwards. Flegler is good, but not notably better than the rest of our pack but likely will cost more money. Losing Stone hurts, he's always been underrated, but the team can work around losing one or two forwards a year. Have to pay Finefuiaki obviously and ideally if we can keep Flegler and Lemuelu too that'd be great but if not it's not the end of the world

Future is bright especially if Williams does get back to his best. Phins Up!

At the end of the day we want to retain everyone but if we have to pick and choose, Herbie, Bostock, Cobbo, Hammer, Finefuiaki and obviously a long term extension for Katoa and keep as many of our current middles as we can and we're happy and can fill in the slots with young up and comers as needed

 

[Josh]

I'm a lot more in the wait and see camp with Williams than most Phins fans being low on him - Kodi has always been hot and cold and while he's been good this year Williams in theory has more upside I think IF he can get fully healthy and back to his best. It's not like he's some random super league scrub. At this point I trust the coach knows what he's doing. I sort of lean towards

Hope he delivers

The team absolutely has to re sign Herbie, Bostock and Cobbo (in that order) and presumably the three of them and Naufahu or Poiniu make up the back line medium term

We want to keep hammer too but i'd be reluctant to pay more than 1m or so a season for him even with the new cap as a FB like another commenter said he is actually a better centre than he is a fullback but we already have two marquee centres

We do have to upgrade Bostock and Herbie though having the best centre pairing in the comp with both fully fit is so huge for this team

I also agree with the guy who said if we have to we can lose Flegler and Lemuelu if we have to lose any forwards. Flegler is good, but not notably better than the rest of our pack but likely will cost more money. Losing Stone hurts, he's always been underrated, but the team can work around losing one or two forwards a year. Have to pay Finefuiaki obviously and ideally if we can keep Flegler and Lemuelu too that'd be great but if not it's not the end of the world

Future is bright especially if Williams does get back to his best. Phins Up!

At the end of the day we want to retain everyone but if we have to pick and choose, Herbie, Bostock, Cobbo, Hammer, Finefuiaki and obviously a long term extension for Katoa and keep as many of our current middles as we can and we're happy and can fill in the slots with young up and comers as needed

The biggest concern I have with Williams vs Kodi is that Williams is a halfback. I rate him as a halfback but can he play 5/8?

 

[mr_c]

The biggest concern I have with Williams vs Kodi is that Williams is a halfback. I rate him as a halfback but can he play 5/8?

Hes got at least 150 games there and just under 30 in nrl there kodis about same no of games there too