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Recruitment and Retention for 2028

This might be nothing but seems a bit strange for Roosters coach to have a long conversation with him rather than just greet.
Herbie Farnworth and Sydney Roosters coach
 
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If all these rumours of them having already signed for the Dragons ans Roosters were true.

They would have been announced. Its now the 4th.

Bostock and Herbie dont seem like dicks. The are doing what each one of us would do, see what they are worth.

They will probably go away and weigh up all pros and cons. Give the Dolphins the final opportunity.

Then go from there.

If the Dolphins want them at the price the market says they are worth. Because thats how an open market economy works, theyll stay.

If the Dolphins arent willing to do that, they may go or stay loyal. Depending on gow close they are, and hiw highly they rate non money factors.

Either way, if you make it so players are bigger then the club as the sum of the whole, youre on the road to being the Tigers.
 
Sua resigning is good

Hopefully we get Herbie and/or Bostock resigning news soon
The news will be great either way.

Im hopeful if we lose both, we spend it going forward on the prop position, and blood a few youngsters to see where we are at with the likes of Lavender, and maybe Pouniu being eased into the side at centre
 
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If all these rumours of them having already signed for the Dragons ans Roosters were true.

They would have been announced. Its now the 4th.

Bostock and Herbie dont seem like dicks. The are doing what each one of us would do, see what they are worth.

They will probably go away and weigh up all pros and cons. Give the Dolphins the final opportunity.

Then go from there.

If the Dolphins want them at the price the market says they are worth. Because thats how an open market economy works, theyll stay.

If the Dolphins arent willing to do that, they may go or stay loyal. Depending on gow close they are, and hiw highly they rate non money factors.

Either way, if you make it so players are bigger then the club as the sum of the whole, youre on the road to being the Tigers.
TBH, I'm getting a bit frustrated. Herbie in particular isn't playing in the World Cup anymore. One would think he'd have had time to hear what's on offer and make a decision.
 
It's only been a few days presumably he may be negotiating over a 1.1m vs 1.2m type offer or whatever to stay prior to considering interest elsewhere now that presumably other clubs have shown their numbers
 
Not Dolphins related directly but Cleary extends with Penrith, with Harrison re-signing at the Titans that means there's only one elite halfback on the market left (Walker) and the rest are all five-eighths in Munster, Burton etc or rookies or bad.

So PNG are gonna have to get Walker or they don't have an elite 7 for their first season but the question is where does he play until then? If it's the Bulldogs it opens up Mitch Woods to change clubs but given his injury issues who knows which clubs will want him. If they can make the cap space obviously he'd fill a huge need for Souths or the Bulldogs if he wants to stay in Sydney (or the Tigers but I doubt they want a one year stopover when not contending)

Also it largely takes the Roosters out of premiership contention for 2027 assuming Walker is released early which would likely move us up to second favourites in the betting markets for 2027 after Penrith and probably makes them a less appealing club for Herbie to go to given he wouldn't be contending immediately for the title and if Rodwell doesn't pan out as a prospect their halves situation is pretty dire, obviously it's fine if he does pan out but it'll take him a few seasons to reach his prime

I assume we'll be seeing a Cleary/Cleary halves combo at Penrith short term, long term will depend whether Jett is good or not.
 
Not Dolphins related directly but Cleary extends with Penrith, with Harrison re-signing at the Titans that means there's only one elite halfback on the market left (Walker) and the rest are all five-eighths in Munster, Burton etc or rookies or bad.

So PNG are gonna have to get Walker or they don't have an elite 7 for their first season but the question is where does he play until then? If it's the Bulldogs it opens up Mitch Woods to change clubs but given his injury issues who knows which clubs will want him. If they can make the cap space obviously he'd fill a huge need for Souths or the Bulldogs if he wants to stay in Sydney (or the Tigers but I doubt they want a one year stopover when not contending)

Also it largely takes the Roosters out of premiership contention for 2027 assuming Walker is released early which would likely move us up to second favourites in the betting markets for 2027 after Penrith and probably makes them a less appealing club for Herbie to go to given he wouldn't be contending immediately for the title and if Rodwell doesn't pan out as a prospect their halves situation is pretty dire, obviously it's fine if he does pan out but it'll take him a few seasons to reach his prime

I assume we'll be seeing a Cleary/Cleary halves combo at Penrith short term, long term will depend whether Jett is good or not.
What do the Roosters do now?

I know they are confident with Rodwell and Savala.

But thats no DCE Walker combo, no matter how you paint it.

And with the rest that are leaving?
 
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