2026 recruitment & retention

[double hoops]

The fact he's been one of our better forwards at the back end of the season shows just how bad we are. We need better players, not more of the same.

 

[double hoops]

Every time I open this thread I am hoping there is a strong rumor or maybe an announcement that we have signed someone decent to bolster our stocks for 2026.

Alas another day I get disappointed

Ditto. We can only hope one day to our surprise.

 

[Jerry1]

I don't see any hope for next year either. Again, top half of the bottom eight or bottom of the top eight. Mediocre players, sub par coach & owners who want us to run around with rainbows on our jerseys.

 

[Scorpio]

Every time I open this thread I am hoping there is a strong rumor or maybe an announcement that we have signed someone decent to bolster our stocks for 2026.

Alas another day I get disappointed

If Josh Aloiai and/or Jake T get medically retired, then there's $500k - $1.5m of space in the salary cap for 2026... But until that gets finalised we can't really sign any big targets as we're otherwise only moving on players on modest coin, who have to be replaced by players on similar salaries.

There would be the difference between DCE and Fogarty's salary to spend, but that in itself is not enough for major signings.