Rynostradamus
Reserve Grader
Been thinking about our strategy for a hooker next year.
I am certain that the club will go after the cheese if Fainu is found guilty. Fainu is the best young hooker I have ever seen. Sure Grant emerged this year and I see those two as the best prospects in the NRL.
There is no way the scum will not keep Harry Grant as first option hooker for life. So the cheese will be on the market within a year. So no way we are putting cash into another hooker on a 1-3 year deal right now. The club has been smart extending Fainu I trust he will be found not guilty and back playing for us next year. If he isnt that money is straight in the block of cheese.
Yes Cust and Croker will have to be able to cover hooker and halves moving forward. They will only be short terms option in the 9 and I am not convinced they will be alone fighting for the gig come round 1. Croker has a year left to prove his worth. Cust will be around for a long time imo.
So surely the smart move here is to not rush out and sign a hooker before Fainus fate is decided in court but to loan one.
The 4 best loan options would be Verrils, Starling, F Lussick and Havili. We have always traded and done deals with the coqs and faders. And both clubs have 3 deep strong hooking stocks with Friend and Hodgson their clubs chosen ones. Neither clubs worry about the cap but would use the freed up loam money to secure existing stars say a Chriton.
I just read about Starling getting into alleged trouble this morning. So that may cause issues if he is found guilty. He and Verrils would be my first pick of the 6 those two clubs have.
Obviously there are lots of other clubs out there and a lot of other options.
Anyway, as we move closer to top 30 squads being finalised I am almost certain we will see at least one vacant spot taken up with a hooker on loan up until the Fainu hearing.
It is the smart play from here to keep options open. The Levi experiment did not work, the 1 year deal was smart.
But why buy the cow as a stop gap when we can rent one. Wait until we see the cards that we are dealt right to the river and go all in then not pre flop!
Go Manly
I am certain that the club will go after the cheese if Fainu is found guilty. Fainu is the best young hooker I have ever seen. Sure Grant emerged this year and I see those two as the best prospects in the NRL.
There is no way the scum will not keep Harry Grant as first option hooker for life. So the cheese will be on the market within a year. So no way we are putting cash into another hooker on a 1-3 year deal right now. The club has been smart extending Fainu I trust he will be found not guilty and back playing for us next year. If he isnt that money is straight in the block of cheese.
Yes Cust and Croker will have to be able to cover hooker and halves moving forward. They will only be short terms option in the 9 and I am not convinced they will be alone fighting for the gig come round 1. Croker has a year left to prove his worth. Cust will be around for a long time imo.
So surely the smart move here is to not rush out and sign a hooker before Fainus fate is decided in court but to loan one.
The 4 best loan options would be Verrils, Starling, F Lussick and Havili. We have always traded and done deals with the coqs and faders. And both clubs have 3 deep strong hooking stocks with Friend and Hodgson their clubs chosen ones. Neither clubs worry about the cap but would use the freed up loam money to secure existing stars say a Chriton.
I just read about Starling getting into alleged trouble this morning. So that may cause issues if he is found guilty. He and Verrils would be my first pick of the 6 those two clubs have.
Obviously there are lots of other clubs out there and a lot of other options.
Anyway, as we move closer to top 30 squads being finalised I am almost certain we will see at least one vacant spot taken up with a hooker on loan up until the Fainu hearing.
It is the smart play from here to keep options open. The Levi experiment did not work, the 1 year deal was smart.
But why buy the cow as a stop gap when we can rent one. Wait until we see the cards that we are dealt right to the river and go all in then not pre flop!
Go Manly