35 year olds in SL are still few and far between. Some players are capable of playing at that age but far more have bodies that have given up by then

personally I don't think any decision should be based on age, we always say "if they're good enough, they're old enough" the same is true of players in mid 30's.

Glad you're not in charge of our recruitment then

A poster said previously it was Radford telling TL him to sign his renewed contract, I couldn't be d to look at the exact timing of it.
As for Paea, it was June 2013 when it was announced, and all the good signings were under the instruction of Radford if all the Radford supporters will have you believe so as I said, none of these will have being overpaid right?

That was me, have no idea if it was true or not. At the time somebody posted that McRae offered TL a contract, Tom asked Radford if he should take it & was told he'd be stupid not to take the money. Like I say no idea if it's true or not.

It is true, I have posted that if it wasn't for ears TL wouldn't have even got a chance at FC, as PG & bomber wanted youngquest, just glad he signed the deal ears pushed for him, or we wouldn't be getting a fee for his departure, not many fees ship about in RL, so we have been a smart club for a change, rather lose a player for a fee then for nothing if they want to depart.

No one like Pritchard will sign for Radford. We wont be able to attract the likes of The Tank and Inu whilst Lee is in charge.

I think you might be wrong there

No way - I've read this forum long enough to know that much.

Pritchard had a great game last week for the Doggies .

Hi guys, I'm a supporter of the might Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs and wanted to give you guys a bit of information on Pritchard, who is looking likely to sign.

Pritchard is a fan favourite at the Bulldogs and has served us very well, joining the club at a time when we were down the bottom. He's also very popular within the team. Bulldogs have a large amount of Polynesian / islander players, and frank the tank acts as a role model for all the guys in the squad, and leads by example. Awesome bloke and real good player.

In 2014 he didn't play much, as he tore his pec muscle in round 3, he returned I think 2 games before the finals series. However, this season he is back to his best, running direct and running hard. Hes also a smart player who passes before the line occasionally. He will be a good signing for you guys, and I know I can't speak on behalf of an entire supporter base, but we definitely don't want to let him go.

Also, I've seen a post regarding inu, who also played for the Bulldogs. He has a pattern in his career, he will sign with a new club, kill it for the first season, be average in the second season, and eventually be kicked out in the third season. This has happened at the last 3 clubs he played for. He made the grand final with all three clubs, but all 3 clubs eventually told him to go elsewhere. Very rocks and diamonds type of player. Has a lot of physical strength and can do some freakish stuff, but can also be lazy

Thanks mate, appreciate the information.

Both players would be fantastic additions. We have missed a player like Frank since Willie Manu left. And inu looks to be similar to Ritchie Barnett, who played for us over 10 years ago, but was fantastic in the short time he was here.

Fingers crossed they come off and best of luck to the Doggies this season!

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Would be great to get these signings confirmed next week.

So, we'll give him a one year deal.

If he helps get us to the GF in his first season, I'll take the second season syndrome.

Lose paea -get taylor and Ellis for his position -gain
Lose Ellis from 2nd row n get Pritchard n more game time for thompson due to Pritchards more impact style role-teamwise another gain
Lose Lineham get a centre and have ready made replacement in naughton or Lancaster. Massive gain.
I'll be well happy with recruitment this year if it ends up looking like
Pritchard
Inu
Taylor
Washy
????

+ if Ellis moves up to prop that should mean he'll get spelled a bit more.

I'd worked similar out about Inu, but if we get the diamonds early on we can probably live with the rocks later

I reckon his 'rocks' is still better then we are used to.

lineham is a big loss and neither naughton or lancaster will offer the same as we're currently getting from lineham straight away. The club did say in the press release they'd already moved to replace lineham which suggested a new player, and also the same release said they were in discussions with an international outside back which I'd take to be inu so my take is inu plus another but I may be reading it wrong

Edit - this is the comment from the website

[iHull FC have already moved to secure a replacement for Lineham for 2016 and are in advanced talks with a number of high profile players, including an international outside back.[/i

It's a bit open to interpretation. It could just mean we've opened negotiations with a potential replacement.

lineham is a loss but we have naughton and Lancaster in the wings, I am really exited at the possible signings and hopefully there will come about, Exiting times atm

Come on Frank get your biro working on that piece of paper.
Weve been yakking to him for over a year now so it's time to sign on the dotted line.

Could mean either

The phrase 'already moved to secure' sounds like we've already signed his replacement to me.