Post subject: Overseas players. Ex Martin so we need them?
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:09 pm
HucknallLoiner
Club Captain
Joined: Sep 07 2015 Posts: 295
Prior did well last year but invisible this year Tetevano, Fusitu'a , Thompson, Sezer and Austin spend most of the season suspended or "injured". They take up far too much of our salary cap compared to what they provide.
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Post subject: Re: Overseas players. Ex Martin so we need them?
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:27 pm
ArthurClues
Club Captain
Joined: Jan 24 2020 Posts: 2658
HucknallLoiner wrote:Sorry, DO we need them?
Why injured in quotes? Are you implying they are faking it? And if so, does that apply to the likes of Newman and Holroyd? The simple answer to your question is yes, unless you want to be relegated.
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Post subject: Re: Overseas players. Ex Martin so we need them?
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:28 pm
batleyrhino
International Chairman
Joined: Feb 26 2002 Posts: 9576 Location: anywhere, literally...
I’d prefer us to only go for overseas players when we can’t develop or sign British players for the positions they fill. I’m certain that we could have brought in players better than Prior is now or Tetevano has been for us. We shouldn’t have signed Thompson once never mind extended him, and Sezer and Austin were gambles rather than dead certs. There’s a dearth of good British halves so I can understand signing them, but overall our overseas recruitment has been terrible for years.
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Post subject: Re: Overseas players. Ex Martin so we need them?
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:51 am
Once were Loiners
First Team Player
Joined: Dec 15 2021 Posts: 1255
Our overseas signings have been pretty poor for a long time, with no strategy I can see. Smith seems to be able to spot duffers quickly. Lets hope he's got an eye for incoming players as well.
Post subject: Re: Overseas players. Ex Martin so we need them?
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:05 am
Boots
Club Captain
Joined: Feb 14 2019 Posts: 92
Prior is now a major issue - he has a year left on his contract and I don`t blame him for wanting see it out and get his money . Unfortunately he is finished - on his second stint on Saturday ,he had no go forward and missed 4 tackles in a row and then got hooked. We should do whatever deal we can with him , and then find a replacement. I would rather take a gamble on a young prop from the Championship or from PNG , rather than take up a quota spot for a player who can no longer make any significant contribution, to the area of the team where we are so weak.
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