Post subject: Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:31 pm
Knocker_White
Academy Player
Joined: Jan 09 2023 Posts: 234
A bit of out of the blue, but got to say I'm pretty happy with this. Astute additions and in the case of Sheridan, some much needed SL coaching experience.
A bit of out of the blue, but got to say I'm pretty happy with this. Astute additions and in the case of Sheridan, some much needed SL coaching experience.
Post subject: Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:54 pm
BigTime
First Team Player
Joined: Jul 24 2021 Posts: 2085
Knocker_White wrote:A bit of out of the blue, but got to say I'm pretty happy with this. Astute additions and in the case of Sheridan, some much needed SL coaching experience.
Excellent news especially acquisition of the ‘former Ryan Sheridan’ as Broncos Media have dubbed him.
Knocker_White wrote:A bit of out of the blue, but got to say I'm pretty happy with this. Astute additions and in the case of Sheridan, some much needed SL coaching experience.
Post subject: Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:18 pm
Smithers99
Fringe Player
Joined: Oct 01 2021 Posts: 316
Is it seven non British trained players in the Super League? Five used so far? Natoli, Basset, Kennedy, Waine and Parata. Ulberg gone. Albert gone I believe. I expect Raiwalui will leave also. So we could retain Norman and Whare to reach the seven. I guess the latter is the more likely to stay.
Kennedy - Leyland - Butler - Adebiyi - Waine - Parata or Bienek - Davis - Williams - Lovell - Stock - Natoli
Whare and Norman are obvious "missing parts" in that backs line-up.
So 19 signed (plus any I've missed). Certainly two non-Brits to come. How many more might be in the squad? I did see last season that Leigh got a mention for starting the season with one of the smaller squads. It contained 27, so London remain well short currently.
Post subject: Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:24 am
Knocker_White
Academy Player
Joined: Jan 09 2023 Posts: 234
Smithers99 wrote:Is it seven non British trained players in the Super League? Five used so far? Natoli, Basset, Kennedy, Waine and Parata. Ulberg gone. Albert gone I believe. I expect Raiwalui will leave also. So we could retain Norman and Whare to reach the seven. I guess the latter is the more likely to stay.
Smithers99 wrote:Is it seven non British trained players in the Super League? Five used so far? Natoli, Basset, Kennedy, Waine and Parata. Ulberg gone. Albert gone I believe. I expect Raiwalui will leave also. So we could retain Norman and Whare to reach the seven. I guess the latter is the more likely to stay.
Post subject: Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 1:44 pm
BigTime
First Team Player
Joined: Jul 24 2021 Posts: 2085
12 players from 2023 squad still not announced one way or the other. 4 overseas, 5 kids, 2 fringe players and Dalton Grant. I’d prioritise Norman then Whare but all could do a job depending on whether upgrades are available and having a mind to the need to try and have a production line of young London based players. I’d assumed Ranalui and Albert might go and that Howarth having not played during his contract was vulnerable. Horsman and Davies have pluses and minuses but it must be a concern that for all the high hopes (it felt like our 2022 strategy was built on Oli L and Horsman being world beaters) Horsman has only played a handful of games over each of the last 3 seasons. Grant is the phaser. He’s clearly a popular guy and his performances have been good following a sluggish start but if we are to be competitive in SL how many good at Championship level players can we have. Be interesting to see what we do but these things are never easy and for London based players who aren’t re-signed there is no easy plan B.
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