2026 recruitment & retention

[mave]

Instagram reckons we've got Blake Wilson and going hard for Jake Turpin from the Doggies.

Might mean the demise of Garrick is actually happening, if true....we need another outside back like a hole in the head with the current squad.

 

[Dingo]

Blake Wilson is a great signing but why are we just signing all of these backs? We are in desperate need of forwards ffs

 

[Cliffycomeback]

Idk why people on here rate Sandon Smith, I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone throw dumber intercepts than him. Had the 1 great game on ANZAC round but that was a outlier

Okay then, Seibold good Sandon bad

 

[Hertera]

Turpin is a dud

 

[Dion Johnson]

Courtesy of @leaguescene
Manly are in final stages of signing Blake Wilson from the Bulldogs in a two year deal.

In a double poaching raid, Jake Turpin is in talks with the Sea Eagles.

Tommy Talau his future at the club is uncertain and being discussed still.

Turpin is a Moses client
Wilson is a Clinton Schifcoske client

 

[Nordburg]

The new recruitment guru is really starting off with a bang

 

[nightster]

Actually, I can't be bothered. Fire away with as much insinuated rubbish as you want. As I said before I am more than happy to provide both my real identification and place of work to prove who I am.

Did I just walk in on something I’m better off not knowing about ?

 

[joeboy]

Turpin is probably the worst player I’ve ever seen and definitely the ugliest. There ain’t many branches on that family tree

Why would we sign a ganut like him, he offers nothing and is in a position we don’t need. Any money spent on him is a waste of money.

Blake Wilson is pure depth but we just signed fualalo who is better and a manly boy. Hopefully Saab is going and this is just a rejig

 

[nightster]

Courtesy of @leaguescene
Manly are in final stages of signing Blake Wilson from the Bulldogs in a two year deal.

In a double poaching raid, Jake Turpin is in talks with the Sea Eagles.

Tommy Talau his future at the club is uncertain and being discussed still.

Turpin is a Moses client
Wilson is a Clinton Schifcoske client

FFS 🤦‍♂️

 

[eaglezap]

Where's the source @rich Blake Wilson is probably a depth signing to replace Vaega, and has only been held out of the Bulldogs side by Kiraz, and now Rinakama. Jake Turpin doesn't excite me in any way.

Maybe this was the signing news Bomb Voyage alluded to!

 

[susan]

Bottom line is if we don't sign a couple of good forwards , or potentially good forwards, we are simply fighting to avoid the spoon next year.

None of the young forwards in the system currently will change anything based on form this year.

Fogarty will improve our backline and game management but won't be near enough to offset what will be easily the worst pack in the comp.

So the obvious answer to this is to sign a winger of course. Blake Wilson is a good player but seriously ... we sign a winger and chase the worst back up nine in the league who is ****ing hopeless.

 

[double hoops]

I like Blake Wilson but why are we signing wingers?

Who even is Blake Wilson? He plays first grade N RL?

 

[The Wheel]

Blake Wilson is a great signing, he deserves a more permanent first grade and couldn't slot in at the Dogs roster, ive always rated him

If this is true then probably suggests they are either NSW Cup signings or we are releasing an outside back or two to free up cap space.

Going after Turpin suggests Froggy is gone??

 

[manlyfan76]

Did I just walk in on something I’m better off not knowing about ?

Did you think they were having a biff?

 

[susan]

Who even is Blake Wilson? He plays first grade N RL?

QLD kid from Sunshine Coast. Played quite a bit last year for dogs and looked good. Not much of him but he's a footballer.

 

[manlyfan76]

Bottom line is if we don't sign a couple of good forwards , or potentially good forwards, we are simply fighting to avoid the spoon next year.

None of the young forwards in the system currently will change anything based on form this year.

Fogarty will improve our backline and game management but won't be near enough to offset what will be easily the worst pack in the comp.

So the obvious answer to this is to sign a winger of course. Blake Wilson is a good player but seriously ... we sign a winger and chase the worst back up nine in the league who is ****ing hopeless.

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8 Paseka
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[Ohgeez]

good NSW Cup signings, hopefully not expected to play often.

 

[Disco]

Geeez pretty uninspiring

 

[Ohgeez]

Bottom line is if we don't sign a couple of good forwards , or potentially good forwards, we are simply fighting to avoid the spoon next year.

None of the young forwards in the system currently will change anything based on form this year.

Fogarty will improve our backline and game management but won't be near enough to offset what will be easily the worst pack in the comp.

So the obvious answer to this is to sign a winger of course. Blake Wilson is a good player but seriously ... we sign a winger and chase the worst back up nine in the league who is ****ing hopeless.

So because we need Forwards we shouldn’t replace players like Ray Vaega & Talau that are most likely gone?

 

[susan]

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8 Paseka
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Ola , TKO, Bully , Paseka ,Simpkins ... rest are plodders. And that's after getting rid of a handful of plodders. So the task is not small lol