2026 recruitment & retention

[Eagledare2dream]

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Yeah if we have a top 30 spot and game time to offer. We can go a hunting

Hunting with what weapon,

Maybe the Illawara cutters or the Gymea Gorillas

Maybe the Vietnam Gorillas as they major signing.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I watch the clubs like the Roosters, Storm, Broncos, Bulldogs and their teams are just full of class and they recruit stars and the best juniors like shiny toys. A club like the Roosters with an already stacked teams can manage to fit in DCE and Reece Robson without really shedding anyone? Yet, little ol Manly we lose DCE and a few others and it seems that we still can't even fit within our cap a couple of mid level decent forwards (not origin level like Roosters). It seems we can't even recruit 1 .....

The NRL is a joke. What's the point of us? We're just a fluffer team making up the numbers and no one pretends like it is anything else. Season 2026 will be more of the same shxt we've seen in the past 10 years.

Sorry, this is nothing new and this post ads nothing...... just a rant. Rant over.

I did a post a few weeks ago about the English Super League , 12 teams , in the last 25 years two teams have won 17 finals ( 8 /9 ), one has won 6, one has won.

The other 8 just make up the numbers.

I fear this is pretty close to where we are in Australia right now.

 

[Wombat64]

I did a post a few weeks ago about the English Super League , 12 teams , in the last 25 years two teams have won 17 finals ( 8 /9 ), one has won 6, one has won.

The other 8 just make up the numbers.

I fear this is pretty close to where we are in Australia right now.

Yep, it's shxt isn't it? Apart from the rich teams the other teams are really just there to sell games for TV and to make up the numbers. I guess just have to be OK with that because it isn't going to change.

Apart from my interest in how Fogarty is going I'm actually enjoying watching the Raiders play and do well this year (except against Manly). I like a lot about what they have done this year and how they are playing. It's a blueprint for what can be done without a gazillion dollars.

 

[eaglebuzz]

No offence, and I wish Hugo well, but he's just a kid. If you think he's the answer to our immediate flaws,then I've got a bridge I can sell you.

He won't fix anything in the next 12 months but signing players like him is what we need to be doing.

 

[Peter C]

He may not be 19 yet , will be a gun but needs a few years experience first of all

By the time Hugo hits his straps as a forward I may not be around any more

 

[maxta]

Grab Jack Williams

 

[HK_Eagle]

What other club is going to pick up Jack Bird if Manly don't?

The Hong Kong Hookers could use him… business slow post-COVID.

 

[Nordburg]

Grab Jack Williams

If we’re just going to throw out names to chase of players that are under contract, Grab Nathan Cleary

 

[ManlyTragic]

Grab Jack Williams

The whisky or the player?

 

[deanm]

The whisky or the player?

Williams , nort Daniels!

 

[TheSoaringEagle2023]

Signing Blake Wilson to me sounds like Au Revoir Garrick

 

[KNUCKLES]

Looking more and more likely that Croker will be medically retired at the end of this season – I doubt we see him play again. Lodge also looks set to re-sign on a Top 30 deal for next year. Based on a Manly article earlier this season, it sounds like Zaidas will be upgraded to Top 30 for 2026, alongside other young blokes like Laiafi, Navale, and Willett.

Still unsure whether Bryan will be on Top 30 or development next year, but I’m assuming Top 30 considering he’s replacing Arthur. Wilson and possibly Turpin could be added to that list as well. By my count, we’ve got around five Top 30 spots remaining for next year – potentially four if Talau ends up re-signing.

Think it was previously stated somewhere that bryan he will be in the 30