2026 recruitment & retention

[rich]

If he reaches his potential he’s a good signing

Do we know the $ ?

 

[effnic]

Well I’m confused! I read on here that we are a Sh1t club with a sh1t coach and no one would want to sign with us!
Isn’t that the reason people on here gave for DCE leaving?

Jake Turpin and Laurie Daily didnt even want to go near us. Now your confused cause a bloke hardly anyone has heard of is signing with us. Calm down.

 

[rich]

Paseka Hetherington Bullemor Navale Moale

Pack is set now, just need a 9 and hopefully a junior comes in and fills a backrow spot

 

[Sea Eagle 4 Life]

Our recruitment & retention morons have stuffed it up again. This time losing 2 very good prospects.

Manly lose 2025 Jersey Flegg Player of the Year to rivals

 

[Eagles4Life]

Paseka Hetherington Bullemor Navale Moale

Pack is set now, just need a 9 and hopefully a junior comes in and fills a backrow spot

Olakau'atu? Or are we just talking middles? Jake will be there as Captain.

 

[Blowfly]

Paseka Hetherington Bullemor Navale Moale

Pack is set now, just need a 9 and hopefully a junior comes in and fills a backrow spot

We have a 9 in Simpkin and a couple of other young ones coming through behind in MZ and Ashton Large. Rumour is (hopefully not true) we are also talking to Zach Docker—Clay to return.

 

[Ohgeez]

Our recruitment & retention morons have stuffed it up again. This time losing 2 very good prospects.

Manly lose 2025 Jersey Flegg Player of the Year to rivals

Morons? The guys that have signed Fog, Moale, Walsh, Hart, Hetherington, Zaidas & the Large brothers have done their jobs nicely IMO. Wait until November & it could get a lot better.

Only reason those 2 mentioned in the article won the awards is because anyone half decent in that age group was playing reserve grade regularly. Munn took the step up a few times & got bashed. Dowell is solid but well below Walsh & Large in the talent department. Good luck to them both but personally I don’t think we’ll pay for letting them walk.

 

[eaglezap]

Holey Moale needs his own thread now !

 

[TheEagle]

Moale is a great signing. All of a sudden we have a very solid middle with Paseka, Moale, Hetherington, Navale, Bryan and Laiafi coming through. I’d almost say we might not need to target another prop. A damaging back rower and a quality hooker is what we could use. We look to have set ourselves up very well for 2027 and beyond. Now let’s secure Willie Peters!

 

[frank stokes]

Does look to be a good signing... Moale has good post-contact and fast PTBs from what I have seen of him (vermin one of the few teams I do not watch a lot though)...

 

[Eagle 1]

Get him next year and it will be huge!

Apparently Manly and Souths are
in talks to make this happen for 2026. ...excellent news !!

 

[Seagles68]

2026 if Moale gets an early release.

Paseka
Simpkin
Taukeiaho
Olakak'atu
Hetherington
Jake (C)

Brooks
Navale
Bullemore
Moale

Yes, I have Hetherington on an edge. Ideally, he attacks like a wider-running middle, but defends on the edge.
No, I have no spot in the seventeen for Burbo. (18th man perhaps).
Yes, Jake is the Captain, but he only gets 30 minutes on-field in total. (Two stints at the beginning of each half, with Navale playing 50 minutes at lock).

I'm with you RE Jake but it's for that reason that I'd have Turbo as captain. Co captains maybe, given that's the thing these days.

I'm not ready to give up on Ben yet though. I can see how it will be difficult to fit him in given Bulle, Navale and Moale would certainly be in the 17. And Hetherington (who I'm not sold on yet) wouldn't be coming down to play NSW Cup.

I'm assuming you have Walsh in the halves with Brooks on the bench?? Again, I'm not sure he's ready to step straight into 1st Gde. Another year to fill out and get some more big fella footy under the belt just feels right (albeit conservative).

 

[Hertera]

Zaidas

Talk on twitter that he is gone

 

[double hoops]

Talk on twitter that he is gone

Any suggestions where?

 

[Ohgeez]

Talk on twitter that he is gone

Yea I just seen the ‘behaviour issues’ post. Not all of them will work out for plenty of different reasons but I still think they did a good job to bring the talent in last off season. Hopefully it can repeat

 

[The Wheel]

Any suggestions where?

 

[Buddy Love]

 

[Hertera]

Any suggestions where?

Nope not even sure it is true it is on twitter though "behavioral issues" mentioned

 

[SeaEagleSI1]

 

[Hertera]

I hope Ashton does not go to union when the time comes as he seems the best of the kids.

With the home world cup a lot of these boys could have their head turned