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cherry.pie wrote:

THE 18th Man wrote:young talent isnt being flushed out at all.

Quinn would be for Carmont as Daz would move to centre and Quinn on the wing. Hoffman is a replacement for Bailey, Finch is a replacement for Piggy so tommy can move to 9 and Lima is a replacement for Feka. its not shutting out talent its just upgrading our current overseas players. this year should have proved Maguire is willing to give young talent a go

I can see the logic behind signing Hoffman, Lima or both, but there is absolutely no reason why we should sign Quinn.

We already have 2 of the most prolific wingers in the competition this season. If this year has shown anything it's that the wing is the one place where you don't need superstars in order to be successful.
Goulding, Riley, Hodgson, Cudjoe are hardly world class, they all have flaws to their game but they are all very good wingers in this competition.

If a club wants to spend a lot of money on a winger that's fine, if they are a stand out player then it's a good move, but we already are spending lots of money on a stand out player to play on the wing, we don't need another one at all. We also have a fullback in Roberts who's not going to be that cheap and another import, so why fill up another wing spot which is generally the easiest place to bring in a young player.

If we want a centre to replace Carmont, we should sign a centre or bring someone through the academy, but spending the cash on a quota player to play on the wing so that a player who has played very well on the wing all season can move to centre doesn't really make much sense.

platt-warrior wrote:What about making these signings "short term" ie 1 or 2 seasons,surly this would suit both Warriors & Storm ?

DaveO wrote:

platt-warrior wrote:What about making these signings "short term" ie 1 or 2 seasons,surly this would suit both Warriors & Storm ?

I really don't like the idea of 1 year signings. I don't have a problem if we get emergency cover if allowed by the salary cap like we did a few years ago with that Aussie forward Graham but I just don't see the point of 1 year deals for new players for any other reason.

I was under the impression the club had a plan which was basically compliment the home grown players with a couple of top class overseas signings (if available) and by that I took it to mean "proper" full fledged members of the squad on two or three year deals, not someone coming here to bide their time for a season while Melbourne get sorted out.

Dave

ian b wrote:i thought there was a quota still on imported players.