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Looking forward to the Souths V Tigers game already. BTW any idea when draw will be released for 2017
 

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I know its early and by the time March comes around I may feel differently but I'm not all that pumped for next season. Strange after winning and all but I suppose winning the title has fulfilled me for now!
 
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I know its early and by the time March comes around I may feel differently but I'm not all that pumped for next season. Strange after winning and all but I suppose winning the title has fulfilled me for now!

Hope the boys don't feel the same. I'd hate to follow this brilliant season with a stinker!
 

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Hope the boys don't feel the same. I'd hate to follow this brilliant season with a stinker!
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Im sure once they step foot on the field the urge to win takes over. We have too good a squad atm not to be highly competitive again.
 

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Quality recruiting from the Knights.

Newcastle coach Nathan Brown is optimistic the back-to-back NRL wooden spooners can bolster their squad with several more players before the 2017 campaign kicks off.

The Knights are favourites to finish last for the third successive season after adding only Jamie Buhrer (Manly), Rory Kostjasyn (North Queensland) and Ken Sio (Hull KR) to the roster who managed just one win in 2016.

http://www.nrl.com/knights-eye-more-nrl-signings-for-2017/tabid/10874/newsid/102337/default.aspx
 

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yeh i dont think we should be throwing shade at people considering we had to sign taulima ****ing tautai to make up numbers
 
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It easy to forget but a few seasons ago we had a nuffie team & found it hard to attract the quality players
My memory is a little jazzy I wonder who the signing was that changed the course we were sailing on at the time, punting toddy, was in my opinion our line in the sand moment plus getting the approval for Gallen topia development.
 
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It easy to forget but a few seasons ago we had a nuffie team & found it hard to attract the quality players

Its not easy to forget. I think we all remember that 2008-2011 period very well.

Newcastles is so similar to ours its not funny, poor cap management, huge backended deals, stupid decisions left right and centre.

Now during our **** run, everyone wanted more juniors more juniors......well look at Newcastle and their 1 win this year, why......because they had the most inexperienced squad ever. This is why you cant just throw promising players on the field willy nilly, Newcastle had no choice, half the young guys they had to use arent even promising.

But the Newcastle members have noone to blame really. 98% of voters voted in Tinkler, and everything thats happening is a result of that.
 

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It also doesn't seem that long ago that the media were talking about Ricky not being able to attract players to Canberra. Look at what he's put together. They'll be a force for another 5-8 years IMO.
 
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It also doesn't seem that long ago that the media were talking about Ricky not being able to attract players to Canberra. Look at what he's put together. They'll be a force for another 5-8 years IMO.

no they wont. pretty hard to keep a big percentage of a squad together over that period of time. 2-3 years yep they are going to be strong, but they are still defensively pretty weak.
 

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I tink we'll do very well.
The guys will be out to show it just wasn't a one off.
 
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