Quote: bonaire "It didnt take HKR four years to turn the corner
The appointment of Peters as head coach in 2023 turned the corner for them.
He came with a plan,make them hard to beat by getting the players ultra fit and putting in place a defensive structure.
The plan worked,then coupled with some proactive recruitment they are now top of the league.
If Cartwright lives up to his image as a disciplinarian and vow to get the squad fitter than they have ever been then thats a good start.
My concern is the bang average fillers Myler has brought in probably before Cartwright was appointed.
We have to hope that Cartwright is working hard in the background to bring in the quality halfback,a decent centre and a big forward that we need.
We need that third quota spot so i wouldnt be resigning Tuimavave'"
I get what you’re saying and don’t disagree to an extent however I think we as a club and to be fair to Myler we were in no mans land and in a catch 22 position with Rowley not signing. It likely was a case of do we hold off signing available non quota players even longer and risk losing out altogether until we secured the Coach, putting us in an even bigger hole or pull the trigger on some signings.
We were already in a hole due to poor recruitment & retention by Radford, Hodgson & Smith along with Clark. So to miss out even more on the small pool that was available at the time would have been an even worse situation. Thankfully we have hopefully got a top notch coach who will make a big difference. He seems to be a firm believer in fitness and discipline and doesn’t appear to stand on ceremony for the sake of it, so the easy way of life will be consigned to the exit door.
If money is available then I don’t see any reason as to why we won’t/can’t see players under contract moved on at the end of next season if others become available that will improve us even further.
To make a genuine fist of the changes from this season and the recruitment so far we need quality in the remaining quota spots such as an out & out running half and a centre at the very least and probably another British forward pick up like Ashworth or Aydin would do nicely.
As for Carlos I’d only offer him a deal if he was to classifies as non quota as we really need to maximise the remaining spots.
