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Re: Leavers announced
DIR By: Brown Bottle
Date: June 4, 2026, 4:03 pm
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--- Quote from: poorfour link ---
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> Of course it is.
>
> Multiple DoRs (and not just Quins ones) have said that it
takes multiple seasons to rebuild a squad as a new DoR, because
players are on 2 and 3 year contracts and you can’t just sack
players mid contract (at least not if you want to attract anyone
to play for your club).
>
> This stuff is really not that hard to understand if you pay a
little bit of attention to what the people who actually manage
rugby clubs tell us about the process. Seek first to understand
and all that.
>
> But hey, you do you. Keep sneering on, if that’s what makes
you happy.
>
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Wrong time of the month? 😁
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Re: Leavers announced
DIR By: Yareet
Date: June 4, 2026, 4:41 pm
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--- Quote from: FrostAndFire link ---
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> You're quoting the second post in a conversation. The first
post had the if. As far as I was concerned, that if carried
through.
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I must’ve missed that. Where was the first post?
#Post#: 155103--------------------------------------------------
Re: Leavers announced
DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
Date: June 5, 2026, 2:00 am
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--- Quote from: poorfour link ---
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> The question is whether this year’s (relatively modest) crop
of leavers, less the salary increases for renewals and new
hires, has left enough cap space to bring in the players they
want.
>
> Add to that that the youngsters coming through have looked
pretty good, and you can see the club biding its time in terms
of who it tries to hire in.
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I'd be amazed if there was a lot left over. No one there is a
"big earner". I think personally at least Titi (maybe Williams
too) should have been moved on, Boris/Seegers/Streeter isn't a
terrible trio to rely on. Titi I think would be on a fairly good
contract as he had a decent pedigree at the time.
Might be unpopuar, but I'd have moved Northmore and David on.
#Post#: 155104--------------------------------------------------
Re: Leavers announced
DIR By: Eggnog88
Date: June 5, 2026, 2:33 am
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--- Quote from: MaidstoneQuin link ---
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> I'd be amazed if there was a lot left over. No one there is a
"big earner". I think personally at least Titi (maybe Williams
too) should have been moved on, Boris/Seegers/Streeter isn't a
terrible trio to rely on. Titi I think would be on a fairly good
contract as he had a decent pedigree at the time.
>
> Might be unpopuar, but I'd have moved Northmore and David on.
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How do you move guys on when they all have contracts for next
season? Titi, for example, didn't re-sign this year so the club
is tied to keeping him
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Re: Leavers announced
DIR By: Yareet
Date: June 5, 2026, 4:02 am
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--- Quote from: Eggnog88 link ---
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> How do you move guys on when they all have contracts for next
season?
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Expensively
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Re: Leavers announced
DIR By: JammyGit
Date: June 5, 2026, 4:08 am
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Northmore's a bit fragile but we got 17 matches out of him this
season and we've missed him whenever he's not there. Not forcing
him to run through brick walls might help.
David I can understand but it feels a bit strange as IMO he's
one of the few players who has stood up to the challenge this
season. He will always miss tackles but his attitude has been
good and he's shown up well in tough matches. Hopefully if we
can actually put some sort of attack together next season he
might start scoring again.
#Post#: 155118--------------------------------------------------
Re: Leavers announced
DIR By: Rugbycat
Date: June 5, 2026, 5:55 am
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I like David, he is a decent backup player on the wing or at
fullback, he always gives his all, and you don’t lose that much
by having him the side.
Northmore has been messed about terribly by the club, he is a 13
and no amount of wishful coaching thinking is going to make him
a 12, he is a very talented 13 and with him and Beard we have
couple of really good outside centres, and hopefully now a pair
of young inside centres.
If all fit and properly rotated, we are in a pretty good place
in the midfield,Green is actually the one I wonder about, season
was wrecked by injuries, but with Furbank and David and Bellamy,
will he get much game time, if Furbank stays fit and Bellamy
looks likely to slot into 10/15 backup role.
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Re: Leavers announced
DIR By: KentQuin
Date: June 5, 2026, 6:02 am
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The positive view is that of the leavers its only really Benson
and Evans who played any sort of significant role this season.
Turner should've been but was, bizarrely, rarely used.
So Furbank, Dun and Swiegers in is a net gain versus Benson and
Evans.
Biggest concerns ahead of next season would be starting hooker,
and then back ups at hooker, fly half and 12 if injuries bite
again.
Bellamy might be good enough to fill the void at fly half but
must confess I've not seen enough to assess.
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Re: Leavers announced
DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
Date: June 5, 2026, 7:11 am
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--- Quote from: Rugbycat link ---
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> Green is actually the one I wonder about, season was wrecked
by injuries, but with Furbank and David and Bellamy, will he get
much game time, if Furbank stays fit and Bellamy looks likely to
slot into 10/15 backup role.
>
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I wouldn't be surprised if both are used in certain games, with
Green on the wing. Although since his injury a season or so back
he lost a lot of his pace so will need to work hard on that in
the off/pre season if that's to be a genuine option.
#Post#: 155133--------------------------------------------------
Re: Leavers announced
DIR By: FishQuin
Date: June 5, 2026, 7:25 am
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I’m not too worried about a backup 10. Bellamy has potential and
can fill in for shot periods if needed. Slevin is also a viable
option. But realistically, if Marcus misses any significant time
then we are done for any way you slice it. The positive is that
he’s missed very little (none?) game time through injury the
last few seasons so seems he’s pretty durable and can be relied
upon. I’m happy with a rookie backup so we can focus our cap
elsewhere.
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