Transfers Rumours

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Are there any current England internationals who hail from the north east that would love to go back? I can’t think of any but there must be some.

 

[Which Tyler]

Guy Pepper? But I think Dimes burned his bridges there.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Hodge and Davison might be good ex player targets

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Hodge would be a great target considering their back 3 depth

 

[Geordie]

I mean Dimes has basically said he's been in touch with every England international

But I just don't see any moving

We're linked with everyone so take with a pinch of salt. But not sure why players wouldn't want to move here. We've had some of the best players of all time here and they loved the place.

 

[Geordie]

Truth be told I don't want is raiding every international player and becoming the hated team. Neither do most Falcons / Red Bull fans.

Home grown is what we want most of all mixed with some international class. Hopefully Red Bull will do that... building gradually not buying a title.

 

[BPM]

If he's bringing a potential England player back from France, I think it'll be Marchant - who seems much more open to enrerurn than Jacques, who seems to have gone native.

I'd love to see either of them back in the country though

Yep. Marchant hasn’t overtly signalled his intent to come back to compete for the RWC squad but given his contract is up at the end of the season, I expect him to be a target for Newcastle (and other clubs).

Willis is a loss to English rugby because he is a fantastic player. However, he’s playing in a position where we have several top class options. I’d question whether we actually miss him all that much.

 

[BPM]

Truth be told I don't want is raiding every international player and becoming the hated team. Neither do most Falcons / Red Bull fans.

Home grown is what we want most of all mixed with some international class. Hopefully Red Bull will do that... building gradually not buying a ***le.

To be fair, their model in other sports isn't typically to buy stars. They're much more into buying high potential players.

Marchant is a top class player but he isn't a 'star' as such. If I were them, bringing in a couple of players at that level and then focusing on high potential academy recruits or players who need a chance to show what they can do as a starter would be my strategy.

looking at Red Bull’s other sporting teams they’re more likely to be disliked for ‘poaching’ youngsters than stars.

 

[Which Tyler]

Truth be told I don't want is raiding every international player and becoming the hated team. Neither do most Falcons / Red Bull fans.

Home grown is what we want most of all mixed with some international class. Hopefully Red Bull will do that... building gradually not buying a ***le.

But why break with tradition?
Newcastle tradition that is, not RedBull

 

[Reiser99]

If he's bringing a potential England player back from France, I think it'll be Marchant - who seems much more open to enrerurn than Jacques, who seems to have gone native.

I'd love to see either of them back in the country though

Just be happy Willis doesn't have a French Granny. Would hate to see him run out in blue.

 

[Ddanno]

If he's bringing a potential England player back from France, I think it'll be Marchant - who seems much more open to enrerurn than Jacques, who seems to have gone native.

I'd love to see either of them back in the country though

Got a Geordie fiancée, so much more likely than Willis.

You have to think that part of the err... issue, with Newcastle is going to be the weather when you're trying to convince players (and their families) to relocate from the South of France, or even the South of England. Not everyone has the asbestos skin of a geordie bird to wear a boob toob and miniskirt at 2am on the 6th of January

 

[BrokenWing]

Willis is a forward, surely wearing a boob tube and miniskirt in January is fairly tame.

 

[Geordie]

To be fair, their model in other sports isn't typically to buy stars. They're much more into buying high potential players.

Marchant is a top class player but he isn't a 'star' as such. If I were them, bringing in a couple of players at that level and then focusing on high potential academy recruits or players who need a chance to show what they can do as a starter would be my strategy.

looking at Red Bull's other sporting teams they're more likely to be disliked for 'poaching' youngsters than stars.

Yeah, they do things gradually which I'm happy with.

Marchant would be something else. Class player. Jack Willis on the other hand, isn't coming to KP ..so we'll just shut that one down now.

If we poach a few youngsters however, well I'd take that as payback for years of our academy being raided...

 

[Ddanno]

If we poach a few youngsters however, well I'd take that as payback for years of our academy being raided...

Ha, fair.

 

[Which Tyler]

If we poach a few youngsters however, well I'd take that as payback for years of our academy being raided...

That's fair, but I'd still remind you of who the first club to go poaching was

 

[Geordie]

That's fair, but I'd still remind you of who the first club to go poaching was

And whom would that be?

 

[Which Tyler]

Oh you...
Playing the innocent ingénue...

Ask John Hall

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

IDK I think Falcons main issue will be who is leading their playing g group
Is Dimes viewed as the long term future as a coach, and if not who?

But even when you look at the young players coming up who realistically though could you see moving?

At Tigers Carnduff and L.Chessum would be ones to watch but who knows the situation with their injuries and how Tigers are viewing them, Ilione a couple years ago would've been a target but he's prob going to overtake Reffell this season
Hall at Sarries?
Treacey at Bath maybe

If I was Dimes and had the full cap to spend I would put decent money to Benson and Waghorn at Quins as a combo

 

[BPM]

Waghorn has probably played his way into a starting spot this season. Why would he leave?

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Waghorn has probably played his way into a starting spot this season. Why would he leave?

I mean IDK Northmore was in the England squad this summer, Northmore, Beard, Waghorn, Hyde, Kerr there is certainly a money move to be made potentially for one of them.