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Post by spacejammer on Jul 7, 2023 16:45:27 GMT
To be honest this already has me excited for pre season and I hope we announce out fixtures soon.
I'd like to think if the Eagles are planning on going into Europe then surely for pre season we will be looking at facing some continental opponents as preparation as well.
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Post by Stephen Abootman on Jul 7, 2023 16:59:54 GMT
I shouldn't imagine Neighbour is the exciting crowd pleaser everard was referring to... is he?
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Post by everard on Jul 7, 2023 17:31:50 GMT
Definitely not!
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Post by Stephen Abootman on Jul 7, 2023 18:04:59 GMT
Lee? Or Green?
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Post by baldereagle on Jul 7, 2023 19:01:35 GMT
Or the return of Fletch ? That would be a crowd pleaser !
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Post by spacejammer on Jul 7, 2023 22:14:41 GMT
Or the return of Fletch ? That would be a crowd pleaser ! It certainly would be and again another reason why the Eagles need to do another Hall of Fame induction at some point. Although after googling Fletch according to Real GM it appears Fletcher now has a job working as the Director of player development at the Green Bay Phoenix which looks like a College basketball side if im not mistaken. |
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Post by reallyoldfeenixfan2 on Jul 7, 2023 23:17:55 GMT
Or the return of Fletch ? That would be a crowd pleaser ! It certainly would be and again another reason why the Eagles need to do another Hall of Fame induction at some point. Although after googling Fletch according to Real GM it appears Fletcher now has a job working as the Director of player development at the Green Bay Phoenix which looks like a College basketball side if im not mistaken. I reckon that Fletch is done with playing and living in the UK. He has had his time enjoying himself and now it's time to get a " proper" job. Good luck to him. |
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Post by Stephen Abootman on Jul 8, 2023 0:48:19 GMT
Tut. Green Bay is Fletcher's alma mater. Shame on any Eagles fan for not knowing that. Honestly! And yes, it was announced a while ago that he'd taken up some sort of player development role there. I'm pretty sure his days of urrrr pleasing Geordies are over. Plus everard said it was a big. Fletcher is rather small. UWGB men's basketball adds Rahmon Fletcher to Phoenix coaching staff |
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Post by erj14 on Jul 8, 2023 8:13:47 GMT
Tut. Green Bay is Fletcher's alma mater. Shame on any Eagles fan for not knowing that. Honestly! And yes, it was announced a while ago that he'd taken up some sort of player development role there. I'm pretty sure his days of urrrr pleasing Geordies are over. Plus everard said it was a big. Fletcher is rather small. UWGB men's basketball adds Rahmon Fletcher to Phoenix coaching staff I knew that! Thought it was pretty well known that the gig Fletch has bagged is too good to walk away from. No way is he turning his back on that for another BBL job, barring a megabucks offer. |
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Post by Stephen Abootman on Jul 8, 2023 17:41:35 GMT
I've no idea whether it's a well paid job tbh but I'm pretty sure it means his playing days are over.
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Post by D44 on Jul 11, 2023 7:11:15 GMT
Larry Austin Jnr!
Very exciting signing, and again, probably one of the best realistic signings Eagles could have made for a sure thing in the BBL.
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Post by baldeagle on Jul 11, 2023 7:13:11 GMT
Larry Austin Jnr! Very exciting signing, and again, probably one of the best realistic signings Eagles could have made for a sure thing in the BBL. Lazy recruitment. Love it. |
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Post by massiveridersfan on Jul 11, 2023 9:01:33 GMT
Looks like Steutel's putting a premium on experience and players who have a proven track record.
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Post by reallyoldfeenixfan2 on Jul 11, 2023 11:12:31 GMT
Interesting, a new era for these players, welcome to the Newcastle Phoenix!!!
He'll definitely liven up the crowd and fill those few empty seats for you.
P.S. GUTTED!!
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Post by spacejammer on Jul 11, 2023 12:30:06 GMT
Larry Austin Jnr! Very exciting signing, and again, probably one of the best realistic signings Eagles could have made for a sure thing in the BBL. I agree as I said on the other page last night I would love to see him at Newcastle. We'll need his grit and determination to fight to the end it we are going to do well this year. Interestingly no new unknown players so far. I wonder if after last season Stetuel has decided to go for more of a roster that is known and familiar to the BBL. I suppose it makes sense if he is wanting to avoid last year's revolving door pattern. |
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Post by blueskies99 on Jul 11, 2023 14:39:57 GMT
Josh Ward-Hibert and Taj Green rumoured to be heading to Tyneside too.
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Post by D44 on Jul 11, 2023 16:28:15 GMT
Larry Austin Jnr! Very exciting signing, and again, probably one of the best realistic signings Eagles could have made for a sure thing in the BBL. I agree as I said on the other page last night I would love to see him at Newcastle. We'll need his grit and determination to fight to the end it we are going to do well this year. Interestingly no new unknown players so far. I wonder if after last season Stetuel has decided to go for more of a roster that is known and familiar to the BBL. I suppose it makes sense if he is wanting to avoid last year's revolving door pattern. I think we've just got way more budget this year TBH. Larry wouldn't have been cheap that's for sure. We've got a proper sponsor for the first time in multiple (4?) seasons so perhaps thats part of it. I can still see some rookies coming in too but at least the pressure won't be there for them. |
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Post by Stephen Abootman on Jul 11, 2023 16:34:46 GMT
Interestingly no new unknown players so far. I wonder if after last season Stetuel has decided to go for more of a roster that is known and familiar to the BBL. I suppose it makes sense if he is wanting to avoid last year's revolving door pattern. Once bitten twice shy. It really does seem like avoiding last season's recruitment embarrassment is very much at the forefront of the club's thinking this summer. Possibly too much so. Are Eagles planning to do any actual recruitment this off season? Or are we literally going to be looking at a squad comprised exclusively of established BBL players taken from other teams? |
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Post by D44 on Jul 11, 2023 16:46:44 GMT
Interestingly no new unknown players so far. I wonder if after last season Stetuel has decided to go for more of a roster that is known and familiar to the BBL. I suppose it makes sense if he is wanting to avoid last year's revolving door pattern. Once bitten twice shy. It really does seem like avoiding last season's recruitment embarrassment is very much at the forefront of the club's thinking this summer. Possibly too much so. Are Eagles planning to do any actual recruitment this off season? Or are we literally going to be looking at a squad comprised exclusively of established BBL players taken from other teams? "One of head coach Steutel’s priorities during the close-season is to build a dynamic roster around a core of proven BBL players" from the Delpeche signing press release. So yeah there will be unknown players/rookies more than likely, but if there going down the road of a full roster churn (less Darius) again it doesn't seem feasible to do that with new to the league players given the extra games in Europe and embarrassment of last season. |
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Post by spacejammer on Jul 11, 2023 16:57:28 GMT
Once bitten twice shy. It really does seem like avoiding last season's recruitment embarrassment is very much at the forefront of the club's thinking this summer. Possibly too much so. Are Eagles planning to do any actual recruitment this off season? Or are we literally going to be looking at a squad comprised exclusively of established BBL players taken from other teams? "One of head coach Steutel’s priorities during the close-season is to build a dynamic roster around a core of proven BBL players" from the Delpeche signing press release. So yeah there will be unknown players/rookies more than likely, but if there going down the road of a full roster churn (less Darius) again it doesn't seem feasible to do that with new to the league players given the extra games in Europe and embarrassment of last season. We're looking good so far however I hope we don't end up looking like that London Team back in 2014 I believe that consisted of Zaire Taylor, Drew Sullivan and Alex Owunmi that looked like super BBL team on paper and then became a bunch of individuals. |
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