Todd Packer
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I wonder if Gus will be giving the Broncos more advice about defence this week?
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Yep. He did everything last night in a team running last against a top 3 side that a quality 5/8th should do and tackles his ring off. Anyone who thinks that he can't produce the same or better at Penrith are kidding themselves.
I can, and wouldn't take it back either.I still can’t believe we let Laurie go. Kid can play.
I was thinking this about Ricky a few weeks ago he gets winners together hard nose men who won't be pushed around and most weeks they compete for the full 80 minutes if they had one or 2 X factor players they would be top 4 under RickyComparisons to Canberra are not that far off I think. Ricky has had to make a go of it using a mix of local talent & the scraps left by other clubs. Very few big name signings in Canberra.
Yet, you get the RIGHT guys together, and they exceed expectations.
Man for man, they are probably not as talented as most teams. But they play hard & let a few talented athletes run around. I think it shows what you can build if you do things wisely & have a group that plays for each other. They are, realistically, competitive most years under Ricky.
And with who leading their charge? Papali'i, Wighton....not really a bunch of big names in that club.
Going back till January I have heardCan anyone in the know confirm that John Bateman wants to return to the UK at end of season ? Heard it from a friend involved at a different club
If that's true I'll have to start a petition.Going back till January I have heard
Daine Laurie is, and will always be better than Brandon Wakeham yet the coaches continued to pick Wakeham ahead of Laurie in the halves. Laurie has some X factor about him Wakeham does not and will never have so people who continue to criticise Laurie should be criticising our coach he should’ve been our number six from the start of the season alongside Brooks & I’m sure we would have more wins than we have now. Laurie should have been resigned by our club he could’ve been an ideal utility player on the bench for us next year as you could put him anywhere in the spine even at hooker to give Koroisau a short rest if required.I think a lot of people are overplaying the Laurie situation.
In his entire time at the club he had had one good season and now what? Two good games at 6?
In his time here, he has been behind Brooks, Hastings and Doueihi in the halves with good reason.
Also picked behind Wakeham, which is debatable, but he has also shown a massive lack of motivation, been photographed celebrating the Panthers premiership wearing a Panthers jersey, publicly liked an intagram video of Cobbo scoring a try against the team he currently played for - which the most mitigating excuses I read were along the lines of complete petulance at being dropped and "he's mates with him", got run down by a forward in reserve grade....
He is the sort of player who doesn't have the mental fortitude to play well for a sustained period of time or unless there is a purely personal reason for him to play well.
Does anyone think he would be playing this well if he had signed an extension at the tigers? I reckon he'd be kicking stones, facing into obscurity in the ressies.
He's played a couple of good games, but too little too late imo.
Can anyone in the know confirm that John Bateman wants to return to the UK at end of season ? Heard it from a friend involved at a different club
Can anyone in the know confirm that John Bateman wants to return to the UK at end of season ? Heard it from a friend involved at a different club
In his entire time at the club he had had one good season and now what? Two good games at 6?
He had a really good whole season at full back his first year.He had a cracker at fullback once as well. I still reckon he is a fringe NRL player but he has some spark and he is a spine player. I wish we'd kept him and he'd been given more opportunities. I prefer him to plenty of our spine players since he has been here and value for money he would be the best.
Could be a lot of reasons we don't know. Maybe he just never felt like he fit in at the tigers? Maybe he made the wrong decision leaving Penrith and his heart's just not in it?I'd like to see him (Bateman) after a full off season and with a couple of halves he's built a relationship with.
He's been off the pace this year and I put it down to the disrupted start.
He's got an X factor that I'd like us to keep.
Sounds like you are letting what you have read about him off the field overide his on field performance. There was nothing to suggest in his game that he had anything on his mind other than committing to the team and competing to the best of his ability.I think a lot of people are overplaying the Laurie situation.
In his entire time at the club he had had one good season and now what? Two good games at 6?
In his time here, he has been behind Brooks, Hastings and Doueihi in the halves with good reason.
Also picked behind Wakeham, which is debatable, but he has also shown a massive lack of motivation, been photographed celebrating the Panthers premiership wearing a Panthers jersey, publicly liked an intagram video of Cobbo scoring a try against the team he currently played for - which the most mitigating excuses I read were along the lines of complete petulance at being dropped and "he's mates with him", got run down by a forward in reserve grade....
He is the sort of player who doesn't have the mental fortitude to play well for a sustained period of time or unless there is a purely personal reason for him to play well.
Does anyone think he would be playing this well if he had signed an extension at the tigers? I reckon he'd be kicking stones, fading into obscurity in the ressies.
He's played a couple of good games, but too little too late imo.
Yet funny enough we still lost the last two weeks ......Sounds like you are letting what you have read about him off the field overide his on field performance. There was nothing to suggest in his game that he had anything on his mind other than committing to the team and competing to the best of his ability.
The only reason it is too little too late is because of the people in the position to select the best players that will give us a chance of winning didn't give him opportunity. The last two weeks we have actually looked like a footy side and his contribution was as good if not better than every player that was and has been selected before him at 5/8 th this season in attack; defence, and attitude.
Mate he couldn't do much more individually in last night's game against a team that is running 3rd that didn't give us a chance inYet funny enough we still lost the last two weeks ......
Pulled off a pretty sick backflip on his scooter.you must have a low opinion of Luai - On his way to triple premierships, Origin and International player… what’s Laurie achieved so far?