Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

batboy said:
Excuses at the ready mate?
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Worst case scenario we recycle the same excuses thrown up for brooks for about 5 years now its algood

Bit rough to think you got the right to judge players with not much experience at first grade level whilst also defending someone like brooks. Stop making a fool of yourselves.
 
batboy said:
He's been here long enough to be given a go, at least.
His stint at the back end of the second trial was as good as I've seen him play in any grade....
His games last year were nothing to sack the current 7 over, In fact - I thought he looked all ends up.
Fingers crossed for him tonight, We're gonna need him and a few others to play as well as they possibly can.
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Madden has a great opportunity over the next few games Warriors, Titans and Sharks to impress.
They are all teams that we should be competitive against & as a half he should be able to get a highlight moment or few against as well.
 
old_man_tiger said:
The good think about Blore is you don't have to worry about that edge as much in defence. The centre and winger still have to do their bit, but Blore hits and sticks better than any other 2RF we have - long term this helps your half. In attack he has underwhelmed me.

In a weird way alot of our pack remind me of Jason Holder from the west indies, huge unit who charges in and bowls... 120km/h. Although holder is less useless in general.
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Bad example using cricket lol.

Jason Holder was huge, but regardless of his size, he knew where to place the ball and swing the ball.

Unfortunately, our team has no skill, no inside out play since 2010.

But they love the wide play and going for a high kick.
 
old_man_tiger said:
The good think about Blore is you don't have to worry about that edge as much in defence. The centre and winger still have to do their bit, but Blore hits and sticks better than any other 2RF we have - long term this helps your half. In attack he has underwhelmed me.

In a weird way alot of our pack remind me of Jason Holder from the west indies, huge unit who charges in and bowls... 120km/h. Although holder is less useless in general.
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Yeah, it was a "weird" analogy 🙂
 
batboy said:
His stint at the back end of the second trial was as good as I've seen him play in any grade....
His games last year were nothing to sack the current 7 over, In fact - I thought he looked all ends up.
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That is my assessment as well. He plays in a skill based position and I think it's the toughest job on the park in terms of having the highest bar of what it means to execute to a high level.

I think this is Brooks problem as well. Brooks is an average NRL half but players in that role have to execute consistently to a high level. Brooks even gets less chances than a lot of other halfbacks in the comp because we aren't a quality team. So Brooks gets say 5 chances a game to do something and we need him to make 5 quality plays in those instances. I don't think Brooks has the ability to do that. We are asking too much of him.
 
Mighty_Tiger said:
My biggest concern with both Nikora and Nanai is they don't fix our defensive weaknesses.

They both have good upside (Nanai is soooo young and huge talent) in attack but defensively they are both top 5 in missed tackles and low end in tackle efficiency scale. Its round 3 so early days but it's an interesting start if we want to fix up leaking points.

They both are an upgrade on what we have (probably comparable to Lucy atm) the challenge though is are they the right upgrades to what we want to be with Stef/Api/Papa rounding them out.
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What about the other Cronulla second rower Talakai, he certainly is a threat on a edge? Uncertain of his contractual status but he was a beast at times last night.
 
sparci said:
Worst case scenario we recycle the same excuses thrown up for brooks for about 5 years now its algood

Bit rough to think you got the right to judge players with not much experience at first grade level whilst also defending someone like brooks. Stop making a fool of yourselves.
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Because you're just here to hand out lollypops yeah?
All you do is pick blues and bag people...

Onya bike buddy...
 
batboy said:
Because you're just here to hand out lollypops yeah?
All you do is pick blues and bag people...

Onya bike buddy...
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Oh the irony, you literally have no clue.
Again stop making a fool of yourself telling others to jump on a bike with the dribble you post.

Hope your buddy Brooks has a stellar game, oh and Liddle too 🙂
 
sparci said:
Oh the irony, you literally have no clue.
Again stop making a fool of yourself telling others to jump on a bike with the dribble you post.

Hope your buddy Brooks has a stellar game, oh and Liddle too 🙂
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The dribble I post?
Your posts literally say nothing - Again - and again - and again...
This one included.
 
pawsandclaws1 said:
Aitken if released is a player I would recruit for second row and fill in as required at centre. He's tough, runs hard, has good pace and tackles. Importantly he is a competitor and the type of player that will inspire his team mates. He has played well in the second row for the Warriors.
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Seems like a player Sheens would like.
 
batboy said:
The dribble I post?
Your posts literally say nothing - Again - and again - and again...
This one included.
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tell you what its better than sounding like a top shelf knobhead again and again and again, most on here would agree with that sentiment for you x
 
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After watching last night's game all I could keep thinking was how all the experts on here (a lot of the Brooks backers too) kept saying Nicho Hynes was rubbish and slow and not good enough for the Tigers to go try to sign. Bloke is a pure footy player and in a couple of games has shown everything as a 7 that the Tigers miss with Brooks playing there. Composure, decision making, ability to pick a pass, short kicking game and knows when to go himself
 
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