Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Glenji95 said:
No guarantee that will happen. Even if we do land Staines Laurie has not played 6 in first grade only in Cup and he was with the Panthers where even the water boy looks good. Laurie needs to actually play 6 in order to decide whether he will take over and more than likely unless Doueihi is unavailable as well as Hastings he won’t get a chance to play 6.
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Well there is a full off season to see if Laurie can adapt well to the five eight position.
 
hsvjones said:
What happened to the announcement in the next 7-10 days?? Was that rubbish or is it still happening
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The comment was made on Sunday, today is Thursday. That's 4 days elapsed so far; you need to cool your heels and give it another 3-6 days to find out if it's true or not.
 
Bones said:
I have my doubts about Lauries ability to defend in the front line.

Talau to the back row makes sense, but I’m not convinced that he isn’t better than both of our current centres as well.
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Imo Laurie would demonstrate more resilience in the front line than Douiehi who was targeted successfully by Robinson.
 
balmain boy said:
Who gives a toss what Pascoe thinks? He's not part of the football department and should have absolutely zero say in whether he stays or leaves the club
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That’s the problem Pascoe and Lee should be kept right away from the football department.
Let them look after the front office.
That’s how we got stuck with Nora on a long term huge contract.
 
Tigers_Wests said:
Sullivan reportedly requests a release from Dragons following Ben Hunt sticking around. Bulldogs frontrunners if release is granted.

Would love for us to make a play though!

Musgrove swap for Sullivan.
Brooks swap for Klemmer.
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It used to be us that was linked to every player off contract, released or wanting out of their current contract. Now its the dogs with their magical never ending salary cap.
 
Mighty_Tiger said:
You do realize what your saying right?
The player has to be playing for the club & then does something wrong and then gets punished by those coaches right. And in your example Munster & Smith have had multiple bringing into line activities at the Storm.

People are saying punt the players before they even wear our kit for what - a comment or lack of a comment. Like seriously cmon.

On Papa the club made statements and closed it down from their end - they had zero concerns.

On Api they have dealt with it, it’s done. We have zero idea how that conversation/activity went down nor should we.

They both will play and I have zero doubt you and others not wanting Api here will be cheering them on next year.
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You are correct that I , like all others here want this club to succeed. Once again, I didnt see anyone say punt him. However If you accept disrepect, you get disrespect. It was "dealt with behind closed doors" & in this instance when the disrespectful comment was made publicly, Api should of been made publicly apologise. It would of sent a strong message to him & and all other players the new type of strong culture we are trying to build. Simple as that.
 
jirskyr said:
The comment was made on Sunday, today is Thursday. That's 4 days elapsed so far; you need to cool your heels and give it another 3-6 days to find out if it's true or not.
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Settle down I was just asking as I thought it was early last week.. There alot of crap on here and time flies so thought it was longer.
 
bathursttiger1 said:
Sheens rates Tuki because he can offload the ball and create second phase play, straight from his playbook.
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Absolutely. It is clear he presents a danger to defences with his ability to offload with two or more defenders on him. I am pleased Sheens sees different strengths of players and has the nous to bring it all together in a team.
 
bathursttiger1 said:
Sheens rates Tuki because he can offload the ball and create second phase play, straight from his playbook.
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Absolutely, he could be the best offloader in the comp if he can work on the other parts to his game. His main issues were fitness and confidence. If he rips in to offseason and bulks up a bit more then hopefully that will encourage him to rip in on the field. He's only 20 for goodness sake. Are we really writing off a 20 year old prop from first grade?
 
big fan of Sullivan but I don't see a spot for him at WT unfortunately unless Brooks does in fact head to Newcastle. dogs in the box seat and understandably so.
 
balmain boy said:
Absolutely, he could be the best offloader in the comp if he can work on the other parts to his game. His main issues were fitness and confidence. If he rips in to offseason and bulks up a bit more then hopefully that will encourage him to rip in on the field. He's only 20 for goodness sake. Are we really writing off a 20 year old prop from first grade?
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He's a throwback to days when forwards were encouraged to off-load the ball. For the 3.5 years under Maguire, five hit ups and a bomb constituted the gameplan. You can't help but thinks Sheens would have been horrified.
 
balmain boy said:
Absolutely, he could be the best offloader in the comp if he can work on the other parts to his game. His main issues were fitness and confidence. If he rips in to offseason and bulks up a bit more then hopefully that will encourage him to rip in on the field. He's only 20 for goodness sake. Are we really writing off a 20 year old prop from first grade?
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Easy to forget how young he is hey. I hope he makes it and it really comes down to how much he wants it in this off season. As you said, rip in and leave no stone unturned fitness wise and he is still in with a shot.
 
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