Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

LeichhardtTiger said:
Yep, the Brooks media (via Manage?) alert is a clear case of tampering with the rules. Brooks ca have a discussion with Knights as much as he likes. But he cannot say that he will be AT the Knights in 2024 cos that implies that he has in fact negotiated a deal for that year or years.
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Unless the club has given him permission to test the waters elsewhere - which may well could happen, and no one here would know..
 
LeichhardtTiger said:
The politics at Penriff is clear = unless you are a Samoan or Cleary then your job is not secure. Edmonds was MOM in GF but shunned by his teammates cos they were on Luai & Cleary side. Stains is a fullback held back by the improvement by Edmonds who BTW didn't make the OZ WC team.
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What crap - Cleary and “Edmonds” are thick as… probably why they stuck solid with him when he was struggling a couple years back.
And Staines IS Samoan…

They have one of the games best fullbacks, rep wingers and a couple fullbacks coming through that they rate higher is all… Staines penrith contract probably doesn’t reflect where they thought he’d be by now also - which doesn’t help him.
 
This team is entirely possible for 2023

Staines

Nofo/T'oa

Naden

Kepoa/Talau

Ken/Tupou

Douehei

Brooks?Laurie

Hastings

Papi

Blore/?

Klemmer/Stef

Api

Leniu/Pole

Joffa, Twal, Rua, Matamua, Seyfarth,

Keeping Brooks, AD and JH together as that worked best 2022.

That pack looks 3 x more intense than 2022 with a superior hooker.

There's enough speed and size in the backline, only question is with Sheensball, can any of them hold the ball long enough to be effective?
 
Harvey said:
So what has Brooks agreed to at Newcastle? A couple of sandwiches and the chance to join Ponga in a cubicle?

What a load of shit. We are talking and interested, but you have to choose the money from your current club or the mystery box on the table with us.

NRL is spineless. Set rules that they are unwilling or unable to enforce.
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They do talk money each, it all just unofficial.

make no mistake the smart clubs make Deals well before November 1
 
" Keeping Brooks, AD and JH together as that worked best 2022. "
They only played 2 games in that combination, lost to a reserve grade side and lost to a side that just went through the motions ( strong argument to say we won that game ).
The good sides will soon work out the 2 running 5/8s strategy and then we'll be left with nothing, another spoon beckoning.
 
Bring back Olaf Prattl said:
" Keeping Brooks, AD and JH together as that worked best 2022. "
They only played 2 games in that combination, lost to a reserve grade side and lost to a side that just went through the motions ( strong argument to say we won that game ).
The good sides will soon work out the 2 running 5/8s strategy and then we'll be left with nothing, another spoon beckoning.
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I'm not stating we are going to get the spoon but there isn't enough evidence to say this approach will work.

I'm pretty confident Brooks is gone and that changes the situation as well.
 
tigerballs said:
This team is entirely possible for 2023

Staines

Nofo/T'oa

Naden

Kepoa/Talau

Ken/Tupou

Douehei

Brooks?Laurie

Hastings

Papi

Blore/?

Klemmer/Stef

Api

Leniu/Pole

Joffa, Twal, Rua, Matamua, Seyfarth,

Keeping Brooks, AD and JH together as that worked best 2022.

That pack looks 3 x more intense than 2022 with a superior hooker.

There's enough speed and size in the backline, only question is with Sheensball, can any of them hold the ball long enough to be effective?
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If we seriously manage to get Klemmer & Leniu over the line we'd have a fearsome pack, probably still a second rower light but maybe one of the cubs comes to the fore. For that to happen Brooks and or Ken would probably have to be sacrificed for cap reasons potentially.
There has been 2 suggestions in the past few days that both Klemmer & Leniu are on board so interesting times to see if the oil is on the money.
 
tigers4ever 0 said:
Awesome article... I love going back to focusing on attack. Even when we lose games, at least they were more entertaining to watch! No more 5 hit ups followed by a bomb every set 🙂
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I don't think you can win consistently without being able to attack. Cleary had us defending great and playing dour footy and we won games early in the season but when teams started to get it together we couldn't go with them.
 
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