Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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Kelce68
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It is rather funny that a player, under contract and generally loved by his club, gets dropped for a single game and suddenly he becomes a recruitment target in some eyes.
Sam Walker will be at the Roosters for a very, very long time.
Sam Walker will be at the Roosters for a very, very long time.
Mighty_Tiger
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If its for nsw cup who cares
jrtiger
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that club has a tendency to discard players on a hair trigger. if he begins to become restless then we need to look into it. that's all I'm saying. I fully expect him to stay at the chooks also, but hey, best to observe.
I reckon Roy Masters deserves at least a level 2 mention Halbrowne61 on the 'all-time great coaches list'.
But I do understand your list is for current coaches 🙂
king_sirro
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The 13 is a big issue isn't? We looked great last year when we had a ball playing 13. I'm confused why Sheens has gone away from this plan. If Hastings stayed, that's what he would have done, so why change the approach?
A 3rd front rower just doesn't work for our halves, so IMO it's a no brainer to get in a 13 that helps them.
Seyfarth is used completely wrong by Sheens. He is a good ball player, has a really nice ability to engage the line and link with other forwards or out the back to the halves. He isn't a big go forward type, he is a ball player who will play tough, massive motor and will tackle everything. He and Matamua are the obvious "link man" type to throw in.
The other other option is to start with Bateman at lock. He won't play that traditional link role, he plays high energy unpredictable footy that opens up space to play off for our halves.
It's interesting that we seem to attack better once Bateman moves into the middle, but for some reason Sheens can't see this and waits 30 minutes before making the move.
The coaching staff have got our attack approach so wrong it's heartbreaking.
He wasn’t putting any pressure on the starting hooker for the jets in Qcup , and their coming last , wouldn’t be to worried if I was Jake
Jolls
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100%
Really? They don't tolerate underperformance for a great deal of time, and will always clear the decks for something better.
Nope.....
The difference is the underpaid Golden Boot winner they can replace him with that shines in the Position.
And that they have a quasi 6/7
Bateman in the 13, Blore and Papali'i in the second row. Pole off the bench.
Either that or give Matamua time in the 13, have Blore and Pole come off the bench.
He's 20 (Twenty) Years old....
weststigerman
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Agree.
I think this also another reason why our halves have been performing so badly. While Brooks and Wakeham are not up to NRL, the issue is heightened because we have no 13 taking pressure off. With no ball playing fullback we're relying on props and second rowers passing the ball under pressure which leads to more errors.
I'm not concerned. I wasn't excited by Nu Brown's signing last year and he played a role when called upon.
Flanagan signed with Easts at the age of 21 (twenty-one,) was gone in a year. What's your point?
Also sacked a premiership winning halfback for them for a bloke 5 (five,) years older than him.
In any case, I don't necessarily think that Easts dropping him means he is on the outer either. But no one at Easts is irreplaceable which is the point I was making.
hank37w
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You forgot to mention the problem this club has had historically with developing halves, not to mention their pathetic recruitment and retention.
Yes because we have joey manu to slot in at 5/8.
Having to play wakeham because AD is out, should we also drop brooks and play will smith?
Give it a rest with dropping brooks, there are no other alternatives at the club.
We have attempted to sign munster, moses and pearce, failed with all 3.
Clearly the coaching staff/club realise brooks isn't the answer but until an alternative agrees to come to the club who else can they pick
hank37w
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People seem to forget Mitchell was sent back to play for Wyong when he was at the Roosters, before coming back a better player.
Sure, the guy is a dead set flog and was eventually sent packing by the Roorters, but it didn't hurt his development or playing ability, and if anything, only made him more determined to become a better player.
Can't see Walker going anywhere and couldn't see his extended footballing family advising him that a move to west tigers would be a particularly smart move.
jirskyr
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Not knocking the Dolphins but I'd wait until they play out at least a full season before passing judgement on their 2023 results. Same with Warriors, I am entirely unconvinced that they will be able to maintain a standard that entrenches them in the Top 8.
Already for Dolphins, I admire their fight and competition, but injuries are (predictably) starting to bite and their 3 losses have come in the last 4 rounds. Also, the manner of some of those losses raises some concerns - a 38-12 loss to Dragons and 36-14 loss to Bunnies - those are routs. Tigers have only lost 1 game by a comparable margin; but we didn't get the jump on anyone in the early rounds.
