Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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Buttface
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Easy to do when you’ve got plenty of talent. When you’re trying to scrap the dregs out of a pan with a wooden spoon sometimes you gotta put up with some crappy bits.
I would love it if we could be that choosy. We need to upgrade the roster, we did an amazing job with the forwards in one season but usually it’s a slower process. I think Naden is the classic example of a player that I wouldn’t normally want on the roster but he is good for us coz he’s about the best we can get and better than what we had, and will help us climb the ladder and be a more attractive destination, but he certainly needs to be upgraded in the next year, or by some miracle stop the stupid plays he does and become a better player.
I know the Storm structure very well and Bellamy doesn’t get involved in others roles unless they need his support. He is consulted on roster decisions before they’re finalized and does have communication with players that are being proposed for contract offer.
I will say he’s starting to look fitter and stronger than ever.
Obviously our coaching staff rate him highly, so I’d say there’s a fair chance he will remain with us.
He got absolutely RUINED by a 20-year old last week. Facing a two-on-one he tried to be a smart alec, bit on a dummy and the story is he's still running the opposite way...
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Doubt we will see him in FG.....his 2023 stats...made 25 tackles, missed 11... 🙂
I think we have a competitive team and should be settled now in all positions except
Centers and Halfs
ATM we have Toa seems to be improving each week at right center so let's give it time to see if he can totally lock that spot down
Left center has been a problem most of the year and Naden is our prime candidate but thru injury and suspension doesn't spend enough time there .Talau played one and a bit games at center and appeared a bit tentative then thanks to Jacko missed more games and soon off to Manly . He is a bit of an "iffy " proposition . We need a top center
5/8 at the moment Wakeham is serviceable but not a game breaker and Brooks is a total enigma puts in a few very ordinary performances early in season then puts in a great 2nd half vs Dogs and starts to improve last couple of matches and then puts on one of the truly great halfback performances in terrible conditions against Penrith .
What we need is the halfback to be good everyweek and Brooks is capable but a decade has shown he drifts in and out of form
Maybe if the rest of the team are more constant he will be more constant
Summary at the minimum we need one top class center and one top class playmaker in the half's
Note no comment re the pack ours is as good as any !!
Centers and Halfs
ATM we have Toa seems to be improving each week at right center so let's give it time to see if he can totally lock that spot down
Left center has been a problem most of the year and Naden is our prime candidate but thru injury and suspension doesn't spend enough time there .Talau played one and a bit games at center and appeared a bit tentative then thanks to Jacko missed more games and soon off to Manly . He is a bit of an "iffy " proposition . We need a top center
5/8 at the moment Wakeham is serviceable but not a game breaker and Brooks is a total enigma puts in a few very ordinary performances early in season then puts in a great 2nd half vs Dogs and starts to improve last couple of matches and then puts on one of the truly great halfback performances in terrible conditions against Penrith .
What we need is the halfback to be good everyweek and Brooks is capable but a decade has shown he drifts in and out of form
Maybe if the rest of the team are more constant he will be more constant
Summary at the minimum we need one top class center and one top class playmaker in the half's
Note no comment re the pack ours is as good as any !!
Speed2burn
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apparently Schuster put on a few kegs since pre season
Did all the hard yards then just let himself go…talented or not, screams red flag to me. Let him piss his career away himself, don’t make him our problem
Did all the hard yards then just let himself go…talented or not, screams red flag to me. Let him piss his career away himself, don’t make him our problem
Yep when a manager negotiates an 800k deal for a player it comes with a level of accountability on the part of the player and not just on game day. At this stage he has demonstrated nothing to suggest that he gives rat's about how ridiculously over paid he is for delivering nothing.
He is worth a risk on minimal dollars other wise he can stay Manly's over paid problem.
Have been told that there is a very good hooker running around in the local Newcastle rugby league that has caught the eye of at least 4 NRL teams.
His name is Luke Huth, and is playing for Cessnock , and going by what i have heard could be heading to a Sydney club by the end of this year........
His name is Luke Huth, and is playing for Cessnock , and going by what i have heard could be heading to a Sydney club by the end of this year........
Robbie's Love Child
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Don't get the love for Schuster, he is Owen Craigie V2. Unfit, bad attitude and would take the space of someone like Matamua, who in my opinion will finish light years ahead of him. As a 6 Schuster will not cut it unless he loses a huge amount of weight and gains a strong work ethic, which I can't see happening.
Huth has been rated for a good while....
Has always been there or there abouts - Remember Joey mentioning him a few times, I think he was in extended Benchs for the Knights at one point - Or playing pre-seasons.... Just never kicked on.
It's weird they have Buderus involved and have let out the last few Hooker prospects...
They moved on that Starling at the Raiders as well... Weird?
At his price point, He'll cost 2 Matamuas....
The more I digest it, The more I think it will happen.
Not a fan at all... But what can you do.
Not as out of favour as the bloke that dropped him....
No one is taking on his full contract and I doubt he's taking a pay cut or the dragons are paying him to play somewhere else for 3 years.
AmericanHistoryX
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Tigers Want Dropped Star Schuster—and They Don't Want To Wait Either | The Sporting Base
Tigers want dropped star Schuster—and they don't want to wait either Brandon Wakeham has taken up the number six jumper following Adam Doueihi's season-ending
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earl
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Tigers Want Dropped Star Schuster—and They Don't Want To Wait Either | The Sporting Base
Tigers want dropped star Schuster—and they don't want to wait either Brandon Wakeham has taken up the number six jumper following Adam Doueihi's season-ending
Schuster has game breaking ability which we don't have a lot of but he is apparently on 800k and is a disruptive influence who has problems with his weight.
So many red flags in this potential signing.
Taken the best part of a decade to feel like we're finally working towards having a team of blokes to drag us out of the shit....
Then this...
😂😂😂
OzLuke
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Do we need Schuster and his baggage? The guy undoubtedly has skill but he's a mental midget and I think he would be detrimental to our squad.
