Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[batboy]

Throw some money at Sezer
Wouldn't mind him on-board.
Killing it in SL
It would be a good signing
Good organiser, kicks goals
Was good at Raiders
May seem to be getting on, definitely has some years in him.
Ticks the boxes for me

Killing it?
They're 8th in a 12 team comp....

Mitchell Pearce is on top.
Wolves are 2nd (And Drinkwater is back in Australia ATM)

hell, The Leopards are top 4 with Lachlan Lam...

Sezer had 1 year worth talking about in 10 (Playing outside a Dally M Winner)
Leave him where he is (With no contract)

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Killing it?
They're 8th in a 12 team comp....

Mitchell Pearce is on top.
Wolves are 2nd (And Drinkwater is back in Australia ATM)

hell, The Leopards are top 4 with Lachlan Lam...

Sezer had 1 year worth talking about in 10 (Playing outside a Dally M Winner)
Leave him where he is (With no contract)

I would still have him on-board.

 

[Tim Sheens]

I have to pick u up on ur statement, apart from what we signed last year and just before the season, what have we signed , we have punted joffa and looks like blore is out the door , so what have we signed 🥴🥴🥴

Bula to the top squad in April has been a pretty darn good signing for mine, and opportunity wise, there would be less cash available and no opening for another new signing if they had not allowed Joffa to leave.

Others might not agree, but I reckon it was good business.

 

[Telltails]

Killing it?
They're 8th in a 12 team comp....

Mitchell Pearce is on top.
Wolves are 2nd (And Drinkwater is back in Australia ATM)

hell, The Leopards are top 4 with Lachlan Lam...

Sezer had 1 year worth talking about in 10 (Playing outside a Dally M Winner)
Leave him where he is (With no contract)

Yeh - Sezer nah.

 

[weststigerman]

We seem to be stockpiling average halves in the lower grades: Chester, Camroux, Matai (promising but was also behind a few at the dogs), Tannous, Pellow, Smith etc.

It would be good to go after some quality. I still think Trindall, Volkman/TMM/SJ/Metcalf, Sanders would be the way to go for 2024.

I'd only consider ESL options like Sezer if Brooks leaves.

 

[Tim Sheens]

I think the backrow issue you raised is directly related to the quality of service they are getting from the halves, Ice had a stack of line breaks running off Moses the last 2 years, no surprise that hasn't continued here.
Halves need fixing first, then a lot of the other issues disappear.

I beg to differ on Papali'i in particular, as if he was running at holes he should be doing a lot better break and try scoring wise than the much lesser gifted Garner or even Lawrence did. Blore was also finding both more often.

He is now playing good footy again, though different, but just isn't aiming or timing himself correctly to get into such positions. Hopefully he can find it again.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

In any universe, could we propose an immediate swap of Tommy Talau & Shawn Blore for Latu & Samuela Fainu?

 

[tony soprano]

Killing it?
They're 8th in a 12 team comp....

Mitchell Pearce is on top.
Wolves are 2nd (And Drinkwater is back in Australia ATM)

hell, The Leopards are top 4 with Lachlan Lam...

Sezer had 1 year worth talking about in 10 (Playing outside a Dally M Winner)
Leave him where he is (With no contract)

Same people calling calling for volkman from the Warriors to save us

 

[bptiger 0]

Bula to the top squad in April has been a pretty darn good signing for mine, and opportunity wise, there would be less cash available and no opening for another new signing if they had not allowed Joffa to leave.

Others might not agree, but I reckon it was good business.

Bula was already in the top squad , and we had heaps of cap space before joffa left , so no incoming and our squad is a class forward down FOR WHAT , not having a crack at u , but I can’t see why , do we want another wooden spoon to go with last years

 

[earl]

I beg to differ on Papali'i in particular, as if he was running at holes he should be doing a lot better break and try scoring wise than the much lesser gifted Garner or even Lawrence did. Blore was also finding both more often.

He is now playing good footy again, though different, but just isn't aiming or timing himself correctly to get into such positions. Hopefully he can find it again.

I'm really dissapointed with IP. I think I get more frustrated when I rate them and they don't perform. He hasn't been performing up to the standard he should be.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Throw some money at Sezer
Wouldn't mind him on-board.
Killing it in SL
It would be a good signing
Good organiser, kicks goals
Was good at Raiders
May seem to be getting on, definitely has some years in him.
Ticks the boxes for me

Not for me. Think you and batboy should talk to each other.

 

[Tiger Stripes]

Wakeham goal kicking is very good and better than AD's.
But he (so far) did not make even a single line break, no assistances, his attacking kicks are probably the worst of any HB in the NRL.

By saying that, they must be replaced with a better players ONLY, not just 20% better!

He scored a try from his own kick. Did you miss it?

 

[TigerVinnie]

I'm really dissapointed with IP. I think I get more frustrated when I rate them and they don't perform. He hasn't been performing up to the standard he should be.

Whilst I agree he hasn't been up to his barnstorming attacking best - I largely think having the standard of quality of half in Moses and Brown at Parra feeding him the right ball at the right time is a contributing factor to this.

I think we however, aren't acknowledging the work and effort area's he puts in defence. . IP is constantly chasing kicks, making multiple tackle effort plays and is always the first at attempting to charge down a kick, considering he comes from an edge, it's these 1% and heart that we have lacked for many years. Never saw Garner or Tuilagi making those plays.

 

[Halbrowne61]

He's super consistent. Was the Knights player of the year last year

Well I was wrong on that one wasn’t I. He just seems consistently inconsistent to me.
Maybe their award was like Joffa winning our best player ?

 

[Tucker]

Well I was wrong on that one wasn’t I. He just seems consistently inconsistent to me.
Maybe their award was like Joffa winning our best player ?

Joffa wasn’t just rated by us.
He was well ranked competition wide.

 

[Tucker]

After all these years of us wishing brooks was gone now he may actually leave and we will be stuffed haha

Yep, the irony has not escaped us.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Joffa wasn’t just rated by us.
He was well ranked competition wide.

Right, that’s why we gave him a really good contract and he came out and showed that this year.
As I’ve said before, last year he was an above average player in a terrible team. And this year his shortcomings were exposed.
He’s on the way down, not up, exactly like Frizzel IMO.
But each to their own.

 

[earl]

Whilst I agree he hasn't been up to his barnstorming attacking best - I largely think having the standard of quality of half in Moses and Brown at Parra feeding him the right ball at the right time is a contributing factor to this.

I think we however, aren't acknowledging the work and effort area's he puts in defence. . IP is constantly chasing kicks, making multiple tackle effort plays and is always the first at attempting to charge down a kick, considering he comes from an edge, it's these 1% and heart that we have lacked for many years. Never saw Garner or Tuilagi making those plays.

I agree. He hasn't been bad. I just want more from him.

 

[WesternSuburbsBoy]

Whilst I agree he hasn't been up to his barnstorming attacking best - I largely think having the standard of quality of half in Moses and Brown at Parra feeding him the right ball at the right time is a contributing factor to this.

I think we however, aren't acknowledging the work and effort area's he puts in defence. . IP is constantly chasing kicks, making multiple tackle effort plays and is always the first at attempting to charge down a kick, considering he comes from an edge, it's these 1% and heart that we have lacked for many years. Never saw Garner or Tuilagi making those plays.

Yep shows the difference of class between the two halves. Even Bryce Cartwright has improved massively playing outside of Moses which is saying something lol. I feel Brooks has never been able to use his 2nd rower properly his whole career... he looks outside everytime but always just hits his 2nd rower with a short ball while they're basically flat footed. Very predictable.

 

[Lukic]

The problem with Papali'i is coaching and Brooks.

The lines he's running don't make sense, especially with Brooks' game. He should be coming against the grain a lot more given how he's almost impossible to stop with arm tackles and the fact that Brooks speed across field will have defenders sliding and off-balance whenever someone cuts back.

Brooks is also poor at drawing and passing in a structured attack and at putting outside men in holes. He doesn't isolate defenders well and also telegraphs the pass too early. It's very apparent from just about the minute he touches the ball whether he's running or passing. Too diagonal when he runs - needs to be straighter to square up the defender and engage them, or if going across field, have the outside men running those against the grain lines.

He lacks the deceptiveness and sleight of hand that you see in guys like Walker and Hynes who routinely create linebreaks or linebreak assists for their outside men. Hynes in particular is a master at squaring up the defender and dropping those short balls to his outside runner, while Walker despite being tiny constantly breaks the line by keeping defenders guessing mixing up his acceleration, footwork and playing them with his eyes.