Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

The Chad said:
I get that. I do.

But I'd take that $1.4 & pay Utoikamanu, Pole, Bula, Tupou upgrades first. Not crazy contracts. But, these guys are keepers. Adding the juniors to these guys is great. Using the juniors to replace these guys is bad.
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Agree but the club cannot even extend players for some reason... it's been crickets for too long now and is concerning.

I don't believe they know how to read the room as us fans need something positive.
 
Viking Warrior said:
The closest player to Brooks I've seen 😆 rite up our alley
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Lmao no way VW. He's got more smarts! less
speed, kicks better, and OK in D. Definitely an
upgrade though, whichever way you slice the
pie. Everyone knows Brooks was a running 6
though (except 4 our coaches), so maybe a bit
unfair. We need a half, he's decent chop mate
 
RB2005 said:
They got the John Morris rumour wrong no doubt. The club changes tac like the weather but you hang on to that one because all mail has 100% accuracy doesn’t it. Lol. The fact is one of the hosts had a 20 minute phone conversation with said manager. Nothing is final but it was a real conversation. The only dribble I see is your opinion on something you have no clue about and casting aspersions about others who put their names & faces to something and provide an informative podcast listened to by more people than you could ever imagine.
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Sound like you are pretty close to the team and hit a nerve? I stand by my comments, never heard so much whinging and dribble on WTP. Theirs and your opinion rob mean as much as mine and everyone else here. Keep inflating your own ego!
 
Brad Fittler called Big Stef and said he’s resting him in game 3.

He rested him in game 2 after 12 minutes.

Stef is way better off being developed under a different coach at origin level.

Can’t wait to see the back of Fittler.

Bloke has ruined his legacy with the NSW coaching position.
 
BAGNF05 said:
Yeah - keep them by all means but they shouldn't be stopping us going out and getting genuine stars. Have a look how many stars the teams we are trying to catch have. Parra have Moses, Brown, Gutho, Sivo and Will Penisini in their backline and they're signing our forwards!!!!
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Well, they signed 1 of them. 🙂
 
BAGNF05 said:
In my OP I said good judges are saying they can’t see how the club gets out of this current predicament. And I agree with them, we seem to be a mess.

IMO it’s up to the club to recognise that and make some significant changes way above the “football department”.
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The thing is it’s hard from the outside to say how to fix it because without seeing what goes on day to day it’s impossible to know.

What we do know is the place is a mess and needs to change, and it needs to start at the top. I think Pascoe has done some good things, but at the end of the day the only thing an NRL club should be judged by is results. Not only have we failed to get on field results in his time here, he has also failed to appoint the right people to turn them around.

I’d be sounding out Shane Richardson. He has the experience with South Sydney who were in a similar situation and he was able to lead them out of it.
 
I'd be looking for a couple of big dudes out wide. And at least 1 speed player.

Keio Weekes would be the speedster.

Braidon Burns is just a solid player that gets injured. Another reclaimation project that always seems to beat up on us...Waqa Blake. You add these guys to Naden, Tupou, To'a, Staines...that gives solid depth out wide.
 
tony soprano said:
Been worse mate, Packer, Reynolds, matalino, ballin.
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re our recruitment is *poor*

We recruited:
Klemmer, Api, Bateman and Paps.

As a Bottom 17 team, that is actually really good.

Where our problem lays is we gave Brooks a "soft" offer and he walked, we punted Hastings and we have no answer at Halfback. We went hard for players that were unlikely to move (i.e Moses, Mitchell) and players who were not going to move (Johnson in New Zealand!).

We just look pathetic because we made offers that wern't going to happen.

Flip it, had we expressed interest in Adam Reynolds when Souths was under the pump, offered for him to stay in Sydney and pair Brooks... We could have really landed some prime Halfback.
 
BAGNF05 said:
Lock up Utoikamanu and Bula for sure, but our roster in the other spots needs to be way better. If we are settling for what we have, god help us!
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Yea I would lock up Bula, he has been awesome.
>> Utoikamanu, Pole, Bula, Tupou

Tupou has some big questionmarks around him. He is in a poor defense structure and often gets caught. Could really do with some time in reserve grade to work on defense.

Pole, Bula are a guaranteed re-sign. Stefano Utoikamanu... I am a little 50/50, He has a next level in him but isn't reaching it.
 
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The Chad said:
Pole & Tupou look 1st grade to me. Pretty sure they would get a run in at least half the NRL sides out there.
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I have issues with Tupou's defense.

You see some of our games and Tupou is just lacking on the wing. I can't tell if the defensive line isn't moving fast enough to cover the wing OR if Tupou is positioning himself too far in.

Melbourne with Warbrick,
Cronulla with Sione.

If Newcastle offered to trade him for Bradman Best I would do so in a heartbeat.
 
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