Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

teddy23 said:
He made 30 runs for 230 meters and I reckon 25 of those runs were coming off there goal line taking tough carries - he also scored a try, had 5 tackle breaks and assisted the winning one. I would disagree he was average.

I hate that it was against us but that flick pass was no accident or luck he's been doing flick passes like that consistently - let's not also ignore the fact he broke like 3 tackles and attracted the defenders before the pass itself.

I'm a big advocate for Lomax due to his character off-field and his ability at the age of 23. We also need a goal kicker desperately as Wakeham won't play much FG and if Lomax was kicking our goals and Wakeham was kicking Dragons goals.... well we'd have won that match. That's how important a goal kicker can be.
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If he does that every week week he’s with a million per season.
 
weststigers said:
Our lack of depth has been highlighted this year. We can whinge all we like, but until we can get genuine competition for spots, we will struggle.

We have signed Latu. Sezer is unconfirmed.

Laurie and Brooks gone.

Doueihi is out, but still he is not a 7.

We are short 3 halves as it stands. Get ready for more of the same unless we fill the gaps.

Add hooker to that list of poor depth. Simpkin is not what he was cracked up to be. Da Silva is still learning.

If Api makes origin or gets injured, the team falls apart. We need another experienced hooker to cover for injuries and ease Da Silva in.

Fullback is another issue. If Bula goes down, who replaces him?

The pack could do with one more high profile signing, but it’s a lower priority than the issues we have in the backs.
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We have 7 props, 6 backrowers and 1 solitary pivot, allowing for Brooks gone and Douhi possibly struggling to get back on the park.
Benji was supposed to be a player magnet but after contacting every half in Australia and Europe hasnt had any success. All we have is someone who only looks like Benji.
 
Tom Shines said:
More so than anonymous people here would know …least he puts his real name to it
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Believe what you want, but contract numbers in the media are make believe.

If you actually sit down and calculate what each team is paying each player based on media reports every team is over the cap by about 2 million dollars.

Lomax's contract before he was dropped was $650 and has magically increased to $700 since he has returned.

Will be on $800 before the year ends.
 
Sataris said:
Believe what you want, but contract numbers in the media are make believe.

If you actually sit down and calculate what each team is paying each player based on media reports every team is over the cap by about 2 million dollars.

Lomax's contract before he was dropped was $650 and has magically increased to $700 since he has returned.

Will be on $800 before the year ends.
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Thanks…I’ll believe what I what .... but like I said… I’m more likely to believe something I read in the media then something I read here ..
 
Talau.

One woefull attempt at tackle, both hands got to the Dragon player easily but both hands just did not grab that player, it was like he was playing touch Footy, Dragons score.

Then running deep into Dragons 20 with both centre and winger coming at him and our winger unmarked, he decides to ignore our winger and runs into the two man tackle thats in front of him on the 5th tackle.

He makes a tackle or he passes the ball, just one of those two things could have won us the game.
 
Tom Shines said:
I’ll pay that one…

Someone here said earlier this week that we signed Metcalfe from the Warriors… have been waiting to see if someone like the Mole took the bait…

Now that would be a signing I could get behind 👍…
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We can probably get Lomax over $1,000,000 if we try hard enough.
 
twentyforty said:
We have 7 props, 6 backrowers and 1 solitary pivot, allowing for Brooks gone and Douhi possibly struggling to get back on the park.
Benji was supposed to be a player magnet but after contacting every half in Australia and Europe hasnt had any success. All we have is someone who only looks like Benji.
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While disappointed with the loss I am taking the view our younger players are gaining experience. We went into the game with a makeshift halves pairing but competed. We didn't put up the white flag. Some of the performances were good. I agree with Gould we have a team building. Our pack is strong even without Blore
 
pawsandclaws1 said:
While disappointed with the loss I am taking the view our younger players are gaining experience. We went into the game with a makeshift halves pairing but competed. We didn't put up the white flag. Some of the performances were good. I agree with Gould we have a team building. Our pack is strong even without Blore
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Even if we have the players, the coaching is a mess.
 
crazycat said:
This is why Manly are in for a WORLD OF HURT.

Tommy Talau is managed by Issac Moses.
Issac Moses manages 19/30 signed players at Manly. Oh and Brooks, Talau and other guys under Issac Moses.

Brisbane actually got rid of a stack of Issac Moses signed players when they got rid of Siebold.

Now we have huge issues. We should have smashed St George. To loose 18/14 against the other wooden spooner side shows we have huge issues. But at least things are looking up
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Don't forget that St George were basically full strength, whereas we were onto our 3rd or 4th reserve grade halves experiment.

That cannot be understated.
 
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