Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Fallen Angel said:
Could almost medically retire him at this point. Look, next year is a write off anyway, so might as well see him out. Couldn’t possibly re-sign him on good money.
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If he doesn't really get back on the field, I'd say he'd be looking for a 1 year 'prove it' deal after that. All I'm saying is, if he's actually fit, he's probably our best centre at this stage.
 
The Chad said:
If he doesn't really get back on the field, I'd say he'd be looking for a 1 year 'prove it' deal after that. All I'm saying is, if he's actually fit, he's probably our best centre at this stage.
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His defence in all positions has been poor,i will be amazed if he can get the confidence back to be a decent defender after 3 ACL's
 
Tom Shines said:
I don’t agree that we should extend Wakeham to a Top 30 deal… there must be a better option,,,it’s not a high bar to exceed
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I disagree. Expectations need to be in line with his ability level.

this guy is a 40+ game 1st grade experience guy. He's probably a Will Smith-esque career type. If he is option 4 on your halves roster, I'm ok with that. So long as the $'s meet the expectations. If we had another half beside him, and a couple of decent defenders outside him, we'd have won a few of these games this year. He's servicable, in a limited way. And he doesn't get in the way of progression of Fainu or Galvin.
 
jadtiger said:
His defence in all positions has been poor,i will be amazed if he can get the confidence back to be a decent defender after 3 ACL's
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Outside of a handful of poor games at 5/8, I can't remember thinking he was a turnstyle. He's not Trevor Gillmeister, but he's hardly Daniel Fitzhenry.
 
426Tlgerland said:
Re sign Laurie and leave him in the half’s at 7 , Brooks to 6 or other way round .
extend Blore and Staines
sign Sezer , Trindal , Taffe , Tracey
sign a centre
we good to go and yes we will compete next year ,
oh and move Sheens on and Bring in Holbrook
Benji HC
Holbrook. Attack
Furner , Defence
Farah. Half’s
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Fitzgibbon will not release his players under contract.
 
balmain boy said:
But he's not even on 800k, that's another fabrication just like the Fainus are on 4million.
As Teddy pointed out earlier he's on a 5 year 3 million deal. He took the long contract at a young age rather than a shorter one on bigger bucks.
He'd be our best centre by a country mile and is a decent bloke too. Anyone is dreaming if they think he wouldn't instantly improve our team
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Lomax is a very good centre but no way Flannagan will release him.
 
WesternSuburbsBoy said:
We've won 3 games all year & have the worst attack in the comp... how are we not a poorly coached side?
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We're outclassed in the halves and the backs. Hunt and Amone make many NRL teams. It is difficult to win games without your best halves pairing. Koroisau, Brooks, Doueihi, Staines and Nofoaluma have all been out.

I don't believe it is an unrealistic expectation that we will struggle. I don't like the team losing but we need to acknowledge much of our cap has been sidelined.
 
pawsandclaws1 said:
We're outclassed in the halves and the backs. Hunt and Amone make many NRL teams. It is difficult to win games without your best halves pairing. Koroisau, Brooks, Doueihi, Staines and Nofoaluma have all been out.

I don't believe it is an unrealistic expectation that we will struggle. I don't like the team losing but we need to acknowledge much of our cap has been sidelined.
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Agreed.

Not saying we're a well coached side, but being stuck with Wakeham at halfback is a big reason we've been losing lately. We win last night without him in the side.
 
pawsandclaws1 said:
We're outclassed in the halves and the backs. Hunt and Amone make many NRL teams. It is difficult to win games without your best halves pairing. Koroisau, Brooks, Doueihi, Staines and Nofoaluma have all been out.

I don't believe it is an unrealistic expectation that we will struggle. I don't like the team losing but we need to acknowledge much of our cap has been sidelined.
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I think the better argument is that our depth players were significantly below what was needed. I think our first team squad is competitive. We simply lack the same depth in reserve that other clubs have. So when injury hits, we shuffle out sub-par options compared to our competitors.
 
pawsandclaws1 said:
We're outclassed in the halves and the backs. Hunt and Amone make many NRL teams. It is difficult to win games without your best halves pairing. Koroisau, Brooks, Doueihi, Staines and Nofoaluma have all been out.

I don't believe it is an unrealistic expectation that we will struggle. I don't like the team losing but we need to acknowledge much of our cap has been sidelined.
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Hunt yes Amone no if it wasn't for Sullivan getting injured he wouldn't of even been in the side yesterday. All of those players you mentioned were all in the team when we were 0-7 to start the season so I reiterate my point that we are a poorly coached side.
 
Fallen Angel said:
He’ll have to retire Young like Moltzen. Poor guy is going to hate life when he hits 50.
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Agree. But Benji went through similar and came back to have a great career.

If we didn't play a 2nd hooker on the bench, I would suggest he would make a perfect 14, on a lower salary, and we can manage his workload. But we want TDS in that spot.
 
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