Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Tom Shines]

George Williams is a terrific halfback.

What about Townsend … the guy I actually mentioned?

 

[pawsandclaws1]

What about Townsend … the guy I actually mentioned?

I prefer George Williams.

 

[Tcat]

Dogs are not winning a premiership in 2-3 years.

Haha. The Dogs culture is just as shit as ours. They are hardly turning players into superstars. A mate of mine close to those in the dogs circle believe that Addo Carr is a shining light in creating the culture of the place. That says it all. They'll be licking the bottom of the barrel of the NRL comp for a few years to come..

 

[Buttface]

Why would we do this ? I get that it is 300k per season but we have so many middle forwards and he isn't a bash and barge player.

Dumb recruitment and I hope we fail in this instance.

This offer is about ten years too late.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

What about Townsend … the guy I actually mentioned?

Townsend or Sezer hmmmm premiership winner, game manager, pips Sezer at the post lol

 

[liltiger]

That would not include Maori players!

Not too sure, not a real big fan of Union so don't watch it. He's a cop on the Gold Coast now so was chatting to him one night while I was working at the station we were chatting about the Tigers this was in the Taylor years. He was just telling me stories of his time at the Crusaders and how they had that policy. Never asked why though.

 

[liltiger]

I get we are a mess, but how do the Dogs keep avoiding the spotlight for their failures. This is like the 3rd or 4th year they have gone on a spending spree, and they still can’t get out of the bottom 4

Iv said it heaps, the dogs are in a much worse position than us. We are in our position because we're predominantly relying on younger players and have been smashed with injuries the last two years. The dogs have spent millions on their squad, I can't think of a player they went after and didn't get. They got the coach they wanted and are still failing.

 

[Tore85]

If Knights have Cogger and still in the running for Sullivan, should we be talking to Gamble and Hastings?

Those two would be salty on us, wouldnt go there..

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Those two would be salty on us, wouldnt go there..

Our coaching team have enough experience to determine what will work for the squad in terms of harmony. This is especially so with so many young players in the squad.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Thinking outside of the square, I wonder if Benji is still scouring Rugby Union particularly in New Zealand for a big signing.

Jordie Barrett (could possibly be a 5/8 in rugby league) & Caleb Clarke (destructive fast winger) have been mentioned before as having NRL thoughts.

The Rugby World Cup finishes in late October so may be some players may be open to a code switch for a new challenge & possibly more $$$.

 

[Yossarian]

No, I think what he’s saying is that star players don’t make star coaches. If you review the results over a long period of time, in the modern era, you will see that many of the highly rated coaches were pretty ordinary footballers, with a few exceptions.
Gibson, Ryan, Bennett, Bellamy, Cleary, Smith, Robinson etc , all moderate players at best.

Wayne Bennett made a Kangaroo's tour. Jack Gibson played for NSW.

 

[Tiger Tarl]

Dearden/Sullivan halves is not a bad combo...

 

[balmain boy]

Given all mid season signings must be finalised within the next 24 hours surely there's going to be a bit of movement across the league. Yet there seems to be no whispers...

Can't see Manly wanting Talau now, if anything they'd want to back out of the deal.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Given all mid season signings must be finalised within the next 24 hours surely there's going to be a bit of movement across the league. Yet there seems to be no whispers...

Can't see Manly wanting Talau now, if anything they'd want to back out of the deal.

Haha no backing out now Manly.

Now for other clubs to pick up the contracts for AJ Kepaoa, Jake Simpkin & David Nofoaluma. We'll even contribute for Nofa.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Had a mate who was a prop with the Crusaders and all blacks. Said the Crusaders policy was no more than 6 islanders in the squad. Not too sure why

Because Christchurch is the racism capital of New Zealand. It's even in their name, 'Crusade', based on the middle-age crusades which were racist at their core.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Haha no backing out now Manly.

Now for other clubs to pick up the contracts for AJ Kepaoa, Jake Simpkin & David Nofoaluma. We'll even contribute for Nofa.

Man, remember when Simpkin was the next big thing. So much expectation when he came down from Qld only to become a pretty average first grader at best. Granted he’s still only young, but most kids his age show glimpses and or flashes of brilliance. Not him. Proves why you need to take every young hyped kid coming through the grade with a grain of salt. Not many of them become stars. Not at this club.

 

[Todd Packer]

Wayne Bennett made a Kangaroo's tour. Jack Gibson played for NSW.

Jack Gibson was a very good player who unfortunately was more focused on his career as an SP bookie.
Jack famously told his Magpie teammates before the 1963 Grand Final that they couldn't win because Darcy Lawller the ref had bet on St. George.

 

[851]

This is simply factually incorrect.

First photo below shows a fairly obvious trend that the further down the field you play the ball the more likely you are to score a point. In the NRL between 2016-2021 teams scored 0.3 points per play the ball inside the 10m line compared to 0.04 points per play the ball in midfield. Only when you get inside the 20m can you expect to score 0.1 or more points per play the ball and it exponentially increase from their. You are 700% more likely to produce a point from 10m out to 50m out. Teams do not score more from midfield breaks, fact.

2nd graph shows a heat map of play the balls resulting in tries form 2016-2021 where green is high and red is low. The map shows the significantly largest proportion of tries are scored in the 20m line and an even larger majority 10m out and usually middle of the field.

Field position is king. We have field position but we have below average backs unable to meet NRL standards in point production. Imo we have two decent prospects in Bula and Tupou and literally no one else is NRL standard in our backline. I genuinely don't think we have had a NRL standard half or centre in half a decade.

I really wish we lived in a world in which people would consider their positions before sprouting off opinions and calling them facts. This forum can be the Dunning-Kruger effect in full flight most of the time.

Mate you have too many facts and too much knowledge for these apologists who just refuse to believe what is presented to them in detailed fact

 

[weststigerman]

Given all mid season signings must be finalised within the next 24 hours surely there's going to be a bit of movement across the league. Yet there seems to be no whispers...

Can't see Manly wanting Talau now, if anything they'd want to back out of the deal.

I thought the cut off was August 7?

 

[Camel2281]

No, I think what he’s saying is that star players don’t make star coaches. If you review the results over a long period of time, in the modern era, you will see that many of the highly rated coaches were pretty ordinary footballers, with a few exceptions.
Gibson, Ryan, Bennett, Bellamy, Cleary, Smith, Robinson etc , all moderate players at best.

Wayne Bennett played for Qld and Australia. Bit harsh to call him moderate at best