Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[tony soprano]

i'm not really a fan of giving a mega deal to Luai but i think Penrith's point scoring was more Broncos defensive load catching up to them and Cleary simply playing brilliant then Cogger being a better foil in the 2nd half than Luai was in the first.

Maybe fulton was right about cogger.

 

[jojo]

Maybe fulton was right about cogger.

He would have been an ideal foil for any of Latu, Sullivan, Luai, Galvin, Large all of whom are runners of the football more than organisers.

 

[tony soprano]

He would have been an ideal foil for any of Latu, Sullivan, Luai, Galvin, Large all of whom are runners of the football more than organisers.

Isn't Sullivan meant to be a 7?

 

[Vicious]

Isn't Sullivan meant to be a 7?

He always has been, but the concern is he has not demonstrated much willingness to take control and step up to the plate in his limited opportunities as the dominant playmaker at NRL level.
The hope is he’s still very young for an NRL playmaker, his dominance in the lower grades means he no doubt has the talent if he comes with the right attitude to match it.
Hopefully the hurt of not being wanted by his local club will drive him to become the best version of himself very quickly.

 

[tony soprano]

He always has been, but the concern is he has not demonstrated much willingness to take control and step up to the plate in his limited opportunities as the dominant playmaker at NRL level.
The hope is he’s still very young for an NRL playmaker, his dominance in the lower grades means he no doubt has the talent if he comes with the right attitude to match it.
Hopefully the hurt of not being wanted by his local club will drive him to become the best version of himself very quickly.

Yeh who knows how much the Griffin factor was.
He looked good in the juniors as a 7 but saints stuffed him around positionally once he hit grade.

 

[upthetigers]

Am I the only one here who doesn't rate Luai? He's carried by Cleary and the rest of the team. Would be another blair like signing for us.

100% very risky signing paying overs to get him. No thanks. If Panthers have to offload any player on big dollars it would be Luai.

 

[Kaito]

Any decent rugby league player would have rocks in their head to play for the Wannabees despite the huge dollars they could earn.They are abysmal

I would bring back Tom Wright on the wing

 

[upthetigers]

Alex Conti is set to quit the Wests Tigers and join up with the Bulldogs next season (DT)

He didn't quit the Tigers he was forced out.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

I wouldn’t be paying over a mill for him but he’s a type of character we need in our squad imo

I agree re character. Benji wants more leaders who can drive the standards required of regularly winning / premiership teams.

Attracting Luai to support Api would be HUGE! Putting personal opinions aside, he is actually a family man, a very popular club man amongst team mates & a winner, we can't deny that! He also brings a voice, energy & that dominant personality we need in our team which is heavy with passive personalities & youth.

 

[Halbrowne61]

What happen there did JAC smash someone or did he get smashed?

Well I think he sort of shaped up and threw a punch but his teammate who blindsided another guy with a coward punch was the real perpetrator.

 

[Halbrowne61]

100% they just had nothing left to give last 20 mins, if Luai was injury free I dare say he would’ve been cutting them to bits as well but Cleary just freakish. Even tho people don’t like Luai he can definitely be a game changer and a good signing

I just think his ego would override anything else he could bring to our club.
Even thought he could badmouth his childhood friend ( T’oo) at his wedding for a cheap laugh.
Not for me, too much risk and too much money.

 

[Merlot]

some wit today suggested Latrell is our super signing,seems his a bit peeved with the no love,step up your work ethic coming out of souths

 

[Red88_Tiger]

Yeh who knows how much the Griffin factor was.
He looked good in the juniors as a 7 but saints stuffed him around positionally once he hit grade.

Changing positions is no problem imo. Melbourne do it with players papenhousen and hynes for example.

 

[BAGNF05]

An extra 2 million dollars on his next contract is probably a good reason.

As I said. Anyone can see he wants to stay at Penrith. Money does eventually talk though.

Not our money. Players realise its a sure fire way to loser ville and can be career suicide. Luai would be best advised to stay at Penrith and keep growing his brand.

 

[BAGNF05]

And people question the need of fulton.

Tartaks PA?

 

[loklok]

Cleary didn’t just start playing brilliant out of thin air. The way he played the first 60 was in stark contrast to the back end 20. What was he waiting for a bigger challenge?
Cogger had a huge hand in the way Cleary finished that game off.

When Moses leota and jwh came back on changed the game alot aswell

 

[tony soprano]

When Moses leota and jwh came back on changed the game alot aswell

Poor Broncos

 

[BAGNF05]

When Moses leota and jwh came back on changed the game alot aswell

26-0 while the panthers props were on the field. Not very well publicised amongst all the Nathan love.

 

[Hbom]

People don't want one of the best halves in the comp, with big match experience.

 

[Needaname]

I wouldn’t think so.
I haven’t seen much or even any mention of it…but Penrith started playing attacking, point scoring football in that GF after he left the field.
Cogger provided a better foil for Cleary and gave him the room to target certain parts of the field.

Urge you to go back and watch that last part of the game again. Cogger was playing first receiver and as a result gave Cleary more room to playmake. Prehaps it was because Yeo wasn’t on the field that they needed to adopt that style. But then I ponder, is Cleary a better half playing off the back of another?
Wonder what that might mean for Luai if Penrith go down that path.