Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[851]

Curious where the Schiller hype is coming from? I admit I haven't seen much of him. Looking at his stats he's 23 this year and has only played 10 NRL games and looks to be stuck behind some fairly average NRL wingers.

Has he had a heap of injuries or something else happen?

He is a centre, and a good one

 

[Demps]

fox on the wing would work
1. bula
2. Staines
3. Lomax
4. olam
5. fox
very solid

That's a very solid backline

 

[Vicious]

fox on the wing would work
1. bula
2. Staines
3. Lomax
4. olam
5. fox
very solid

Plenty of quality, but would you get enough momentum in hit ups out of our own danger zone with a combination of Staines & Addo-Carr ?
Ideally I think it’s one or the other and the other winger would have more size and power with hit ups out of our own danger zone.

 

[BZN]

I appreciate that he has been around a long time and made a lot of contacts and acquaintances but you have got to be a bit more selective about who you call a good mate.

I doubt that Richo would suffer fools.
Brent Read may be like Noel Kelly or Tommy Raudonikis were in there playing days.
Do 'anything' to get a story/win a game of RL for the Mighty Magpies.
But off the field completely different decent and honest blokes.

 

[Tito Santana]

Kent likes Leichhardt. Read was arguing the opposite.

Shouldn’t be on tv. POS.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

That's a very solid backline

worry is where do you put Galvin luai and fainu ?

 

[BZN]

I agree 100% about it being no coincidence that Read writes the Leichhardt Oval article, but is it wise giving the game away and openly saying in a pod cast that Brent Read is a good mate.

All I can suggest is Richo is a decent, honest and honorable bloke who doesn't pull any punches, tells it like it is and doesn't keep secrets.
I reckon he is the sorta bloke you can trust to do the right thing by WT's.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Kent likes Leichhardt. Read was arguing the opposite.

Of course. That show isn’t designed for them to agree with each other.

 

[Tito Santana]

If we somehow start 2025 with the following backline then I think we will be in for a fun year:

1 Bula
2 Staines
3 Lomax
4 Olam
5 Fox

I’m not sold on JAC. He’s busted.

I rate Faataape and reckon he will continue to come on.

 

[Vicious]

worry is where do you put Galvin luai and fainu ?

It shouldn’t be a major issue if we alternate having one of Galvin or Fainu starting in the halves and the other as our 14 throughout 2024 and 2025.
IF Galvin and Fainu both live up to their potential I think we’d need to make a decision on which one we are keeping by 2026, unless they are both playing better than Luai in which case we would then be better off keeping both the youngsters and re-selling Luai.
Time will tell, just hoping we put a good competitive team around them to give them all a fair chance.

 

[Vicious]

I’m not sold on JAC. He’s busted.

I rate Faataape and reckon he will continue to come on.

Faatape showing plenty of promise so far, but surely he’d only be considered as a centre, the days of Matt Utai sized wingers are long gone.

 

[Tito Santana]

Faatape showing plenty of promise so far, but surely he’d only be considered as a centre, the days of Matt Utai sized wingers are long gone.

He’s not that little. He’s 178cm. Just under 6ft. Great defender and runs hard.

I’d be going after a winger to replace Tupou and then Staines.

 

[Tiger Stripes]

People say get rid Stains who still has 2yrs left on his contract, Bateman still has 2yrs left after this year & Naden has another 2yrs after this year & Doueihi has this year. I think it would cost us a packet to get rid of theses players.

We need some vacancy places in the top 30 spots to make way for better recruits.
Would most likely have to chip in some $$$, but that is the only way to free up positions.
Hope they have learnt to be more frugal in promising kids a top 30 spot when they are a couple of years off; and just maybe will never good enough.

 

[Kaito]

He’s not that little. He’s 178cm. Just under 6ft. Great defender and runs hard.

I’d be going after a winger to replace Tupou and then Staines.

Stfu Tito, I'll put ur old ass in a figure 4 leg lock

 

[Vicious]

Stfu Tito, I'll put ur old ass in a figure 4 leg lock

Maybe the Steiner Recliner ?

 

[Kaito]

 

[Buttface]

Stfu Tito, I'll put ur old ass in a figure 4 leg lock

JYD 4 Evs

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I’m not sold on JAC. He’s busted.

I rate Faataape and reckon he will continue to come on.

He’s not the JAC of five years ago.

 

[Bones]

He’s not that little. He’s 178cm. Just under 6ft. Great defender and runs hard.

I’d be going after a winger to replace Tupou and then Staines.

Confirmed - Tito is 178cm or under 🤣

 

[balmain boy]

He’s not that little. He’s 178cm. Just under 6ft. Great defender and runs hard.

I’d be going after a winger to replace Tupou and then Staines.

Anything under 185cm is small for an outside back these days. To'o is small for a winger but he compensates with his power. We already have a very small team, every small back needs to be payed with a big team mate and we don't exactly have a Tuqiri running around these days but maybe Nav or Lobb will eventually kick on