Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Wiz]

There needs to be an audit of the finances of all Roosters players from say the last 5 years.
Cheating the cap is cheating the cap. Given gambling is involved having teams rigging the system, providing free drugs etc, is all highly illegal. It's not a secret either. When will someone have the balls to do something about it?

Nobody will do anything about it unless it’s unavoidable that they have to. It’s not in the interests of anyone. The NRL are only worried about image and revenue. A scandal doesn’t help these. The players and players’ association are only worried about earning as much money as possible and they don’t care if it’s legal or illegal. If they cleaned up the cap and third party payments they would earn less. The only people that care are the fans of the struggling teams that can’t get off the bottom because of the cheating. And nobody cares about them, they just threaten the status quo. It’s easy to fob them off as sore losers and “nothing to see here”.

I wonder as AFL and soccer keep growing whether the increased competition will force the NRL to get serious about equality to keep people interested. That’s still 10 to 20 years away though.

 

[tigertragic]

And since then......

Nothing
But experienced coaches can only do so much, if they have the tigers rosters compared to the sharks

 

[LukeyTuiaki]

That’s because contrary to popular opinion, there is enough talent in this squad to win games of football.

I agree, but in your opinion is the talent in the same 17-20 players trotting out each week or is there talent outside of them not getting a start?

 

[stephen]

Nothing
But experienced coaches can only do so much, if they have the tigers rosters compared to the sharks

Agree mate. Need the right coach & players for success. The Jury is out on whether Benji will be the right coach or not. I think it's clear the rosters too weak.
However, anyone could see the roster, financial,& governance issues the club has. In my view, not the time for the Benji experiment.

 

[Tucker]

I agree, but in your opinion is the talent in the same 17-20 players trotting out each week or is there talent outside of them not getting a start?

The 20 or so are good enough.
I don’t think they are being coached well and quite a few are being under utilised.

 

[tigertragic]

Agree mate. Need the right coach & players for success. The Jury is out on whether Benji will be the right coach or not. I think it's clear the rosters too weak.
However, anyone could see the roster, financial,& governance issues the club has. In my view, not the time for the Benji experiment.

Can’t disagree with any of that but I think Benji is doing the best with what his got. Have to remember it was the previous brains ( poor term in this case) trust that thought it was a good idea, thankfully at least they are gone and there is some clear air ahead hopefully

 

[balmain boy]

Olam & Hunt on one side....I wouldn't want to be an outside back running that side against them.

I think most opposition attacks would absolutely love to run at them

 

[balmain boy]

We need to stop looking at a player like they will change. Naden has been like that for 5yrs+ now.
He won’t get better & is who he is which is nothing more than a reserve grade quality player.

He is costly and has been for ages & never wins us an NRL game from his brilliance.

He is a perfect example of our weakness as a team.

And it's why both Penrith and the Dogs were more than happy to get rid of him.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

It's just horrible roster management. None of them deserved lengthy contracts. I'd tell so three with the way they're currently playing they're free to move on immediately if they have any takers. I'd even chip in 100k for each of them to leave just to free up a roster spot

We’re constantly signing players, hoping they will be diamonds in the rough. Sulivan, Faataape and Alaimalo are further examples

 

[SeanT]

Nobody will do anything about it unless it’s unavoidable that they have to. It’s not in the interests of anyone. The NRL are only worried about image and revenue. A scandal doesn’t help these. The players and players’ association are only worried about earning as much money as possible and they don’t care if it’s legal or illegal. If they cleaned up the cap and third party payments they would earn less. The only people that care are the fans of the struggling teams that can’t get off the bottom because of the cheating. And nobody cares about them, they just threaten the status quo. It’s easy to fob them off as sore losers and “nothing to see here”.

I wonder as AFL and soccer keep growing whether the increased competition will force the NRL to get serious about equality to keep people interested. That’s still 10 to 20 years away though.

Afl bottom 4 get flogged weekly dont you worry.

 

[balmain boy]

I was fuming when we signed him. It was a horrible signing. Worse than Olam.

Signing him was one thing. Extending him for 3 years is the problem.
As an experienced backup If he's no28-29 in your top 30 is one thing.

 

[supercoach]

The comp this year is a lot closer and the blow outs are not as frequent as in the past. I just think over the past few years we have recruited the wrong style of player for the way the game is now played. The game is all about speed, skill and power. The good defensive plodder is a thing of the past and we have plenty of them.

 

[balmain boy]

Who would be disappointed with this team next year?
1. Bula
2. Staines
3. Doueihi
4. Olam
5. Turuva
6. Galvin
7. Luai
8. Utoikamanu
9. Koroisau
10. Klemmer
11. S Fainu
12. Bateman
13. Papali’i
14. L Fainu
15. Mooney
16. Twal
17. Pole

Absolutely horrible backline. Abysmal.

 

[Dr_Ice]

He was a good recruit at the time when we got him from the Dogs at a bargain price but the problem was that as usual we upgraded a player way to early when it was not justified, which seems to be what we do all the time just to make up the numbers.

Fully agree with upgrading players for no reason, however Naden was never a good recruit at any price.

 

[Roar_Power]

Absolutely horrible backline. Abysmal.

Bit harsh.

 

[balmain boy]

Might find player to do same job for far less outlay. Every Newcastle forward showed same or better effort than Steph but none of them get anywhere near the money Steph gets.

Actually the saifiti brothers both get more, and frizzel on about the same. So um yeah...

 

[tigermate]

We suck lol

If flanno coached our team we’d have as many wins as the drags

I think it’s the coach

I don’t think any other team would take benji and farah as coaches… like zero

 

[balmain boy]

I agree with your post apart from where you called him an athlete.

Our three fastest players are Bula Staines and Naden. Naden is also got the size and strength to be a threat. He's just got $#?! For brains

 

[BAGNF05]

Our three fastest players are Bula Staines and Naden. Naden is also got the size and strength to be a threat. He's just got $#?! For brains

Speed and strength = athlete
Coke and running into touch = Naden

 

[balmain boy]

Bit harsh.

No. Just honest. We have the worst backline, keeping any of the losers in our outside backs other then Olam is suicide.
I think Staines, Naden and Toa could all get a run in the UK though, they're all young enough, and at a lower price could do well there.
Hopefully getting on the phones to try help them earn a decent payday and prolong their careers. Can't see any of them getting a gig at any NRL clubs