Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[BAGNF05]

But you do agree Hughes is better than Hynes? Not in looks but football.

Some character issues showing up in Hynes game. Missing point blank field goals etc. Bellamy and that crystal ball.

 

[Garrry]

Like him or not I know Ivan Cleary was at lidcombe oval watching nsw cup player's

 

[Tom Shines]

You have no place in your team for Hynes?
Now you're just being silly.
You keep following the flock if it makes you feel safe.

tell me where you want to play him?

I’ll take Munster, Hughes and Paps thanks …

Don’t worry about the flock .,just saying Bellamy > Todd

 

[KCTiger2]

As a ball playing lock you need to mix up your game.
I have never rated Matamua. Big body player with a pea heart.
His work rate is low and impact even lower sometimes i forget he is playing.

The best lock forward that has ever played our game was Bradley Clyde. That is what every single player in the position should aspire to be.
Clyde had the body of a prop with a huge work rate mixed in with ball skills and speed. He understood when to ball play and when to take a hit up.
Matamua has the body type to play NRL but he is far from that stage.
Sometimes you need to mix it up like Yeo does for the Panthers (who is playing his best football at present).

i know Matamua ain’t running the ball like we need him to yet

But since he has become our lock the attack is looking way more structured then it ever has and that ain’t a coincidence

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Oh yes That field goal in front of the stix

 

[Todd Packer]

I agree that no club should ever dare to buy a player that Tom Shines' lord and master has deemed unacceptable.
No club should ever trust their own opinions once his holiness Criag Bellamy has deemed them surplus.
This is the Gospel according to Shines.
So sayeth the shepherd . So sayeth the flock.

 

[BAGNF05]

Like him or not I know Ivan Cleary was at lidcombe oval watching nsw cup player's

Probably there to make sure none of his players got arrested.

 

[Tom Shines]

I agree that no club should ever dare to buy a player that Tom Shines' lord and master has deemed unacceptable.
No club should ever trust their own opinions once his holiness Criag Bellamy has deemed them surplus.
This is the Gospel according to Shines.
So sayeth the shepherd . So sayeth the flock.

Todd…. Didn’t think you were this easy to wind up 😂

 

[BAGNF05]

tell me where you want to play him?

I’ll take Munster, Hughes and Paps thanks …

Don’t worry about the flock .,just saying Bellamy > Todd

Wishart > Hynes right now

 

[Tom Shines]

Wishart > Hynes right now

my left nut > Hynes after missing that field goal

 

[BAGNF05]

my left nut > Hynes after missing that field goal

Don’t give your ball bag a blue jersey

 

[weststigerman]

Funny that there is no criticism for the Sharks overpaying for Hynes. His reported figure is around 1.2m which is very similar to Luai’s salary for for us.

I know who I’d rather have.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

my left nut > Hynes after missing that field goal

His kicking game lets him down. Moses and Luai are at a much higher level imo, Cleary as well.

 

[bbobb]

Doubt god could get a team into the top four as often as Bellamy does. I realise that’s a roster thing too but someone’s gotta be identifying them.

I think the other factor is cap management. As Penrith has found, if you’re successful, you can’t keep them all.
Perhaps the decision wasn’t necessarily all based on skill and potential etc. Contract upgrades and other club’s offers meant he couldn’t keep them and remain within the cap. E.g. Maybe Dolphins had a war chest to throw at Bromwichs and they wanted to maximise their incomes at the end of their careers.
I think there is more that needs to be considered when analysing talent retention.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Probably there to make sure none of his players got arrested.

So Ivan was at Lidcombe. Says a lot.

 

[Tom Shines]

His kicking game lets him down. Moses and Luai are at a much higher level imo, Cleary as well.

Moses in career best form of late … he is really playing at the level of one of the best players in the comp…

Luai is playing well… but not as much talent as the likes of Moses and say Hughes … but really glad he is coming next year though …

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Moses is on fire.

 

[BAGNF05]

I think the other factor is cap management. As Penrith has found, if you’re successful, you can’t keep them all.
Perhaps the decision wasn’t necessarily all based on skill and potential etc. Contract upgrades and other club’s offers meant he couldn’t keep them and remain within the cap. E.g. Maybe Dolphins had a war chest to throw at Bromwichs and they wanted to maximise their incomes at the end of their careers.
I think there is more that needs to be considered when analysing talent retention.

Bellamy has shown many times over he’s happy for his veterans to leave and secure a big pay day once they’ve earned that right.

 

[BAGNF05]

Funny that there is no criticism for the Sharks overpaying for Hynes. His reported figure is around 1.2m which is very similar to Luai’s salary for for us.

I know who I’d rather have.

Buzz has come down ill 🤧

 

[BAGNF05]

So Ivan was at Lidcombe. Says a lot.

I’d rather Benji be focused on the Roosters. There’s a reason we signed Aaron Payne.