Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Rock Hopper Steve said:
I'm hoping he has a good season mate looking at the training photos he looks a bit bigger in the arms Sheens had him slimmed down too far for mine.
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Yeah if he has a contract year, that’d be great. We can either sell him off at whatever he can get somewhere else or he can sign on with us for less (at a more appropriate market value), and become part of our new family dynasty. A bit like Twal did. Only problem is Klem has probably got one more decent contract in him if he plays well this year, so he will need to choose the money or winning GF’s with the Tigers. 😎
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
Panthers blueprint
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It’s not the Panthers blueprint.
It’s been happening for 100 years to varying degrees of success at every club except rorters.
Obviously the degree of success at our club is so low, most people don’t realise we are still trying to get it right. We’ve had the odd gem, Benji, Robbie, Tommy, Holman, Barnes, but they’ve been flukes and not due to good management.
 
Kaito said:
Matamua looks in tremendous shape this year,
I'm looking forward 2 see what mood he's in...
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there's a 13 jersey with his name on it if he can have a massive preseason.

being fitter and faster should help with his carries and his linespeed, which are his two biggest deficiencies. he's far more skilful than any of the other lock prospects we have in and around first grade currently. huge year ahead for him given he's off contract.
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
What you say is true but if there's no good ones available, he can't just yank one out of his butt sure he would have some targets in mind just have to be patient pity Tupouniua went to the dogs would of been a good get but I think he wanted 3 years.
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U make a great point , but it’s really the same as mine , why release when u don’t have a replacement, would u sell ur car without knowing what u would go and buy ??
 
bptiger 0 said:
U make a great point , but it’s really the same as mine , why release when u don’t have a replacement, would u sell ur car without knowing what u would go and buy ??
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No not when you need a car Ice for mine backend of last season looked like his best position was lock I think he might of been wanting more money to stay hence we let him go plus Kobe Hetherington sounded like he was all but signed this would of thrown a spanner in the works.
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
No not when you need a car Ice for mine backend of last season looked like his best position was lock I think he might of been wanting more money to stay hence we let him go plus Kobe Hetherington sounded like he was all but signed this would of thrown a spanner in the works.
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Again , papa was under contract so he could not go anywhere , and if Kobe was the replacement u don’t release untill he signs on the dotted line
 
bptiger 0 said:
Again , papa was under contract so he could not go anywhere , and if Kobe was the replacement u don’t release untill he signs on the dotted line
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Never let someone go until you have an equal or better replacement. Though I think Richos issue with our squad wasn't so much about freeing up money but at the time more about freeing up top 30 spots. For everything about ipap that people say, he came and didn't really perform to his best but so have heaps of others so it can't just be on him, it was the instability at the club. He never dogged it or kicked stones like others to get out he always put in and tried his best under real tough circumstances. I cant recal him ever saying a bad thing about us. Iv got a lot of respect for him as a player and more as a genuinely good man.
 
bptiger 0 said:
Again , papa was under contract so he could not go anywhere , and if Kobe was the replacement u don’t release untill he signs on the dotted line
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Yes its a strong point mate but was he the answer at backrow only played a couple of good games there not much better than anyone else we used in his spot but I get it dilutes the backrow depth.
 
Buttface said:
It’s not the Panthers blueprint.
It’s been happening for 100 years to varying degrees of success at every club except rorters.
Obviously the degree of success at our club is so low, most people don’t realise we are still trying to get it right. We’ve had the odd gem, Benji, Robbie, Tommy, Holman, Barnes, but they’ve been flukes and not due to good management.
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IMHO, in the first Sheens era, we had Hodgson, Prince, Whaituira, Richards, Payton, LaFranchi, Lui, Koroibate, Dwyer, Tuiaki, Martin, Woods, Fafita, Ellis, Halatau...
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
I'm hoping he has a good season mate looking at the training photos he looks a bit bigger in the arms Sheens had him slimmed down too far for mine.
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He needs a big year to guarantee his contract for next season. Otherwise he will be off contract and be looking at a serious pay cut. That should be more than enough incentive to perform this season.
 
jrtiger said:
there's a 13 jersey with his name on it if he can have a massive preseason.

being fitter and faster should help with his carries and his linespeed, which are his two biggest deficiencies. he's far more skilful than any of the other lock prospects we have in and around first grade currently. huge year ahead for him given he's off contract.
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I dont recall if I saw it here on elsewhere, but there was a suggestion that Latu Fainu was pencilled in to wear the 13 and him being part of the fat 5 prior to Christmas meant that everything was wide open again, will be very interesting to see who can jag it. Matmua might be a good suggestion. Reckon Benji wants a ball player at 13 this year, not another prop
 
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