Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Canadian Club said:
How in the world is Bateman starting over Nanai? Bateman has to be the worst player in the comp so far this season.
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And Kai O’Donnell the Cowboys other second rower is even worse.
Payten is certainly trying to prove my theory wrong that you cannot win NRL games with 2 dud starting second rowers.
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
It was just dumb nether liked the signing too expensive, past it and too small for mine.
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Bateman is on the small side for an edge back rower, but that’s not the problem when you consider the best edge back rower on the competition currently is Briton Nikora who is barely 95kgs.
Hudson Young is also under 100kgs but is one of the Raiders best every week, so sometimes we get too carried away with size and not focus on the core skills that are running the ball hard, tackling hard and playing with energy.
The energy levels of our NRL team have improved dramatically with the inclusion of our new recruits who all play with high energy.
I can’t the same about our back up players which is my big concern, however Faatape who is supposedly filling in for Skelton tomorrow does always play with high energy, so I cannot begrudge him being called up,
 
Vicious said:
Bateman is on the small side for an edge back rower, but that’s not the problem when you consider the best edge back rower on the competition currently is Briton Nikora who is barely 95kgs.
Hudson Young is also under 100kgs but is one of the Raiders best every week, so sometimes we get too carried away with size and not focus on the core skills that are running the ball hard, tackling hard and playing with energy.
The energy levels of our NRL team have improved dramatically with the inclusion of our new recruits who all play with high energy.
I can’t the same about our back up players which is my big concern, however Faatape who is supposedly filling in for Skelton tomorrow does always play with high energy, so I cannot begrudge him being called up,
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Liam Martin imo is the best second row forward. He is not a huge man, perhaps the same size as Nikora, but plays well above his stature. Cam Murray and Radley are also 13s of smaller stature.
 
pawsandclaws1 said:
Liam Martin imo is the best second row forward. He is not a huge man, perhaps the same size as Nikora, but plays well above his stature. Cam Murray and Radley are also 13s of smaller stature.
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💯 but as Rock Hopper Steve has touched on a few times and I have agreed with him, you do need a certain element of size in your team.
Royce Hunt for example gives us a huge lift every time he comes on the field and I think we would get overpowered at times if we tried playing 80 minutes without someone of his physical presence to contribute.
 
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Vicious said:
Bateman is on the small side for an edge back rower, but that’s not the problem when you consider the best edge back rower on the competition currently is Briton Nikora who is barely 95kgs.
Hudson Young is also under 100kgs but is one of the Raiders best every week, so sometimes we get too carried away with size and not focus on the core skills that are running the ball hard, tackling hard and playing with energy.
The energy levels of our NRL team have improved dramatically with the inclusion of our new recruits who all play with high energy.
I can’t the same about our back up players which is my big concern, however Faatape who is supposedly filling in for Skelton tomorrow does always play with high energy, so I cannot begrudge him being called up,
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Always exceptions to the rule V but Johnny was past it for mine when he signed, hope your right about Faataape mate pretty sure he had a stinker on the wing last season.
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
Always exceptions to the rule V but Johnny was past it for mine when he signed, hope your right about Faataape mate pretty sure he had a stinker on the wing last season.
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He did and we desperately need him to be safe under the high ball, but I thought he was a big standout for our NSW Cup team last week, he was constantly getting deep and running onto the ball at speed and was solid defensively, so definitely earned his call up.
 
Vicious said:
He did and we desperately need him to be safe under the high ball, but I thought he was a big standout for our NSW Cup team last week, he was constantly getting deep and running onto the ball at speed and was solid defensively, so definitely earned his call up.
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That's good to hear doesn't sound like we have much choice anyway, Naden not ready and Staines no idea what's happened to him, what's the go with Saukuru top 30 spot is it a waste.
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
But but he trained so well during the offseason according to the cows, we can have a good laugh now
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Did he actually do the whole preseason with them, bcoz he never trained a full preseason with us.
I reckon he did his career a disservice by playing international football over the offseason the last few years. He was on the down hill slide the year before we signed him, he needed to identify that, be honest with himself, and get a proper offseason training schedule in to prep himself for his last few seasons. Now he is not NRL run-on standard, and I’m not sure he is a benchy. How many years years are we chipping in? This and next?
Anyway his manager has done well.
 
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