Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[The Chad]

If Seibold gets punted & Ennis takes over...Mahoney to Sea Eagles would feel right.

 

[Lukic]

The 2 players getting moved on rumour sounds like it would be Manly. Makes sense with all that's been going on lately and the Seibold news.

 

[LeichhardtTiger]

Well we did speculate that Klein would have some sort of impact, and he sure did. Played QLD right into the game in the first half with penalties and 6 agains, proving once again that an astute referee can manipulate certain aspects of the game.

Yep, the Cleary "Strip" in the first half was the start of the rubbish from Klein. Teams would often deKlein the challenge being so early on. Luckily the Captain's Challenge was successful but he kept the Blues in check from then on.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

If Seibold gets punted & Ennis takes over...Mahoney to Sea Eagles would feel right.

Getting Ennis out of the commentary box seems too good to be true. They’ll have to surgically remove his mouth from Cleary’s manhood first though.

 

[batboy]

Getting Ennis out of the commentary box seems too good to be true. They’ll have to surgically remove his mouth from Cleary’s manhood first though.

They'll have to get someone else in to talk about 'Dummy Halves' for 4 hrs a day....
Punish!!
You'd think there was 34 of them out there the way he bangs on about it.

It's yeas Michael, We know you played 9 - But how bout you talk about something else for once...

 

[Ron Brodrick's Spirit]

I loved how Fox kept asking Ennis his opinion on DCE being dropped.
As the Manly assistant coach what answer were they expecting?

 

[tigahhh]

will Craig signing something , my gut feeling we released him ?

 

[Roar_Power]

will Craig signing something , my gut feeling we released him ?

Unlikely to see NRL IMO

 

[mtd#2]

will Craig signing something , my gut feeling we released him ?

Never heard of him

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

will Craig signing something , my gut feeling we released him ?

Saw that too @tigahhh lol as bad as it sounds I hope it's not with us. He is just an average Flegg player and gets exploited by the better teams. Small in stature, not overly quick, poor under the high ball and can miss a tackle. Just good out of yardage. Possibly landed another dev deal elsewhere, either Bulldogs through the Luke Vella connection from Westfields, Manly through the Warren McDonnell connection or Penrith as was linked there in the pre-season.

 

[batboy]

will Craig signing something , my gut feeling we released him ?

Probably a top 30 x 3 year contract knowing this place...
To be released, he would have to be singing somewhere else
- Can't see why that would be the case...
He's undersize and not very good.

 

[tigahhh]

Never heard of him

he’s in our top 30 😂 he’s been languishing in cup/legg for years bad deal we did .

 

[tigahhh]

Probably a top 30 x 3 year contract knowing this place...
To be released, he would have to be singing somewhere else
- Can't see why that would be the case...
He's undersize and not very good.

complete guess but I reckon we’ve released him & bud to the bunnies ,

 

[tigahhh]

Saw that too @tigahhh lol as bad as it sounds I hope it's not with us. He is just an average Flegg player and gets exploited by the better teams. Small in stature, not overly quick, poor under the high ball and can miss a tackle. Just good out of yardage. Possibly landed another dev deal elsewhere, either Bulldogs through the Luke Vella connection from Westfields, Manly through the Warren McDonnell connection or Penrith as was linked there in the pre-season.

wouldn’t be us , only reason he’s still here is because he activated a player option in his favour for this year knowing the club don’t have plans for him .

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

wouldn’t be us , only reason he’s still here is because he activated a player option in his favour for this year knowing the club don’t have plans for him .

You're thinking of Tumeth. Will Craig is on a development deal with us for this year.

 

[tigahhh]

You're thinking of Tumeth. Will Craig is on a development deal with us for this year.

oh damn ur right !!!! they look too similar

oh gosh it’s probably us then 😐

 

[Roar_Power]

wouldn’t be us , only reason he’s still here is because he activated a player option in his favour for this year knowing the club don’t have plans for him .

Isn't that the colour of the COE in the background?

 

[tigahhh]

Isn't that the colour of the COE in the background?

yea it’s concord cafe … sigh

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

yea it’s concord cafe … sigh

If it is us and he's been retained ahead of Tino Tavana, Max Taotua & Cameron Kanaan, I am going to rant and I'm not one to rant. Let's just wait and see.

 

[liltiger]

Ashley Klein did such a horrible job for Origin 2 2025.

The first half momentum can come down to him. So many 1 way calls... Then he rules the Kalyn Ponga knock on that went 2m back???
The refereeing was all over the place.

Klein is by far the worst ref iv ever seen in rugby league. Like refs have howlers they're human it happens occasionally no one begrudged people making mistakes we all do. But Klein is good for 1 or 2 howlers a game. How he is rated so highly by the admin to keep getting these big games is beyond comprehension imo. Maybe they're just that low on experienced refs, iv no idea. Casey Badger and Belinda Sharp are light years ahead of him and they make calls at times 10 metres behind the play cause sometimes they can't keep up. Mind you I remember a game we had with Kasey Badger where we had like 5 penalties we captain challenged and won all 5. I still rate her better than Klein.