Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

tigahhh said:
tbf the dragons side was almost all first graders that been dropped , their pack kept kit and Royce quiet however taateo from Canberra is doing great.
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Rahme seems to have moved the ball ok too. Our numbers in the forwards were pretty ugly. Unfortunately our most celebrated forward had the worst numbers.
 
liltiger said:
True, though it's about comparing squads Tucker, even if Bellamy is off him, the real question is, is he still better than whoever he will be replacing if we bring him in, in our squad. Teams like Melbourne, Penrith and up till recently Roosters, they're trash from their squad would be treasure in ours only cause we're starting from such a low bar.
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They are only treasure if he wants them and they leave for the dough...as has happened on occassion.
Those that he doesnt want are failing somewhere at a fundamental level that he feels is a waste of time working on. That will be exponentially worse with us as our coaching, training and development processes and structures are far inferior. Those in charge of this also have a fraction of the experience they have in Melbourne.
Those who dont see this are the same that didnt see the Royce Hunt signature as a load of poo.
 
The Chad said:
Certainly not doing himself any facours.

Taateo looks to have outplayed him easily. Rahme got 3 offloads in on his own.

Hunt must have nodded off on the bench or something.

On the positive- Izaac Tu'itoupou looks to have had yet another great game. Can't have enough big, bruising wing types. How long before he starts to challenge Skelton?
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How is Izzac’s Defence ?
Not much has been mentioned on Turuva’s defence when Stuart’s son scored his try on Friday night.
He was defending inside To’a and went low and fell off on the opposite centre making To’a come off the winger to help.
Flick pass to winger Try Time.
Turuva does the hard yards out of our end well and can find the try line BUT seriously needs to work on his Defence.
I’m understanding why Cleary dropped him at times and replaced him with Laurie as both like attacking football a lot more than defending.
 
Oldman said:
How is Izzac’s Defence ?
Not much has been mentioned on Turuva’s defence when Stuart’s son scored his try on Friday night.
He was defending inside To’a and went low and fell off on the opposite centre making To’a come off the winger to help.
Flick pass to winger Try Time.
Turuva does the hard yards out of our end well and can find the try line BUT seriously needs to work on his Defence.
I’m understanding why Cleary dropped him at times and replaced him with Laurie as both like attacking football a lot more than defending.
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My word do I see some interesting takes on this forum... Turuva is by far the least of our problems and has consistently been one of our best bar a couple of missed tackles. Dropping him for a reserve grade winger won't make us any better
 
Oldman said:
How is Izzac’s Defence ?
Not much has been mentioned on Turuva’s defence when Stuart’s son scored his try on Friday night.
He was defending inside To’a and went low and fell off on the opposite centre making To’a come off the winger to help.
Flick pass to winger Try Time.
Turuva does the hard yards out of our end well and can find the try line BUT seriously needs to work on his Defence.
I’m understanding why Cleary dropped him at times and replaced him with Laurie as both like attacking football a lot more than defending.
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I get Turuva has a few issues (EG - the week before Jenkins just ran over him from 5m out), however........ at the moment, he is making very valuable metres. Vs Penrith, he made more metres than our backrow (Fainu, Sukkar, Seyfarth) combined and this is not with a linebreak. He is (and Skelton to) almost making up for the ineptness of some of our other players.
 
tigerslad said:
My word do I see some interesting takes on this forum... Turuva is by far the least of our problems and has consistently been one of our best bar a couple of missed tackles. Dropping him for a reserve grade winger won't make us any better
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Hey Tigerslad
I didn’t say to drop him just pointing out with all the good things he does that he still needs work on his defence.
 
BTW just wanna say , how good is luai for playing origin last minute to then have to fly from Perth and back up two days later for our team . then after the game im sure being disappointed with the two losses , he was signing autographs and taking photos with fans for half an hour before someone ordered him and the fainu boys to get back to the sheds . ultimate professional
 
That shocking miss by Reece Walsh on Wilton - he hung an
arm out and jumped in the air? Try under the post. Sharks 10 nil up, Madge not happy, Fonua just went straight up the middle about a 20m run. Unfortunately Sharks' winger couldn't ground the ball.
 
tigahhh said:
bit concerning stuff for Bronx
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Nikora straight into a gap pass to Kennedy under the post. It will be 16 - 6 shortly.

Now 28 to 18. Sharks are physical today and the attack is straight up the middle. Haas is off with a groin injury but may come back on.
 
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The Chad said:
How easily can we get out of the Royce Hunt contract?

Yesterdays numbers from KOE are alarming.

21 minutes
1 run for 7m
60% tackle efficiency

Not exactly screaming for reinclusion.
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Medical retirement for potential heart attack?
Surely there are KPIs in all contracts so if a player is not putting in they can be moved on.
 
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