I honestly have never really rated him but he's had a good run, well done to him.
Sounds like the next club will be ordinary so the good days of finals are over.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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Sounds like the next club will be ordinary so the good days of finals are over.
das tigers
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Thanks.Him and skelton are going to have to give him no space. I can see DCE crossfield kicking
to him too.I still remember his comeback game against us a couple of years back at Parra stadium.
Possible?? Not good enough got me
happy_tiger
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We will show Manly .....you watch us play Turbo into top form Friday
I think Mariner is a long way ahead of To’a in terms of pure attacking quality and although we are hoping Taylan May quickly discovers his form prior to his hiatus, we don’t know for sure if that will happen just yet.
IF we signed Cobbo and somehow got him fit and motivated, he would be a long way ahead of any of our outside backs.
hank37w
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The issue with that, and even if TDS agrees to that sort of a deal, is that he gets comfortable with his new surroundings, forms new friendship and maybe he even has some success there and he wants to stay.
Maybe it turns out that he doesn't want to come back and prefers to stay and they want him to stay and as we all know whatever contract he has for in 18 months time is not worth the paper it is printed on especially if it's with the Wests Tigers who always let players go for nothing in return. 😡
Correct.
We seem to talk up our current t players like they are superstars, yet funnily enough we can’t win a game.
Brendan Hands @ The Eels.
Came through the grades at Penrith.
Only on contract this year and next.
Not getting much of a look at Parra currently.
Not a bad player imo.
Worth a shot to play back up whilst we develope Heywood.
Came through the grades at Penrith.
Only on contract this year and next.
Not getting much of a look at Parra currently.
Not a bad player imo.
Worth a shot to play back up whilst we develope Heywood.
Tom Shines
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Ok mate …fair enough … you have a higher opinion of Mariner than I do which is your prerogative …it’s not the end of the world for me if he comes here, although I’ve heard nothing beyond peoples wishing for it to happen here, so I would put the likelihood as low
My focus now continues to be improving the forwards ,,, they need 2, ideally 3 more ..
Viliami Fifita (Dragons)
Lazarus Valeepu (Melbourne)
Kayliss Fatialofa (NZ)
Not stopping there though...
Ativalu Lisata (Melbourne)
Harry Hassett (Penrith)
Trey Mooney (Under contract, Raiders)
Signing spree 🤑
hank37w
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Wasn't he one of the managers recently named as being investigated by the NRL and was supposedly under possibly threat of suspension?
To put that into perspective, Isaac Moses didn't even get a mention after all the crap that he has been involved in, go figure.
If we lose TDS, he would be a handy pick up.
Danny Levi would be another option as would Freddy Lussick who I believe was mentioned by The Chad yesterday.
I think someone like Lachlan Ilias trumps all of them if we got him at a decent cost with the Dragons chipping in.
Not totally disregarding our own Josese Lanyon either, he’s been very impressive for our Jersey Flegg team in recent weeks.
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tigahhh
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sure was . tartak manages most our squad
Who are you proposing who would make us a much better team ?
A few of these players would add some much needed depth to our forwards 👍
I’m not sold on Harrison Hassett, he’s a smaller back rower which we are seemingly trying to get away from and although he played ok in his NRL debut this season, his NSW Cup stats are mostly underwhelming.
Compare him to someone like Aaron Schoupp who is only a couple of years older, has NRL experience, has versatility to play in the centres or edge back row, looks to be much quicker and a more powerful, more threatening ball runner.
Tom Shines
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There aren’t many off contract now…. Although I have mentioned before the likes of Bunty Afoa perhaps … in addition they need a starting 13 and reserve backrower for the bench … the problem is that we don’t really know what players are getting shopped by other clubs ..
You fill those three holes then you push Bird, Twal and Seyfarth out of your best 17…and they become your first line depth rather than every week players
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Bunty would be a good replacement for Royce Hunt as he is a strong, powerful ball runner, struggles in defence, but still a long way ahead of Royce with his fitness levels and defending.
I agree it would be nice to upgrade the likes of Twal and Seyfarth, but when looking around each rival club, there is not too much better when looking at the fringe forwards to come off the bench or be players 18-20.
Demps has suggested a few good ones that could be realistic possibilities, but we still need a certain element of defensive work rate in our 17 that would be lost if Twal and Seyfarth were not in it.
Tom Shines
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Yes ..that was my thinking with Afoa to replace Hunt … someone to come on and hammer the try line a bit which seems lacking …he is behind plenty of young guys at the Warriors …they were supposedly making him available to ESL last offseason…so the WT should be all over him …
Havili won’t be at Souths next year and Mamazoulis hasn’t set the world on fire. Maybe Benji lets Uncle Wayne borrow TDS for 18 months?
