Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[tigahhh]

large wasn’t a loss , won’t play nrl

 

[Vicious]

large wasn’t a loss , won’t play nrl

What’s wrong with him, he is lightning fast, good balance and skill, but never seems to get on the field.
Is he injury prone, or just not quite tough enough ?
He looked to be a brilliant ball runner, but like a deer in headlights when trying to be a playmaker, no idea why he sees himself as a 5/8 and not a fullback ?
Has he decided on Rugby Union, or is he a chance of coming back to us ?

 

[weststigerman]

large wasn’t a loss , won’t play nrl

Injuries are the only thing stopping him playing regular NRL in the next 2-3 years. I think his brother will too shortly after.

You can’t coach the amount of speed he has.

 

[tigahhh]

What’s wrong with him, he is lightning fast, good balance and skill, but never seems to get on the field.
Is he injury prone, or just not quite tough enough ?
He looked to be a brilliant ball runner, but like a deer in headlights when trying to be a playmaker, no idea why he sees himself as a 5/8 and not a fullback ?
Has he decided on Rugby Union, or is he a chance of coming back to us ?

injury prone , not sure why he’s adamant on 5/8 either i agree with you. Tbh i think his brother Ashton is the better prospect but seems like Ointoni is all but gone to rugby and I’d assume his brother will continue to follow him

 

[tigahhh]

Injuries are the only thing stopping him playing regular NRL in the next 2-3 years. I think his brother will too shortly after.

You can’t coach the amount of speed he has.

rugby want him more than manly are willing to fight for them

 

[Tom Shines]

Injuries are the only thing stopping him playing regular NRL in the next 2-3 years. I think his brother will too shortly after.

You can’t coach the amount of speed he has.

Manly have enough speed already

 

[Odessa]

Well lets be honest on that list.

Teddy -> we kept him by punting Ryan P. ... Easts then stole him.
Moses -> we tried everything to keep him when he was over our club (and he was).
Large -> we punted him to try and keep Galvin, who already showed signs of walking.
Galvin -> dinnit want to be here like Moses.
TDS -> If it walks out let it go.

If we played our cards right, We could have had Ryan P for the last 8ish years and Large right now!

But they did leave ?

Stop playing for the club?

 

[clontarfkid]

I assumed it would have been AD. Doesn’t say a lot about his future.

Think it says everything about his future tbh
Plus signing up with I Moses..kiss of death for WTs..and several others

 

[Odessa]

Well lets be honest on that list.

Teddy -> we kept him by punting Ryan P. ... Easts then stole him.
Moses -> we tried everything to keep him when he was over our club (and he was).
Large -> we punted him to try and keep Galvin, who already showed signs of walking.
Galvin -> dinnit want to be here like Moses.
TDS -> If it walks out let it go.

If we played our cards right, We could have had Ryan P for the last 8ish years and Large right now!

Speak to Brett Kimmorley about Paps so sad and sums up the club at the time abit of Ado Carr about it

 

[Vicious]

Speak to Brett Kimmorley about Paps so sad and sums up the club at the time abit of Ado Carr about it

Nothing much has changed, we still don’t like players that are too fast.

 

[Flippedy]

Just shows how bad of a signing Hunt has been to not make this starting 17 . Smh

Hunt has become such a disappointment after a promising start to the season. I honestly didn’t expect this, he was a gun off the bench at Cronulla and he looked fit and seemed to be enjoying himself with us at the start of the year. What happened?

 

[weststigerman]

rugby want him more than manly are willing to fight for them

Thats possible. I thought you were suggesting he won’t make it.

 

[weststigerman]

Manly have enough speed already

We should bring them back, we have none.

 

[hodgo]

Hunt has become such a disappointment after a promising start to the season. I honestly didn’t expect this, he was a gun off the bench at Cronulla and he looked fit and seemed to be enjoying himself with us at the start of the year. What happened?

To be fair everyone knew what he was. An impact prop you bring on when you have momentum. Not stringing benji up but his use of him had been poor. He destroyed nsw cup.last week like knocked dudes clean out running at them. Again short minutes but that's what he has always done.

 

[Holman Barnes #1 Fan]

Makasini is the next Reg Gasnier. And Haywood is the next Cameron Smith. That's why we will rule the NRL for years to come.

 

[liltiger]

Our biggest problem I believe is the support and resources Benji has in his stable. Employing his mates as assistants is simply not good enough. We need experienced assistant coaches.

Benji can clearly get the boys motivated, is charasmatic and has some pull in the player market.

This is the one area of the Galvin saga that I could see from Galvin's point. The coaching staff is sub par, and as a young up and coming player, you want to be coached by the best with good resources.

It goes to the biggest issue we have got and always have had, no matter the structure or how many, we have got useless deadbeat owners who put bugger all money into the joint, were the poverty team of the comp. Until we start getting reliable injection of money into the place we won't be able to compete, Hbg need to start to either throw money into the joint to help it build up. Or privatise, but not just to anyone, has to be someone who understands success creates more value in their investment, they will inject the needed funds into the joint. Until then we're just a Hbg tax write-off. We have a boardroom now that knows how to use the funds, but no funds to use.

 

[Harvey]

We don't want people around that don't want to be around.

They've made that clear.
TDS, who I think is a good kid, appeared distracted the other night and obviously with his personal belief in himself could be considered [by team mates - possibly] as disrespect.

We don't need any more bully claims.
All the best Tallyn.
I hate Parra, don't like you any more either. 😒

Can’t expect to take the spot of someone in a losing team. Teammates might think it’s disrespectful, but does that mean they think they are entitled to positions regardless of performance.

 

[liltiger]

Can he though? The boys didn’t look very motivated last Friday night. I think it’s the opposite. For all the talk of how much they love him and would walk from the club if he was sacked, they play like strangers most weeks.

To be fair though we were missing some key players. The guys were putting in, they just wernt up to it.

 

[Harvey]

i think the club has done the right thing chosing To sign Api on and its a shame they couldn't convince Tallan to stay.

It is indefensible however that the club have allowed him to leave 18 months early for absolutely no benefit whatsoever. Is it to keep Tartak onside?

Im just flabbergasted. This, Galvin and 6 losses on the trot with a very poor showing against a spoon rival has me feeling like i've seen this movie before.

It is interesting. I have noticed a drop in Api’s performance between when he first arrived and now. What will he look like in 2 or 3 years time.

 

[Harvey]

I am really torn over the direction of the club.

On one hand, we seem very clear on the character of players we keep at the club. You have to want to be here and if not, see you later. That takes guts given the money and ego in pro sport. We have also seen players dropped for their poor application and given spells in Cup to work on it. Again, not that easy to live with as a club but important. I think both of these are healthy and a change from the past.

However, it is coming at the cost of our results in the short term. We had a lack of depth and it has gotten worse. There are no guarantees that we will replace those who left with similarly talented players or better. And the coach isn't Ivan Cleary, capable of getting lesser players to be play above their level.

The fans need a few signings and a clear direction. All Richo has said most recently is we won't sign players for the sake of it but at this stage he may need to.

That won’t work. No one wants to be here unless we overpay massively or no one else wants them