Winston Churchill
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Klemmer was a better option than Twal, let that sink in.
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That what I said, he’s not a good starting prop.
He can be used as a starting 13, but only if our spine are providing plenty of creativity which unfortunately is not happening.
Other than that he’s best used off the bench as he can come on and provide good work rate and strong defence when the others are getting tired.
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Lock, Prop, edge back row and a utility lock/hooker at a minimum.
tigahhh
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did you see the dragons game ? his defence was horrific he didn’t even attempt a tackle at one point and the opposition went straight through 5 mins into the game 😂
i don’t think Twal has even been that bad this year, his role is simply clean up the middle defence which he does.
tigahhh
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people on here don’t like logic
they want Klemmer on $800k
Red88_Tiger
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Could have been real handy for 11 games imo
tigahhh
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From all reports Klemmer wasn't on $800k here, nor would the clause have enacted this. Not sure why the forum continues to push this.
Tom Shines
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Is it Twal’s ball playing that impresses you to put him at 13?
Tom Shines
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Twal went to the market last time his contract was up and had no other genuine interest and took a haircut to sign back here
tigahhh
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it would’ve enacted another 2 yr contract of $800k and his top 30 spot went to sione which was deserved
tigahhh
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100%
Tiger_Yoshi
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IMO, Twal is at best a benchie. Seyfarth is a reserve grader, Sukkar is not yet NRL standard, Bird is over the hill and useless, Douhie is not a lock.
We need 4 NRL STANDARD forwards.
Toa is too inconsistent
Skelton needs to improve his D.
WE need at least another NRL standard back.
Thats 5 NRL standard players to become a finals team.
We need 4 NRL STANDARD forwards.
Toa is too inconsistent
Skelton needs to improve his D.
WE need at least another NRL standard back.
Thats 5 NRL standard players to become a finals team.
No, that’s where you need your spine to step up and provide the variety in attack.
That’s not happening at the moment.
Tom Shines
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So you want him to play like a prop at starting 13, but you don’t think he can be a starting prop?
Tiger Stripes
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1. I thought Izaac Tu'itupou out played Skelton. Retain for next week.
2. We had no line speed when defending. They ran us ragged down the middle as the game progressed.
3. We had no chasers whatsoever competing for bombs. And we sent plenty!
4. Toá is a metre or so to slow compared to opposition centres and is matched by his poor defence.
5. Positives...........they all put in 100%.............Overall, just not classy enough.
That is close to the mark, but in addition to this we still have a massive issue in lack of creativity within our spine, an extremely poor kicking game and poor work ethic defensively.
How do we fix those problems ?
The highest I'd seen his 2025 salary reported is 675k. There's never been a salary reported for his extension but it would make absolutely no sense that an aging forward would receive an increased contract value.
Happy to be shown any evidence it would have been 800k but I'd doubt there is any outside this forum.
And im pretty sure it was only 1 additional year.
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Agree with this. KPP and Sam Fainu in the team replace Sukkar and Bird. Makasini is projected to be a starter next year. Bula comes in and Turuva takes over his wing spot. We don’t need a lot but we need quality in certain positions. Lock, Prop, utility, back row depth.
We need better play from our spine if we ever get them playing multiple games together.
