Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Oldman said:
Physique suited to kick long,
So he looks body wise like Ricky Stuart & Mitch Moses who I think are/were Long Kickers not forgetting Adam Reynolds 😂
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Maybe look at the physique of an NFL punter or the AFL players that are known to be goal threats from well outside the 50 rather than simply NRL halfbacks
 
king_sirro said:
That thought came to me yesterday. Im curious to see what sort of long kick he has
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There's every chance it's horrible with no technique. A bloke that spent his junior sports career bouncing between being a rugby league centre and a basketballer has little reason to develop his kicking.

But if you were going to design a body to kick a ball long his ticks every box.
Long legs (levers).
Fast twitch muscles in the legs (power).
Strong and Flexible hips and glutes (follow through)
Core strength (stability on impact).
 
gregjm87 said:
Maybe look at the physique of an NFL punter or the AFL players that are known to be goal threats from well outside the 50 rather than simply NRL halfbacks
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An NFL punter never gets tackled and AFL body shapes wouldn’t survive in NRL.
Seeing Bula is playing NRL I was comparing his physique to other NRL Long kickers.
 
Vicious said:
We desperately need a back rower with good leg speed.
We have absolutely no back rowers in our top 30 roster with above average leg speed whatsoever, hence the reason I’d say Benji is starting to warm to the idea of possibly developing Heath Mason as an impact style of 13 with high leg speed.
Ideally we need another back row option with above average leg speed, even if we retain Heath,
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Did you want leg speed through the middle of a quality back up on the edge? They are usually 2 different things. If you want leg speed through the middle at 13 that's not and has never been Chan.
He is a edge backrower who can somewhat do a job defensively in the centres of need be. Problem is, as an edge he fails the quality part.

Whilst we in dire need of more middles. I'm going to go against most and say I'm not sure we need another edge. Anyone we sign would need to be behind Fainu and KPP. We've then also got Roberts whom I think will develop into a better than average first grader. Sukkar who is probably below average but still probably better than Chan. Who knows what Schuster will deliver. Godinet might become serviceable (might not as well).

So you'd be looking at someone ideally as next man up behind our starting two.
Probably someone that you could carry on the bench most weeks and be ok giving them some game time, likely as a middle, because they need to be justified as in or close to first grade every week in order to convince them to come here.
Again this isn't Chan. He's a depth guy that you hope you don't every need.
Not sure of contract status but the kind of players that fit the description.

Sam McIntyre.
Egan Butcher.
Harrison Edwards.
Angus Hinchey.
Charlie Guymer.
 
Demps said:
I think we need 4 more signings of a decent quality, depending if Royce stays or not....

For mine,

Jack Underhill (Bulldogs)
Jordan Samrani (Eels)
Joe Chan (Storm)
Wilson De Courcy (Knights)
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Don't know much about De Courcy other than him getting hooked early on in the season when we played the Noughts.

I believe he has only played one or two NRL games.

Being from up around that way Demps you must have some positive intel on him from the lower grade games.
 
gregjm87 said:
Did you want leg speed through the middle of a quality back up on the edge? They are usually 2 different things. If you want leg speed through the middle at 13 that's not and has never been Chan.
He is a edge backrower who can somewhat do a job defensively in the centres of need be. Problem is, as an edge he fails the quality part.

Whilst we in dire need of more middles. I'm going to go against most and say I'm not sure we need another edge. Anyone we sign would need to be behind Fainu and KPP. We've then also got Roberts whom I think will develop into a better than average first grader. Sukkar who is probably below average but still probably better than Chan. Who knows what Schuster will deliver. Godinet might become serviceable (might not as well).

So you'd be looking at someone ideally as next man up behind our starting two.
Probably someone that you could carry on the bench most weeks and be ok giving them some game time, likely as a middle, because they need to be justified as in or close to first grade every week in order to convince them to come here.
Again this isn't Chan. He's a depth guy that you hope you don't every need.
Not sure of contract status but the kind of players that fit the description.

Sam McIntyre.
Egan Butcher.
Harrison Edwards.
Angus Hinchey.
Charlie Guymer.
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Good point you make.
In a perfect world we need an impact player who has high leg speed and the versatility to play 13 or on an edge.
I reckon the perfect player would have been young Englishman Morgan Gannon who’s father James Gannon played a few games for Balmain Tigers.
Morgan didn’t quite crack the top 17 at the Warriors, injuries were the main reason, but unfortunately he has now agreed to return to Leeds as of next season.
Not much that fits this description over here, so we might need tj take a risk on someone from the UK competition.
 
hank37w said:
Don't know much about De Courcy other than him getting hooked early on in the season when we played the Noughts.

I believe he has only played one or two NRL games.

Being from up around that way Demps you must have some positive intel on him from the lower grade games.
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Based on stats he looks very inconsistent, but he’s only 20y.o and is a big body with reasonable speed to go with it.
I think even with the possibility of Patrick Herbert and Solo Saukuru as centre back ups for 2027, I still think we need another decent quality right sided back up who can ideally play centre or wing.
 
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Oscar Martinez said:
Roosters coach couldn't bring himself to say the words Wests or Tigers in his press conference.
He couldn't verbalise that the club he regards with such contempt could have beaten him.
It didn't compute.
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Come on, poor old Trent is a Westy at heart and a Wests Tigers old boy to boot, he would never denigrate or treat the Wests Tigers with contempt.

Actually both he and Turdesco are both good old Camden boys, they both love their South West roots, don't they? 🤔
 
Plato said:
Six minutes and 24 seconds of how they lost it. The polar opposite of Benji who always credits the opposition and takes ownership of the losses. You don't get respect if you don't give it.
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Judging by the expression on Robbo's melon when we saw the odd shot of the coaches box during the game, it would have been entertaining if there was a camera fixed on the coaches box and the ability to watch screen in screen on the idiot box.

It would have been a toss up as to which screen would have provided the most entertainment. 🤣
 
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