Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Vicious said:
No Sione should not be used on an edge at all, he is only a middle forward and a good solid, improving middle forward.
If we re-sign Sukkar, he and Ethan Roberts will be a year older and wiser and much more ready to step up to the plate when required.
Ideally recruiting someone who has a lot more speed and athleticism as an option would be great, but at age 32 I cannot see Jack Gosiewski being that person.
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How many times did Sione play on the edge this year ? Must have been double figures

If a younger athletic guy ( with some NRL experience ) wants to sign up to be our edge 4 on $200k a year than great … I won’t be holding my breath though ..
 
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Seems like players we get attached to are going to be the cheap ones , club says it got $$$ to spend but I don’t think it’s big dollars , Frizell ! Mann , Jack G / broncos , O’Sullivan , Brailey , not big coin , Alverillo probably the only one who is on $ 500 + these others above would be 250/300 , O’Sullivan may want a bit more , feels like we got $ 250 to spend per head , that’s not much that’s reserve grade value. So 2027 suffers again if injury strikes
 
426Tlgerland said:
Seems like players we get attached to are going to be the cheap ones , club says it got $$$ to spend but I don’t think it’s big dollars , Frizell ! Mann , Jack G / broncos , O’Sullivan , Brailey , not big coin , Alverillo probably the only one who is on $ 500 + these others above would be 250/300 , O’Sullivan may want a bit more , feels like we got $ 250 to spend per head , that’s not much that’s reserve grade value. So 2027 suffers again if injury strikes
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Gotta be a bit realistic … we assume money is tight next year and they got a few gaps to fill ,..
 
Cultured_Bogan said:
From NRL.com

Adam Doueihi: 200 tackles, 23 missed - 89.7% tackle efficiency (14 games, 14.3 tackles PG)
Jock Madden: 295 tackles, 44 missed - 85.1% tackle efficiency (15 games, 19.7 tackles PG)
Jarome Luai: 320 tackles, 61 missed - 81% tackle efficiency (20 games, 16 tackles PG)

It would appear Jock takes on 4-5 extra tackles a game than his halves partner.
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That's about what I expected. So many people on here bag Maddens defence. Or are they just sheep following a previous comment. His defence stacks up with our 2026 heros IMO.
A lot more tackles than Doueihi but less efficient because Doueihi's arm grabs or him not really in a position to make a tackle are not recorded.
Luai tops the missed tackles, which usually lead to tries.
Thanks, CB for clarifying in my mind what I had suspected.
Maddens defence is not as bad as a lot on here would have you believe.
Same with those saying he doesn't have a long kicking game. He did a very long kick in the Panthers game, so it does exist. But are usually strategically shorter. But we rarely contest these because of our slow backline [head and legs].
A very good backup, just a bit slower than ideal. But costing us SFA.
 
Tom Shines said:
Firstly …it’s the mole , so I’m not going to believe it just yet ,,,

But we don’t know the value of the contract - so how can we judge it? If it’s like 200k I don’t see the issue - we need experienced depth as proven this year

How many games do you expect him to play ? Might only be 4 or 5 off the bench if they get a good run with injuries …

You know what else is no good ? When injuries bite, having to rely on inexperienced 20 year olds that the opposition targets and costs us the game when they leak 3 tries .
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And what makes you think this 32yr old reserve grader, journey man will plug that gap?
 
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