Twal is a big motor to be a workhorse.
If Twal is the missing link, we need to do better. Sure underrated player, but we need more workhorses in our squad.
The one without, by and far.
I remember watching the Gold Coast Seagulls.
Yea they were far better without Wally. He was clearly too old and out of it by then.
I just realised something really bad.
How do we tell if we have a troll on our forum?
Simple they are more optimistic then the actual fans!
(not calling you a troll MTD#2 not at all. All your points above are valid, well said and I agree with you).
As to these 4:
Samuela + Twal is a fair...
Answer: we lost 68 - 0 to a very good but perhaps not great Penrith team. (I argue that they have had to shed so many players, they are not the same side that went 4 in a row.)
TLDR: No we are not respected when we perform like that!
Particularly on top of losses to Manly, Storm and Cronulla...
I think we saw how out of depth Mavrik Geyer and Charlie Murray are.
Then we saw how our backline got totally outclassed by the Penrith backline.
What does Benji do other then get the team tackling again and working on defense.
So dissapointing
Yea, this.
None of anything in this saga makes sense, unless you look at it from ego's stuffing around. As Batboy says below:
Spot ON. A ball running center who you could teach to make space to pass to a winger.
But hey, 5/8 means more money I get it. So go off to Parramatta and learn under...
Could be a Blore/Pole swap so that Pole plays with his brother....
Otherwise I doubt Melbourne will want to let go of anyone we would want, particularly in the front row.
Plus the usual Perth/PNG offering stupid money for players to sign up.
Moses Suli, sorry no way.
Yes playing wise, he is what we need in the centers.
Attitude wise. No way.
Benji has enough ego's in the team. Make his job easier, not harder.
Suli can be a solid center when he is not off his tree. Doubt he will be eternally fit like Dane Gagai or Rapana.
Luciano was always going to be moved on at the end of his contract. I think he was 600k with us and the Dragons it went to 900k. No way he was providing that kind of value on field.
We should Fear Crichton if Galvin decides he is going to give him any ball!
I will say Burton can have a very good kicking game. He was deadly for Penrith as the off the bench half. Which is a mute point when Galvin does the kicking.
I actually wondered why they did not do the Perth Jets.
Look the Bears fans are really passionate. Of the Jersey merch I see:
Wests Tigers,
Dragons,
Eels
Bulldogs (but less now then say 10 years ago).
Occasional Chooks and Broncos stuff.
I do see North Sydney Bears. I know people, young...
Do they have a top 8 pack:
Jaydn Sua
Blake Lawrie ( ok he has been in finals teams, but is a bit past it)
Luciano Leulia
Emre Guler
Dylan Egan
The Couchman bro's have been rather good for them.
I feel it's a similar pack to us in 2022. A lot of names, but not a lot of performance till the...