Recent content by SwervinMervin

James Roberts? 😆

A few of the 360 hacks cited Dane Laurie as another player to leave the Tigers and kick on. Really? He went backwards at Penrith. Same with Tupou at Redcliffe, Talau at Manly. None of them can crack first grade. Perhaps Tigers got it right in not busting their hump to keep some of these guys...

If I was getting pegged, I’d want to change positions asap as well 😆

Mitchell Moses might be a bit of a $hit bloke, but he demands excellence from his teammates, and gives it to them when they don’t deliver it. Doesn’t hurt sometimes. Parra are a completely different team when he plays. We bemoan losing Teddy, Woods, etc. but I reckon Moses was the biggest loss...

He wanted to stay at the Tigers as first pick hooker. If not in 2026 then from 2027. Extending Api put paid to that so he moved on. I think the club made the right call and TDS has missed an opportunity to build into a starting NRL hooker under the tutelage of an elite one. But no conspiracy or...

I want Madden in the spine every week. The KOE spine. If he’s a regular in the NRL spine it can only mean one thing - we’ve p00ped the bed

Why aren’t the press trumpeting about a player accepting less to resign with the Wests Tigers because he loves the club and like what he sees building there? Why isn’t Buzz questioning Flannos inability to attract players even with a bigger checkbook. AD does have his flaws, but he is an out and...

Latu will be halfback next year with AD jumping in from time to time depending on game situation I think. Madden is a backup half for injury or poor form. Why do people think after watching Latu for about 6 first grade NRL games that he can’t be an effective halfback alongside Jerome. We expect...

Haven’t bulldogs recruited Galvin to be their halfback with Burton as running 5/8th?

He’s not wrong though…

Is it 5 years at $1.5M per year? Surely it can’t be 4 years! Madness for a middle forward. He’s good, but if you look at the Titans you’d have to say he’s no match winner. You only pay that coin for a game breaker. I do wonder about Mal as the coach of the club. For sure he’s a massive figure of...

It’s a back up half. I don’t think it’s an insurance policy for Luai. He’s the perfect backup halfback - first grade experience, doesn’t overplay his hand, happy to spend most of the year in KOE but can step in and do a job when needed. Most clubs (the good ones anyway) have someone like him in...

Not sure if he’s a better fullback or has the same upside potential as Bula, but Will Kennedy may end up being squeezed out of Cronulla. He’s a good player. Not in the same class as Teddy, Edwards, Walsh, Ponga, etc. but more than a solid first grade fullback.

Bud at $500k? I would suggest $350k for a backup half with first grade experience is about par score.

Agree. It’s effective and some teams have optimized it as an attacking threat, but gee it’s boring. Bomb, tap back, score or a chance at another set of six.