Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Coastie_Tiger said:
Might be an unpopular opinion but if we could get an adequate trade i would move Ice on. From moment one when he signed with us he's be disinterested, we seemed to have the warriors version not the Parra one.
I know he makes a lot of tackles at times 48 yesterday someone quoted but he also has some horrendous misses or efforts highlighted in the Sua try there's quite a few of those ive seen him attempt or not attempt.
He rarely makes an impact in attack perhaps its the way we use him vs his Parra days, but i really think he doesn't give a toss about being here.
I think as soon as he's able he'll probably sign elsewhere anyway so we may as well try and get something in return for him the bloke is treading water here.
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Saw him at Frangos Drummoyne last year and my impression of him was one who is not serious and is taking it easy
 
weststigerman said:
He's a bench player, you can't compare that with a starting half.

He plays a specific role at Penrith. He showed with Samoa he can be the main man.

Hynes was a back up half/fullback at Melbourne, now he's on similar money that Luai will be on next year.
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He didn't have pressure on him for Samoa compared to next year. I also don't think he will be as motivated after winning 3 (potentially 4) premierships in a row. It's his retirement contract and that's it
 
momo_amp_medo said:
Agree with this 100%.

Flanagan May be many things but he knows his footy.

He tweaked that roster and made sure that lack of talent is replace by size and aggression both in the forwards and the backs. He has great half in Hunt and an overall team that seems to be consistently up, motivated and well prepared for a battle ….. their whole team looks up this year ….. just like the 2024 buldogs.

The only thing that I’m puzzled about is how they can allow for Lomax to be let go. Time will only tell If that decision does not come back to bite them.
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Dragons haven’t been constantly up - they are a week on week off team one week they put in effort the next get thumped so far.
 
Coastie_Tiger said:
Might be an unpopular opinion but if we could get an adequate trade i would move Ice on. From moment one when he signed with us he's be disinterested, we seemed to have the warriors version not the Parra one.
I know he makes a lot of tackles at times 48 yesterday someone quoted but he also has some horrendous misses or efforts highlighted in the Sua try there's quite a few of those ive seen him attempt or not attempt.
He rarely makes an impact in attack perhaps its the way we use him vs his Parra days, but i really think he doesn't give a toss about being here.
I think as soon as he's able he'll probably sign elsewhere anyway so we may as well try and get something in return for him the bloke is treading water here.
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If we could move him on for the chance of someone half decent, then hell yeah. 48 tackles is good but I'm sure plenty of other back rowers do the same. He's attack is rubbish and his hands are slippery.
 
Telltails said:
Papalli is not the problem. You strengthen the roster around a player like him you don't move them on. Every week fans lament players going well at stronger clubs - that's because they are playing with more talented rosters.
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Good point you raise.
We continually over rate and over pay mediocre players.
Our talent ID has been trash for over a decade and does not seem to get any better no matter who is in charge.
Paying Papali’i 650k per season is not a disaster and I can guarantee there would be other clubs ready to take him off our hands at that same cost if we didn’t want him.
Not the same can be said about quite a few other players on our roster,
 
Telltails said:
Papalli is not the problem. You strengthen the roster around a player like him you don't move them on. Every week fans lament players going well at stronger clubs - that's because they are playing with more talented rosters.
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Agree.

But some of his individual efforts, on both sides of the ball, have been absolutely atrocious for 14 months.

He is a defensive liability at some point in EVERY game.
 
jrtiger said:
Benj has already spoken to his utility value and how he goes 100 miles an hour at everything. I think he's the ideal 14 moving forward, but Benj has to utilise him. we can't waste his key development phase by having him sit on the pine for 80 like he has with Sullivan and now Simpkin.
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Yes Mason has been great in a struggling team in Cup. I think he could be dangerous around the ruck
 
Kelce68 said:
Agree.

But some of his individual efforts, on both sides of the ball, have been absolutely atrocious for 14 months.

He is a defensive liability at some point in EVERY game.
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I’d be grabbing Sua and swapping for Papalii. He offers zero. Give him back to Parra. He wanted to stay there.
 
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