Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

The Chad said:
Line speed is often a mentality. I honestly believe we lack 'aggressive' footballers who crave the collision.

Everyone has valid points on here.

For mine- the way to win at Rugby League hasn't changed, despite trends.

You still win in the trenches. And the Tigers do not win the trenches.

We have a collection of pretty good middles. May, Pole, Fainu, Twal, Seyfarth, Hunt...all of them have their good values.

But not one of them is aggressive in contact. No hitters. No JWH style guys. Nobody that, when the game is turning against us, can grab the team & lead the way.

Hunt is the guy that MIGHT have been able to do it, but he plays too few minutes & too few involvements.

If we cannot win the ruck, the collision...if we cannot turn momentum when it's against us...if we cannot throw something at a team like the Panthers when they are shutting us down- it doesn't matter how good your halves & centres are.

I don't know a better way of saying it...I think we need a couple of thugs in the middle to make teams NOT want to play us.
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Well,

Hunt fits that 'thug' kind of player and for the first 6 rounds off the bench... That was him.

We changed his position, it did not work... He got fat. ... We kept him in the not working position, then removed him from the team.

Two lessions:
1. Craig Fitzgibbon reads players right.
2. Don't change what works.
 
crazycat said:
Our forward pack? ... Really?

Look May is awesome, but we are really lacking and have often struggled to field front rowers. We criticise Benji for playing 2 backs in reserve, but really we don't have the forwards to play. ....

Lindsay, Spencer, Angus... The Roosters have something of a competitive pack in spite of loosing people. When teams take us on in the middle, we loose. I.e. Penrith.
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Who’s fault is that? He has been controlling our roster for 3 years and has signed a bloke for at least 500k per year who is now playing reserve grade

As a whole, the club has not been able to externally identify and sign any junior talent since the Fainu’s and that was old management despite them not being any better than current.

We haven’t even been able to keep our own ffs
 
Merlot said:
Q1 correct
Q2 no
Q3 yes
Q4 do you think the phin's n pidgeons play in the semi's ?.
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I am actually looking forward to the Phins vs Dragons in a final game where a fight breaks out.

You know like the old St George vs Steelers games! No one knows who's who. Just the fans punching out their own does it for me.
 
Milky said:
Who’s fault is that? He has been controlling our roster for 3 years and has signed a bloke for at least 500k per year who is now playing reserve grade

As a whole, the club has not been able to externally identify and sign any junior talent since the Fainu’s and that was old management despite them not being any better than current.

We haven’t even been able to keep our own ffs
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No "super good" Talent.

Tristan Hope
Heath Mason

Both come to mind. I like Hope, but both are fringe graders not guns.
 
Chipofftheoldblock said:
Ray Stone for sure although has had his fair share of injuries however we need players like him to change how we play with much more aggression and passion. Stone does also cover all of the backrow plus hooker.
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Ray Stone is a Tigers type signing.

The kind of cult favourite from another club of the great story that gives hope to people that no matter being a midget, if you work hard and train hard you will play first grade.

Anyone ever seen the movie Rudy? Check it out.

Press conference and a term I hate - “He’s a great competitor”.

I want established first grade weapons. Not journeymen.
 
The Chad said:
Someone said 4 spots remaining for next season?

Bunty Afoa
Harrison Hassett
Raymond Faitala Mariner
Freddie Lussick

There are players I prefer, but this covers a lot of holes.
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RF Mariner is DONE... No we are not hiring a 32 year prop on their last contract.

Bunty Afoa would be a good pickup. We need some beef and we need forwards.
If a long term deal it could be his last and he hasn't been in the Warriors first grade side for awhile. ...

I suspect (dare say hope) AD is gone. So we need to pick up a first grade center or wing.
 
Demps said:
Two weeks in a row I've noticed a real poor attacking approach.

Predictable and everything targeted to the middle. Our edges are so underutilised.

Embarrassment.

We need to utilise the entire field and all attacking angles, not just trying to score under the posts every time.

Send every set to the left, get em comfortable, thinking the left is on, then go right. Idk... surely there's some kind of intelligence in the coaching room that can see what we're doing isn't working and we need to DO MORE.
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Cooper Cronk in and one of our dud assistants out , it’s that simple , we have not been able to attack properly for years not games years
 
crazycat said:
RF Mariner is DONE... No we are not hiring a 32 year prop on their last contract.

Bunty Afoa would be a good pickup. We need some beef and we need forwards.
If a long term deal it could be his last and he hasn't been in the Warriors first grade side for awhile. ...

I suspect (dare say hope) AD is gone. So we need to pick up a first grade center or wing.
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"he hasn't been in the Warriors first grade side for awhile" doesn't that tell you something.
 
BBTF said:
I think we just have over exhagerated views of our pack. Look at these two packs for eg, including knights who are close to dead last.

Roosters = 8.Whyte , 10.Collins , 11.Crichton , 12.Foketi , 13.Leniu , 14.Wong , 16.Steep , 17.Butcher.

Knights = 8.J.Saifiti 10.Thompson 11.D.Lucas 12.KPP 13.Frizzell 14.Hastings 15.Croker. 16.Crossland 17. Hetherington

I can barely find a spot for a Tiger in any of them. Terrell May makes both, Samuela and Pole get a bench spot for Knights.

Twal/Sukkar/Seyfarth/Sione Fainu/Bird/Hunt don't make either of them.
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Great post - send it to Richo!
 
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