I assume he would be keen to see where he fits in and how we go as a team this year, before he makes a decision ?
If he’s a regular starter and we show good improvement I don’t think he would be looking to leave.
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If he’s a regular starter and we show good improvement I don’t think he would be looking to leave.
Jedi_Tiger
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nz need a centre, would be a.great trade for barnett
balmain boy
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Statistically, He outperformed every single one of our forwards other than May last season. So even if he doesn't improve he's already A far superior addition of he maintains his levels. Given more freedom to play he can only get better
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balmain boy
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He's stuffed if that's the case.
A D should have already copped the team 1st slapping
My point is that the Player's Association would block it and the courts would never enforce it
And when they take the NRL to court and win?
never , they bluffed a few times . Preferred a lazy hand out
weststigers
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Fair enough mate. I hope you're right.
Adam Doobie
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A lot of people misunderstand KPP. He is not a strike weapon or try scoring machine. He is a work horse who makes lots of tackles and you can run structures around him. He does have a great offload which was underutilised at Newcastle but that's about it for higher ceiling to unlock.
He will be sneaky good for us by hopefully securing our leaky right edge.
Samuela Fainu is the strike weapon who will have a lot of points come around him.
who knows - more faith all round.
once our boys understand its ok to stomp the opposition ,we should go far
weststigers
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I can see the benefit of having a 6ft 6in inspector gadget in defence.
The ability to cover space in the defensive line is definitely a bonus.
TigerSkins05
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Why .. ?? Makasini is a centre .. if Toa doesn’t perform .. Makasini the the centres and Skelton to the wing .. that’s how we will end up by the end of the season I reckon.
TigerSkins05
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Play them both as attacking strike weapons .. one left and the other on the right .. makes the team twice as dangerous with a pair tall straight running 2nd rowers close to the line .. !!
balmain boy
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We're still chipping in. We're just not paying as much as before
balmain boy
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He's able to both wrap up the ball in defence (something most of our players struggle with) and to offload at will in attack if the defence isn't all over him.
Add that to his high tackle efficiency and solid output in attack and he should be a fine addition.
If Bula follows him around the field he could make a hundred line breaks this season
LeichhardtTiger
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It's like when Golden Oak reduced their 4 litre Cask down to a 3 litre cask but kept the price the same.
Gordo's was always good value
TurnStyle
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Souths wanted him for longer than the initial one season agreement (2025) where the tigers contributed to his salary.
As part of this transfer, he was released from the remainder of his contract with Wests Tigers to sign a new contract with Souths.
I posted a link to the South Sydney website in a previous reply to this.
At least now I know who is Wong...
Tom Shines
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Your point was also about some rant about US sports …they make most of our guys look like amateurs in terms of money their players get and how they run the show
The AFL manages to have a draft … which the NRL guys won’t cop for some reason… and sought court action over that …even though it’s a good tool to help poor teams improve and probably could have helped us get off the bottom a bit quicker these past 10 years ,,..what the courts decide isn’t necessarily for the betterment of the game for the fans
hopefully PVL starts pulling Clint Newton’s head in… the inmates are running the asylum
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