Would love to have Crossland , he is a tackling machine, and can cover , hooker , backrow, lock , 1/2 and 5/8 , maybe he could teach our non tackling players
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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weststigerman
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He had some good plays today but I don’t rate Sandon Smith. He’d do nothing to improve our side IMO.
He is a current starter and NZ rep, where would you start him for us?
I think hooker is his best spot.
user118245
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If benji doesn’t show the footage of the passion and heart of the knights today and drill that image into the boys heads, he should leave the club. Benji is the face of our club, he bleeds orange yet we never see that sort of passion
John’s boys and Gidley in tears…crazy passion
Oh yeah I remember alright and Justin Olam pretty much the same outcome. Perhaps they can sign me up, I’m only 65 and can breathe really well lol.
Last years wooden spooners had a team with Bradman best , KPP , Thompson , marzhew , the mullet brothers , and decided the best course of action was to play 5 hitups and a kick .
They sack that myth , get a coach who by all accounts isn’t half bad , and more importantly is a knights old boy , gets buy in after building a structure around these players and low and behold the team comes good . Also last years wooden spooners had one of the top 5 players in the game sitting on the sideline/ out of form .
You can talk shit all you want mate . And come on here and wallow have a big misery party , but it’s pretty repetitive to be honest .
We also beat last years wooden spooners this year and the team they’re playing when they were firm in the middle of their form turnaround .
So the optimist might say , if we have some good fortune with some clever tweaks there’s nothing to say we can’t make a run . Especially if we make the smart choice and build around L.Fainu and his brother .
Also the team last years wooden spooners beat fell into a massive hole because the player that team is built around broke his leg just before halftime .
It’s almost as if when you lose your star player /s most teams can’t come back from that …. What do I know? I’m sure crying about it every 2nd post every 2nd hour is far more accurate .
happy_tiger
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If we sign anyone else along with Frizell can it be Francis Manuleulea please .....
happy_tiger
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And Safiti and Dylan Lucas
happy_tiger
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I don't want to write off a bloke before he even signs here , but Kurt Mann to me has the odour of a Top 10 worst signing at the WTs
And that list has a glittering array of stars to beat
And that list has a glittering array of stars to beat
happy_tiger
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You say we need a tweak ....better be a big tweak and better happen pretty quickly
First season Ponga has actually been worth his contract.
Lol....its like when people say ' im not a racist, but.....'
happy_tiger
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Not rating a footballer and being a racist probably not in the same realm
But I get your point
Probably the only small lock we have had in our existence that has been remotely successful in a part time role was Ben Galea ......and if he played lock 10 times I would be amazed
Maybe Halatau .....but again was never the same player after 2005 ...and he's not small
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Give rhe bloke a chance at least...if he signs
Rock Hopper Steve
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Nah, not the forum way, most of us are guilty at some point in time of wanting to send a potential signing to the shredder before they get here lol.
To be fair to the forum members, we have been terrible for a long time and it’s hard to stay positive when everything we touch turns to shit
I’m willing to give him a chance though, if it’s a 1 year contract
happy_tiger
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I'm 100 % behind Frizell if he signs for a season
Tucker
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Ponga won the Dally M in 23. He earned his salary that year.
We beat both those teams. And I distinctly remember the second time we played the knights it was a real disappointing afternoon because we should have and had expectations to win that .
My point is I look at next Sunday and don’t think “life sucks , we suck” but rather … “hey man we beat both those teams and are at least as good as them”.
This is a massive contrast to the last 3-4 years where I thought “shit how are we ever getting as good as these guys” .
We have the talent . We need to find a way to reduce injuries and manage the load of the team to reduce fatigue and performance drops . That’s where we fell apart . We need to figure out to raise the floor of these guys so that there’s not 8 games of 4 out of 10s but rather 2-3 games of 5/6 out of tens .
Thats on the performance staff . But we also saw last night , the best team probably since the late 90s broncos and before that St George , fall into a massive hole because thier 1.5mil man went down . We may not have a Cleary , but I’d say the cumulation of having 3-4 guys on the next tier down had the same effect .
This is going to to get exponential as well as the 3 teams come in and depth is reduced across the nrl.
I just refuse to wallow and pity. I’ve memory dumped most of this season . You take out the learnings ie. the talent is good , depth was surprisingly poor , and we issues maintaining across 27 rounds . Everything else is Individual based . Also AD can’t be in the halves if we want to win consistently.
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