3 Way trade - DONE DEAL

[clokan]

New Smoking Gun and Chris Axelrod seem to have the same mailman


WTF is a chris axelrod?

Bad guy (car) in Cars 2

 

[swag_tiger]

He didn’t say Cody walker

He said Walker to the Titans.

 

[WswWt]

Arrow isn’t moving south until 2021. Media have no clue

 

[crazycat]

Titans are going hard at, and will get, Latrell.
He doesnt want to play for Tigers. He wont even keep an appointment for a discussion.
He wants a 'Top' team or he wants out of Sydney.

Arrow wants out of Titans. They are happy for him to go.

Broncos want a proper 5/8 and are shopping Milford around whilst they have tabled a very attractive offer for Walker.

Tigers want Latrell but accept they wont get him.
They dont want to pay 900K for Milford so are playing hardball with Broncos to pay some of his salary for next year until he proves his worth.
3 year deal will be offered with years 2 & 3 in the clubs favour.

I agree with other posters, the above wont happen unless there is news about Marshall that we don't know. (or Marshall plays at Hooker with Josh R, or Josh R is punted back to the dogs for a forward).

Signing Milford kind of makes a little sense to us. What we need is a hooker for this year, Forwards, Forwards, fullback, Forwards and a halves partner for Brooks in 2021 when Marshall retires.

We can't pay big bucks for a halves partner for Brooks. We have Josh R, who can play 5/8 but doesn't work with Brooks. We also have Luke Brooks, who as a halfback cannot manage or direct the team but has a great running game like a 5/8.

So moving Brooks to 5/8 and Milford to 7 would make some sense. Keeping Marshall as a reserve playmaker makes sense.

Yet it would only be around the 300K per season level that Milford makes sense. Ofcourse Buy PLAYERS when they are CHEAP! but Milford's form has tanked in the last 2 years.

Doubt this is anything but a roumer.

wrong, Milford is no 7, have you watched him without hunt for the last two years, when in form he's a dealy 6 like Benji, overburden with general play kicking and he's rubbish, brooks has a fantastic kicking game, just needs to find his voice. also saying brooks is good at running holes he should play 5/8 is ridiculous, cronk could run the ball hard doesn't mean had the skillset to be a silky 5/8.

I reckon that Brooks could carry more of a traditional five eighth role with ease, but why would you want to change this when he is already amongst the best halfbacks in the game. Would accept Milford as a subsidised second choice option for fullback.

Every time I watch Brooks I keep thinking he plays a lot like Mitchell Pearce. Runs hard, can do good kicks, etc. Yet every time we hear the comment below:
"brooks has a fantastic kicking game, just needs to find his voice.".
I like Brooks. But how many more seasons are we going to wait for him to find his voice. It's been over 6 seasons now with many coaches, heck JT rearranging the entire team to help Brooks find his voice. Take Brooks to karokie and see if that voice pops up, Otherwise accept the harsh reality:
Brooks has a good(not great) kicking game.
Brooks is great at running into holes.
Brooks is lousy at finding his voice
Brooks is not the best at marshalling a team around him and positioning people where they need to be.

Move Brooks to 5/8 and get a halfback who can marshall and position our team. His 'voice' will never come if it has not come by now.

 

[jadtiger]

Titans are going hard at, and will get, Latrell.
He doesnt want to play for Tigers. He wont even keep an appointment for a discussion.
He wants a 'Top' team or he wants out of Sydney.

Arrow wants out of Titans. They are happy for him to go.

Broncos want a proper 5/8 and are shopping Milford around whilst they have tabled a very attractive offer for Walker.

Tigers want Latrell but accept they wont get him.
They dont want to pay 900K for Milford so are playing hardball with Broncos to pay some of his salary for next year until he proves his worth.
3 year deal will be offered with years 2 & 3 in the clubs favour.

I agree with other posters, the above wont happen unless there is news about Marshall that we don't know. (or Marshall plays at Hooker with Josh R, or Josh R is punted back to the dogs for a forward).

Signing Milford kind of makes a little sense to us. What we need is a hooker for this year, Forwards, Forwards, fullback, Forwards and a halves partner for Brooks in 2021 when Marshall retires.

We can't pay big bucks for a halves partner for Brooks. We have Josh R, who can play 5/8 but doesn't work with Brooks. We also have Luke Brooks, who as a halfback cannot manage or direct the team but has a great running game like a 5/8.

So moving Brooks to 5/8 and Milford to 7 would make some sense. Keeping Marshall as a reserve playmaker makes sense.

Yet it would only be around the 300K per season level that Milford makes sense. Ofcourse Buy PLAYERS when they are CHEAP! but Milford's form has tanked in the last 2 years.

Doubt this is anything but a roumer.

wrong, Milford is no 7, have you watched him without hunt for the last two years, when in form he's a dealy 6 like Benji, overburden with general play kicking and he's rubbish, brooks has a fantastic kicking game, just needs to find his voice. also saying brooks is good at running holes he should play 5/8 is ridiculous, cronk could run the ball hard doesn't mean had the skillset to be a silky 5/8.

I reckon that Brooks could carry more of a traditional five eighth role with ease, but why would you want to change this when he is already amongst the best halfbacks in the game. Would accept Milford as a subsidised second choice option for fullback.

Every time I watch Brooks I keep thinking he plays a lot like Mitchell Pearce. Runs hard, can do good kicks, etc. Yet every time we hear the comment below:
"brooks has a fantastic kicking game, just needs to find his voice.".
I like Brooks. But how many more seasons are we going to wait for him to find his voice. It's been over 6 seasons now with many coaches, heck JT rearranging the entire team to help Brooks find his voice. Take Brooks to karokie and see if that voice pops up, Otherwise accept the harsh reality:
Brooks has a good(not great) kicking game.
Brooks is great at running into holes.
Brooks is lousy at finding his voice
Brooks is not the best at marshalling a team around him and positioning people where they need to be.

Move Brooks to 5/8 and get a halfback who can marshall and position our team. His 'voice' will never come if it has not come by now.

You are wrong about JT he was the coach who wanted MOSES to play a dominant role and luke to take a back seat.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Titans are going hard at, and will get, Latrell.
He doesnt want to play for Tigers. He wont even keep an appointment for a discussion.
He wants a 'Top' team or he wants out of Sydney.

Arrow wants out of Titans. They are happy for him to go.

Broncos want a proper 5/8 and are shopping Milford around whilst they have tabled a very attractive offer for Walker.

Tigers want Latrell but accept they wont get him.
They dont want to pay 900K for Milford so are playing hardball with Broncos to pay some of his salary for next year until he proves his worth.
3 year deal will be offered with years 2 & 3 in the clubs favour.

I agree with other posters, the above wont happen unless there is news about Marshall that we don't know. (or Marshall plays at Hooker with Josh R, or Josh R is punted back to the dogs for a forward).

Signing Milford kind of makes a little sense to us. What we need is a hooker for this year, Forwards, Forwards, fullback, Forwards and a halves partner for Brooks in 2021 when Marshall retires.

We can't pay big bucks for a halves partner for Brooks. We have Josh R, who can play 5/8 but doesn't work with Brooks. We also have Luke Brooks, who as a halfback cannot manage or direct the team but has a great running game like a 5/8.

So moving Brooks to 5/8 and Milford to 7 would make some sense. Keeping Marshall as a reserve playmaker makes sense.

Yet it would only be around the 300K per season level that Milford makes sense. Ofcourse Buy PLAYERS when they are CHEAP! but Milford's form has tanked in the last 2 years.

Doubt this is anything but a roumer.

wrong, Milford is no 7, have you watched him without hunt for the last two years, when in form he's a dealy 6 like Benji, overburden with general play kicking and he's rubbish, brooks has a fantastic kicking game, just needs to find his voice. also saying brooks is good at running holes he should play 5/8 is ridiculous, cronk could run the ball hard doesn't mean had the skillset to be a silky 5/8.

I reckon that Brooks could carry more of a traditional five eighth role with ease, but why would you want to change this when he is already amongst the best halfbacks in the game. Would accept Milford as a subsidised second choice option for fullback.

Every time I watch Brooks I keep thinking he plays a lot like Mitchell Pearce. Runs hard, can do good kicks, etc. Yet every time we hear the comment below:
"brooks has a fantastic kicking game, just needs to find his voice.".
I like Brooks. But how many more seasons are we going to wait for him to find his voice. It's been over 6 seasons now with many coaches, heck JT rearranging the entire team to help Brooks find his voice. Take Brooks to karokie and see if that voice pops up, Otherwise accept the harsh reality:
Brooks has a good(not great) kicking game.
Brooks is great at running into holes.
Brooks is lousy at finding his voice
Brooks is not the best at marshalling a team around him and positioning people where they need to be.

Move Brooks to 5/8 and get a halfback who can marshall and position our team. His 'voice' will never come if it has not come by now.

I would have agreed a few years ago and wrote here early during the big 4 crap, that depending on the dollars, I would rather keep Moses. Since that time, we have seen the further development of Brooks' defensive game and for mine, he has also gained the voice that many thought was lacking, to the point that he was even barking at the returned long term uber dominant nine.

He has come a long way from the boy that made the plays whilst Anasta organised the side and particularly live can be seen as running the play, even with Marshall there. Basically, I have absolutely no problem with Luke in any area of his game at the end of 2019, including his talk and his defensive attributes would have me now choosing him over Moses as a player, as long as we have a decent goalkicker.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

i would love to see him as a 5/8 the guy is a great runner ans his kicking game would suit that role. Perhaps we can look at 5/8 and then jock maddern etc as half moving forward

 

[TigerRabbit]

Arrow to Souths
Walker to Broncos
Milford to Tigers

Expect an announcement early next week.

Cody Walker was NEVER and I repeat NEVER leaving South Sydney - Any rumour stating him going elsewhere was completely fictitious.