Tim Sheens
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Conversely, three of our off-season rejects, in two players and an assistant coach, have been picked up by Penrith, so we'll get to see how we fare on those choices.
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To be honest i'm more glass is less than half fill at the moment, and i ordered a beer and got water instead. Tamou is a good step forward, think there is 2 years good footy in him, the kid from Parra has about 16 minutes of first grade so question mark there, and Roberts? i truely hope he can get his demons undercontrol as he should be the best centre in the game. Laurie is for next, next year.
The club is trying its best to turn it around but these changes don't make me think top 8. And that means scrapping into the 8 as well
The club is trying its best to turn it around but these changes don't make me think top 8. And that means scrapping into the 8 as well
twentyforty
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@the_third said in [Is the Recruitment Cup Half\-full?](/post/1269425) said:
Makes you wonder, who is really in control of recruitment?
Cleary showed the same poor judgement here under Pascoe’s watch.
I don’t know why the NRL hasn’t moved with a little more haste to stop agents from having coaches as clients?
Magpie1969
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Is Madden the answer if Brooks needs to be dropped?
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@formerguest said in [Is the Recruitment Cup Half\-full?](/post/1269193) said:
Did you feel that when they were here , that keeping them was a good idea ? Because the disdain we all had for Jennings , and Webster was our defence coach , and eisenhuth did the , “its a contract year” , it hardly screams “geez we are going to regret this “. Jennings in particular , turned up unfit , was being paid a good wicket , and played like a park footballer . That game early this year where he basically lost us the game with his play , made me really dislike him as a footballer. Because reliable , was his big thing .
So far , it’s madges 1 blemish here with recruiting . How was he to know Jennings had lost a yard of pace at 22 years old .
Undefeated so far..
Tim Sheens
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@Strongee said in [Is the Recruitment Cup Half\-full?](/post/1269466) said:
To quote myself and the only thing I stated "so we’ll get to see how we fare on those choices", nothing more, nothing less. I didn’t hold disdain for Jennings, nor Eisenhuth who I thought did his job throughout his tenure and Webster was assigned roles by the head coach under his supervision.
In relation to original post, I feel like this time now is exactly the same as it was last year. We're in a similar position, with a fresh set of square pegs that we'll try fit into round holes.
Last year we got doueihi and 2 X leiluas, lots of chat about potential, but doueihi ended up having a patchy year, Joey had probably about 20 or 30 good minutes across the season (when he wasn't proclaiming to be best centre in the comp and demanding to be paid during covid) and Luciano, luckily was great.
Fast forward to now and we've got a similar sotch with James Roberts, a great player on his day but with a couple of demons, Tamou, who won't be a game breaker but will add experience to the forward pack and potentially Joe O who had a shocker last year but who we *hope* will come good (if we sign him)
I'm not saying half full or half empty yet, nothing's decided till we see them on the field. But I remember the feeling when watching Joey in R2 v the knights this year, thinking this just isn't going to work out...
Hope Madge can work some magic but itll be a tricky one trying to get this team operating like a legitimate unit
Last year we got doueihi and 2 X leiluas, lots of chat about potential, but doueihi ended up having a patchy year, Joey had probably about 20 or 30 good minutes across the season (when he wasn't proclaiming to be best centre in the comp and demanding to be paid during covid) and Luciano, luckily was great.
Fast forward to now and we've got a similar sotch with James Roberts, a great player on his day but with a couple of demons, Tamou, who won't be a game breaker but will add experience to the forward pack and potentially Joe O who had a shocker last year but who we *hope* will come good (if we sign him)
I'm not saying half full or half empty yet, nothing's decided till we see them on the field. But I remember the feeling when watching Joey in R2 v the knights this year, thinking this just isn't going to work out...
Hope Madge can work some magic but itll be a tricky one trying to get this team operating like a legitimate unit
Masterton
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Just got the coaching job at Hull, so I guess we need a new assistant coach?
Tim Sheens
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@Masterton said in [Hodgo](/post/1271176) said:
Pathways position now isn't it?
Jedi_Tiger
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great player agree with others dont think he is the best coach. Good luck to him
GNR4LIFE
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@Moh said in [Hodgo](/post/1271177) said:
Neither do I. I love the guy, but all the depth the Magpies had in 2018 and I don’t even think we made the 8. Nevertheless congrats to him.
cochise
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Will be interesting to see what we do with the Pathways position now
