Brutal Reality - We lack talent
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upthetigers
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How dare you include Nofo and Brooks in the same sentence.
See Balmain boys post for reference..
balmain boy
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I do worry about Reynolds. On a 4 year big money deal. He may be a good bloke, and help us build a culture we're after, but he's signed as a star 5/8 and is already being shifted to hooker for a bit. If we have an 80 min hooker then what does he do?
avocadoontoast
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I don't regard Nofo as better than Brooks. They're both below average.
upthetigers
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Hopefully he kills it at 5/8 mate. He got stuck in a rut at the dogs the bloke has ticker he will turn things around. Really hope he doesn't spend too much time at hooker, you don't spend 750k on a hooker.
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What do you think of Balmain Boys appraisal of David Nofoaluma..?
supercoach
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If you want a quality no9 you probably pay that amount or more, but agreed I hope Reynolds time at D/H is minimal
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This is why I asked regarding Ivan Cleary's retention of Nofoaluma among the others…
I still don't think anyone has answered that query..
upthetigers
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I think all the tries coming on his edge made his performance look worse then what it was. The first try the Sharks had created an overlap no winger was stopping that try. The second try was lucky and the third try was class from the Sharks.
upthetigers
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How much is Jake Granville on? If memory serves me correctly Issac Luke was on 450k when he was killing it at Souths.
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I think Ivan sees improvement in Noofas games this year and he also has seen something in all the others he recruited,maybe he knows what is needed to get the best out of them for us,after all he is a professional coach and a person held in high esteem within the NRL ranks…
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Heck Geo,
Where would Cleary have found the players to replace all of these guys in addition to those that have been replaced? We haven't even found a number 29 or 30 yet.
Personally I think Liddle was a must to be re-signed. He hasn't had a fair crack at it yet with his injury last season costing most of the second half of the year. He's still maturing and should be given the chance this year to show his worth.
Brooks - well, probably enough has been said already about Brooks. This will be his last contract at the Tigers unless he improves hugely. But to have let him go with all the crap that was going on with Moses et al would not, in my opinion, been sensible. Especially as there wasn't really a ready made replacement. I mean do we really think Moses would have stayed had Brookes been told to go elsewhere? Cronk? I doubt it.
As for Noffa - well, he certainly has deficiencies, but could we have attracted anyone better? Look who we did get - Thomson and Fonua - not exactly world beaters.
McIlwrick I would agree with. I wouldn't have kept him nor Chee Kam. But again, you can't just replace an entire team in one year. Both McIIwrick and Chee Kam are on fairly short term contracts I believe.
I am still hopeful that the crew we have assembled may just scrape into the 8\. Massive achievement if we do.
goldcoast_tiger
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That shouldn’t make you feel superior, that’s how most WTS supporters feel most of the time.
That’s how we recognise each when we pass in the Street,
The only time we don’t feel depressed is when we get to see a video of the 2005 GF, ( Happy Days)🍾😀🍻
Then we remember that was 13 yrs ago and slide back into depression again.(Bugger 🤬🤮)
goldcoast_tiger
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I hope his time in the club is minimal lol.
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That's making sense to me: poor RHS defence, poor dummy half, poor finishing to sets…
No wonder it reminded me of the same old rubbish - it was!!!
Godinet should start in that case; select RHS players who are better defenders; how to finish the sets better though? It must be bad when Benji is getting consideration as a better option for quality set finishes!
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Positivity is great. However some people are positive and group focused. Others like myself are details focused.
The positive people run from negative talk, the details people want to hear that the problems are being fixed.
I was glad we won against the Cowboys (crazy second trial Cows vs Storm, Kyle Feldt scored an awesome try).
I am not glad that we lost against the Sharks. It makes me worry that our forward pack isn't ready to go against the big teams and at the moment we have a strong forward pack compared to our spine talent and maybe our backs.
If our forward pack cannot hold it against Cronulla it will be a long season. But we won't be at the bottom of the table, it just means we will struggle to get in the top 10 and will be lucky to make the 8\. But we will be a side that isn't Bottom 14-16.
From there we can start offering big money to a RTS, SBW, Israel Folau, etc.
goldcoast_tiger
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Don’t worry , guys and guyesses , we will hit the field running in Round 1, we’l be a bunch of brutal heathens on a mission from God to barbecue those plucked putrid poultry and show no mercy’ as they hightail it from wherever we’re playing.
Our forwards will put down those Goldilocks books that they’ve been read ing since Sat night and our backs will keep repeating over and over again that” our right defence doesn’t really stink “.
Ivan will keep the bus running, either to take the team to the club for a party, or to carry all of the players (who’ve been knocked cold from one of the Grubs hospital passes ) to the nearest infirmary
With our off Season, We can’t lose.
Our forwards will put down those Goldilocks books that they’ve been read ing since Sat night and our backs will keep repeating over and over again that” our right defence doesn’t really stink “.
Ivan will keep the bus running, either to take the team to the club for a party, or to carry all of the players (who’ve been knocked cold from one of the Grubs hospital passes ) to the nearest infirmary
With our off Season, We can’t lose.
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Just when I was getting excited about this season….along comes the grim reaper from up north...geez GCT,get behind the team for once,it cant always be doom and gloom....
So what if the Sharkies trial wasnt that good,maybe Ivan can come up with something on opening night that might make you happy mate.... :laughing: