I reckon part of the agreement signing him for 1 season was that we had first choice at re-signing him if we decided to...
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Buttface
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Yeah the Mrs calls me that when I’m annoying or a smart ass, so quite often. I used to play a lot of online poker and that was my handle. I don’t facetweet or instatok so when I joined the forum I used the poker handle. She thinks it’s hilarious that I run with it.
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Agreed highly doubt Penrith would take him back they got better and even better coming through apparently.
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Wasn't a fan of Nofo and thought the club made a mistake releasing JAC and keeping him.
But been one of the better wingers on form last 2 years and probably in the top 3 finishers on right wing in competition.
As for the sideways running, well with our lack of go forward and attacking structure over the last few years even Teddy was running around in circles in his last year with us.
Yeah he can be a poser and entitled but playing with the tankers latterly in our club who can blame him for feeling a little entitled.
BP, I agree.
Nofa, does exactly what a Winger should do. Cross the try line.
The big question is if Nofa is defending hard enough OR if he is the reason our side has such a poor defensive record. After Nofa's time in the squad, Nofa is clearly a big factor... So is our buttersoft defence.
I saw Nofa miss tackles at the Storm, clearly while having the frame he lacks the will to put his body on the line. Yet totally agreed Nofa can cross the line and cross it well.
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Surely we need to look at both Laurie and Staines during the trials before we can make that call. I'm keen to see what Laurie has to offer at 5/8. I'm not sold on AD as a 5/8 or in a leadership role.
That's how I see it too.
If he was one of the ‘better’ wingers the wooden spooners wouldn’t have loaned him out.
Yet he was swapped with Peachey for this year so it doesn’t really give Penrith a chance to tidy up their cap.
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Yeh didn't look at it like that other than limited opportunities, then again he'll have to challenges the likes of Laurie for f/b and we have a few wingers now.
I wonder if there were any promises made by Sherns because he seemed to come over without too much fuss 🤔
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They have so many talented kids coming Staines saw his competition he is not going back well at least not on good coin
It makes you wonder why they took Peachy and Garner. You would think after winning the top 4 grades you wouldn't need to look outside your own walls.
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Peachy will play park footy out that way, if he makes the St Marys team. Garner may fill in over rep rounds.
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Just wishful thinking on my part. Apart from Korosau and Papali’i we are still signing rejects, and while it can work out ok for us like Jo did, it continues to reinforce our “retirement village” tag. Klemmer is actually 30 next year, but it’s apparently important to note that he actually signed with us when he was 28. 😂 preretirement age. 🤣
We have a tarnished brand.
This is why we need to win games next year and prove that we are a New club with a never give up culture.
I doubt it was a straight swap, no way would an old Peachy be worth the same dollars as Stains at 22. They let Stains go to free up the money to retain their young stars i imagine. They are not stupid.
Cheap depth.
You end up paying roughly the same amount for your juniors breaking through or a solid first grader keeping the junior warm for another year. Either way it’s astute roster management
No much spare change from the transaction in any case, though they did manage to convince peach to return for less money then he was getting with us in 23. Still the extra 50k could secure one of their juniors.
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The jury is out on Staines. The reasons he came to us were, in no particular order; 1. he won't make the cut at Penrith 2. he's cheap 3. he's fast 4. We don't have any real speedsters.
To my mind, he is hanging on to the scrapbook accomplishment of his five tries in one game two years ago. From memory, he was simply required to catch the ball and cross the line in each case. Since then he has looked merely serviceable. He was rumoured to be a star in the juniors but has a lot to prove in first grade. There is no way he should replace Laurie, who, although needing to brush up in some areas, at least showed guts and some attacking flair towards the end of the season.
To my mind, he is hanging on to the scrapbook accomplishment of his five tries in one game two years ago. From memory, he was simply required to catch the ball and cross the line in each case. Since then he has looked merely serviceable. He was rumoured to be a star in the juniors but has a lot to prove in first grade. There is no way he should replace Laurie, who, although needing to brush up in some areas, at least showed guts and some attacking flair towards the end of the season.
