Connor Watson
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Do you really think Brooks will be playing ISP on 550k?
And after all the talk of how Reynolds will mentor Brooks.
Watson will be playing fullback.
AL The Tiger
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Yeah, I thought it was quite odd too.
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Hunt on 1.2m has got to be a joke?? now that's overpaying
6 into 4 doesn't go.
We'll have 3 playmakers under 23 all providing a lot of competition for one another.
With hopefully a big front row and a quick back row and centres these nippy guys should take massive advantage of this.
Mc will most likely play ISP unless Liddle really drops the ball.
Reynolds will be our only senior playmaker in the side so his guarenteed to have a mortgage on the right edge when fit.
So you've got one Halfback only in Brooks who probably wouldn't be too bad filling in at hooker if needed but would make a terrible fullback and finally 2 junior superstars who can be halves utility's and also the ability to play fullback.
If it is confirmed that Watson is coming our way. I would think this signing then ensures all of Brooks, Tui and Conner all push themselves competing for the first grade positions.
Brooks was never get too bothered by a 20 year old 5/8 but a wiz kid like Watson can keep him on his toes.
At the end of the day who ever makes the cut for the spine Gamble included, we can be asssured that it is selected on Merit!
We'll have 3 playmakers under 23 all providing a lot of competition for one another.
With hopefully a big front row and a quick back row and centres these nippy guys should take massive advantage of this.
Mc will most likely play ISP unless Liddle really drops the ball.
Reynolds will be our only senior playmaker in the side so his guarenteed to have a mortgage on the right edge when fit.
So you've got one Halfback only in Brooks who probably wouldn't be too bad filling in at hooker if needed but would make a terrible fullback and finally 2 junior superstars who can be halves utility's and also the ability to play fullback.
If it is confirmed that Watson is coming our way. I would think this signing then ensures all of Brooks, Tui and Conner all push themselves competing for the first grade positions.
Brooks was never get too bothered by a 20 year old 5/8 but a wiz kid like Watson can keep him on his toes.
At the end of the day who ever makes the cut for the spine Gamble included, we can be asssured that it is selected on Merit!
Magpie_Magic
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This is a good signing.
A look at the last few seasons show that as soon as we lost a couple of backs especially 3/4 s we rarely won a game so plenty of depth now and someone creative to put pressure on our halves.
Classy player we have plenty to look forward to next year .
And despite paying "overs" reckon more signings to come.
A look at the last few seasons show that as soon as we lost a couple of backs especially 3/4 s we rarely won a game so plenty of depth now and someone creative to put pressure on our halves.
Classy player we have plenty to look forward to next year .
And despite paying "overs" reckon more signings to come.
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It's his speed which concerns me, he doesn't have the pace to get on the outside of his opposite, and I haven't seen anything to suggest he can outsprint any opposite outside back over 50 metres.
Pawsandclaws
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With wingers who are big and fast, Suli will put them into space. Ryan Girdler was never a noted speedster but he could set up his winger, defend and run a good line.
Tigers to win race for Watson
The Mole
The game’s new big spenders - Wests Tigers - are set to gazump Newcastle to sign classy Roosters rookie Connor Watson for next season.
The Knights have been quietly confident for weeks that they had Watson under lock and key with a handsome $350,000 a season offer for three years.
But the Tigers have jumped in with a late bid worth close to $600,000 a year - a stunning amount for a kid with less than 30 NRL games to his name.
With Mitchell Moses leaving the club recently and new boy Tui Lolohea out of his depth at five-eighth, the Tigers see Watson as the man to fill the key number six jumper.
The Roosters want to keep the classy 21-year-old, man of the tournament at this year’s Auckland Nines, but his path to a halves spot at the club is blocked by established stars Mitchell Pearce and Luke Keary and they will reluctantly let him go.
Read more at http://wwos.nine.com.au/2017/06/27/06/47/wests-tigers-to-beat-newcastle-for-connor-watson-the-mole#Lr8mGWrOJYKEsLhi.99
:laughing: I think Moley forgot Josh Reynolds….600K oooooh..
The Mole
The game’s new big spenders - Wests Tigers - are set to gazump Newcastle to sign classy Roosters rookie Connor Watson for next season.
The Knights have been quietly confident for weeks that they had Watson under lock and key with a handsome $350,000 a season offer for three years.
But the Tigers have jumped in with a late bid worth close to $600,000 a year - a stunning amount for a kid with less than 30 NRL games to his name.
With Mitchell Moses leaving the club recently and new boy Tui Lolohea out of his depth at five-eighth, the Tigers see Watson as the man to fill the key number six jumper.
The Roosters want to keep the classy 21-year-old, man of the tournament at this year’s Auckland Nines, but his path to a halves spot at the club is blocked by established stars Mitchell Pearce and Luke Keary and they will reluctantly let him go.
Read more at http://wwos.nine.com.au/2017/06/27/06/47/wests-tigers-to-beat-newcastle-for-connor-watson-the-mole#Lr8mGWrOJYKEsLhi.99
:laughing: I think Moley forgot Josh Reynolds….600K oooooh..
Masterton
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No offence to Brooks, who I quietly hope will improve, but he aint a hooker's butthole.
If we've signed Watson, I think he'll be here to play in the halves.
GNR4LIFE
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Watson is unproven. Its easy to look good in a Roosters side who dominates and you come on at the back end of games. So far he's been a downhill skier. Jackson Hastings looked like the next immortal playing next to Pearce. Where is he now? That isn't sarcasm, where is he? Last i heard Manly reserve grade. Not sure if he's still there.
Back to Watson. The above example about Hastings is proof that you take form from a young kid in a strong side with a grain of salt. I hope he's a star, but he's far from the sure thing most are making him out to be. Atm he's a kid with potential. And how many times have we been sucked into that? Both as a club and as supporters. Learn from your mistakes.
Back to Watson. The above example about Hastings is proof that you take form from a young kid in a strong side with a grain of salt. I hope he's a star, but he's far from the sure thing most are making him out to be. Atm he's a kid with potential. And how many times have we been sucked into that? Both as a club and as supporters. Learn from your mistakes.
