Dale Finucane

[851]

he might be like Blair take the forwards out of that Melbourne system they look average

so You wouldn't liked to have signed Tohu Harris or Tino ...

Proctor would have been good for us as well

 

[JC99]

Finucane and Nicko Hynes showing as both off contract 2021 though I think Hynes has since resigned.With the best spine in the comp salary cap pressure comes into play especially with a number of the forwards including Jessie Bromwich,Kafusi and B Smith off contract 2022.
Storm are in the enviable position of having a 5 man spine with 2 hookers just as good as each other.
So a decent play for Finucane is not out of the question and at 29 a 3 year contract should be looked at especially with Packers money being avaiable and Finucane is a far better prospect to us than Packer.Then there's the possibility of Mbye money becoming avaiable early.

We have to aim higher then Finucane and Hynes.

I reckon aiming at current origin players is pretty good

 

[avocadoontoast]

Finucane and Nicko Hynes showing as both off contract 2021 though I think Hynes has since resigned.With the best spine in the comp salary cap pressure comes into play especially with a number of the forwards including Jessie Bromwich,Kafusi and B Smith off contract 2022.
Storm are in the enviable position of having a 5 man spine with 2 hookers just as good as each other.
So a decent play for Finucane is not out of the question and at 29 a 3 year contract should be looked at especially with Packers money being avaiable and Finucane is a far better prospect to us than Packer.Then there's the possibility of Mbye money becoming avaiable early.

We have to aim higher then Finucane and Hynes.

I reckon aiming at current origin players is pretty good

Would he improve us significantly though? I’m not sure he would.

 

[JC99]

Finucane and Nicko Hynes showing as both off contract 2021 though I think Hynes has since resigned.With the best spine in the comp salary cap pressure comes into play especially with a number of the forwards including Jessie Bromwich,Kafusi and B Smith off contract 2022.
Storm are in the enviable position of having a 5 man spine with 2 hookers just as good as each other.
So a decent play for Finucane is not out of the question and at 29 a 3 year contract should be looked at especially with Packers money being avaiable and Finucane is a far better prospect to us than Packer.Then there's the possibility of Mbye money becoming avaiable early.

We have to aim higher then Finucane and Hynes.

I reckon aiming at current origin players is pretty good

Would he improve us significantly though? I’m not sure he would.

I think he'd start at 13 for us and play well every week - wouldn't pay bonkers money for him but he's definitely better than majority of our forwards.

At the same time forwards aren't a priority we need some outside backs but he's one of the better players on the market at the moment

 

[DGilly]

Do we want to win games? After what the club has experienced when buying 30 year olds who are, missing a few games, unwanted at their lifetime club, and asking for a long term big dollar contract? After a decade of no finals we do we really want to keep doing the same thing with the hope that it will somehow produce a different result?

Do you realise how bad our team is? Finucane would be our best forward. We're 2 from 8 and people think we don't need changes?

 

[JC99]

Do we want to win games? After what the club has experienced when buying 30 year olds who are, missing a few games, unwanted at their lifetime club, and asking for a long term big dollar contract? After a decade of no finals we do we really want to keep doing the same thing with the hope that it will somehow produce a different result?

Do you realise how bad our team is? Finucane would be our best forward. We're 2 from 8 and people think we don't need changes?

He's definitely better than a lot of our forwards. No he's not a game breaker and he's not going to suddenly make us a finals team but he's very good.

 

[avocadoontoast]

Finucane and Nicko Hynes showing as both off contract 2021 though I think Hynes has since resigned.With the best spine in the comp salary cap pressure comes into play especially with a number of the forwards including Jessie Bromwich,Kafusi and B Smith off contract 2022.
Storm are in the enviable position of having a 5 man spine with 2 hookers just as good as each other.
So a decent play for Finucane is not out of the question and at 29 a 3 year contract should be looked at especially with Packers money being avaiable and Finucane is a far better prospect to us than Packer.Then there's the possibility of Mbye money becoming avaiable early.

We have to aim higher then Finucane and Hynes.

I reckon aiming at current origin players is pretty good

Would he improve us significantly though? I’m not sure he would.

I think he'd start at 13 for us and play well every week - wouldn't pay bonkers money for him but he's definitely better than majority of our forwards.

At the same time forwards aren't a priority we need some outside backs but he's one of the better players on the market at the moment

He’s a good player, high work rate etc. not sure it’s what we need right now though.

 

[JC99]

Finucane and Nicko Hynes showing as both off contract 2021 though I think Hynes has since resigned.With the best spine in the comp salary cap pressure comes into play especially with a number of the forwards including Jessie Bromwich,Kafusi and B Smith off contract 2022.
Storm are in the enviable position of having a 5 man spine with 2 hookers just as good as each other.
So a decent play for Finucane is not out of the question and at 29 a 3 year contract should be looked at especially with Packers money being avaiable and Finucane is a far better prospect to us than Packer.Then there's the possibility of Mbye money becoming avaiable early.

We have to aim higher then Finucane and Hynes.

I reckon aiming at current origin players is pretty good

Would he improve us significantly though? I’m not sure he would.

I think he'd start at 13 for us and play well every week - wouldn't pay bonkers money for him but he's definitely better than majority of our forwards.

At the same time forwards aren't a priority we need some outside backs but he's one of the better players on the market at the moment

He’s a good player, high work rate etc. not sure it’s what we need right now though.

I dunno, we still lack good defence and metres up the middle plus he has good passing at lock. There's not much on the market either, all depends on how much money he asks for.

We do need a barnstorming aggressive prop but who is there? Mikaele and Musgrove need to step it up and take that role

 

[TigerWest]

Finucane and Nicko Hynes showing as both off contract 2021 though I think Hynes has since resigned.With the best spine in the comp salary cap pressure comes into play especially with a number of the forwards including Jessie Bromwich,Kafusi and B Smith off contract 2022.
Storm are in the enviable position of having a 5 man spine with 2 hookers just as good as each other.
So a decent play for Finucane is not out of the question and at 29 a 3 year contract should be looked at especially with Packers money being avaiable and Finucane is a far better prospect to us than Packer.Then there's the possibility of Mbye money becoming avaiable early.

We have to aim higher then Finucane and Hynes.

I reckon aiming at current origin players is pretty good

Would he improve us significantly though? I’m not sure he would.

I think he'd start at 13 for us and play well every week - wouldn't pay bonkers money for him but he's definitely better than majority of our forwards.

At the same time forwards aren't a priority we need some outside backs but he's one of the better players on the market at the moment

He’s a good player, high work rate etc. not sure it’s what we need right now though.

Yep, I think we should get our backs organised first, we've got plenty of good/reasonable forwards?
Not saying we couldn't use good players, but get our core right first.

 

[JC99]

Finucane and Nicko Hynes showing as both off contract 2021 though I think Hynes has since resigned.With the best spine in the comp salary cap pressure comes into play especially with a number of the forwards including Jessie Bromwich,Kafusi and B Smith off contract 2022.
Storm are in the enviable position of having a 5 man spine with 2 hookers just as good as each other.
So a decent play for Finucane is not out of the question and at 29 a 3 year contract should be looked at especially with Packers money being avaiable and Finucane is a far better prospect to us than Packer.Then there's the possibility of Mbye money becoming avaiable early.

We have to aim higher then Finucane and Hynes.

I reckon aiming at current origin players is pretty good

Would he improve us significantly though? I’m not sure he would.

I think he'd start at 13 for us and play well every week - wouldn't pay bonkers money for him but he's definitely better than majority of our forwards.

At the same time forwards aren't a priority we need some outside backs but he's one of the better players on the market at the moment

He’s a good player, high work rate etc. not sure it’s what we need right now though.

Yep, I think we should get our backs organised first, we've got plenty of good/reasonable forwards?
Not saying we couldn't use good players, but get our core right first.

They can try sign more than one player at once. We will have a lot of cap space next year, we could afford Finucane and some decent outside backs too for sure. No he's not the priority player we need but he's still an upgrade to our team overall. Not many good outside backs left on the market, guess that's why they've gone for Gildart

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Finucane and Nicko Hynes showing as both off contract 2021 though I think Hynes has since resigned.With the best spine in the comp salary cap pressure comes into play especially with a number of the forwards including Jessie Bromwich,Kafusi and B Smith off contract 2022.
Storm are in the enviable position of having a 5 man spine with 2 hookers just as good as each other.
So a decent play for Finucane is not out of the question and at 29 a 3 year contract should be looked at especially with Packers money being avaiable and Finucane is a far better prospect to us than Packer.Then there's the possibility of Mbye money becoming avaiable early.

We have to aim higher then Finucane and Hynes.

I reckon aiming at current origin players is pretty good

It really has the makings of a desperation signing. A coach under huge pressure to retain his job making a signing, any signing to justify a continuation of his tenure. Self preservation over the long term good of WTs. We've seen this script written before in the NRL.

 

[JC99]

Finucane and Nicko Hynes showing as both off contract 2021 though I think Hynes has since resigned.With the best spine in the comp salary cap pressure comes into play especially with a number of the forwards including Jessie Bromwich,Kafusi and B Smith off contract 2022.
Storm are in the enviable position of having a 5 man spine with 2 hookers just as good as each other.
So a decent play for Finucane is not out of the question and at 29 a 3 year contract should be looked at especially with Packers money being avaiable and Finucane is a far better prospect to us than Packer.Then there's the possibility of Mbye money becoming avaiable early.

We have to aim higher then Finucane and Hynes.

I reckon aiming at current origin players is pretty good

It really has the makings of a desperation signing. A coach under huge pressure to retain his job making a signing, any signing to justify a continuation of his tenure. Self preservation over the long term good of WTs. We've seen this script written before in the NRL.

What's desperate about signing a very good forward? Desperate would be signing Shaun Johnson on huge money or something along those lines. If we were to sign him, I wouldn't want it to be crazy money it would need to be a reasonable deal

 

[happy_tiger]

Current Origin player

WTF: Nah

Not saying that ..4 years is a long time for a player with that type of footy .....2 years with an option for a 3rd ....yeah lets talk turkey

 

[twentyforty]

Do we want to win games? After what the club has experienced when buying 30 year olds who are, missing a few games, unwanted at their lifetime club, and asking for a long term big dollar contract? After a decade of no finals we do we really want to keep doing the same thing with the hope that it will somehow produce a different result?

Do you realise how bad our team is? Finucane would be our best forward. We're 2 from 8 and people think we don't need changes?

Yes I do ??
But I don’t want Packer to have too much company in the stands.

 

[DGilly]

Do we want to win games? After what the club has experienced when buying 30 year olds who are, missing a few games, unwanted at their lifetime club, and asking for a long term big dollar contract? After a decade of no finals we do we really want to keep doing the same thing with the hope that it will somehow produce a different result?

Do you realise how bad our team is? Finucane would be our best forward. We're 2 from 8 and people think we don't need changes?


Yes I do ??
But I don’t want Packer to have too much company in the stands.

Finucane is twice the player and character Packer is. We're more likely to get a committed player if Madge signs them

 

[tiger_one]

Finucane and Nicko Hynes showing as both off contract 2021 though I think Hynes has since resigned.With the best spine in the comp salary cap pressure comes into play especially with a number of the forwards including Jessie Bromwich,Kafusi and B Smith off contract 2022.
Storm are in the enviable position of having a 5 man spine with 2 hookers just as good as each other.
So a decent play for Finucane is not out of the question and at 29 a 3 year contract should be looked at especially with Packers money being avaiable and Finucane is a far better prospect to us than Packer.Then there's the possibility of Mbye money becoming avaiable early.

We have to aim higher then Finucane and Hynes.

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[pawsandclaws1]

Finucane and Nicko Hynes showing as both off contract 2021 though I think Hynes has since resigned.With the best spine in the comp salary cap pressure comes into play especially with a number of the forwards including Jessie Bromwich,Kafusi and B Smith off contract 2022.
Storm are in the enviable position of having a 5 man spine with 2 hookers just as good as each other.
So a decent play for Finucane is not out of the question and at 29 a 3 year contract should be looked at especially with Packers money being avaiable and Finucane is a far better prospect to us than Packer.Then there's the possibility of Mbye money becoming avaiable early.

We have to aim higher then Finucane and Hynes.

An average player made to look better than he is by the talent around him - Munster, Hughes, JAC, Papenhuyzen, Smith and Grant. We have enough of these types. We need much better quality.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Finucane and Nicko Hynes showing as both off contract 2021 though I think Hynes has since resigned.With the best spine in the comp salary cap pressure comes into play especially with a number of the forwards including Jessie Bromwich,Kafusi and B Smith off contract 2022.
Storm are in the enviable position of having a 5 man spine with 2 hookers just as good as each other.
So a decent play for Finucane is not out of the question and at 29 a 3 year contract should be looked at especially with Packers money being avaiable and Finucane is a far better prospect to us than Packer.Then there's the possibility of Mbye money becoming avaiable early.

We have to aim higher then Finucane and Hynes.

I reckon aiming at current origin players is pretty good

It really has the makings of a desperation signing. A coach under huge pressure to retain his job making a signing, any signing to justify a continuation of his tenure. Self preservation over the long term good of WTs. We've seen this script written before in the NRL.

What's desperate about signing a very good forward? Desperate would be signing Shaun Johnson on huge money or something along those lines. If we were to sign him, I wouldn't want it to be crazy money it would need to be a reasonable deal

We don't need an ageing player with hard miles on the body. He's a role player but the Storm know when to let them go. Probably suitable for Maguire's' robotic style of football but we need much better.

 

[JC99]

Finucane and Nicko Hynes showing as both off contract 2021 though I think Hynes has since resigned.With the best spine in the comp salary cap pressure comes into play especially with a number of the forwards including Jessie Bromwich,Kafusi and B Smith off contract 2022.
Storm are in the enviable position of having a 5 man spine with 2 hookers just as good as each other.
So a decent play for Finucane is not out of the question and at 29 a 3 year contract should be looked at especially with Packers money being avaiable and Finucane is a far better prospect to us than Packer.Then there's the possibility of Mbye money becoming avaiable early.

We have to aim higher then Finucane and Hynes.

I reckon aiming at current origin players is pretty good

It really has the makings of a desperation signing. A coach under huge pressure to retain his job making a signing, any signing to justify a continuation of his tenure. Self preservation over the long term good of WTs. We've seen this script written before in the NRL.

What's desperate about signing a very good forward? Desperate would be signing Shaun Johnson on huge money or something along those lines. If we were to sign him, I wouldn't want it to be crazy money it would need to be a reasonable deal

We don't need an ageing player with hard miles on the body. He's a role player but the Storm know when to let them go. Probably suitable for Maguire's' robotic style of football but we need much better.

He's exploring other options because Melbourne have salary cap issues, Melbourne will be happy if he stays. I don't even think he's robotic, he's got a bit of footwork and has played as a link man lock for Melbourne plenty of times.

 

[BAGNF05]

People saying pass on this give yourself an uppercut. Current origin playing forward who would attract other top line players. A leader who is out of the Storm system. Belly ache knows one thing, character. Also what we lack. Also a singer songwriter for those who care. He’s more talented than Jesus.