James Roberts

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This afternoon I got a reply from Justin Pascoe by email that James Roberts is definitely in our top 30 squad for 2022 this is great news he will be awesome for us & hopefully prove many on this forum wrong & return to be one of the elite centres in the competition.
 
He'll be playing in the grand final this year , that's for sure.

Go Magpies!
 
Thanks TL.
Roberts has the credentials just need to get him back to his best. The partnership between him and Gildart, if it happens, has the potential to be great or a disaster. Please oh great one make it happen. 🙏
 
@tigerlouis said in [James Roberts](/post/1519945) said:
This afternoon I got a reply from Justin Pascoe by email that James Roberts is definitely in our top 30 squad for 2022 this is great news he will be awesome for us & hopefully prove many on this forum wrong & return to be one of the elite centres in the competition.

Was anything else said?
 
@cobarcats said in [James Roberts](/post/1519949) said:
Thanks TL.
Roberts has the credentials just need to get him back to his best. The partnership between him and Gildart, if it happens, has the potential to be great or a disaster. Please oh great one make it happen. 🙏

He seemed better at wing last yeah and not very threatening at centre.
 
@cobarcats said in [James Roberts](/post/1519949) said:
Thanks TL.
Roberts has the credentials just need to get him back to his best. The partnership between him and Gildart, if it happens, has the potential to be great or a disaster. Please oh great one make it happen. 🙏

Totally agree
Here’s hoping he has a better 2nd year than the last top center we had
 
Looks like options dried up on the open market so we’ve upgraded him. Hopefully he’s been training well and the team figures out a way to bring him into the game and give him some early ball.
 
Asking about James Roberts in the top 30 was more important than asking about Stef’s re-signing?
 
No one said it was more important but Stefano is already with us for 2022 so it is a totally irrelevant statement dude
 
@tigerlouis said in [James Roberts](/post/1519964) said:
No one said it was more important but Stefano is already with us for 2022 so it is a totally irrelevant statement dude

Maybe its just me, but Stefano would be higher on my list of priorities than Roberts.
 
@tigerlouis said in [James Roberts](/post/1519945) said:
This afternoon I got a reply from Justin Pascoe by email that James Roberts is definitely in our top 30 squad for 2022 this is great news he will be awesome for us & hopefully prove many on this forum wrong & return to be one of the elite centres in the competition.

He looked disinterested and unfit last year, what makes you think hell be "awesome". Not being sarcastic, just interested in your opinion.
 
That would mean our top 30 is full for 2022 if he's signed on

Wouldn't make much sense given it's likely that train and trial players will be allowed to play first grade much like last year. Keep the last spot open just in case - we've still got salary cap to work with

Don't see him being more than just okay anyway. Obviously happy to be proven wrong!
 
@tigerlouis said in [James Roberts](/post/1519945) said:
This afternoon I got a reply from Justin Pascoe by email that James Roberts is definitely in our top 30 squad for 2022 this is great news he will be awesome for us & hopefully prove many on this forum wrong & return to be one of the elite centres in the competition.

Thanks for clearing up that question.

Happy enough with this decision as from all reports James is very professional as a footballer despite battling his demons throughout his career and a good role model which is important for our relatively young group of backs. A decent signing at or close to minimum wage.

I expect him to compete for and go a lot better at right centre with Hastings giving quicker and better ball. If not I will happily apologise for my partial blaming of Doueihi for both Roberts' and Nofoaluma's somewhat underwhelming performances in attack there last season.

Please note before possibly jumping in based on recent forum form, that I have long both complimented and criticised areas of Adam's game in the 1 and 6.
 
@gnr4life said in [James Roberts](/post/1519967) said:
@tigerlouis said in [James Roberts](/post/1519964) said:
No one said it was more important but Stefano is already with us for 2022 so it is a totally irrelevant statement dude

Maybe its just me, but Stefano would be higher on my list of priorities than Roberts.

I know you know there is Stefs topic ?
 
Given the lack of quality available I believe this could be a good signing as the 2022 season looks to be one that will see players undergo Covid protocol isolation and he could be great coverage with ample experience to the young centres.

I truly hope he has a shot at returning to his past as he is dynamic if he gets early ball and is switched on, however we did not see that last year.

I hope this year we can surprise a few teams and supporters with a solid performance level that has heart as I can take a loss if we try but a few games last year looked like we threw in the towel early.

Can’t wait for the footy to be back
 
@eternal-tiger said in [James Roberts](/post/1519969) said:
@tigerlouis said in [James Roberts](/post/1519945) said:
This afternoon I got a reply from Justin Pascoe by email that James Roberts is definitely in our top 30 squad for 2022 this is great news he will be awesome for us & hopefully prove many on this forum wrong & return to be one of the elite centres in the competition.

He looked disinterested and unfit last year, what makes you think hell be "awesome". Not being sarcastic, just interested

He played for NSW only a few years ago & is still only
28. I think he will wants to prove to himself & his teammates that he can still play quality football.
 
@gnr4life said in [James Roberts](/post/1519967) said:
@tigerlouis said in [James Roberts](/post/1519964) said:
No one said it was more important but Stefano is already with us for 2022 so it is a totally irrelevant statement dude

Maybe its just me, but Stefano would be higher on my list of priorities than Roberts.

I would hope our management can handle more than 1 thing at a time. You can’t call off all recruitment because 1 player hasn’t signed.
 
@eternal-tiger said in [James Roberts](/post/1519969) said:
@tigerlouis said in [James Roberts](/post/1519945) said:
This afternoon I got a reply from Justin Pascoe by email that James Roberts is definitely in our top 30 squad for 2022 this is great news he will be awesome for us & hopefully prove many on this forum wrong & return to be one of the elite centres in the competition.

He looked disinterested and unfit last year, what makes you think hell be "awesome". Not being sarcastic, just interested in your opinion.

I didn't think he looked disinterested at all. There were many occasions when he went looking for the ball. But on the few occasions he actually did get it, he kind of blew. I think he's just not that good - although I want him to be. Why we didn't kick to open space for him to chase I don't understand. Why he wasn't given early ball made no sense either.
 
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