Mad Madge Seeks Tiger Revenge

[Cultured_Bogan]

Good article. The way I see it, if we had a Luke Keary at no6 we would now be close to the top of the comp. We have nobody who can take control and no one who can get the job done. Forwards have been great, aggressive and mobile. Back three have been solid and safe. No9 has been a revelation. We need a class six to let Brooks do what does best, run and tackle

Good article. The way I see it, if we had a Luke Keary at no6 we would now be close to the top of the comp. We have nobody who can take control and no one who can get the job done. Forwards have been great, aggressive and mobile. Back three have been solid and safe. No9 has been a revelation. We need a class six to let Brooks do what does best, run and tackle

Absolutely - where do we get this class 6 from?

There are not many around off contract and very few on contract that would leave where they are imo.

We all know what we need but.....Who do you suggest SC?

Do you sacrifice this year and throw Madden in at 7 and play Brooks at 6. You get a goal kicker, a organising style 7 but you probably have a passenger in defence given his age,size and experience. Or do you start sniffing around a couple of kids being held up in good systems like the guy from Penrith or the guy from Manly. Or do you go for a short term fix and try and squeeze a year or two out of a player like Foran or Blake Green.
I would be leaning towards Madden, but can’t see Madge doing that. One thing for certain the Brooks Reynolds combo is not working..just like the Benji Brooks combo

What’s the variable there ? You have 2 players with immense NRL experience both 5/8 you say working with Brooks does not work ! IMO Brooks is the issue.. so looking for a 1/2 is the priority and Brooks certainly should not be moved to 5/8 . Just giving Brooks different partners and saying there at fault will wear thin as this situation will become very evident!

You may well be right, but Benji will not be re signed and there is a real chance Grub will be off to super league and Brooks is under contract for another three years. Also Grub and Benji have been organising style halves. So I would like to see how Brooks goes with a organiser beside him.
Anyway it’s not working at present so I am open to any solution

Is there a real chance Grub is going to England? Outside of this forum I've not read it anywhere. Sounds like the dreams of forumers hoping that they'll manifest if they wish them to be enough.

Mate I think there is a big chance. If he stays he only has one year left on his contract with probably little chance of getting another gig in the NRL. On the other hand he could probably land a three year deal on good coin in the ESL with our mob topping up his first year deal.
Of course this is just my slant on things, Grub might be backing himself to land another deal in the NRL

Or he'll wait until next year and sign on for 2022 so he pockets his 2021 salary, stays in Australia after an annus horribilis and then gets his payday anyway.

 

[supercoach]

Good article. The way I see it, if we had a Luke Keary at no6 we would now be close to the top of the comp. We have nobody who can take control and no one who can get the job done. Forwards have been great, aggressive and mobile. Back three have been solid and safe. No9 has been a revelation. We need a class six to let Brooks do what does best, run and tackle

Good article. The way I see it, if we had a Luke Keary at no6 we would now be close to the top of the comp. We have nobody who can take control and no one who can get the job done. Forwards have been great, aggressive and mobile. Back three have been solid and safe. No9 has been a revelation. We need a class six to let Brooks do what does best, run and tackle

Absolutely - where do we get this class 6 from?

There are not many around off contract and very few on contract that would leave where they are imo.

We all know what we need but.....Who do you suggest SC?

Do you sacrifice this year and throw Madden in at 7 and play Brooks at 6. You get a goal kicker, a organising style 7 but you probably have a passenger in defence given his age,size and experience. Or do you start sniffing around a couple of kids being held up in good systems like the guy from Penrith or the guy from Manly. Or do you go for a short term fix and try and squeeze a year or two out of a player like Foran or Blake Green.
I would be leaning towards Madden, but can’t see Madge doing that. One thing for certain the Brooks Reynolds combo is not working..just like the Benji Brooks combo

What’s the variable there ? You have 2 players with immense NRL experience both 5/8 you say working with Brooks does not work ! IMO Brooks is the issue.. so looking for a 1/2 is the priority and Brooks certainly should not be moved to 5/8 . Just giving Brooks different partners and saying there at fault will wear thin as this situation will become very evident!

You may well be right, but Benji will not be re signed and there is a real chance Grub will be off to super league and Brooks is under contract for another three years. Also Grub and Benji have been organising style halves. So I would like to see how Brooks goes with a organiser beside him.
Anyway it’s not working at present so I am open to any solution

Is there a real chance Grub is going to England? Outside of this forum I've not read it anywhere. Sounds like the dreams of forumers hoping that they'll manifest if they wish them to be enough.

Mate I think there is a big chance. If he stays he only has one year left on his contract with probably little chance of getting another gig in the NRL. On the other hand he could probably land a three year deal on good coin in the ESL with our mob topping up his first year deal.
Of course this is just my slant on things, Grub might be backing himself to land another deal in the NRL

Or he'll wait until next year and sign on for 2022 so he pockets his 2021 salary, stays in Australia after an annus horribilis and then gets his payday anyway.

Possible, but a bird in hand is worth two in the bush...and I guess we would have to top up the first years contract if he left early

 

[rustycage]

How do you think Pangai Junior would look in a WT jersey?

Wouldn't matter, he'd hardly wear it. He's always getting suspended.

 

[851]

How do you think Pangai Junior would look in a WT jersey?

Good, but I am not sure we'd be able to command the dollars he'd be asking for. We still have too much of the cap tied up in the likes of Reynolds, Packer & Mbye. We have the following guys off contract this year:

Alex Seyfarth
Benji Marshall
Chris Lawrence
Chris McQueen
Dylan Smith
Elijah Taylor
Matt Eisenhuth
Oliver Clark
Paul Momirovski
Robert Jennings
Sam McIntyre

Pretty sure Momo has resigned even though I don't think it's been made official.

There aren't huge money names there except for maybe McQueen and ET who were rumoured to be on good coin. Judging on Madge's team selections, Clark will probably be kept, we'd probably hang on to the Huth and based on what we have seen of Sammy Mac I imagine Madge will want him. Maybe Seyfarth as well but we I find him to be a Clark with less stamina.

I don't think Benji would be on a fortune, Rowdy wouldn't be on much, Jennings I don't imagine would be on much (whatever he is on is still too much though.)

It doesn't look like a great deal of coin available there.

It will be such a good feeling for Jennings and McQueen to be off the books.

McQueen especially. What a fizzer that signing was.

Just a complete waste of money.

When he has gone that should be the end of the JT legacy thank goodness.Just the IC legacy left

And the Farah salary cap fine, which was another JT legacy will be finished as well