Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Demps said:
Josh Feledy - I think we've seen enough to know that he doesn't have what it takes.
Justin Matamua - contract ends this year, not meant to be.
Brandon Tumeth - small & ineffective, first grade career isn't on the cards.
Charlie Staines - Feels like he's not part of the plans.
Brent Naden - door closed. Had enough chances and hasn't ever really done it.
Jayden Sullivan - Not good enough.
Solomone Saukura - not top 30 calibre.

These players are all top 30.
All their deals end this year and none should be renewed.

These are the type of contracts that are a complete waste to us.
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Sullivan has 2 more years after this loan year!
Improving under Bennett,but defence still suspect
Hope he makes a success of his rabbits audition
 
lathami said:
Time to go all Moses clients. Just the same as if they don’t want to be apart of our club, we don’t want them!
Yes it may hurt us but it hurts more feeding this parasite.
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Bula is the sole problem...and if he is reticent to go forward without shedding Moses we will be doing all this again same time same place next year
If not,we need to start working on his replacement NOW..and its not Mason.Cant catch
 
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clontarfkid said:
Naden had an enormous opportunity yesterday against Eels,but was invisible
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Agree.

I think his career speaks for its self.

Pushing 30 and only around 70 odd games across multiple clubs.

If Taylan May can get control of his demons, he's straight in.

As for depth, we will have Makasini- hopefully being brought along slowly & strongly.

And Krystian Mapapalangi is a smokey to perhaps replace Feledy, Naden, etc in the 30 down the track.
 
Brotherhood should never be underestimated.

Once we have all Fainus in the spine, i expect fireworks.

Having your bro(s) by your side is massive during combat.

This is why I think we should be bringing in Suli Pole & Taylan May... possibly even Tyrone as a cup contract, just to have around at training.
 
Demps said:
Brotherhood should never be underestimated.

Once we have all Fainus in the spine, i expect fireworks.

Having your bro(s) by your side is massive during combat.

This is why I think we should be bringing in Suli Pole & Taylan May... possibly even Tyrone as a cup contract, just to have around at training.
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I agree with that Demps.
We need something to fire us up, at the moment we are going to war with water pistols,
 
clontarfkid said:
Naden had an enormous opportunity yesterday against Eels,but was invisible
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Yes I’m a big Nado fan, but he was disappointing yesterday.
One good offload for Bula’s try, but I expected him to really stand up and cause havoc yesterday.
I cannot understand why players that are big, tall, strong, fast and aggressive such as Naden and Samuela Fainu are finding it so hard tj make a line break ?
Is it them or is it our coaching/structure ?
 
Vicious said:
Yes I’m a big Nado fan, but he was disappointing yesterday.
One good offload for Bula’s try, but I expected him to really stand up and cause havoc yesterday.
I cannot understand why players that are big, tall, strong, fast and aggressive such as Naden and Samuela Fainu are finding it so hard tj make a line break ?
Is it them or is it our coaching/structure ?
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Naden has been like that for a decade tbh...better coaches than Benji in Cleary and Gould have punted him
Hes either so fired up he makes dumb errors...or is totally insipid
Think Ive had enuff of him..needs to prove otherwise or his NRL career is over
Samuela disappointing..again.Just hasnt been getting the ball in great position this season,and is also heavily marked these daysOne of our few back row prospects,but needs help
 
Nados did a few good things problem is unfair to judge him on first game back from injury. We were missing a few Hunt, Skelton, Latu Fainu and Galvin for obvious reasons. All 4 are in our starting 17. We are one edge back rower down to begin with along with a genuine 13 and centre.

Incomplete squad but we are on the right track. Throw in Taylan May, KPP and next year Makasini and we are a genuine finals side.
 
Demps said:
Need to upgrade our depth.
Naden shown what he can do, we need better.

Roster overhaul still in the works.
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I'm so angry at all this shit that the club continues to cop ... from agents, referee officials, inaction from NRL ... nothing changes.

If we can't win, I just want us to smash the other teams physically, just become a team of enforcers F em all , do whatever to bring Spencer Leniu over, Jack Hetherington, Taylan May and others.

It's us against the world!

NOTE: lots of emotion talking.
 
clontarfkid said:
Bula is the sole problem...and if he is reticent to go forward without shedding Moses we will be doing all this again same time same place next year
If not,we need to start working on his replacement NOW..and its not Mason.Cant catch
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Agree , Isaac will make Bulla a huge problem for us , Development , he will use this first then the same shit as now , I would be pulling Bulla in for a chat about manager change , Maybe Mario would be able to cut a reduces fee deal and extend him a couple more years
 
TYGA said:
Nados did a few good things problem is unfair to judge him on first game back from injury. We were missing a few Hunt, Skelton, Latu Fainu and Galvin for obvious reasons. All 4 are in our starting 17. We are one edge back rower down to begin with along with a genuine 13 and centre.

Incomplete squad but we are on the right track. Throw in Taylan May, KPP and next year Makasini and we are a genuine finals side.
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Taylon May a big question mark in every respect..last thing we need is more player drama.Mentally and physically fit hed be a great pickup
KPP on $750k allegedly??Huge $$..almost SOO...hes a long way from that atm
Makasini will be better good.but needs time and patience.2027 will be his year
 
Looking at what could potentially be our top 30 next year...

Again, we need to focus on depth.

We likely will be seeing a lot of departures.
We need to focus on;

Backrow
Wing and centre depth
A genuine lock
A back up half

Backrow: our options are Samuela, Seyfarth, Bird and Sukkar. I think we really add a star into this position to add some spark to our attack. Watching the better backrowers like Hudson Young, Kikau, Tuponia- they smash the line each week for tries. I'd like to see what we can do to improve this. The mail is on Kai Pearce Paul.

Wing and centre depth: I expect to see Staines, Feledy, Naden and possibly even Fataaape, all leave. Makasini moves into the top 30 and I hope we'll add Taylan May. I am a fan of Luke Lualilii but we will be somewhat short on depth. We need to add a few decent back ups to help and as I mentioned earlier I think Krystian Mapapalangi will be that guy but I think another one or two are needed.

A genuine lock: unless we plan to continue playing Twal at 13, this is something we've always needed to address. I am not sure who we could sign to address this, or should we lock to play Kit Lualilii in this role? What's everyone's thoughts?

A backup half: with Latu and Luai likely being our halves, moving forward... what happens if one of them goes down? Adam Douihei? We've tried that. Sullivan returns to play cup and wait for his chance? No thanks. I think we need a backup option... Penrith have used Toelau, Schneider, Cogger, Talagi, over recent times. We need a decent, crafty back up, ideally who can cover multiple positions. Is Heath Mason the guy?
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
I'm so angry at all this shit that the club continues to cop ... from agents, referee officials, inaction from NRL ... nothing changes.

If we can't win, I just want us to smash the other teams physically, just become a team of enforcers F em all , do whatever to bring Spencer Leniu over, Jack Hetherington, Taylan May and others.

It's us against the world!

NOTE: lots of emotion talking.
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NRLs most hated cuZzz
 
426Tlgerland said:
Agree , Isaac will make Bulla a huge problem for us , Development , he will use this first then the same shit as now , I would be pulling Bulla in for a chat about manager change , Maybe Mario would be able to cut a reduces fee deal and extend him a couple more years
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Moses will be difficult being the vindicative !!!! that he is
Theres a temptation to roll over early (year end)on Gavin in exchange for extending Bula,but have several problems with that on many different fronts
Firstly,we have Bula for 2 more seasons after this one
Secondly.Moses will want elite fullback $$,and hes nowhere near there in defence and positional play
Lastly.for .Moses its win/win
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
I'm so angry at all this shit that the club continues to cop ... from agents, referee officials, inaction from NRL ... nothing changes.

If we can't win, I just want us to smash the other teams physically, just become a team of enforcers F em all , do whatever to bring Spencer Leniu over, Jack Hetherington, Taylan May and others.

It's us against the world!

NOTE: lots of emotion talking.
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Agreed, after yesterday that sinking feeling in the guts in back. So dang disappointed with that showing after everything to prove and some serious street cred at stake.... The only way you shut the idiot media and up is wins. Let the circle jerks and naysayers laugh for now.

One thing in our favour is time. Its week 7 of a 27 round tournament, so there is time to get things clicking at a stronger level and put some points on the board, especially when our halves are settled with Latu back in a few weeks. We can expect to go on a balltearing run second half of the season and make it count.
Too much optimism... Maybe. Pretty sure that performance will have the playing group and coaches pissed off.
 
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