Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Droppy05]

But atleast where the family club. lol ,,All the boys love coming to training they say. What they do there god knows. They play like a park footy team.

They love the easy money. that's all.

 

[Droppy05]

BA and Madge are twins….in their coaching style…

How many Pacific Islanders are playing for Leeds??..not many I’d say

There’s the difference

That' a good thing.

 

[king_sirro]

Who are these coaches that took time away and came back with success?

Be interested to compare that too the success coaches with lower grade apprenticeships and then sustained success go. My guess is on balance they do better.

He took a year. Thats not bot time away, thats taking a breath

 

[king_sirro]

Which is why they shouldn't be on top 30 contracts!!! Our backline is full now, and it's by far the worst in the comp. Herbert, Tupou, Taotua, Tavana are all not first grade standard. Turuva would be a backup player.

That leaves us with only May, Averillo and Makasini as first grade standard outside backs and a whole heap of emergency backups.

We somehow need to find a first grade winger, someone tall and fast to go with Makasini on the left wing. Possibly Bula if he can find some pace from somewhere.

Bloody Bula, how frustrating he is. He definitely is very fast. When Weekes got away against Canberra I said to my mate "Bula will catch him easy" and he did. Missed the tackle, but pace wise he is very fast. Then last week he gets on the outside of Suli about 5 times and Suli gets him every time. Maybe his initial excelleration is poor and thats why he looks like he could break through but never does.

 

[Terry T.Nuts]

Bloody Bula, how frustrating he is. He definitely is very fast. When Weekes got away against Canberra I said to my mate "Bula will catch him easy" and he did. Missed the tackle, but pace wise he is very fast. Then last week he gets on the outside of Suli about 5 times and Suli gets him every time. Maybe his initial excelleration is poor and thats why he looks like he could break through but never does.

He is cooked with injuries, shouldn't be playing much like half of our squad sadly who are busted. Also Kade7 hate to burst your bubble mate but Benji ain't going anywhere, he is here till 2030 when unless a miracle happens the NRL dissolves the club.

 

[Tom Shines]

Sloan might be trying to get out of his 2027 Super League deal … unfortunately he has way too much speed for us to be interested in him ..

 

[Fish88]

phoenix and max both into the top 30, absolute min contracts

aware we are sniffing around kurt mann, but i had also heard that a while back, thing that doesnt happen due to the brailey signing

schuester impressing club officials, believe he will be on a t&t nextyear

Again we just put kids into top 30 that are nowhere near first grade ready. We need first grade standard players now with experience and some leadership. We do this every year 🤦‍♂️

 

[Tom Shines]

Again we just put kids into top 30 that are nowhere near first grade ready. We need first grade standard players now with experience and some leadership. We do this every year 🤦‍♂️

If they are in the Top 30 … I suspect they are being paid more than the minimum ….which would require them to be in the Top 30

 

[UnderTheBus]

it’ll be Brad Arthur, he will win the super league this year, and when Benji is sacked mid 2027, he will be announced as coach for 2028

Whoever the coach is in 2028 stands a fighting chance of success that season. The one and only year we have a genuine home ground advantage for most of the season (Leichhardt). Next year is going to be horrendous.

 

[Vicious]

Sloan might be trying to get out of his 2027 Super League deal … unfortunately he has way too much speed for us to be interested in him ..

No room, we are happy with Turuva, Tupou and Tavana.
Our opponents will be terrified of all 3.
Makasini is our only contracted winger for 2027 that I can see genuinely striking a bit of fear into our opponents.
Khan-Pereira who had scored a try per game at a struggling club was available this time last season, we were not interested.
Sloan who clearly has speed and x-factor that we desperately need was available for quite a few months this season before deciding to sign for a UK Super League club due to lack of interest from NRL clubs.
Good recruitment opportunities regularly pop up, but we clearly do not understand we are badly lacking speed and x-factor across the park.