Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[hsvjones]

Smh saying interest in hodgson has cooled.

Maybe we might put our cookies into a guy called Smith .... Mr Brendan Smith .... come on down (side note I think we have about 1% chance of this happening so don't hold your breath)

Less than 1%

Just rounding up to be positive person.. :grin:

 

[tigerap]

Smh saying interest in hodgson has cooled.

Maybe we might put our cookies into a guy called Smith .... Mr Brendan Smith .... come on down (side note I think we have about 1% chance of this happening so don't hold your breath)

Less than 1%

TBC in 48 hrs

 

[Deleted member 3518]

God there is some negative people on this forum.

So it's not ok to be negative about the club ...but people neg rep .....this place is just full of hypocrites of the highest order .....gutless ......argue your point instead

I didn’t downvote any of your posts but I don’t know why people so negative bother coming here every day.

It’s all been said already about the last 10 years. If you have no hope for the future wouldn’t you be better off doing something else rather than torturing yourselves here shooting anyone down who tries to look for something positive to look forward to next year?

Didn't say you did ......but my point is neg repping is gutless ...if you are incapable of making an argument one way or the other

Why we should get rid of neg repping ...we recently had a situation when someone had gotten 10 neg reps in less than 30 minutes

Too many pussies on here don't own a set .....gutless ....

Are you saying downvoting someone is gutless ? I don’t get the connection sorry .
If someone downvotes me , it’s probably because I said something controversial , or polarising . It’s the nature of the beast. It hardly means the person I disagree with is gutless . They might be , but it’s the things they say ,and the way they behave that will inform that. Not clicking on the red thumbs down .

Well as far as I'm concerned that we get rid of neg repping or the person thats neg reps is known .....

Neg repping does nothing in it's current form .....maybe it's causing some of the issues that seem to have overtaken the Forum lately

If you disagree with a post ..state your reasons why ...don't hide behind the thumbs down ....I think I've negged rep 2 people from memory ...Geo (who knows I have done it as he is a Mod ) and Hobbo to annoy him and he asks Geo who neg repped him anyway lol .....

I don’t see why you care so much is all I’m saying . It’s your choice to put your idea or thought into the ether .

Not everyone could be bothered to write war and peace to explain why they think what was said was garbage . The negative thumbs down is a pretty good indicator that was said was not well liked . If your into double figures , and it bothers you , then maybe a look into the idea or thought you had should be your first move . As in ask yourself “ why does everyone dislike that” . Rather than focusing on the downvotes .

Like when I post in the Luke brooks thread . I know it’s going to piss off the haters , but I say it anyway . Because I understand why they hate it . I just don’t care . They can downvote all they want .

Or in other threads ,I’ve said some bad stuff , copped downvotes , and it made me check myself. And I’ve had to backtrack and apologise .
Sometimes it’s cathartic to realise your internal monologue is off at times . And you may be having ridiculous thoughts .

My initial point was people complain about negative posters and then neg rep them when they post

Just as easy to put people on Foe if they are sick of them being negative

I honestly worry when i see people getting all positive about the oncoming season ...if they are doing it for the sake of it it can do more harm to others whom aren't so footy savvy ......and then the big letdown if /when the ass falls out of a season can do more harm than good

I pray for the winning seasons and hope I'm extremely wrong ...but the bookies rarely get it wrong and we are at 66-1 .....

Simply neg repping doesn't help someone see where they are coming from ....and 2ndly it is becoming apparently clear that certain groups just slam dunk posters with neg repping ...if you had to attach a name some probably stop .....

Yea maybe . Or keeping spirits up during bad times , especially when you know they’re bad times , is way healthier in the long run .

Anyways , my original point is it’s only make believe credibility points . Whether it is groups of guys moving from thread to thread like a swarm of echo chamber bees , there should be no value put into that at all . So whilst the upvotes are meh! thanks , the downvotes should be meh! whatever .
And if it does bother you , then don’t say controversial stuff . Because that’s what gets the clicks one way or the other . Not because you should be silenced . But because of the value put into make believe up ticks and down ticks .
Like I said say what you want . Own what you say . But also know it might piss a few off on the way . And what’s wrong with that anyway ?

 

[happy_tiger]

God there is some negative people on this forum.

So it's not ok to be negative about the club ...but people neg rep .....this place is just full of hypocrites of the highest order .....gutless ......argue your point instead

I didn’t downvote any of your posts but I don’t know why people so negative bother coming here every day.

It’s all been said already about the last 10 years. If you have no hope for the future wouldn’t you be better off doing something else rather than torturing yourselves here shooting anyone down who tries to look for something positive to look forward to next year?

Didn't say you did ......but my point is neg repping is gutless ...if you are incapable of making an argument one way or the other

Why we should get rid of neg repping ...we recently had a situation when someone had gotten 10 neg reps in less than 30 minutes

Too many pussies on here don't own a set .....gutless ....

Are you saying downvoting someone is gutless ? I don’t get the connection sorry .
If someone downvotes me , it’s probably because I said something controversial , or polarising . It’s the nature of the beast. It hardly means the person I disagree with is gutless . They might be , but it’s the things they say ,and the way they behave that will inform that. Not clicking on the red thumbs down .

Well as far as I'm concerned that we get rid of neg repping or the person thats neg reps is known .....

Neg repping does nothing in it's current form .....maybe it's causing some of the issues that seem to have overtaken the Forum lately

If you disagree with a post ..state your reasons why ...don't hide behind the thumbs down ....I think I've negged rep 2 people from memory ...Geo (who knows I have done it as he is a Mod ) and Hobbo to annoy him and he asks Geo who neg repped him anyway lol .....

I don’t see why you care so much is all I’m saying . It’s your choice to put your idea or thought into the ether .

Not everyone could be bothered to write war and peace to explain why they think what was said was garbage . The negative thumbs down is a pretty good indicator that was said was not well liked . If your into double figures , and it bothers you , then maybe a look into the idea or thought you had should be your first move . As in ask yourself “ why does everyone dislike that” . Rather than focusing on the downvotes .

Like when I post in the Luke brooks thread . I know it’s going to piss off the haters , but I say it anyway . Because I understand why they hate it . I just don’t care . They can downvote all they want .

Or in other threads ,I’ve said some bad stuff , copped downvotes , and it made me check myself. And I’ve had to backtrack and apologise .
Sometimes it’s cathartic to realise your internal monologue is off at times . And you may be having ridiculous thoughts .

My initial point was people complain about negative posters and then neg rep them when they post

Just as easy to put people on Foe if they are sick of them being negative

I honestly worry when i see people getting all positive about the oncoming season ...if they are doing it for the sake of it it can do more harm to others whom aren't so footy savvy ......and then the big letdown if /when the ass falls out of a season can do more harm than good

I pray for the winning seasons and hope I'm extremely wrong ...but the bookies rarely get it wrong and we are at 66-1 .....

Simply neg repping doesn't help someone see where they are coming from ....and 2ndly it is becoming apparently clear that certain groups just slam dunk posters with neg repping ...if you had to attach a name some probably stop .....

Yea maybe . Or keeping spirits up during bad times , especially when you know they’re bad times , is way healthier in the long run .

Anyways , my original point is it’s only make believe credibility points . Whether it is groups of guys moving from thread to thread like a swarm of echo chamber bees , there should be no value put into that at all . So whilst the upvotes are meh! thanks , the downvotes should be meh! whatever .
And if it does bother you , then don’t say controversial stuff . Because that’s what gets the clicks one way or the other .

But why do people who neg rep want to stay hidden ...why do it ...makes no sense .....

Anyway this isn't going to go anywhere ....well anywhere good

 

[cktiger]

God there is some negative people on this forum.

So it's not ok to be negative about the club ...but people neg rep .....this place is just full of hypocrites of the highest order .....gutless ......argue your point instead

I didn’t downvote any of your posts but I don’t know why people so negative bother coming here every day.

It’s all been said already about the last 10 years. If you have no hope for the future wouldn’t you be better off doing something else rather than torturing yourselves here shooting anyone down who tries to look for something positive to look forward to next year?

Didn't say you did ......but my point is neg repping is gutless ...if you are incapable of making an argument one way or the other

Why we should get rid of neg repping ...we recently had a situation when someone had gotten 10 neg reps in less than 30 minutes

Too many pussies on here don't own a set .....gutless ....

Are you saying downvoting someone is gutless ? I don’t get the connection sorry .
If someone downvotes me , it’s probably because I said something controversial , or polarising . It’s the nature of the beast. It hardly means the person I disagree with is gutless . They might be , but it’s the things they say ,and the way they behave that will inform that. Not clicking on the red thumbs down .

Well as far as I'm concerned that we get rid of neg repping or the person thats neg reps is known .....

Neg repping does nothing in it's current form .....maybe it's causing some of the issues that seem to have overtaken the Forum lately

If you disagree with a post ..state your reasons why ...don't hide behind the thumbs down ....I think I've negged rep 2 people from memory ...Geo (who knows I have done it as he is a Mod ) and Hobbo to annoy him and he asks Geo who neg repped him anyway lol .....

I don’t see why you care so much is all I’m saying . It’s your choice to put your idea or thought into the ether .

Not everyone could be bothered to write war and peace to explain why they think what was said was garbage . The negative thumbs down is a pretty good indicator that was said was not well liked . If your into double figures , and it bothers you , then maybe a look into the idea or thought you had should be your first move . As in ask yourself “ why does everyone dislike that” . Rather than focusing on the downvotes .

Like when I post in the Luke brooks thread . I know it’s going to piss off the haters , but I say it anyway . Because I understand why they hate it . I just don’t care . They can downvote all they want .

Or in other threads ,I’ve said some bad stuff , copped downvotes , and it made me check myself. And I’ve had to backtrack and apologise .
Sometimes it’s cathartic to realise your internal monologue is off at times . And you may be having ridiculous thoughts .

My initial point was people complain about negative posters and then neg rep them when they post

Just as easy to put people on Foe if they are sick of them being negative

I honestly worry when i see people getting all positive about the oncoming season ...if they are doing it for the sake of it it can do more harm to others whom aren't so footy savvy ......and then the big letdown if /when the ass falls out of a season can do more harm than good

I pray for the winning seasons and hope I'm extremely wrong ...but the bookies rarely get it wrong and we are at 66-1 .....

Simply neg repping doesn't help someone see where they are coming from ....and 2ndly it is becoming apparently clear that certain groups just slam dunk posters with neg repping ...if you had to attach a name some probably stop .....

Yea maybe . Or keeping spirits up during bad times , especially when you know they’re bad times , is way healthier in the long run .

Anyways , my original point is it’s only make believe credibility points . Whether it is groups of guys moving from thread to thread like a swarm of echo chamber bees , there should be no value put into that at all . So whilst the upvotes are meh! thanks , the downvotes should be meh! whatever .
And if it does bother you , then don’t say controversial stuff . Because that’s what gets the clicks one way or the other .

But why do people who neg rep want to stay hidden ...why do it ...makes no sense .....

Anyway this isn't going to go anywhere ....well anywhere good

I’ll guarantee there wouldn’t be as many neg reps if they had a name next to them.

 

[Masterton]

Anyways , my original point is it’s only make believe credibility points . Whether it is groups of guys moving from thread to thread like a swarm of echo chamber bees , there should be no value put into that at all . So whilst the upvotes are meh! thanks , the downvotes should be meh! whatever .

I reckon I've had a -50 on Reddit. I survived.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

God there is some negative people on this forum.

So it's not ok to be negative about the club ...but people neg rep .....this place is just full of hypocrites of the highest order .....gutless ......argue your point instead

I didn’t downvote any of your posts but I don’t know why people so negative bother coming here every day.

It’s all been said already about the last 10 years. If you have no hope for the future wouldn’t you be better off doing something else rather than torturing yourselves here shooting anyone down who tries to look for something positive to look forward to next year?

Didn't say you did ......but my point is neg repping is gutless ...if you are incapable of making an argument one way or the other

Why we should get rid of neg repping ...we recently had a situation when someone had gotten 10 neg reps in less than 30 minutes

Too many pussies on here don't own a set .....gutless ....

Are you saying downvoting someone is gutless ? I don’t get the connection sorry .
If someone downvotes me , it’s probably because I said something controversial , or polarising . It’s the nature of the beast. It hardly means the person I disagree with is gutless . They might be , but it’s the things they say ,and the way they behave that will inform that. Not clicking on the red thumbs down .

Well as far as I'm concerned that we get rid of neg repping or the person thats neg reps is known .....

Neg repping does nothing in it's current form .....maybe it's causing some of the issues that seem to have overtaken the Forum lately

If you disagree with a post ..state your reasons why ...don't hide behind the thumbs down ....I think I've negged rep 2 people from memory ...Geo (who knows I have done it as he is a Mod ) and Hobbo to annoy him and he asks Geo who neg repped him anyway lol .....

I don’t see why you care so much is all I’m saying . It’s your choice to put your idea or thought into the ether .

Not everyone could be bothered to write war and peace to explain why they think what was said was garbage . The negative thumbs down is a pretty good indicator that was said was not well liked . If your into double figures , and it bothers you , then maybe a look into the idea or thought you had should be your first move . As in ask yourself “ why does everyone dislike that” . Rather than focusing on the downvotes .

Like when I post in the Luke brooks thread . I know it’s going to piss off the haters , but I say it anyway . Because I understand why they hate it . I just don’t care . They can downvote all they want .

Or in other threads ,I’ve said some bad stuff , copped downvotes , and it made me check myself. And I’ve had to backtrack and apologise .
Sometimes it’s cathartic to realise your internal monologue is off at times . And you may be having ridiculous thoughts .

My initial point was people complain about negative posters and then neg rep them when they post

Just as easy to put people on Foe if they are sick of them being negative

I honestly worry when i see people getting all positive about the oncoming season ...if they are doing it for the sake of it it can do more harm to others whom aren't so footy savvy ......and then the big letdown if /when the ass falls out of a season can do more harm than good

I pray for the winning seasons and hope I'm extremely wrong ...but the bookies rarely get it wrong and we are at 66-1 .....

Simply neg repping doesn't help someone see where they are coming from ....and 2ndly it is becoming apparently clear that certain groups just slam dunk posters with neg repping ...if you had to attach a name some probably stop .....

Yea maybe . Or keeping spirits up during bad times , especially when you know they’re bad times , is way healthier in the long run .

Anyways , my original point is it’s only make believe credibility points . Whether it is groups of guys moving from thread to thread like a swarm of echo chamber bees , there should be no value put into that at all . So whilst the upvotes are meh! thanks , the downvotes should be meh! whatever .
And if it does bother you , then don’t say controversial stuff . Because that’s what gets the clicks one way or the other .

But why do people who neg rep want to stay hidden ...why do it ...makes no sense .....

Anyway this isn't going to go anywhere ....well anywhere good

Because they thought what you just said was garbage . No worse , no better. Its “ that’s so crap , I’m going to downvote it and not give it another thought “ .

I’ve done it , only to absolutely extreme stuff I can’t stand . Like anti vax posts . Or bad faith , straw man arguments . Or calling a nrl player a POS coward.
Stuff that’s so abhorrent there’s nothing else need to be said than downvote . Enough people do it and the message is clear . I really don’t think there’s anything wrong with that . Can it be abused and lead to bullying ? Sure ! Of course ! But I’m yet to see it here . In reddit , it’s in just about every thread . But it’s an easy fix . Say what you want to say because you want to say it . And know that people are going to hate it . And if you can’t take the heat . Then maybe don’t say it for your own benefit .

 

[Telltails]

If I see a neg rep I usually give a positive just in case I accidently swiped a neg without realising. If I get neg reps it gives me a chuckle because anon, or not I usually have a fair idea of the possible or probables.

 

[jirskyr]

There’s is some NRL hierarchy chatter today about the importance of having more balanced rosters and have a competition where teams begin each season with genuine hope for competitiveness.

That includes the possibility of a rookie draft. So Clubs with some $$$ cap space like WT may hold off some money to see how any of this that pans out and if it impacts 2022 recruitment year.

Not interested in a draft to be honest.

PVL is an absolute moron. There's one big reason there's a huge gap between the top and bottom teams more than ever this year... THE STUPID RULES HE MADE

A draft wouldn't help struggling teams at ALL. Broncos let go of Walsh and Walker, we let go of Paps, Paseka etc, bad teams already suck at identifying junior talent, as if they'll make smart picks in a draft! Harry Grant went unnoticed in reserve grade for years!

He should reverse the rules back to 2019 rules if he wants the competition to be closer.

Honestly a fair gap had formed between the top few and the bottom few well before PVL got involved. The main difference 2020 was the size of some of the floggings metered out, but on the ladder it ended up about the same.

 

[jirskyr]

Smh saying interest in hodgson has cooled.

Maybe we might put our cookies into a guy called Smith .... Mr Brendan Smith .... come on down (side note I think we have about 1% chance of this happening so don't hold your breath)

I sure hope not BRENDAN Smith, otherwise our new recruitment folks are off to a bad start.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

If I see a neg rep I usually give a positive just in case I accidently swiped a neg without realising. If I get neg reps it gives me a chuckle because anon, or not I usually have a fair idea of the possible or probables.

Lol at the negs.

 

[crazycat]

We need a backrower and a good centre or can Hastings unleash kepao

Can we be real about Hastings for a second.
Yes guy has wraps on him at Easts and Manly.

No, guy is not better then Luke Keary, DCE, Adam Reynolds or Shaun Johnston. Yes he has talent. No not that much.

Yes he seems like a talented player with an Attitude problem. Cant work with people at well disciplined clubs.
Very Todd Carney or Ben Barba like.


Hoping that Hastings turns out to be a gun. Hoping he clicks with Brooks who is a more passive half and maybe he will. There is a stack of potential.

But not going to ride 2022 on him.

 

[nuggetron]

Smh saying interest in hodgson has cooled.

Maybe we might put our cookies into a guy called Smith .... Mr Brendan Smith .... come on down (side note I think we have about 1% chance of this happening so don't hold your breath)

prefer brandon smith personally, has a bit more experience 😉

 

[diedpretty]

There’s is some NRL hierarchy chatter today about the importance of having more balanced rosters and have a competition where teams begin each season with genuine hope for competitiveness.

That includes the possibility of a rookie draft. So Clubs with some $$$ cap space like WT may hold off some money to see how any of this that pans out and if it impacts 2022 recruitment year.

A draft, with certain conditions, would be a great idea.

But there's absolutely zero chance anything of this magnitude getting off the ground in time for 2022.

No thank you, last thing I want to see in the game is tanking.


I haven't given it too much thought but I have always been a fan of the idea of a draft, as it seems to even things out so much in the AFL. Is 'tanking' an issue, when times are out of the hunt (and so can guarantee good talent from the draft). Serious question.

A team that plays a tanking side at the end of the season has an advantage. I don't mind a draft in the NFL, but I follow Rugby League in a different manner, there are better ways to fix the parity of the competition than a draft.

Tanking to get preferential draft picks could be a problem. But I don't think the current distribution of talent across NRL clubs is working for the good of the game. The draft has been ruled to be a restriction of trade, but I can't see a better option. What better ways did you have in mind?

Just properly reward teams that develop their own talent, huge cap discounts to local juniors or players brought to the club by a certain age.

A draft destroy one of my favourite parts of supporting Rugby League, watching a junior coming through the ranks. Imagine robbing the Penrith guys of representing their local club, why would you do that? It would destroy the fabric of the game.

Thats true - development clubs will stop funding their juniors if they know the best ones are going to end up another club. NFL clubs don't fund and develop a junior system as the draft is from the collegiate system where rookies come from.

 

[bradexl]

Liddle is already mid 20s

Liddell is 24 , I think , and cook didn’t even look like a first grader until he was 26.
That’s the timeline I’m talking about .

25 this month 26 next year

Wow...in 10 years time Liddle will be 35...quick, flick him now

 

[tony soprano]

Liddle is already mid 20s

Liddell is 24 , I think , and cook didn’t even look like a first grader until he was 26.
That’s the timeline I’m talking about .

25 this month 26 next year

Wow...in 10 years time Liddle will be 35...quick, flick him now

Liddle passing was pretty poor last season

 

[batboy]

Liddle is already mid 20s

Liddell is 24 , I think , and cook didn’t even look like a first grader until he was 26.
That’s the timeline I’m talking about .

25 this month 26 next year

Wow...in 10 years time Liddle will be 35...quick, flick him now

Liddle passing was pretty poor last season

Passing was fine until he was Gassed...
The middle was much worse defensively when he wasn't there....
Still have nightmares of Simpkin standing there flat footed looking stupid when George Burgess strolled passed him.

 

[needsanewusername]

Liddle is already mid 20s

Liddell is 24 , I think , and cook didn’t even look like a first grader until he was 26.
That’s the timeline I’m talking about .

25 this month 26 next year

Wow...in 10 years time Liddle will be 35...quick, flick him now

Liddle passing was pretty poor last season

Passing was fine until he was Gassed...
The middle was much worse defensively when he wasn't there....
Still have nightmares of Simpkin standing there flat footed looking stupid when George Burgess strolled passed him.

That’s unfair.
Simpkin was very very good in that game up until that last play.
He was one of the main reasons we should have won that contest.

 

[TheDaBoss]

:+1: :+1: :+1: :+1:

Mystery downvoters malding 😂

 

[batboy]

Liddle is already mid 20s

Liddell is 24 , I think , and cook didn’t even look like a first grader until he was 26.
That’s the timeline I’m talking about .

25 this month 26 next year

Wow...in 10 years time Liddle will be 35...quick, flick him now

Liddle passing was pretty poor last season

Passing was fine until he was Gassed...
The middle was much worse defensively when he wasn't there....
Still have nightmares of Simpkin standing there flat footed looking stupid when George Burgess strolled passed him.

That’s unfair.
Simpkin was very very good in that game up until that last play.
He was one of the main reasons we should have won that contest.

Speculative only, certainly doesn't change what I said...
Simpkins' first game was good - The others he was found out.