Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

There has been a lot of "uneducated guesswork" about a coach clause in his contract and much of the speculation is coming from that.As always rumours are more believable than they should be
Burton was rumoured to both be looking for an upgrade on his contract, and may have the out clause related to Barrett. Him staying at the Dogs is far from a sure thing given their cap hell. But if they release him early they need 2 halves for next year
 
We shouldn't be entertaining recruiting players that aren't marquee ones.
Preferably two backrowers.
We are starting to get competition for spots now so we have backup. We just need game winners, quality players who know how to win at top 4 level.
Enough of these players who show promise but could just up in NSWRL.
 
I find this place very funny. We lack fullback depth & backline speed.
Staines would eat most of our backs up,.........

He may "eat most of our backs up" but he couldn't catch our hooker over 90 metres at LO last season. Recall Liddle trapping a kick on our 10m line at LO last year, pursued by Burton and Staines. They made no impression on him. One of my favourite memories from last season. (Not many happy memories from last season I'm afraid.)
 
My wife’s from Forbes and my brother in law grew up playing with Staines and Burton.

He said Staines was always a fullback and coming through was a much better player than Burton, used to carve up as fullback.

Hard to believe looking at him now, obviously hasn’t kicked on like many expected.

Yeah one rare player who hasn't kicked on in the Penrith system. Time for a change for him. But which club is a hard decision.

I'd go to storm if possible
 
He may "eat most of our backs up" but he couldn't catch our hooker over 90 metres at LO last season. Recall Liddle trapping a kick on our 10m line at LO last year, pursued by Burton and Staines. They made no impression on him. One of my favourite memories from last season. (Not many happy memories from last season I'm afraid.)
Liddle can also eat most of our backs up. Just not good at choosing when to use his speed.
 
Yeah one rare player who hasn't kicked on in the Penrith system. Time for a change for him. But which club is a hard decision.

I'd go to storm if possible
Totally agree, i think in todays game outside backs need to be adaptable across the back 5 to be successful.

I think Staines was a victim of his own ability at fullback and that hasn’t given him the versatility needed in todays game.
 
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