Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

AL The Tiger said:
Expecting the team lists to look something like this half-way through next season (assuming fully fit, of course).

1. Bula
2. Nofoaluma
3. To'a
4. Doueihi
5. Tupou
6. Fainu
7. Sezer
8. Utoikamanu
9. Koroisau
10. Klemmer
11. Papalii
12. Bateman
13. Matamua

14. Sullivan
15. Pole
16. Twal
17. Blore

18. Seyfarth
19. TDS
20. Naden
21. Kautoga

Need to upgrade desperately in the #2 and #4 positions. Hopefully Staines is re-signed and he can play ahead of Nofoaluma. Also need a #13 or to develop one from within.
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Kautoga?

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TigerSJ said:
Had some genuine qualities as an attacking player but some real skill deficiencies as well. His D is absolutely rubbish and really inexcusable for an NRL player of his standing and comes back to his repeated lack of heart.
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I don't think his defense is so bad due to lack of heart. I think he doesn't move well laterally and he gets caught out in that way. I've seen him pull off some big hits but then he misses an easy tackle.

His running game is great at times and his pass left to right is a pearler. He can also put in a massive bomb.

The problem his overall game doesn't really fit into any position well. I view him as an edge running backrower who could ball play as well but can he defend there.

I was a big fan but now I don't see where he fits in.
 
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AL The Tiger said:
Expecting the team lists to look something like this half-way through next season (assuming fully fit, of course).

1. Bula
2. Nofoaluma
3. To'a
4. Doueihi
5. Tupou
6. Fainu
7. Sezer
8. Utoikamanu
9. Koroisau
10. Klemmer
11. Papalii
12. Bateman
13. Matamua

14. Sullivan
15. Pole
16. Twal
17. Blore

18. Seyfarth
19. TDS
20. Naden
21. Laulilii

Need to upgrade desperately in the #2 and #4 positions. Hopefully Staines is re-signed and he can play ahead of Nofoaluma. Also need a #13 or to develop one from within.
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We have 2 great 13s in matamua and laulilii if we develop both we will end up with at least one great lock and a good bench option
 
KCtiger said:
We have 2 great 13s in matamua and laulilii if we develop both we will end up with at least one great lock and a good bench option
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Agree. Was hoping for Matamua's break out season last season but he wasn't given any time. Pole named at 13 almost every week when he's clearly an impact bench prop. Hoping Matamua or Laulilii are given time next season rather than the safe option of playing Twal or Pole at 13. We need a ball playing 13 badly
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
Broncos have developed players with elite attributes, both physical & skill, and have taken those attributes (speed, strength, power, cardio, ball skills) to new levels. Walsh, Cobbo, Staggs, Fansworth, Mam, Haas, Riki, Flegler & Carrigan provide an amazing combination of attributes. With shrewd recruitment in Reynolds & Capewell, they have rocketed up the ladder the past 4 seasons.

We are not going to replicate that by purely recruitment. We need to develop the likes of Laulilii brothers, Faagutu, Galvin, Mason, Large brothers, Makasini, Willett and take the likes of Stef, Pole, Matamua, Fainu brothers, Blore, T'oa & Bula to whole new levels to get us anywhere near the top 4.

Morris is a good man to have on board to help Benji & Api with this.
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Totally agreed with this and the other commentator who said "no more 5 year plans that last 1 year".

We have had so many rebuild years that ... DON"T ACTUALLY REBUILD.

At best we focus on one weakness and work on that.

The Sharks rebuilt from last by focusing on defense and getting it right. Then they were back as gritty defenders. That's why I think John Morris will help, he was there.

We need to do the same with strong plans each year. Recruitment will not save us. We could have signed DCE with Payne hass and we would not have broken the top 8.
 
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crazycat said:
Totally agreed with this and the other commentator who said "no more 5 year plans that last 1 year".

We have had so many rebuild years that ... DON"T ACTUALLY REBUILD.

At best we focus on one weakness and work on that.

The Sharks rebuilt from last by focusing on defense and getting it right. Then they were back as gritty defenders. That's why I think John Morris will help, he was there.

We need to do the same with strong plans each year. Recruitment will not save us. We could have signed DCE with Payne hass and we would not have broken the top 8.
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lol.

The Sharks got Hynes.

The Broncos got Reynolds.

Without a controlling half we're in the bottom 4.

We don't have one.

Sullivan, Fainu -- none of them are controlling halves.

Everyone believing they are -- are living in hope and dreaming.

Without a genuine number 7 -- we're going to be back of the pack.

The ONLY HOPE we have is that Sezer somehow has some miraculous, turn the clock back, it's Sezer from 4 seasons ago season, that he hasnt had since moving overseas and that no other club could spot.

If he fails -- we're ......
 
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tigerman 0 said:
This is probably the most negative thing ive ever read on here and that’s a big statement.
Benji was an absolutely incredible player. Won 2005 when he was very young and should’ve won another comp or two (2011/2012).
Won the Golden Boot and for years was simply unplayable.
Had a million injuries and of course slowed up as he got older.
If a peak Benji clone came on the market there would be 17 clubs falling over themselves to get him.
You either have a short memory or are delusional. I know you’re negative but this is something else
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Peak Benji Marshall was literally a decade before he retired. From the time he left to go to Rugby he was never the same player. Pre Rugby he was one of the top 5 players in the game. When he came back he was Chad Townsend.
 
Ftr, I love Benji. But from 2013 onwards he was above average at best. Never seen a player reach his heights then decline the way he did.
 
tigerman 0 said:
This is probably the most negative thing ive ever read on here and that’s a big statement.
Benji was an absolutely incredible player. Won 2005 when he was very young and should’ve won another comp or two (2011/2012).
Won the Golden Boot and for years was simply unplayable.
Had a million injuries and of course slowed up as he got older.
If a peak Benji clone came on the market there would be 17 clubs falling over themselves to get him.
You either have a short memory or are delusional. I know you’re negative but this is something else
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He is out greatest ever player. And he was also a perennial underachiever. Both statements can be true.

We don't have many greats. Possibly 2-3. He only player finals 3 times for us, that's an underachiever.
 
Let me put it in perspective. If you think that description is grossly off the mark, let’s talk about Sheens. He has been bashed from pillar to post for years, and especially the last year. Rightly so. But look at everything he has done for the club, yet that doesn’t give him a free pass from recent results. With Benji, he was a force of nature from 2005 to 2011. After he came back from rugby, he was maybe a third of the player he was. Thats taking nothing away from what he did at the beginning of his career, but facts are facts. How much of his highlight reel is post 2014? I’m sure everyone has felt the same about him at least once after watching him kick out on the full or pass into the third row. He regressed incredibly. He was a perennial underachiever for not being able to sustain his talent from his early age.
 
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