Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[clontarfkid]

Are we any chance of getting Laurie for 2021 if not will Mbye play full back?
Where does Momo and Talua play now we have BJ and Roberts?
Happy to have Sirro back for Lawnmower Boy. Believe he has improved at Manly
Will Blore make a good lock. Please not Twal at lock

I reckon if we get Laurie then Mbye will be 14. If not I think he’ll be fullback.

Momo and Talau will be playing for Magpies I guess. I imagine AJ will get the other wing spot.

The most amazing thing about Talau...apart from after 15 or so attempts during the season he finally got an intercept only to be run down against the Knights by 3 forwards ...
...is that we rejected a swap for him which wld have snared JAC!!!!
Are you kidding?
He will be 4th choice or worse at centre,and shld never be near the wing position again
Its 13 or nothing

 

[PJ_]

Or sign Bennett. No doubting his credentials after last night for some of the naysayers.
We have to do something to be competitive in a saturated Sydney market

Bennett is hit and miss. He did nothing with Newcastle. And his coaching of England was terrible, some of the most bizarre selections I can remember in any test football side.

Anything better than ninth is a win for us

Well we're going to be premiers next year under Madge so it's all good.

Would love nothing more

 

[Needaname]

On a plus side. That’s two indigenous players that we have managed to attract to our club now.

Who’s the second ?

Jimmy also gave us a pretty good rep in his signing statement in terms of what we have in place to assist Indigenous groups etc. maybe things are looking up for the tigers

 

[happy_tiger]

On a plus side. That’s two indigenous players that we have managed to attract to our club now.

Who’s the second ?

Laurie

Nice kid by the looks of it!

https://youtu.be/2I7zWttUQKg

This production by Penriff shows a Culture that we don't yet have! I can't recall anything similar from our Club other the nostalgia bits of Robbie & Benji and Rowdy


I think both are a Cleary production.

https://youtu.be/P_s2Dz33qWs

Shattered Dreams Production

 

[Fraze23]

On a plus side. That’s two indigenous players that we have managed to attract to our club now.

Who’s the second ?

Laurie

Nice kid by the looks of it!

https://youtu.be/2I7zWttUQKg

This production by Penriff shows a Culture that we don't yet have! I can't recall anything similar from our Club other the nostalgia bits of Robbie & Benji and Rowdy

We did a similar thing for Oliver Clark's debut.

https://youtu.be/-HyCOo4o0p8

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Are we any chance of getting Laurie for 2021 if not will Mbye play full back?
Where does Momo and Talua play now we have BJ and Roberts?
Happy to have Sirro back for Lawnmower Boy. Believe he has improved at Manly
Will Blore make a good lock. Please not Twal at lock

I reckon if we get Laurie then Mbye will be 14. If not I think he’ll be fullback.

Momo and Talau will be playing for Magpies I guess. I imagine AJ will get the other wing spot.

The most amazing thing about Talau...apart from after 15 or so attempts during the season he finally got an intercept only to be run down against the Knights by 3 forwards ...
...is that we rejected a swap for him which wld have snared JAC!!!!
Are you kidding?
He will be 4th choice or worse at centre,and shld never be near the wing position again
Its 13 or nothing

It was pretty obvious last year Talau had a leg injury which restricted his ability to stretch out. One thing we know about Talau is when asked to finish, in nearly all cases he did. He performed particularly well at right centre. If Curtis is back with the WTs, he will add plenty to our right side defence. Talau was wanted by the Storm for a reason.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

When BJ is on song he has some good ball playing qualities and extremely hard to stop when he rampages , Benji was partof his undoing last year as well as some stupidity , he is better than a cc player

That is the issue, when he is on song. Too often he isn't and Ricky was over him. Talau represents our future next year and I hope he has a big off season ready to take that position.

BJ will be there in 2021 Paws as much as you don't want him to be.

Losing Benji will be like unchaining the BJ we know and love.

There is always an excuse with him. Next year it will be something else. He ran out of excuses with Ricky and at 28 won't change. The team for its long term future needs Talau at right centre.

 

[finnzo]

Yes but next year he is off contract and if he doesn’t perform
It’s over for him

 

[Guest]

When BJ is on song he has some good ball playing qualities and extremely hard to stop when he rampages , Benji was partof his undoing last year as well as some stupidity , he is better than a cc player

That is the issue, when he is on song. Too often he isn't and Ricky was over him. Talau represents our future next year and I hope he has a big off season ready to take that position.

BJ will be there in 2021 Paws as much as you don't want him to be.

Losing Benji will be like unchaining the BJ we know and love.

There is always an excuse with him. Next year it will be something else. He ran out of excuses with Ricky and at 28 won't change. The team for its long term future needs Talau at right centre.

I don't see Talau as a long term centre, not enough speed.

 

[larry2005]

We still have massive question marks as to whether we will be competitive in 2021.
1. Mybe fullback?
2. AD at 6?
3. BJ fit or fat (at least we have some options)
4. Liddle?
5. One dimensional forward pack (need some ball playing options which maybe why they are interested in curtis)
6. We lack punch and a forward that can change momentum (papali, paulo, JT).
7. In the absence of 6 we need a revolutionary Game plan - we cant play narrow. We need to change the point of attack and create space for our halves. Identify our strengths and play to them, if we haven't got size we need to have a plan that moves the ball around and tires the opposition.
8. Defence - we need to hit and stick. This is non-negotiable. Too often we got rolled through the middle which led to repeat sets, penalties and points

Good luck sorting this out madge

Good luck with this

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Siro is a significant upgrade on Garner.

 

[JayT]

For sure, siro would be a win over Garner

 

[Long Term Fan]

Things are now falling into place

2021 Backline

Laurie/Mbye
Noffo/Talua
BJ/Talua
Jimmy the Jet/Mono
Kepaoa/Hoffman

Douehi/Reynolds
Brooks/Madden

Forwards 2021

L L Cool J
Blore
Siro
Tamau (Captain)
Liddle
Twal

Bench

Musgrove
Mikaele
Stefano
Packer/Gardner/Chee-Kam

I assuming the swap between Sironen and Lawnmowing Boy will go ahead

Hoping Laurie is signed and allowed to play with us in 2021. Mbye could be used off the bench if this is the case.

Still seem to be short of ball playing Second Rowers and Locks

 

[pawsandclaws1]

When BJ is on song he has some good ball playing qualities and extremely hard to stop when he rampages , Benji was partof his undoing last year as well as some stupidity , he is better than a cc player

That is the issue, when he is on song. Too often he isn't and Ricky was over him. Talau represents our future next year and I hope he has a big off season ready to take that position.

BJ will be there in 2021 Paws as much as you don't want him to be.

Losing Benji will be like unchaining the BJ we know and love.

There is always an excuse with him. Next year it will be something else. He ran out of excuses with Ricky and at 28 won't change. The team for its long term future needs Talau at right centre.

I don't see Talau as a long term centre, not enough speed.

I thought he was carrying a hamstring injury for most of the year. A good off season with sprint training and he'll be fine.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Siro is a significant upgrade on Garner.

Isn't the suggestion Aloiai for Sironen? If Garner is released it would be for an additional player?

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

I hope that Diane Laurie doesn’t start kicking stones and carrying on like a pork chop like MM, RM and JA.
That both clubs can work professional together to arrange a release for 2021.
We don’t need to act like Manly or Parra.

We need Dane Laurie to agitate for an early release and that’s our fullback solution sorted for next season .. great kid without all the baggage that JAC brings.

No way would I endorse Laurie behaving like JA. Be a professional and honour your contract if an early release cannot be sought diplomatically.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Siro is a significant upgrade on Garner.

Never did I think I would see the day you would compliment Sirro haha.

I do agree though, he has kicked on at Manly and if that is the Sirro that comes back I am all for it. I still believe we are one quality second rower short.

 

[Long Term Fan]

Realistically with the money set aside for Grant and JAC could we go after Crighton from Easts. I thought he was one of the best for NSW and he is a quality Second Rower which we need.

Caveat: I can see Cordner force to retire freeing up his money to keep Crighton.
Lindsey Collins looks a good player but Easts don't lose players they want to keep.

What's people's thoughts on Billy Magoulias and/or Scott Sorensen. Both off contract at Sharks?

 

[Spud_Murphy]

Siro is a significant upgrade on Garner.

Never did I think I would see the day you would compliment Sirro haha.

I do agree though, he has kicked on at Manly and if that is the Sirro that comes back I am all for it. I still believe we are one quality second rower short.

Is this ‘swap’ actually a real thing or just a thought in someone’s head that’s taken off on the forum?

 

[diedpretty]

Rumour doing the rounds that we've signed some pleb from a bad team to replace our pleb from our team.

Son of a gun?