Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[batboy]

IMHO players better than Laurie are (in the order of preference):
Tedesco, T Trbojevic, Ponga, Walsh.

All other NRL FBs are either as good or behind Laurie.🐅

All of them.... Behind Laurie?
You've said some stupid stuff in your time...
Come back to Earth!! We beg you...

Fullbacks Like Lattrell Mitchell?
Papanhuyzen
AJ Brimson
Te Maire Martin is playing for the Kiwis this weekend - He had a Brain injury this time last year...
I'm not Gutherson fan - But he's been called into Origin.

Daine Laurie would easily be the worst (Or second worst) Starting Fullback in the comp!!
Without even considering the likes of Munster and Jahrome Hughes and Joey Manu.
The mindless pumping up of him here is beyond comprehension.

Wonder what the fan base will do IF we get Ciraldo and the first thing he does is buys a real fullback.

 

[gallagher]

As a credible source of information the bulldogs forum is up there with Pravda and the Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon believers

It's up there with this forum

 

[gallagher]

I find it amusing there is a deep discussion there about our coach - or lack there of....
But they are Bulldogs fans...
Who's their coach?

I have no interest in who their coach will be - I don't know why they'd be banging on endlessly about ours....

Plenty on here bang on about Gus.

 

[Buttface]

All of them.... Behind Laurie?
You've said some stupid stuff in your time...
Come back to Earth!! We beg you...

Fullbacks Like Lattrell Mitchell?
Papanhuyzen
AJ Brimson
Te Maire Martin is playing for the Kiwis this weekend - He had a Brain injury this time last year...
I'm not Gutherson fan - But he's been called into Origin.

Daine Laurie would easily be the worst (Or second worst) Starting Fullback in the comp!!
Without even considering the likes of Munster and Jahrome Hughes and Joey Manu.
The mindless pumping up of him here is beyond comprehension.

Wonder what the fan base will do IF we get Ciraldo and the first thing he does is buys a real fullback.

Pleeease a real fullback that is a FB without having to learn the position.
I like Laurie he could be good.

 

[Buttface]

If I was constructing a team I would have most of my cap tied up with gun forwards and a ½ back.
Backs can be developed and or topped up with bargains.
Forwards win matches.
The rest can play tidlywinks 🤣

I agree, it’s not rocket science.
Talk like a pirate day is the 19/September.
Is that 4x your drinking or did you just kiss that bottle twice.

 

[old_man_tiger]

IMHO players better than Laurie are (in the order of preference):
Tedesco, T Trbojevic, Ponga, Walsh.

All other NRL FBs are either as good or behind Laurie.🐅

Paps, Kennedy, Brimson, Drinkwater and (vomit) Gutho. This is without thinking about it.

Having said that, I like DL and he is >>>>> staines

 

[batboy]

Pleeease a real fullback that is a FB without having to learn the position.
I like Laurie he could be good.

Could be - But isn't at the moment....
Doesn't look close any time soon.
Also has more to learn about the position than any fullback in recent times I can remember!!
- What player in any position at any time isn't "Learning"

Primary role of a fullback - Support Play
Daine Laurie support Play = Non existent.

His comment made was that there are four (4) Fullbacks better than Daine in the NRL at the moment...
- There's probably about 20!! (There's 3 at the Storm)

 

[Cobarcats]

I agree, it’s not rocket science.
Talk like a pirate day is the 19/September.
Is that 4x your drinking or did you just kiss that bottle twice.

I can't remember what I write or what I got up to yesterday...all I know is what I have done or said couldn't have been that bad because I wake every morning happy 😁

 

[Cobarcats]

I vote that we get rid of these little round symbols on our avatars, it is covering up my legs 🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[Hmm]

I love the people saying let’s go after these bottom of the table fringe players, last thing we need to do now is panic buy, we need to be patient, otherwise we will be back in this position we are in, 5 years from now. We got api and papli’i, some experience in our pack and also a few to come back from injury that will be better for it. Promote a couple of our better young players (there’s not many in nsw cup) and then take next year as a loss already, go big in the market the following year. By then stefano and a couple of our other young forwards will be well versed in nrl level as well as simpkin if we can keep him. It’s not gunna be a matter of sign Lodge, sign brown now! That’ll just set us back, realistically they aren’t the fix and unless you get them for biscuits it’s only gunna set us back, we need young, hungry. Hopefully if we somehow convince Ciraldo he can convince a player like Leniu to come over.

 

[851]

When do mid season signings have to be finalised by? 30 June 2022.

With LL Cool J leaving do WT have 2 or 3 spots to fill in the roster for 2022.

The way Kelma Tuilagi has been performing maybe we should see if Manly have someone half decent to swap him mid season. His form has deteriorated over last month and maybe trying the Moses and LL Cool J method to leave the club early. So no point giving a player a top 17 spot when he is not performing irrespective of how the team is performing.

As well as Peachy potentially leaving (yes please) do Forum members believe Gildart (turning 26 in August) will hang around in 2023 or also ask for a release back to UK? Not many recent example of English backs doing well in the NRL. Yes I appreciate in the 80s and 90s English backs did well like Hanley and Schofields.

It is early August now not June 30, remember TPJ going to Penrith last year about a month out from finals

 

[Spartan117]

Halves need to be settled soon

Hastings
Douhie
Brooks
Madden

 

[hsvjones]

Laurie is coming along fine.

This year he has improved his defensive positional play and his ability to straighten the attack in backline sweeps and second man plays. He has been sniffing around the middle a little more too, but that is a work in progress.

He is progressing nicely in my opinion.

People also need to remember the 12 players in front of him have been letting him down.. The forwards have been very poor with no go forward and no fullback will play great footy with a team like this.. Put Laurie at FB for Panthers now and everyone would be saying how great he is for a young guy..

 

[batboy]

It is early August now not June 30, remember TPJ going to Penrith last year about a month out from finals

Been that way since covid....
And advertised as such, I can't go a few days without hearing or reading the transfer timeline somewhere.

 

[batboy]

People also need to remember the 12 players in front of him have been letting him down.. The forwards have been very poor with no go forward and no fullback will play great footy with a team like this.. Put Laurie at FB for Panthers now and everyone would be saying how great he is for a young guy..

No they wouldn't.
How many offloads through the middle has he latched onto at pace?
It's usually a hooker or another forward there.
How often is he the guy trying to make the last tackle when the try is scored - Barely ever.
Souths put 4 odd tries on the left... He barely made it there in time to help them celebrate.... Like he doesn't even know how his own uncle plays!!

He's not an elite fullback - He's just not....
He's not even mid table.... Unfortunately for us - He just isn't.
I don't know anyone outside a few voices here that think he is.

Do I hope he comes good - Of course I do...
Do I have blind faith in it - F**K NO!!
Do I want us in the market for a real fullback... As of today - yes I do!!

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

Pleeease a real fullback that is a FB without having to learn the position.
I like Laurie he could be good.

Common sense.

 

[SeanT]

Laurie is coming along fine.

This year he has improved his defensive positional play and his ability to straighten the attack in backline sweeps and second man plays. He has been sniffing around the middle a little more too, but that is a work in progress.

He is progressing nicely in my opinion.

Sniff around the middle is what irks me. Not once did he follow Luciano for a offload. He needs to move alot more.

Yeah he has definate upside. Stick with him for now.

 

[batboy]

Sniff around the middle is what irks me. Not once did he follow Luciano for a offload. He needs to move alot more.

Yeah he has definate upside. Stick with him for now.

He's not there mate, Because he's lazy....

His effort to get to most positions on the field in attack and defence is barely there.... Bar his 3-4 highlights that everyone hangs their hat on.

We don't have better for the moment - And he might be amazing.....
But he can come good in ressies.....

Lets sign a good one.

 

[Cobarcats]

I have a mate who works for one of the Tigers sponsors. He hears bits but doesn’t throw rumours around liberally

This statement from the kennel is one of many, they seem fixated or should I say obsessed with what is happening with JH and CC.
They seem to know everything...have they sacked a coach recently, have they got coach? Have they thrown a cheque boot at players and failed....clean up ya kennel doggies.
The guy who wrote this states that he knows a WT sponsor who throws him info. The sponsor is probably that WT Forum member who said he hates the club and is going to Redcliffe.

 

[versa]

Still no signing news 😢