Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Champ1 said:
As shown yesterday, we cant compete when we have to play the style that every other club plays. Its not Brooks or Maddens strength to organise & direct a game. Both are running 5/8s. Dont think things will improve until Hastings is back.
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Doueihi isn't an organizer either. I thought Madden was and maybe he is but he isn't executing anywhere near well enough.

Brooks isn't the problem either. I'm now fine with resigning him so long as he plays as a running 6.

Hastings is the key for us though. I think Api will help next year as well. The only issue I can see is Hastings being able to defend in that role consistently over the course of the season.

Nu Brown, Madden, Brooks and Doueihi do not give our forwards good service in the middle of the park.

I'm also now okay with our middle forwards. Pole, Musgrove, Stef, Joe O, Twal, Seyfarth, Matamua can do the job if they get better service.
 
pawsandclaws1 said:
Young Conti who played in the WTs game in NZ is apparently a very good half as well?
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yeah I've heard similar. there's Alex in Harold Matts and Levi in SG Ball. seems to be a few decent halves on our books. I'm a big fan of Luke Keppie but I'm not sure how highly the club rates him. regardless it's good to have a number of good young halves on our books. Isdale tore it up at the 15's Aus Schoolboys carnival and given him and Large are both from Campbelltown I assume they'll be the starting halves for Wests Harold Matts next year.
 
Earl said:
Doueihi isn't an organizer either. I thought Madden was and maybe he is but he isn't executing anywhere near well enough.

Brooks isn't the problem either. I'm now fine with resigning him so long as he plays as a running 6.

Hastings is the key for us though. I think Api will help next year as well. The only issue I can see is Hastings being able to defend in that role consistently over the course of the season.

Nu Brown, Madden, Brooks and Doueihi do not give our forwards good service in the middle of the park.

I'm also now okay with our middle forwards. Pole, Musgrove, Stef, Joe O, Twal, Seyfarth, Matamua can do the job if they get better service.
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I agree Hastings is the key.

Doueihi just needs to play to his strengths. He has the second best spiral bomb in the comp and has a strong running game. He's not a 7 and shouldn't be playing like one.

I think he'll be much better next year.

I think we should take our medicine and deal with Brooks for another year, and go in big in 2024 for Brown, Moses, Burton, Walker or any other young half that's ready to step up.
 
momo_amp_medo said:
Yep … and you can tell pretty much in first few minutes of the match when the forwards are on sleeping pills. And yesterday was that again in evidence.
I can count on one hand the number of times this year that our forwards dominate the ruck, effective tackle, speedy play the ball and gain meters.
So that needs to improve if we want go anywhere next year. Plus some enthusiasm and energy please.
We are short of a quality second rower and fullback.
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you are an optimist! We desperately need (in the order of importance) :
1) three clones of J Papalii, J.W-H, Jr Paulo, Solomona or Fanua-Blake;
2) 2 clones of Murray, or Crichton
3) HB, 5/8
 
Magpie Spock said:
Onitoni Large is who they are talking about. The kid is a gun. He is the one of the best I have seen watching schoolboy football for nearly 50 years. His brother Ashton, who is a hooker, is also a gun. The Rorters were sniffing around Onitoni, but he signed with the Tigers.
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That's a great story that we beat the Roosters to these brothers. Otherwise we would have read how "local juniors" make it at the Roosters which would have been excruciating to have to put up with.
 
Thinking out loud... Be kind.
With Api coming and Hastings presumingly staying at 13, whats people thoughts on a bigger body 'Jack Wighton'- type to complement Doueihi instead of the traditional smaller halfback.

Obviously Wighton is a no go, however, what about "being realistic" a Drew Hutchinson / Bryce Cartright type player, maybe even our own Talau could fit the bill.

Thoughts...
 
Rusty said:
Thinking out loud... Be kind.
With Api coming and Hastings presumingly staying at 13, whats people thoughts on a bigger body 'Jack Wighton'- type to complement Doueihi instead of the traditional smaller halfback.

Obviously Wighton is a no go, however, what about "being realistic" a Drew Hutchinson / Bryce Cartright type player, maybe even our own Talau could fit the bill.

Thoughts...
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From memory we once played Curtis Sironen at half back against Penirth - and won. So maybe
 
Rusty said:
Thinking out loud... Be kind.
With Api coming and Hastings presumingly staying at 13, whats people thoughts on a bigger body 'Jack Wighton'- type to complement Doueihi instead of the traditional smaller halfback.

Obviously Wighton is a no go, however, what about "being realistic" a Drew Hutchinson / Bryce Cartright type player, maybe even our own Talau could fit the bill.

Thoughts...
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I really like this idea let the middle organise everthing then let the stars score/set up the try

By the way whighton has an option for next year so he is potentially off contract
 
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