Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

twentyforty said:
Good question, where would Storm have played Doueihi?
I’m guessing outside backs?
Is that why the club didn’t want Doueihi going to Victoria?
I couldn’t understand why a development club chose to send Nofa, who has developed a poor attitude, but not Doueihi who displays a winning attitude?
What sort of message does this send to the playing group?
If Nofa is on a junket tour, it throws up another question, just who is running this development club? Seems awfully like Nofa’s mate?
Nofa will probably return skilled up in the grapple and a more refined appreciation of Greek cuisine, but how will the team benefit? I would much prefer Doueihi return with improved defence and a Munster flat footed palm off, if the club intend to persist with him at 6.
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Who knows what the club is thinking. They wrote off the year when Maguire got sacked - selling the development club garb, and having fun, not selecting injured players - tell that to Ken M.. Weakened the squad by letting players go - one of our best - without replacing them. The only club willing to let a FG player to go to Melbourne to help their cause and then some fans want to have a crack at the players left in the team who are meant to perform with a growing injury list. Fans fantasizing about signings that are just that, and this whole blind faith in Sheens... aside from the Papalii dramas. Really very little to have faith in things getting better next year atm.
 
Telltails said:
Who knows what the club is thinking. They wrote off the year when Maguire got sacked - selling the development club garb, and having fun, not selecting injured players - tell that to Ken M.. Weakened the squad by letting players go - one of our best - without replacing them. The only club willing to let a FG player to go to Melbourne to help their cause and then some fans want to have a crack at the players left in the team who are meant to perform with a growing injury list. Fans fantasizing about signings that are just that, and this whole blind faith in Sheens... aside from the Papalii dramas. Really very little to have faith in things getting better next year atm.
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Mate we essentially beat 2 teams sitting in the top 4 at the time while we had a huge injury toll if we get our hole squad on the park next year we will be competitive
 
Telltails said:
Who knows what the club is thinking. They wrote off the year when Maguire got sacked - selling the development club garb, and having fun, not selecting injured players - tell that to Ken M.. Weakened the squad by letting players go - one of our best - without replacing them. The only club willing to let a FG player to go to Melbourne to help their cause and then some fans want to have a crack at the players left in the team who are meant to perform with a growing injury list. Fans fantasizing about signings that are just that, and this whole blind faith in Sheens... aside from the Papalii dramas. Really very little to have faith in things getting better next year atm.
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We just don’t have the answers. The Nofa to Storm deal was definitely not on last time it was suggested, and I think at the time we would have got Addo-Carr, now whichever way you analyse that scenario it has us laughing for the next 3 years.
 
balmain boy said:
No chance.
After his run with injuries no other club would be offered him anything other than a train and trial. And nor should we. Offer him the same deal as Roberts. Train and trial over the offseason and see how he's tracking post injury and maybe then sign him to another one year deal.

Does everyone not realise that we have the worst roster in the comp! If we re-sign most of the current players we'll have no room for quality players, and will be fighting to avoid the spoon every year.

Our players are crap. Most of them should be released. Yet we've even already re-signed 3 players
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Given the talk about him playing second row next year, they would have to have re-signed him at least to ‘23 to be planning the squad with him.

Personally I’d prefer having Talau in the squad ahead of Reilly, Fainu, Liddle, Gildart, etc.
 
Telltails said:
You have got blinkers on. The competition is short of quality players and our club can't attract them and without them you stay camped at the bottom of the ladder. Coaches know it and so do players.
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I think if Papali’i doesn’t come, which is highly likely, we will be bottom 4 again next year.
 
Telltails said:
You have got blinkers on. The competition is short of quality players and our club can't attract them and without them you stay camped at the bottom of the ladder. Coaches know it and so do players.
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We've signed two of the best players in the NRL - Koriseau and Papali'i' for next year. The club is punching above its weight. There is a concerted effort to upskill the roster.

In addition, you aren't going to break down NRL defences playing five hit ups and bomb which happened prior to the change of coach. Even with a injury impacted roster, we beat two top 4 teams with positive attacking style football.
 
supercoach said:
Paps will be at the Tigers in 23. It would be a PR disaster for the club to back down. It also appears that the players union are backing us along with a large chunk of public sentiment.
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You could have the positive opinions of all world leaders and it would mean nothing unless you have the conviction of the one person who counts. ATM we don’t seem to have that.
 
The SHADOW said:
He can thinks as he likes, world leaders don’t hold the keys, we do.
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You're wrong on this, Papali'i's opinion, conviction, motivation is much more important than yours, mine and anyone's, on the matter of whether or not he will honour this NRL contract.
He had a genuine concern regarding the instability at the club which we dont appear to have adequately addressed.
We should be more focussed on re-signing Adam Douehi or we stand a chance of losing him too.
 
twentyforty said:
You're wrong on this, Papali'i's opinion, conviction, motivation is much more important than yours, mine and anyone's, on the matter of whether or not he will honour this NRL contract.
He had a genuine concern regarding the instability at the club which we dont appear to have adequately addressed.
We should be more focussed on re-signing Adam Douehi or we stand a chance of losing him too.
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I’m not after excuses, please stop giving them.
 
The SHADOW said:
I’m not after excuses, please stop giving them.
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That's what you, me and everyone else on here are doing mate because none of us know diddly squat.
We can only go on what the media spoon feeds us and their success rate isn't high.
20/40 is right. WT should direct their efforts into what they can control and that is to secure players that we need moving forward and AD is one of them.
There is nothing to say that Sheens isn't working overtime doing this. Just because we've announced minor signings that doesn't mean that they were more important.
Remember some time ago Sheens said it was the club's priority to shore up the likes of AD, nothing has changed.
 
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