Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Aubanon]

Inappropriate posts have been deleted.

Pls stick to topic.

 

[tigerap]

Lets hope we aren't covering much of Musgrove's contract, until I see his replacement I won't be saying smart business just yet.

Oh its already smart...have you seen how ineffective Musgrove was...a Madge favorite too...

 

[Stevec]

They sacked the coach and the head of recruitment - that's a decent start

Is that the coach who pulled off our only 2 great recruits in the last 12 months ?
I was thinking more along the lines of removing all division within the club
So that its One club with One name in top 3 grades . Maybe a token but it makes a statement that this is a new era . The current set up ain't working !

 

[SeanT]

They might mean are going to pay him 900k which is pretty funny in itself.

It's still just rumors but I hope it's true. I think Hastings is our best 7 and Brooks and AD are on par for the 6 spot.

I'd love to not read the Brooks bashing on here other than when we play Newcastle.

I'm fine with picking up Klemmer and Brooks going but the dollars matter. I dispute that this is a good deal for us. I think it's a bad trade.

Klemmer on 800k next year but then 500k for 2 years.

Brooks can go at full freight but I'd chuck some money in next season assuming we are below the cap.

I reckon we are overpaying Klemmer but at a better deal I'd love him here.

I don't care who goes out of Doueihi and Brooks or even if both of them go. I'm not sold on Hastings at 13 either.

Hastings at halfback could work if you had a decent fast 5/8th. Brooks and Douhie arnt it for mine. Not sure what to do with Douhie.talented but got some issues to work out still.

Someone at the club needs to make the tough call now. I don't care if any of the spine leave to be honest but make deals in our favour

 

[trentrunciman]

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[tigerman 0]

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Can’t be that impressive after playing at Leichhardt surely

 

[earl]

Hastings at halfback could work if you had a decent fast 5/8th. Brooks and Douhie arnt it for mine. Not sure what to do with Douhie.talented but got some issues to work out still.

Someone at the club needs to make the tough call now. I don't care if any of the spine leave to be honest but make deals in our favour

I don't know why Hastings gets written off as the halfback when the other two (3 if you include Laurie) haven't done much at all.

I think Hastings can work with either of those players. If we had a pack that smashed teams every so often I think Hastings at 7 can work.

 

[Speed2burn]

Zane Mustgo goneskies … who will drop the pill and miss tackles now?

Good riddance

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Hastings at halfback could work if you had a decent fast 5/8th. Brooks and Douhie arnt it for mine. Not sure what to do with Douhie.talented but got some issues to work out still.

Someone at the club needs to make the tough call now. I don't care if any of the spine leave to be honest but make deals in our favour

get klemmer then use Brooks to get frizell from Newcastle
Could Douhie go back to 1 and Laurie to 6 bring his running into the game

 

[clontarfkid]

Losing Musgrove,our only forward with any fear factor(tho he only demonstrated it once or twice each year),on top of Tamou,surely suggests weve signed a couple of props...?
Not sure how we can announce departures but not arrivals..has me perplexed..?
If not,we'd better hope theres a under 90kg league somewhere...!

 

[craigtob]

Lets hope we aren't covering much of Musgrove's contract, until I see his replacement I won't be saying smart business just yet.

Agree unless we sign a 1st grade player replacing Musgrove this is a step backwards ?

 

[pawsandclaws1]

I don't know why Hastings gets written off as the halfback when the other two (3 if you include Laurie) haven't done much at all.

I think Hastings can work with either of those players. If we had a pack that smashed teams every so often I think Hastings at 7 can work.

Good defences shut Hastings down quickly when he played 7. Marshall and Sheens from what I read want pace in the halves.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

I wonder what Woods contract status is? I hope he isn’t coming back with Musgrove heading to Dragons?

 

[tony soprano]

I don't know why Hastings gets written off as the halfback when the other two (3 if you include Laurie) haven't done much at all.

I think Hastings can work with either of those players. If we had a pack that smashed teams every so often I think Hastings at 7 can work.

The critism is based on that period where he'd touch the ball a hundred times and we hardly scored any points.

Good luck getting less touches from Jackson at half-back.

The one confirmed sheens input last year was Jackson at 13 I doubt that changes.

 

[tony soprano]

I wonder what Woods contract status is? I hope he isn’t coming back with Musgrove heading to Dragons?

Imagine klemmer and woods back together

 

[earl]

Good defences shut Hastings down quickly when he played 7. Marshall and Sheens from what I read want pace in the halves.

I don't agree on Hastings being shut down quickly. He made some mistakes and wasn't perfect but he was better in my opinion than Brooks and Doueihi and it's not close.

I agree that Marshall and Sheens appear to want Hastings as a 13 and have Brooks and Doueihi basically as running 6's on each side of the ruck.

They may have got it wrong though. They may also change their mind because players get injured and/or players perform better than expected.

We don't know how this will all fall out which is really poor because I think our spine has been an issue for a number of seasons. We just can't get it right.

We also can't get the forwards right. I'm less worried about the outside backs. If the forwards and spine play well we will improve a lot.

 

[jrtiger]

8 Klemmer
9 Api
10 Twal
11 Papallii
12 Blore
13 Hastings

14 Joffa
15 Pole
16 Stefano
17 Talau x Koautoga x Seyfarth?

Pending any signings?

I reckon we'll get Bateman. whether he starts or comes off the bench is another matter but I think he'll be in the 17. I think Talau is probably best starting the year off in Cup, especially if he's moving to the back row.

 

[Demps]

I reckon we'll get Bateman. whether he starts or comes off the bench is another matter but I think he'll be in the 17. I think Talau is probably best starting the year off in Cup, especially if he's moving to the back row.

Strong 🔥

 

[pawsandclaws1]

I don't agree on Hastings being shut down quickly. He made some mistakes and wasn't perfect but he was better in my opinion than Brooks and Doueihi and it's not close.

I agree that Marshall and Sheens appear to want Hastings as a 13 and have Brooks and Doueihi basically as running 6's on each side of the ruck.

They may have got it wrong though. They may also change their mind because players get injured and/or players perform better than expected.

We don't know how this will all fall out which is really poor because I think our spine has been an issue for a number of seasons. We just can't get it right.

We also can't get the forwards right. I'm less worried about the outside backs. If the forwards and spine play well we will improve a lot.

Sheens believes he is a 13. I don't think you will see him in the 7 again at this club unless there is a crisis.

Earl, I read an interesting article which advised Sheens believes you may get 7 (I recall) chances to score in a game and you need to convert 4 of those to win. To take full advantage, you need pace at 7 and 6.

 

[earl]

The critism is based on that period where he'd touch the ball a hundred times and we hardly scored any points.

Good luck getting less touches from Jackson at half-back.

Fair call. They may have it right as well but like I said lots can change and we'll have to see what happens.