Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[earl]

Three people that aren’t always mentioned that I’d love to still be around.
Jock Madden - showed real potential and a lot of upside. I feel with him we would have a lot more repeat sets - great kicker.
Moses Suli - we are missing a centre and he has turned into a solid player
Andrew Webster - has worked wonders with the Warriors

Apart from Suli I agree. I only say that about Suli because of his poor attitude.

 

[Buttface]

Three people that aren’t always mentioned that I’d love to still be around.
Jock Madden - showed real potential and a lot of upside. I feel with him we would have a lot more repeat sets - great kicker.
Moses Suli - we are missing a centre and he has turned into a solid player
Andrew Webster - has worked wonders with the Warriors

I don’t think we had a chance with Suli, he was being a teenage sook once his money was rolling in, but if we were better at player management then it might have been different.
Yes, we invested in Jock and due to this, out of him and Hastings I am more annoyed about jock, what was the point in the investment when you then let ‘em go and sign crappier players like Wakes and Smith.
When it comes to assistant coaches it’s got to be hard co as soon as a new head coach comes in he usually clears out the coaching staff. Gardiner too seemed like a decent coach and I have said for years their needs to be a development system for young coaches so we develop our own coaches.
Oh and Jock is 6 for donkeys nrl side this week.

 

[Dennisspicer1]

don't trade Papali mate
Hear Chad Townsend might be on the outer at cowboys

Kyle Flannagan is available

 

[tony soprano]

They do. For sure.

But there's context around Hastings' exit. The Bateman problem to say the least...

Yeh bigger picture was probably looked at go for Hastings to get two extra wins or look elsewhere to try land Moses, Bateman.

Really judgement should be held until 2024 halves come to light.

Think the mentality of maintaining 9th has to be fixed and Jackson decision a part of trying to fix that

 

[Dennisspicer1]

OK what is everyone's thoughts for next season if these two became options as that experienced half to provide that direction & backline leadership we lack. I have a feeling it'll be one of them?

Mitchell Pearce (35 next year) or Chad Townsend (33 next year)

You cant tell me there is not one young early 20 year old half somewhere in this world that has talent, thats not worth having a shot at.

Someone earning less than 300k that we could take a punt on, offer 950k for 2 years with clubs option of a further
3 years 1.8ml ??? NEG.

Got to be a better option than just continuing with what weve had for all these failed years.

And now we have everyone talking about Townsend & pearce and a whole heap of use by next year halfs.

Lets give a kid with talent a look at the possibility of a future with this club.

Not offer another 2 or 3 years towards someones retirement years.
Otherwise we will have a continual collection of wooden spoons.

 

[Kelce68]

I would argue that if it was Bateman that didn’t want to play with Hastings you don’t sign Bateman.

That's certainly an argument that can made. I'm still not sure I agree with it.

Without the benefit of hindsight, if you go back in time and ask whether you would trade an international second rower of Bateman's quality for a recycled halfback in the wooden-spoon winning side, it's probably not cut and dry.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

You cant tell me there is not one young early 20 year old half somewhere in this world that has talent, thats not worth having a shot at.

Someone earning less than 300k that we could take a punt on, offer 950k for 2 years with clubs option of a further
3 years 1.8ml ??? NEG.

Got to be a better option than just continuing with what weve had for all these failed years.

And now we have everyone talking about Townsend & pearce and a whole heap of use by next year halfs.

Lets give a kid with talent a look at the possibility of a future with this club.

Not offer another 2 or 3 years towards someones retirement years.
Otherwise we will have a continual collection of wooden spoons.

Because it seems the coaches want experience & leadership in this position and potentially sign a talented half to then take over from them in 1-2 seasons.

 

[Kelce68]

OK what is everyone's thoughts for next season if these two became options as that experienced half to provide that direction & backline leadership we lack. I have a feeling it'll be one of them?

Mitchell Pearce (35 next year) or Chad Townsend (33 next year)

I'd sign Townsend for 2 years. Laurie for 1 year and try and get Volkman and Sanders out of the Warriors and Eels respectively given their paths are blocked.

Then I would sit on the marquee budget for the next 2/3 years to see what the best case scenario is for signing a halfback to replace Townsend in '26.

That, to me, is realistic, achievable and is good enough to challenge for the eight.

 

[Spartan117]

They do. For sure.

But there's context around Hastings' exit. The Bateman problem to say the least...

I am a Bateman fan, however.

We all can see that an Organising Half is far mor important than a 2nd Rower

 

[Kelce68]

Yeh bigger picture was probably looked at go for Hastings to get two extra wins or look elsewhere to try land Moses, Bateman.

Really judgement should be held until 2024 halves come to light.

Think the mentality of maintaining 9th has to be fixed and Jackson decision a part of trying to fix that

Yep, couldn't agree more. Whether publicly stated or not, I think '23 was always a halves experiment. It's gone belly up quick-smart, but at least the answers in regards to Doueihi and Brooks are now clearer to the powers that be.

....or one would hope.

 

[Dennisspicer1]

Could someone from WTF please let me know what is the language we are receiving our advertisments in now.

 

[izotope]

So he should be - the souths deal is a rort. Some garbage the they only want him as a centre - so what - both raiders and dolphins were prepared to pay a million more than souths offer. The NRL is an absolute joke.

Been that way since Melbourne Storm. Not sure why a wighton deal on 200k less a season is drawing headlines. Infact it's the only one that make sense. Has been making bank for 10 years and willing to take a 15% pay it to try and win a premiership.

How Souths, Penrith, roosters, Melbourne fit everyone under the cap should be the investigation - not that he's taking unders

 

[88]

So he signs with souths for for a million less than raiders offering. Souths reckon they can sign him for less because they want him as a centre not a 5/8 - farcical situation. Canberra have put in a formal complaint to the NRL and have demanded that the contract be closely scrutinised.

Munster re-signed with Storm for about $1.6M less than our offer didn’t he? Usually it works that the incumbent team has the advantage that a player will stay for less rather than go for less. Salary cap is not working in evening out the talent.

 

[bptiger 0]

All a Joke

We had Hastings, Sheens needs to take responsibility.

Halfbacks like American Quarterbacks make or break a Team

Did u listen to the Newcastle game on the weekend , all the experts gave Hastings a bagging because he does not run the football , he’s gone get over it .

 

[bptiger 0]

Three people that aren’t always mentioned that I’d love to still be around.
Jock Madden - showed real potential and a lot of upside. I feel with him we would have a lot more repeat sets - great kicker.
Moses Suli - we are missing a centre and he has turned into a solid player
Andrew Webster - has worked wonders with the Warriors

U know that song , two out of three ain’t bad , u work out the bad one in them 3

 

[Spacecub]

The NRL did squat when Teddy and Latrell took $500k a season less to join easts and souths

Abdo will do stuff all he will nod his head while crowe has his hand up his back

 

[Stevec]

Agree don't know how Roosters manage their cap but I'm very suspicious of their TPP
all very eastern suburbs but Storm these days I admire they find players of no particular fame and turn them into stars . Meaney was run of the mill at Dogs
This year they lose Kafusi the Bromwich brothers and Brandon Smith and sign Katoa ,Sims and Warbrick ?
They are just far better at scouting and recruiting than we are !

 

[jrtiger]

we desperately need an outside back now that Maumalo is gone, Nofoaluma's attitude stinks, Talau is out the door and now poor Charlie's out for three months.


Jordan Pereira, Semi Valemei and George Jennings are all sensible, realistic options.

 

[Dino]

Three people that aren’t always mentioned that I’d love to still be around.
Jock Madden - showed real potential and a lot of upside. I feel with him we would have a lot more repeat sets - great kicker.
Moses Suli - we are missing a centre and he has turned into a solid player
Andrew Webster - has worked wonders with the Warriors

It's a unpopular opinion around here but madden wouldn't have improved our side much if at all, he has his moments but was to in and out of games which a nrl half can't afford to be.

If he ever becomes a regular first grader it will be when he's in his mid to late 20s and done his years in the state cups somewhat like fogarty

 

[bptiger 0]

Here’s why the NRL will do nothing about wigthon joining south’s , because he would play the race card and the NRL would go into melt down , let’s face it at the moment they get every thing there way , so don’t hold ur breath