Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[weststigerman]

Depth my friend.

Id like some wing/centre depth before add another half/hooker to Rua, Simpkin, Api, Da Silva, Sullivan, Fainu, Sezer, Doueihi.

I don’t want to see Kepaoa play on the wing and I don’t want to see Nofa at all next year.

 

[AdelaideTiger]

Watson is a quality player when available, but he's just another player at the back end of his career that can play well in way too many positions but not great in any.
He would be very good 13/14, but playing him through the middle basically guarantees he wont play the full season.
In the halves, does he offer anything different to Sezer or Sullivan? I'm not sure, should really only be considered if we haven't signed one or both of them.
On that basis I say probably no.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Watson is a quality player when available, but he's just another player at the back end of his career that can play well in way too many positions but not great in any.
He would be very good 13/14, but playing him through the middle basically guarantees he wont play the full season.
In the halves, does he offer anything different to Sezer or Sullivan? I'm not sure, should really only be considered if we haven't signed one or both of them.
On that basis I say probably no.

Maybe just forcing up the asking price for the Roosters to retain him. As you have written he is at the backend of his career.

 

[Tom Shines]

Can we sign some outside backs …please

 

[AdelaideTiger]

Maybe just forcing up the asking price for the Roosters to retain him. As you have written he is at the backend of his career.

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[stevo133]

 

[stevo133]

 

[stevo133]

Brian Kelly off the table who should we sign

 

[Vicious]

Can we sign some outside backs …please

Unless we offload some, we don’t really have the space in our top 30 to sign anyone new.
Hopefully we see some of our under performers being offloaded real soon.

 

[Tito Santana]

No to Watson

 

[Vicious]

Brian Kelly off the table who should we sign

I think Brad Parker would be a good addition to our team.
He has plenty of NRL experience and is a big body with good mobility for a man of his size. He’s an aggressive, but smart defender who should still be in his prime for the next couple of seasons.

 

[hammertime]

Id like some wing/centre depth before add another half/hooker to Rua, Simpkin, Api, Da Silva, Sullivan, Fainu, Sezer, Doueihi.

I don’t want to see Kepaoa play on the wing and I don’t want to see Nofa at all next year.

Currently, we only have 1 uninjured half next year. Sullivan and Sezer will only make that 3 and fainu is still incredibly young.

 

[WestsEffTheRest]

Watson is a quality player when available, but he's just another player at the back end of his career that can play well in way too many positions but not great in any.
He would be very good 13/14, but playing him through the middle basically guarantees he wont play the full season.
In the halves, does he offer anything different to Sezer or Sullivan? I'm not sure, should really only be considered if we haven't signed one or both of them.
On that basis I say probably no.

He's 27 mate not 37 I wouldn't be writing him off just yet.

 

[Fingers83]

You make it sound like that's someone elses' fault?
The reason he's been shifted around is because he's being given every chance to show
something - somewhere, He just doesn't!!
He's not an NRL player.
He might have been a little bit less crap at Back Row for a tiny minute, But that just means he wasn't there long enough, Or have enough input in to be exposed (Again)

Comparatively, Young guys like Bula, Stefano, Pole get a crack and although they don't always get it right
They prove they're worthy, And more often than not - It's the little things, Efforts off the ball, Class touches etc....
I've never seen any such moments from AJ.

He's the only bloke I've seen in the game drop a ball cold and trot another 20 odd metres / steps up field,
before he cares to notice that he
1: Doesn't have the ball
2: The other team picked it up and ran off with it.

And it's been more than once, Zero effort...
He's Dumb, Lazy - Guessing I don't need to mention his hands...

How do I make it sound like it's someone elses fault? Despite the fact it is. Newsflash, he isn't choosing which position he is playing each week.

I agree with you that he hasn't done himself any favours in any of these positions, but Sheens makes the call.

How often do you see players improve consistently when they're thrown around all over the shop? Let's not pretend it doesn't have an impact.

 

[Fingers83]

Watson would be nothing more than a desperation signing. Hasn't he already rejected us once too?

We love going back to take a sip from the old river, this club. That's why it wouldn't surprise if the man in question from Rothfields article is, in fact, James Tedesco.

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

Currently, we only have 1 uninjured half next year. Sullivan and Sezer will only make that 3 and fainu is still incredibly young.

We currently have 2 in the top 30 (Galvin / Fainu)

Sezer / Sullivan will make that 4.

We have Hawkins as a train and trial which means we have 5 after round 10.

Doueihi when he comes back will be a utility so we have 6 who can play halves.

 

[liltiger]

Ripped the soul out of most of those young fellas....

Would have been absolutely hell for his room mate when he found him, that would have ripped him apart, poor guys.

 

[Curaeus]

Any decision on Wakeham re 2024 and beyond as yet? Can't see him being extended but, this is WT, so anything's possible!

 

[hammertime]

The Watson chat could be just the Tigers pushing the saints to settle on sullivan

 

[boonboon]

If signed Sullivan it's to play in the halves. If we sign Watson it's to play 14. He can cover your whole backline with shuffling off the bench for HIA or injuries and play lock and hooker off the bench - perfect 14