Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Eternal Tiger said:
Tito Santana said:
Stefano needs to take angry pills. He’s not mean enough.
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I'm not sold on Stef becoming elite yet. Doesn't have mongrel in him yet, no opposition player would fear him.. Waerea Hargreaves, Fonua Blake, Paulo, Fisher Harris all instil fear into the opposition.
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ET. He's not aggressive, he's a good yardage
and clubman though.. I hear what you're saying

We're lucky to have him at the club 🤞🏼🤞🏼
 
Kaito said:
ET. He's not aggressive, he's a good yardage
and clubman though.. I hear what you're saying

We're lucky to have him at the club 🤞🏼🤞🏼
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Remember that Amone prop we had for a few games ?

Randomly crossed my mind.

our props are all pretty tall and lean.
Fonua is more stocky / powerhouse type.

Good for mixing it up and keeping the opps guessing in defence as @batboy has pointed out before.
 
Demps said:
Remember that Amone prop we had for a few games ?

Randomly crossed my mind.

our props are all pretty tall and lean.
Fonua is more stocky / powerhouse type.

Good for mixing it up and keeping the opps guessing in defence as @batboy has pointed out before.
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I don't think your wrong... We need some hard
Nuts though. Stef criticism is crazy though
 
Demps said:
Remember that Amone prop we had for a few games ?

Randomly crossed my mind.

our props are all pretty tall and lean.
Fonua is more stocky / powerhouse type.

Good for mixing it up and keeping the opps guessing in defence as @batboy has pointed out before.
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Batboy rarely misses
 
batboy said:
Same claim was made a while back - until someone listed the starters for each team.
He was bested by most…

Kids got potential, but anyone who says he’s really come on in 23 is lying…
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I’m usually quite critical on stef in terms of his impact on the field. However contrary to the opinions of his performance in both Samoan games I thought he was really strong for them. He isn’t standing out as a break out player but there was a noticeable difference in both defence and attack when he was on the field.
Made plenty of tough carries and was very solid in contact against two very good packs.
I was thinking to myself he would be the prototype prop for Melbourne to pick up and turn into a 300 gamer.
 
Lestronge said:
?????? Like John Morris ? …… or …… Tim Sheens ……
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re basics coach.

Yea, clearly Tim Sheens focused on Basics in 2023...

Honestly it seemed that Tim Sheens strategy was to do passes and Fast footy 🙁

You may be right. We may have hired Sheens as "the basics coach". If so, wrong decision.

John Morris will be a good asset to the team and I totally agree that he should help instil basics.
 
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2041 said:
So Sironen and Tuilagi fall into the category of players we shouldn't have been wasting our time with to start with, which is one of the things I mentioned: not picking the right players to work with in the first place. Nofoaluma never added to the skills he came into first grade with, it's just that those skills were sufficient to offset his deficiencies for a while. That's literally what I'm talking about. Liddell had terrible luck with injuries, which is why I offered Simpkin as an alternate.

Garner I'll give you.

Anyway, the point isn't to arbitrarily have 13 guys who fit the mold - it's to say that this is a persistent problem that needs to be fixed if we're ever going to get out of the sewer. Imagine if half these players had gone on to be most of what we thought/were told they might be.
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Just a quick comment re Nofa .Without defending him I do think in recent times part of his demise is the lack of a straight running centre able to set up their winger as required. When he went to Storm and was paired with Olam he had what he so desperately needed, unfortunately I think Okam is also going downhill at a rapid rate.
I’d like Benji to devote some time to the way centres run and how to set up their winger.
More basics that unfortunately our guys just can’t master.
 
teddy23 said:
AFB behind Haas is the best prop in the game.

If it’s for 2025 he’d be the perfect replacement for Klemmer.

AFB and Stefano would be one of the most dangerous starting prop rotations in the league.
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Hell yea.

Look we need to sort our backline so we don't get walked on by other teams. But I am all up for muscling up and if AFB has a connection through Fulton or whatever. Bring him home here.

I know this won't happen. It will be Easts for money/connections, Dragons blowing 1.6m of their cap, a return to Manly or something else. It wont' be a damn good prop signing with us, a basket case team.

That said, 100% for it if we can pull it off.
 
Halbrowne61 said:
Just a quick comment re Nofa .Without defending him I do think in recent times part of his demise is the lack of a straight running centre able to set up their winger as required. When he went to Storm and was paired with Olam he had what he so desperately needed, unfortunately I think Okam is also going downhill at a rapid rate.
I’d like Benji to devote some time to the way centres run and how to set up their winger.
More basics that unfortunately our guys just can’t master.
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He's been absolutely terrible. We've leaked so
much on his edge. He's a vet next to his
centre partners, been atrocious we mustn't
Justify it. Bow-legged I love him I met him a few times it hurts, he's not fit to teach

Edit: I'm pulling 4 him 2 prove otherwise
I think he may still have it, u can't lose talent I just pray he leads and takes that senior role seriously.
 
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Halbrowne61 said:
Just a quick comment re Nofa .Without defending him I do think in recent times part of his demise is the lack of a straight running centre able to set up their winger as required. When he went to Storm and was paired with Olam he had what he so desperately needed, unfortunately I think Okam is also going downhill at a rapid rate.
I’d like Benji to devote some time to the way centres run and how to set up their winger.
More basics that unfortunately our guys just can’t master.
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It’s a fairy tale that he played good in the storm system. Was bog ordinary and mouthed off to boot. There’s a reason Bellamy doesn’t want him back
 
I don’t know how they do it but every off season I some how convince my self next year will be different haha could this be the year?

Api as captain an elite level fullback good young talented half’s 2 strong defensive backrowers some Mongrel up front a coach who has recently played a knows how to win?

Or will it be another disaster will we be saying why did this club run with the most inexperienced coaching staff in the hole comp.

I really hope this works
 
finnzo said:
I don’t know how they do it but every off season I some how convince my self next year will be different haha could this be the year?

Api as captain an elite level fullback good young talented half’s 2 strong defensive backrowers some Mongrel up front a coach who has recently played a knows how to win?

Or will it be another disaster will we be saying why did this club run with the most inexperienced coaching staff in the hole comp.

I really hope this works
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Cant be worse than starting 0-6, can it?
 
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