Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[pawsandclaws1]

That would be Bellamy who went on to prove his worth as hands down the best coach over the next 20 years.

No doubt Bellamy is excellent, but I am backing Ivan Cleary. I believe he is a great coach and I always envisage him sitting on a chair at half time with his players intently listening to him. He has the cool, calm demeanor about him which I'm sure influences his players.

 

[Lestronge]

isn’t that essentially what they do, bring them young guys in hit fitness hard 7 weeks with the rookies to bring fitness base up, then break for Xmas.

in the new year everyone comes back trains for fitness for 12 weeks, until the season starts then training Is more about skills, analysis and recovery. With Fitness and Strength is now “maintained“ not getting built? (Unless injured)

You would hope so . That’s my point . If that’s the case I’ll go back to my corner ! But to be rocking at 💯 on day one , there’s no where to go but down or maintaining .
People praising Madge , seem to forget that he has a pretty clear modus operende , that only has one outcome . Him shown the exit door eventually .
I think it will get the desired outcome in he coming season . But yea , I’m not convinced the biggest loser style wreck people for 3 months style of training works .

 

[jadtiger]

Wasn't Madge here for years our team was still weak and unfit.
Maybe it's the calibre of player we sign.

Our Prima Donnas complained because Madge tried to train them too hard (including our current coach),it's funny when the boot is on the other foot and now Benji wants them to train harder(which we ALWAYS should have done)

 

[gregjm87]

If given the choice, who would people prefer at 13, Kobe Hetherington or Brandon Smith?

Smith

 

[batboy]

* Behind a superstar team and proven cheating.

That he built from Scratch....

 

[yeahcaz]

Smith

Left a top 2 club in the country Because he didn’t want to play 13, in what world does he join the worst team in the country to do it ?

 

[BAGNF05]

That he built from Scratch....

You mean the club that made playoffs just about every single year from day dot and a GF in year two (pre-Bellamy) 😂🤣😂

 

[BUGSY MALONE]

If given the choice, who would people prefer at 13, Kobe Hetherington or Brandon Smith?

I remember that happening before but with really
bad injuries/possible retirement it was Cody Ramsay
or Karl Oloapu from the dogs I remember complaining

Brandon Smith

 

[gregjm87]

Left a top 2 club in the country Because he didn’t want to play 13, in what world does he join the worst team in the country to do it ?

I don't think he would. But that wasn't the question that fish asked.

 

[batboy]

You mean the club that made playoffs just about every single year from day dot and a GF in year two (pre-Bellamy) 😂🤣😂

They Bought the first one.....
Hadn't made the finals for a couple years Prior to 2003.

Bellamy built the base of what followed, And bought through the players that made it happen
- From Scratch.

 

[Juice]

Does anyone know or listen to the hello sport podcast & have any idea if they have info? I seen they said Roosters want to trade Jazz Tevaga for May which seems completely ridiculous.

Jazz is the same type of style player as cheese (not saying he is anywhere near as good) who is out for half the season but can’t see it being true

 

[yeahcaz]

Does anyone know or listen to the hello sport podcast & have any idea if they have info? I seen they said Roosters want to trade Jazz Tevaga for May which seems completely ridiculous.

Jazz is the same type of style player as cheese (not saying he is anywhere near as good) who is out for half the season but can’t see it being true

Have listened to the boys for a long time and their knowledge is in their tagline “unqualified opinion and unwavering bias”

That most recent podcast name will look ridiculous in a couple weeks to come. I didn’t even get to that trade part yet. Got a better chance of the snake coming out of retirement

 

[magpies forever]

Look it all boils down to a few points
1) we need may and Kobe , without reinforcements in the forwards , not even Bennett could get us out of trouble
2) if I was coach I would employ the best fitness coach I could find . Also employ the best defensive coach , no room for friends or ex players
3 ) with our good backline my main focus would be setting up plays once inside there 30 metre , also work on plays from the scrum , this is a area that u can score points from
4) but again it all comes down to what sire of a forward pack we put out

Id also employ a good / great sports psychologist to get in their heads and lift mental toughness and not to drop their heads / effort.

 

[Needaname]

That's what you'll notice about the Panthers: they brought through all those fantastic players like Cleary and Yeo, then they decided enough was enough on the prospects and not to bother having any more. That's why they won that one premiership then faded away when players started moving on - there wasn't anyone coming through to fill the gaps.

Pardon?

 

[Bones]

Meanwhile in Brisbane players are vomiting in between sessions.

Look, it's impossible to judge what they're doing from a few photos, but I do hope when they have the bulk of the squad together that they focus on strength and conditioning. I don't want to see Galvin smashing everyone in every fitness drill.

I did a tour of the Panthers COE earlier this year. Usually Dylan Edward’s leads all their endurance based training but they were saying they had a young bloke in SG ball that was now leading.

I don’t think Galvin being the fittest is a problem, its just making sure that individually they are all meeting higher standards.

 

[Vicious]

Could the Roosters be interested in Twal as a swap for May and also be interested in Doueihi as someone capable of playing 5/8 or centre, positions they look to be very light on heading into the 2025 season?
I’m not so sure May offers much if anything more than Twal and I’d also be keeping Doueihi unless we can find someone other than Api who can kick goals.

 

[Finger]

Our Prima Donnas complained because Madge tried to train them too hard (including our current coach),it's funny when the boot is on the other foot and now Benji wants them to train harder(which we ALWAYS should have done)

100%

 

[Juice]

Have listened to the boys for a long time and their knowledge is in their tagline “unqualified opinion and unwavering bias”

That most recent podcast name will look ridiculous in a couple weeks to come. I didn’t even get to that trade part yet. Got a better chance of the snake coming out of retirement

Yea I thought it would Dogs, Tigers & possibly Dragons in the lead for him

 

[weststigerman]

I did a tour of the Panthers COE earlier this year. Usually Dylan Edward’s leads all their endurance based training but they were saying they had a young bloke in SG ball that was now leading.

I don’t think Galvin being the fittest is a problem, its just making sure that individually they are all meeting higher standards.

Agree on Galvin. Don't mind if he's winning, but he shouldn't be winning by a landslide like last year.

 

[weststigerman]

Could the Roosters be interested in Twal as a swap for May and also be interested in Doueihi as someone capable of playing 5/8 or centre, positions they look to be very light on heading into the 2025 season?
I’m not so sure May offers much if anything more than Twal and I’d also be keeping Doueihi unless we can find someone other than Api who can kick goals.

They're not going to take our scraps. The Roosters go for bigger fish.