Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Vicious said:
Kurt Donoghue is the perfect 14 as he’s a tough defender in the middle, tough enough and good enough to do a job as a ball playing 13, able to cover the halves which was his position coming into grade and has also played fullback and done well there in this seasons trial game.
From an internal point of view Lanyon from our Jeresy Flegg team is worth considering as he is big enough and strong enough to run the ball strongly and have done ball playing ability at 13, plus do a job at 9.
Like a lot of young players he looks like he needs a bit of improvement with his fitness levels and overall defence, but it’s only minor improvements he needs to make to become a very valuable number 14.
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Yep- another perfect type to bring in as cover for Api. Offers more than JUST a #9- gives so much more flexibility while still giving a starting grade option should Api get hurt or be unavailable.
 
crazycat said:
It's weird with Mason, every time I saw him play Fullback it was like "You have done everything right but score". I feel he does a good "cover" job but isn't at first grade standard.

We can run with TDS and Mason on the bench with Latu at 5/8 or 7. But we really are lightening our side in the forwards and we will get caught out.
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Mason hasnt earnt a bench spot
Needs to go back to KOE and learn how to defend
 
tigahhh said:
i think manly is our easiest shot , we almost beat penrith despite having an off year we know their resume and Raiders , in form team of the comp. manly are under pressure and dropped half their side to Reggie’s plus no Hamoule . i give us a chance IF benji pulls his head in and starts latu . latu will want a good game against manly .
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I think we might smash Manly tbh and put the sword into Seibold's career.

Wouldn't that be sweet, he didn't want the Fainu bros at Manly and they could be the ones to end him 😂
 
watersider said:
I increasingly feel players like Twal are holding us back. I've always liked his consistency and I think back to our dark days when he was one of few who could actually tackle. But I just question his competitiveness. Just always seems happy to do his work, never fussed. I think a player who is perhaps less consistent but who cares more might be better for us, someone who is a bit hungrier to be more in the NRL. Surely Kit can be given some minutes and we can start to build him up? Luai, Api, May, Pole, Latu, Bula all seem to have that hunger.

He gets stripped yesterday, that happens sometimes. But fire up and really try to hit someone the next time they run at you and make up for it, turn it into a positive. Not just more vanilla. I don't think you really lift with players like that plodding along.

I suppose I'm just frustrated with him. I always expect him to be so much better and for him to start seeing it as his team and taking more ownership. But he's well in the Tamou-Klemmer-Stefano school of show up, do your minutes and get paid.
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Good guys,but we wont move forward with Twal and Seafarth in the starting team
Need more impact and less mistakes
 
Vicious said:
Kurt Donoghue is the perfect 14 as he’s a tough defender in the middle, tough enough and good enough to do a job as a ball playing 13, able to cover the halves which was his position coming into grade and has also played fullback and done well there in this seasons trial game.
From an internal point of view Lanyon from our Jeresy Flegg team is worth considering as he is big enough and strong enough to run the ball strongly, has some ball playing ability at 13, plus he does a solid job at 9.
Like a lot of young players he looks like he needs a bit of improvement with his fitness levels and overall defence, but it’s only minor improvements he needs to make to become a very valuable number 14.
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We dont need 14s..we need genuine seasoned 1st graders who can compete in their preferred position against any opposition,and give our stars an opportunity to shine
Maybes and back ups dont cut it
 
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watersider said:
Reflecting on our approach to signings recently and with Galvin and Stefano we swung big on players that we really shouldn't have. Replacing Stefano with May has been so big in our improvement this year. And while Galvin has talent, it never quite felt right and certain that he would be a great half, where Latu looks the better prospect.

What is the club seeing in Stefano and Galvin that we're not? It just seems to continue this pattern with Brooks and Nofo where we overvalue our mediocre players which cripples our club. Thankfully in this case both players rejected our offers, but we got better in each situation by accident and rejection rather than planning and insight. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself here, but it just seems impossible from here to see how it is possible for Galvin to become a better half than Latu. And yet we were going to make that mistake.

I don't know where TDS fits in being a right or wrong move, but I'm not confident the club knows either.
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i think they’re sensitive to losing our decent players , they are desperate for good publicity and it’s a bad reflection of the club even if we end up in the better position .
 
The Chad said:
Sidenote- the form of Solomon Saukuru in the 2nd Row in our Flegg side is SUPER impressive.

He could very well be that damaging backrow runner we all want so badly.
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He has the size, the power, the class, but gets tired very quickly and his overall energy levels and defence suffers because of it.
I don’t know why it is so hard for players like him with immense talent to get fit, but unfortunately plenty never do.
Let’s hope he quickly realises that all he has to do is get extremely fit and he will become a superstar NRL before it’s too late.
 
Joelcainenumber1fan said:
they were both there when we were playing well at the start of the season until galvin thing happened
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Unconvinced Galvin had any impact whatsoever on these two tbh...they are just journeymen ,with low impact and high error rates
Fringe 1st graders at best
Heading rapidly towards our 4th spoon,we need to call out underperformers....
Need better
 
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