Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Demps said:
We don't want people around that don't want to be around.

They've made that clear.
TDS, who I think is a good kid, appeared distracted the other night and obviously with his personal belief in himself could be considered [by team mates - possibly] as disrespect.

We don't need any more bully claims.
All the best Tallyn.
I hate Parra, don't like you any more either. 😒
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Can’t expect to take the spot of someone in a losing team. Teammates might think it’s disrespectful, but does that mean they think they are entitled to positions regardless of performance.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
Can he though? The boys didn’t look very motivated last Friday night. I think it’s the opposite. For all the talk of how much they love him and would walk from the club if he was sacked, they play like strangers most weeks.
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To be fair though we were missing some key players. The guys were putting in, they just wernt up to it.
 
Betterdays22 said:
i think the club has done the right thing chosing To sign Api on and its a shame they couldn't convince Tallan to stay.

It is indefensible however that the club have allowed him to leave 18 months early for absolutely no benefit whatsoever. Is it to keep Tartak onside?

Im just flabbergasted. This, Galvin and 6 losses on the trot with a very poor showing against a spoon rival has me feeling like i've seen this movie before.
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It is interesting. I have noticed a drop in Api’s performance between when he first arrived and now. What will he look like in 2 or 3 years time.
 
rihannafan1 said:
I am really torn over the direction of the club.

On one hand, we seem very clear on the character of players we keep at the club. You have to want to be here and if not, see you later. That takes guts given the money and ego in pro sport. We have also seen players dropped for their poor application and given spells in Cup to work on it. Again, not that easy to live with as a club but important. I think both of these are healthy and a change from the past.

However, it is coming at the cost of our results in the short term. We had a lack of depth and it has gotten worse. There are no guarantees that we will replace those who left with similarly talented players or better. And the coach isn't Ivan Cleary, capable of getting lesser players to be play above their level.

The fans need a few signings and a clear direction. All Richo has said most recently is we won't sign players for the sake of it but at this stage he may need to.
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That won’t work. No one wants to be here unless we overpay massively or no one else wants them
 
Harvey said:
Can’t expect to take the spot of someone in a losing team. Teammates might think it’s disrespectful, but does that mean they think they are entitled to positions regardless of performance.
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What boggles my mind is noone is mentioning that imo Api should have told Benji he will go to the bench and help Tallyn along and take a paycut to make it happen so the club won't lose a 10 year first grader. Isn't that what leaders do. Unless there more behind the scenes we don't know about and the club wanted Tallyn out.
 
liltiger said:
What boggles my mind is noone is mentioning that imo Api should have told Benji he will go to the bench and help Tallyn along and take a paycut to make it happen so the club won't lose a 10 year first grader. Isn't that what leaders do. Unless there more behind the scenes we don't know about and the club wanted Tallyn out.
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Elephant in the room is that seems to be a click developing in the club that some of those that were our future 6 months are not part of.
 
Harvey said:
Elephant in the room is that seems to be a click developing in the club that some of those that were our future 6 months are not part of.
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It’s a double edged sword breeding this culture where we’re signing all these sets of brothers. Even people here are acknowledging if we upset one, we run the risk of upsetting the lot. Or if one leaves, they all do.
 
Harvey said:
It is interesting. I have noticed a drop in Api’s performance between when he first arrived and now. What will he look like in 2 or 3 years time.
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Yes and he’s like a fish out of water when asked to play halfback.
Plenty want to blame Heath Mason for last weeks debacle where we had no idea what we were doing iin attack until Doueihi stepped into the halves midway through the 2nd half, but if we want to stop playing favourites it was Api having no idea what he was doing at 7 which was the main reason why our attack looked so lost.
 
Vicious said:
Yes and he’s like a fish out of water when asked to play halfback.
Plenty want to blame Heath Mason for last weeks debacle where we had no idea what we were doing iin attack until Doueihi stepped into the halves midway through the 2nd half, but if we want tj stop playing favourites it was Api having bonuses what he was doing at 7 which was the main reason why our attack looked so lost.
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I said before the game people would blame Mason, like it was his decision to go to fullback. And that’s what they did.
 
Tom Shines said:
He is ordinary mate … anywhere he plays…

He might turn out to be a good player … but it’s way to early yet
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Mason has been struggling for confidence and not running the ball enough himself over the past few weeks.
The problem with that is his running game is his strength and he has been looking unsure and clunky when trying to create for others.
However we have plenty of other highly paid fan favourites who have been creating sweet fa in attack themselves, yet they never get criticised ?
Api tries his heart out, but he misses a high amount of tackles every week, he’s clearly not an 80minute player and he’s definitely not a halfback.
Can you honestly tell me that Api at halfback was any better than Heath Mason in the first half last week ? Surely you can’t as Api was totally lost, he looked extremely clunky and done nothing for us as a 7.
I know Api didn’t select himself at 7, so it’s master Benji’s fault, but let’s not sugar coat the real issues.
 
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