Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Vicious]

As good as he played on the weekend, we now have 1 performance at halfback that you would class as above average. When he played there earlier in the year, it was below average. Let’s just cool the jets a little.

Latu is 20. He will continue to have ups and downs as he develops. That’s why we are looking at short term options, so that he isn’t under pressure to be the man every week while he develops.

Last week was the perfect game for AD to play half. Big body who can ran like an extra forward in the wet and kick long. If he was producing games like that consistently in all conditions he wouldn’t be choosing between 2 contracts with bottom dwellers. Maybe it’s in his best interest to take a 1 year deal and prove that he can.

I was at the Eels game and Douehi was playing well and our attacking was looking very sharp.
All anyone wants to remember is his poor short kick late in the game.
As for a one year deal, I think it would be a good option for us and Doueihi to increase the monetary figure and keep him with us for 2026, then see if it is he or Latu who earns and deserves the number 7 jersey in 2026 before deciding if we will try and extend him further.
What’s the hurry in playing Latu as our permanent number 7 ?
He is still only 19/20 years old and clubs like Melbourne still have a player who was equally as highly regarded coming through as a junior in Jonah Pezet still waiting for his opportunity at age 23.
Cooper Cronk who is supposedly now assisting our halves in some capacity also spent a good 18 months to 2 years waiting and playing plenty of 14 before he eventually got the permanent 7 jersey.
Isaiah Katoa was dropped by Wayne at the Dolphins during their run towards the finals last season and look at how he’s bounced back this season, it obviously didn’t hurt him.
As we know good halves can play NRL into their mid 30’s, no need to rush and have the added pressure of being a permanent 7 before they are 💯 ready.

 

[Junior Dig]

just an fyi, the dragons have not increased their offer to 500k, bullshit

Do you have any other info for us Kade?

Who the big fish is we’re supposedly hunting for next season?

 

[Merlot]

As good as he played on the weekend, we now have 1 performance at halfback that you would class as above average. When he played there earlier in the year, it was below average. Let’s just cool the jets a little.

Latu is 20. He will continue to have ups and downs as he develops. That’s why we are looking at short term options, so that he isn’t under pressure to be the man every week while he develops.

Last week was the perfect game for AD to play half. Big body who can ran like an extra forward in the wet and kick long. If he was producing games like that consistently in all conditions he wouldn’t be choosing between 2 contracts with bottom dwellers. Maybe it’s in his best interest to take a 1 year deal and prove that he can.

the way you described him via dogs ,sounds he is better suited for rugby union

 

[Merlot]

Calm down, we just finally found the blueprint on how to get our team balance right and be able to comfortably outplay a team who has been sitting at the top of the table all season long and now half our fan base along with Richo are happy to let the most important player on this blueprint walk due to the pittance of an offer we have made.
Honestly we must enjoy finishing outside the 8 every year.

some what an enigma is our Dwah he

 

[Merlot]

I was at the Eels game and Douehi was playing well and our attacking was looking very sharp.
All anyone wants to remember is his poor short kick late in the game.
As for a one year deal, I think it would be a good option for us and Doueihi to increase the monetary figure and keep him with us for 2026, then see if it is he or Latu who earns and deserves the number 7 jersey in 2026 before deciding if we will try and extend him further.

was that the game were he thru his mouth guard into the turf in disgust wondering why he wasn't understood

 

[Vicious]

was that the game were he thru his mouth guard into the turf in disgust wondering why he wasn't understood

He wasn’t happy with his poor short kick that killed our momentum late in the game.
Jerome has put in several poor kicks throughout the season, but he can seemingly do no wrong, gets a get out of jail free card every time.
Jerome looks much more at ease when Doueihi is partnering him in the halves.
Latu’s time will come whether we have Douehi still playing with us or not, but at this point of time we are a better team with Doueihi at 7 and Latu at 14 and I don’t think that will change in 2026 should we retain Doueihi.
If Latu is to become a top class halve, I think 2027 will be the year when he finds his voice and becomes the leader we need him to be on that position.
As I keep saying, there is no reason why he can’t be our regular number 14 with the occasional game in the halves between now and then to help get him better prepared.

 

[cktiger]

was that the game were he thru his mouth guard into the turf in disgust wondering why he wasn't understood

A player who gets filthy on himself for doing something to hurt the team?
Yeah, why would you want him?
Maybe better to be like some others who have a giggle and back slap our opposition after getting flogged?

 

[Merlot]

He wasn’t happy with his poor short kick that killed our momentum late in the game.
Jerome has put in several poor kicks throughout the season, but he can seemingly do no wrong, gets a get out of jail free card every time.
Jerome looks much more at ease when Doueihi is partnering him in the halves.
Latu’s time will come whether we have Douehi still playing with us or not, but at this point of time we are a better team with Doueihi at 7 and Latu at 14 and I don’t think that will change in 2026 should we retain Doueihi.
If Latu is to become a top class halve, I think 2027 will be the year when he finds his voice and becomes the leader we need him to be on that position.
As I keep saying, there is no reason why he can’t be our regular number 14 with the occasional game in the halves between now and then to help get him better prepared.

if we get him at the price that is set and he keeps playing as well as he has ,id give him an unexpected good will top up , We dent owe him ,but , effort rewarded , He ain;t put in yet to be worried if he goes

 

[Vicious]

if we get him at the price that is set and he keeps playing as well as he has ,id give him an unexpected good will top up , We dent owe him ,but , effort rewarded , He ain;t put in yet to be worried if he goes

Look I’ve been very vocal on this as I cannot believe the lack of common sense in Richo or any of our fans thinking it’s a good idea to make a lowball offeri to Doueihi and it will be ok if he goes because of it.
If anyone doesn’t believe me, have a listen to Cooper Cronk’s recent comments and he’s supposedly been working with us recently, so I’d say he would have a fair idea on what we need,
For those who cannot find it, he said Latu Fainu still has a lot of growing to do in regards to being a 7 and leading a team around the park and thinks he is a good 18 months away from being at that required level.

 

[gregjm87]

Calm down, we just finally found the blueprint on how to get our team balance right and be able to comfortably outplay a team who has been sitting at the top of the table all season long and now half our fan base along with Richo are happy to let the most important player on this blueprint walk due to the pittance of an offer we have made.
Honestly we must enjoy finishing outside the 8 every year.

We did not find any blue print.
The rain played into our hands. Dogs out work teams with a smaller more mobile pack. They could not utilise that mobility in the wet. Our team was up for the fight whilst Dogs showed up expecting the win. Add in a couple moments of pure luck and it stacked up to a good victory. Not the blueprint for future success.
I'm all for keeping Doueihi but I think you are reading far to much into what is thus far a one off win.

 

[Vicious]

We did not find any blue print.
The rain played into our hands. Dogs out work teams with a smaller more mobile pack. They could not utilise that mobility in the wet. Our team was up for the fight whilst Dogs showed up expecting the win. Add in a couple moments of pure luck and it stacked up to a good victory. Not the blueprint for future success.
I'm all for keeping Doueihi but I think you are reading far to much into what is thus far a one off win.

gregjm87 Have a listen to the recent comments from Cooper Cronk on Fox Sports.

 

[BAGNF05]

We did not find any blue print.
The rain played into our hands. Dogs out work teams with a smaller more mobile pack. They could not utilise that mobility in the wet. Our team was up for the fight whilst Dogs showed up expecting the win. Add in a couple moments of pure luck and it stacked up to a good victory. Not the blueprint for future success.
I'm all for keeping Doueihi but I think you are reading far to much into what is thus far a one off win.

Summed it up there. The Dogs 13 errors often at crucial times won’t be repeated again this year.

 

[Merlot]

Look I’ve been very vocal on this as I cannot believe the lack of common sense in Richo or any of our fans thinking it’s a good idea to make a lowball offeri to Doueihi and it will be ok if he goes because of it.
If anyone doesn’t believe me, have a listen to Cooper Cronk’s recent comments and he’s supposedly been working with us recently, so I’d say he would have a fair idea on what we need,
For those who cannot find it, he said Latu Fainu still has a lot of growing to do in regards to being a 7 and leading a team around the park and thinks he is a good 18 months away from being at that required level.

You have been vocal , love your support for Pole' ,by the way .Common sense ,shame you can't bottle it

 

[gregjm87]

gregjm87 Have a listen to the recent comments from Cooper Cronk on Fox Sports.

Happy to if you send a link but not going to go searching for it this time of night.
But if the comments you are referring to is the Latu is still 18months off comment you mentioned in a previous post, i'd say no shit. You don't need to be Cooper Cronk to know that.
You will note I'm not against keeping Doueihi by any means. I'd even agree that right at this moment he is a better half option than Latu.
But I certainly don't think we suddenly found a repeatable game plan for consistently winning matches by simply playing Doueihi at 7.

 

[Vicious]

Happy to if you send a link but not going to go searching for it this time of night.
But if the comments you are referring to is the Latu is still 18months off comment you mentioned in a previous post, i'd say no shit. You don't need to be Cooper Cronk to know that.
You will note I'm not against keeping Doueihi by any means. I'd even agree that right at this moment he is a better half option than Latu.
But I certainly don't think we suddenly found a repeatable game plan for consistently winning matches by simply playing Doueihi at 7.

If Cronk is right in saying Latu is 18 months away from potentially being a dominant starting 7, does that not mean we desperately need Doueihi for the next 18 months at the very least ?
During this time Latu could become so effective as a 13 that he ends up staying there full time.

 

[cktiger]

Summed it up there. The Dogs 13 errors often at crucial times won’t be repeated again this year.

I agree they made a lot of errors.
The funny thing is that you’ll see good teams winning because the other teams make more errors all the time and it’s attributed to them forcing those errors.
Not when we win though.

 

[Merlot]

I agree they made a lot of errors.
The funny thing is that you’ll see good teams winning because the other teams make more errors all the time and it’s attributed to them forcing those errors.
Not when we win though.

its not hard , pin them in the corners, and why the game does not have many consistent tactical kickers across the park ,has got me stuffed. It should be part of training , Part of a players worth , yet it gets neglected

 

[weststigers]

Calm down, we just finally found the blueprint on how to get our team balance right and be able to comfortably outplay a team who has been sitting at the top of the table all season long and now half our fan base along with Richo are happy to let the most important player on this blueprint walk due to the pittance of an offer we have made.
Honestly we must enjoy finishing outside the 8 every year.

Your comments come back to bite you time and again. You said yourself that wet weather football requires different players. How do you know he will perform to the same standard in dry weather? How do you explain the poor performance earlier in the year at 7?

I know you use this as a place to dump whatever thought comes into your mind at that moment, but you need to remember the things you say and what has come before. Your world view is not coherent.

I don't mind offering him a reasonable contract. He plays many positions and he is valuable to us. I'm just not certain about him starting at 7 each game until I see more of him against multiple opposition.

 

[Merlot]

Your comments come back to bite you time and again. You said yourself that wet weather football requires different players. How do you know he will perform to the same standard in dry weather? How do you explain the poor performance earlier in the year at 7?

I know you use this as a place to dump whatever thought comes into your mind at that moment, but you need to remember the things you say and what has come before. Your world view is not coherent.

I don't mind offering him a reasonable contract. He plays many positions and he is valuable to us. I'm just not certain about him starting at 7 each game until I see more of him against multiple opposition.

do you sleep

 

[weststigers]

do you sleep

I am not in AU timezone. I do my best work while you all sleep mwuahahahaha 😈