Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Demps]

Can we please recruit the raiders recruitment manager, or whoever is identifying their junior talent. Apparently they've added Coby Black

Broncos winning with the Pezet signing though.

 

[hank37w]

Feledy back to manly

You mean Blacktown.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Can we please recruit the raiders recruitment manager, or whoever is identifying their junior talent. Apparently they've added Coby Black

I think he has signed with the Roosters.

 

[innsaneink]

I think he has signed with the Roosters.

Raiders - 27

 

[Odessa]

The future is looking very bright

The future's so bright I gotta wear shades

 

[upthetigers]

The future's so bright I gotta wear shades

You should wear shades at the pub so they can't tell you've had 14 beers

 

[Halbrowne61]

Ex Tiger .. Justin Matamua signs a 'train and trial" contract with the mongrel Dogs.

They can have him, so hyped by our lower grade watchers but produced nothing. Most exciting thing he did was get sin binned on his debut, goodbye and thanks for nothing !

 

[Halbrowne61]

You mean Blacktown.

Most appropriate place for him !

 

[Buttface]

Feledy back to manly

Top 30 i hope.
Dee Why Dolphins most likely.

 

[PrattenParkMagpie]

You mean Blacktown.

Blacktown hasn't been the feeder for Manly since 24.

 

[Odessa]

You should wear shades at the pub so they can't tell you've had 14 beers

That's a very good idea

 

[upthetigers]

That's a very good idea

Did the surgery go well?

 

[Merlot]

Latu certainly gets in some weird positions defensively, with a technique verging on dangerous looking at times when he gets so low to the ground. Still, apart from a lone(?) penalty from recollection, that odd style has been nearly as effective as his pretty well front on just under the ball hits, that regularly put big forwards on their arse.

I note that @Merlot has previously referenced the Fainu's mother talking about him being the the most talented, but susceptible to injury when growing up. On that, he was tough enough to play with a shoulder needing reconstruction without showing it, so hopefully he can turn it around like say Benji and Tedesco did.

hey you get offa my cloud ,lol . unless its some degenerative thing we stick by him.
Kid is smart tough , grew up outwitting his brothers to avoid getting smashed ,loves the contact

 

[Merlot]

Absolutely laughable.
If a team is on a roll it's currently practically impossible to stop that momentum. You can go 10-15 mins without touching the ball. By which point you're so exhausted your game falls to pieces.
See Samoa yesterday after Klein cheated them out of contention.
If the team on the back foot gets the ball it at least gives them an opportunity to fight back, get field position, pin they're opponents down the other end etc.
In most sports when one team scores the other team gets the ball. Or it's a 50/50 contest.
Time for fewer blow outs given the rising disparity in talent on rosters

way the "team roster " is not policed this day n age , i think its a dumb idea for nrl management to put it forward as a way of sparking up constant interest n clicks , worse is them thinking it may 'help the game flow'. over n out

 

[Odessa]

Did the surgery go well?

It went very well thank you they got the cancer out

 

[Merlot]

We need one top class forward and we’ll be playing finals. I really hope we get nas. If he plays half the games but is the difference in 2-3 games to last year, and we don’t repeat Lachie gate, we’ll be finals bound.
Without that extra forward I think it will be same same maybe a spot or two up if the team sticks together, but that’s it

and a top line center please Santa.

 

[crazycat]

Absolutely laughable.
If a team is on a roll it's currently practically impossible to stop that momentum. You can go 10-15 mins without touching the ball. By which point you're so exhausted your game falls to pieces.
See Samoa yesterday after Klein cheated them out of contention.
If the team on the back foot gets the ball it at least gives them an opportunity to fight back, get field position, pin they're opponents down the other end etc.
In most sports when one team scores the other team gets the ball. Or it's a 50/50 contest.
Time for fewer blow outs given the rising disparity in talent on rosters

Yea, Look Samoa lost. But Klein did give them a raw deal.

 

[upthetigers]

and a top line center please Santa.

Don't you think it's Mak? Or you think he will play NRL on the wing this season?

 

[Merlot]

Don't you think it's Mak? Or you think he will play NRL on the wing this season?

preferer not to rush him .Kid looks large enough , h,if his head is in it ,why not

 

[crazycat]

We need one top class forward and we’ll be playing finals. I really hope we get nas. If he plays half the games but is the difference in 2-3 games to last year, and we don’t repeat Lachie gate, we’ll be finals bound.
Without that extra forward I think it will be same same maybe a spot or two up if the team sticks together, but that’s it

We do need another forward...
Sure we added Bunty/KPP. But we were down 3 forwards from 2024.

It's clear we need:
A forward, ideally a ball playing lock.
A halfback unless Luai/AD/Fainu really shape up.
A back... Someone who can step in for Taylan May when he does something stupid. Yes I hope Taylan keeps playing but man ... We know what he is capable of.
And
If we don't resign Bula a Fullback.

All that said, happy for Richo and Benji to wait just a little bit. I see a lot of movement at the moment, but lets snipe a truly good player for once.