Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[TigerBurnsy]

I think Black may overtake Sanders. Sanders 7 Latu 6 would be a good combo.

I think its bye bye AD. He made his own bed. Plus he is a ball hog and the back’s dont get the ball.

I hope black dosent I’d rather black and latu but either combo would take us to the promised land

 

[426Tlgerland]

I thought Blake Lawrie was retiring

Grieg when at eels looked promising but never stepped up, think he is playing in Sunshine Coast team or maybe up north qld , he could be worth a look but il,pass

 

[achilles]

The problem is it's lean pickings out there. With new teams coming in, the fight for these players will only get harder.

Also see Cody Walker may look elsewhere if he can't get a deal done at Souths. Again, would be good for a year to help our young halves.

Can Cody play 7 we don't need anymore 6s

 

[Oldman]

Yes and as I keep saying lack of speed, both out wide and in the forwards was a big contributor for those poor results.
You need someone who can carry the ball at speed and be a genuine line break threat in the middle or on the edges, we just think we can rely on power to trample opponents which only ever happens from Samuela on occasions, Pole on occasions and Royce Hunt on occasions.
KP when playing helps with his size, speed and offload ability, but we need him running onto the ball at speed like he was doing early in the season. He had already fallen slightly into plodder mode shortly before his season ending injury.

I think you are a bit harsh on KPP,
Don’t forget he was playing outside Doueihi so I could imagine he would have been thinking “hear comes another dummy”
I agree we need more speed in the backline,
if fully fit and available our forwards will be competitive against most teams.
IMO our backline is our major issue

 

[Vicious]

I think you are a bit harsh on KPP,
Don’t forget he was playing outside Doueihi so I could imagine he would have been thinking “hear comes another dummy”
I agree we need more speed in the backline,
if fully fit and available our forwards will be competitive against most teams.
IMO our backline is our major issue

I’m very happy we have KPP playing for us.
Defensively he is very smart and very good, our right hand defence suffered significantly without him and he is also a very good attacking player when his mind is on the job, but he was prone to having a few games where all his runs were half hearted when at the Knights and we have to hope that doesn’t start happening with us.
💯 agree our backline is our major issue.
I think we are getting much closer to fixing that problem by adding the speed and class of Averillo, Junior Tupou returning and looking like he will continue to improve, we would hope and expect Makasini will be a much improved player next season and I think there were plenty of positives with the NRL experience and progression of Solo Saukuru should we keep him.
I believe we need two more classy outside backs with speed and genuine attacking ability to be genuine NRL starting player contenders and if we do that we can go from a well below par backline to an above average backline.

 

[Tom Shines]

I’m very happy we have KPP playing for us.
Defensively he is very smart and very good, our right hand defence suffered significantly without him and he is also a very good attacking player when his mind is on the job, but he was prone to having a few games where all his runs were half hearted when at the Knights and we have to hope that doesn’t start happening with us.
💯 agree our backline is our major issue.
I think we are getting much closer to fixing that problem by adding the speed and class of Averillo, Junior Tupou returning and looking like he will continue to improve, we would hope and expect Makasini will be a much improved player next season and I think there were plenty of positives with the NRL experience and progression of Solo Saukuru should we keep him.
I believe we need two more classy outside backs with speed and genuine attacking ability to be genuine NRL starting player contenders and if we do that we can go from a well below par backline to an above average backline.

We need more classy outside backs …so we don’t need to play your man Solo until his defence is up to NRL standards

 

[davey_farrell]

Attard is the only one in our squad with pure genuine speed. Bula once he hits top speed but acceleration isnt the greatest. Wonder if Attard could transition into firsts as a winger.

Unfortunately he is very small in size and struggles to defend at this time in his career

 

[Nonotmeagain]

Think Im in agreement...issue is who pays for him to leave early

Nobody has to pay if he asks for a release on his own.

 

[TigerBurnsy]

I don’t get the Moussa hate… he’s normally got a very low injury rate . Like when we had the former sharks s and c guy we had something like 48 players used those years . What’s your issue ?

I don’t like how our players always look small and a bit undersized or overweight, teams like the dragons a few years back all came back looking like they had bulked up

 

[Tiger Stripes]

Part of me thinks maybe our best bet is to go all-in on 6 Javon Andrews 7 Latu Fainu with an experienced 13 to help them with direction & leadership. This could be a rotational combo of Doeuihi with Kurt Mann.

If AD departs, then bring in O'Sullivan as another experienced back-up half along with Madden to be a mentor as well. Then have a lock rotation of Mann/Twal/Seyfarth/Brailey.

It's becoming a long bench.
Brailey is a must for one spot to rest Api. Three more spots available. Prop, backline, halves?
Doueihi on the bench for covering a number of positions as maybe needed.
Then we need some muscle, strength and stamina on the bench.
Two strong workhorse forwards rotation. Bench filled.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Nobody has to pay if he asks for a release on his own.

That's the key, Doueihi is told his position going forward is lock/centre or back up half only if injuries hit, if he doesn't like it then he will want a release.

Then granted but no freight or stay and play where you're told.