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Spud_Murphy
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A damaging back rower, a prop and Curtis Rona then we'll be full.
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Don't know about him. Rochow has his ticket though.
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He's got the air con up full blast…
I think Gunners said he worked with Huth's old man and they were getting close to sorting something out.
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In a year or two. They're still just babies. They're fine in the centres at the moment.
Not quite full yet - and I've heard Ivan say that himself.
I agree with Spud. Need a quality back rower and one more mongrel front rower plus a really strong fast winger (such as Rona - although that sounds like a stretch to becoming a reality). I think the first half of Sunday's game showed clearly how important a strong finisher on the wing can be.
Also showed how good a crafty dummy half can be as well - and we don't have one of those either (unless Liddle steps up of course).
I agree with Spud. Need a quality back rower and one more mongrel front rower plus a really strong fast winger (such as Rona - although that sounds like a stretch to becoming a reality). I think the first half of Sunday's game showed clearly how important a strong finisher on the wing can be.
Also showed how good a crafty dummy half can be as well - and we don't have one of those either (unless Liddle steps up of course).
Tiger_Steve
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
bigsiro
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Don't we need a **centre** to replace Naiqama? Suli and Masters are good prospects but are very light in experience and no ball playing ability. Need work.
And some speed on the **wings**? (Rona may solve that, Milne looks great but is another unknown…Nofa looked great on the weekend but ultimately he is awfully slow - Fanua not too dissimilar)
Re **FB** - Is Tui pencilled in at this stage? And is he going to be the full-time goal-kicker? If so, I'm happy with that. He was a very astute signing. Great game vs Manly!
**5/8** looks sewn up in Reynolds and Marshall. Tui can also fill in if need be.
Big question-mark at **halfback**. Brooks has had a season to forget. Again. In 78 career games over 4 full seasons he has had only a handful of "good" games - and no great games (that I can recall anyway). He has never commanded the middle, dominated a game or kicked well for a whole match.
I don't care that he re-signed. I'd be replacing him quick sticks.
Who do we have in the **second row**? ET is solid at lock but Eisenhuth and McQueen are two-dimensional and ordinary IMO. Having said that, Eisenhuth may develop, I guess. But neither strike fear into an opponent. We need a mobile, running forward who is a tackling machine. Most teams have one.
**Locks** in Matulino and Packer look the goods. Twal needs development and Sue coming off the bench is a bonus. Position is a bit thin but with a few other back-ups in Grant and Aloiai we can survive.
**Hooker** looks like it has to be Liddle. McIllwrick to back-up. Without doubt this has proven a huge weakness since Farah left (like it or not).
Let's not wear rose glasses - even with Matulino our forward pack would be the weakest in the comp. It lacks aggression, mobility and ball-players.
A bench comprising of a mix of Benji, Twal, Aloiai, Grant, Idris could be effective. IMO we need another impact player.
Lawrence, Lovett, CheeKam, Naiqama need to be dropped.
And some speed on the **wings**? (Rona may solve that, Milne looks great but is another unknown…Nofa looked great on the weekend but ultimately he is awfully slow - Fanua not too dissimilar)
Re **FB** - Is Tui pencilled in at this stage? And is he going to be the full-time goal-kicker? If so, I'm happy with that. He was a very astute signing. Great game vs Manly!
**5/8** looks sewn up in Reynolds and Marshall. Tui can also fill in if need be.
Big question-mark at **halfback**. Brooks has had a season to forget. Again. In 78 career games over 4 full seasons he has had only a handful of "good" games - and no great games (that I can recall anyway). He has never commanded the middle, dominated a game or kicked well for a whole match.
I don't care that he re-signed. I'd be replacing him quick sticks.
Who do we have in the **second row**? ET is solid at lock but Eisenhuth and McQueen are two-dimensional and ordinary IMO. Having said that, Eisenhuth may develop, I guess. But neither strike fear into an opponent. We need a mobile, running forward who is a tackling machine. Most teams have one.
**Locks** in Matulino and Packer look the goods. Twal needs development and Sue coming off the bench is a bonus. Position is a bit thin but with a few other back-ups in Grant and Aloiai we can survive.
**Hooker** looks like it has to be Liddle. McIllwrick to back-up. Without doubt this has proven a huge weakness since Farah left (like it or not).
Let's not wear rose glasses - even with Matulino our forward pack would be the weakest in the comp. It lacks aggression, mobility and ball-players.
A bench comprising of a mix of Benji, Twal, Aloiai, Grant, Idris could be effective. IMO we need another impact player.
Lawrence, Lovett, CheeKam, Naiqama need to be dropped.
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VanillaThunder
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Can't forget that it's a top 30 next year on full time contracts. That's literally a first 17 plus the run-on side for reserve grade. Looking at our squad from that perspective, we've still got gaps to fill. Using Milky's thread as a bit of a guide plus a few hopeful signings of my own (marked with a *), here's what I've got.
1\. Lolohea // Marshall-King
2\. Nofoaluma // Watene-Zelezniak
3\. Suli // Naiqama*
4\. Fonua // Milne
5\. Rona* // Thompson
6\. Reynolds // Gamble
7\. Brooks // Marshall
8\. Matulino // Felise
9\. Liddle // McIlwrick
10\. Packer // Grant*
11\. Taylor // Rochow
12\. Lawrence // Idris*
13\. Eisenhuth // Aloiai
14\. Marsters
15\. Twal
16\. Sue
17\. McQueen
There's question marks over the health of McQueen & Lawrence, no guarantees that we'll have either Rona or Naiqama, and that top 17 isn't ideal either (but I think will be closer to reality). Still leaves the likes of Tatola, Lolo, Chee-Kam, the new Newcastle kids and Heleta as squaddies for reserve grade.
There's definitely work to be done, especially if we don't see a few of those with an asterisk around next year.
1\. Lolohea // Marshall-King
2\. Nofoaluma // Watene-Zelezniak
3\. Suli // Naiqama*
4\. Fonua // Milne
5\. Rona* // Thompson
6\. Reynolds // Gamble
7\. Brooks // Marshall
8\. Matulino // Felise
9\. Liddle // McIlwrick
10\. Packer // Grant*
11\. Taylor // Rochow
12\. Lawrence // Idris*
13\. Eisenhuth // Aloiai
14\. Marsters
15\. Twal
16\. Sue
17\. McQueen
There's question marks over the health of McQueen & Lawrence, no guarantees that we'll have either Rona or Naiqama, and that top 17 isn't ideal either (but I think will be closer to reality). Still leaves the likes of Tatola, Lolo, Chee-Kam, the new Newcastle kids and Heleta as squaddies for reserve grade.
There's definitely work to be done, especially if we don't see a few of those with an asterisk around next year.
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He's a backrower by trade, there won't really be a transition required for him.
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We're still waiting for the firesale to start. A couple of clubs are going to have to shed players.
Tiger_Watto
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Too many cheap seats on our top 30 bus… Keep shopping Ivan and we can throw a few more off if needed!
Love_the_WestsTigers
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i had forgotten about him
Id be inclined to keep Idris, Kevin and Grant as solid back ups if we dont sign anyone else
And fore sure re-sign ET
We need to stop selling ourselves as a club Short.
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