Rumoured & Confirmed Signings - Part 5

[CCJohnC]

Edwards can't pass a football it's bizzare, at least when playing on the right

Wrong again. You should watch some of last seasons games again.

 

[CCJohnC]

Exactly.

Nice to see you back.

 

[Smug Panther]

Wrong again. You should watch some of last seasons games again.

Watched them all a few times. He simply can't ballplay at all. 15 years ago Edwards would have been an elite fullback but the game has moved on, sides figured us out at the end of the year and were shutting down Nathan and Luai. We had nothing out the back to challenge them with

 

[CCJohnC]

Watched them all a few times. He simply can't ballplay at all. 15 years ago Edwards would have been an elite fullback but the game has moved on, sides figured us out at the end of the year and were shutting down Nathan and Luai. We had nothing out the back to challenge them with

I think injuries at the end of last season had some impact don't you?

 

[murraymob]

Watched them all a few times. He simply can't ballplay at all. 15 years ago Edwards would have been an elite fullback but the game has moved on, sides figured us out at the end of the year and were shutting down Nathan and Luai. We had nothing out the back to challenge them with

At what point did they figure us out .Was it full time after the grand final or during the victory parade as the buses went to the ground

 

[Smug Panther]

I think injuries at the end of last season had some impact don't you?

Some yes. Nathan didn't change his game at all, the crazy f**ker was still taking the line on and hitting in defence

 

[CCJohnC]

Some yes. Nathan didn't change his game at all, the crazy f**ker was still taking the line on and hitting in defence

Not forgetting Edwards played with a broken foot and was really man of the match.

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

Some of the hyperbolic reactions to the Kenny extension are insane. Couldn’t get a run at any other NRL club? You’d think we’d just re-signed Sione Katoa or something. Kenny is not as good as Koroisau, we get it. The problem is there are no elite hookers on the market.

The club hedged their bets, thankfully they aren’t as naive as some posters who want to pin all our hopes on an unproven teenager who’ll probably play cricket anyway. If Kenny develops in the next 12 months, great, if not we reassess then.

Well said. The games that Kenny played hooker he didn't let anyone down. 55 tackles against the Storm....the game Penrith won without Cleary 12-10. Those who pronounce doom and gloom, are the old stagers at it again.

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

Nice to see you back.

Thanks. I've been watching a bit of ashes cricket......

 

[Original Name]

Watched them all a few times. He simply can't ballplay at all. 15 years ago Edwards would have been an elite fullback but the game has moved on, sides figured us out at the end of the year and were shutting down Nathan and Luai. We had nothing out the back to challenge them with

Saying he can't pass is an exaggeration. He has displayed some quick hands a handful of times or just played an overlap a handful of times. Rather than the slick quick hands or an extravagant cut out it's more squaring up consistently that he doesn't do.

 

[maple_69]

The other thing is our movement to the right is generally pretty sloppy. Critta chimed into a couple nice movements when he was fullback with freakish passes which he is capable of but the final pass out there is always under way more pressure than Luai typically deals with on the left. We need to improve the fluency of the whole edge to add some potency and make us less predictable and fullback is one of 8 guys that play a role in that.

 

[ACTPanthers]

Some of the hyperbolic reactions to the Kenny extension are insane. Couldn’t get a run at any other NRL club? You’d think we’d just re-signed Sione Katoa or something. Kenny is not as good as Koroisau, we get it. The problem is there are no elite hookers on the market.

The club hedged their bets, thankfully they aren’t as naive as some posters who want to pin all our hopes on an unproven teenager who’ll probably play cricket anyway. If Kenny develops in the next 12 months, great, if not we reassess then.

@martielang care to weigh in here brother..?

 

[CCJohnC]

Thanks. I've been watching a bit of ashes cricket......

As an old Pom don't mention the cricket.

 

[Whino]

I found the cricket boring this year. Same old every 4 years. Thrashings. I would have liked a bit competitiveness. I can't watch 4-0 or 5-0 scorelines every 4 years.
I am actually looking forward to the series in England in 18 months time. We are getting closer to winning over there and the Poms usually put up a fight in England.

 

[Iamback]

I found the cricket boring this year. Same old every 4 years. Thrashings. I would have liked a bit competitiveness. I can't watch 4-0 or 5-0 scorelines every 4 years.
I am actually looking forward to the series in England in 18 months time. We are getting closer to winning over there and the Poms usually put up a fight in England.

Which is why I found the whinging about the blowouts over the top. Cricket most years is a blowout in fact most sports are now

 

[Munky]

Which is why I found the whinging about the blowouts over the top. Cricket most years is a blowout in fact most sports are now

I've said elsewhere that analytics across all sports are going to cause blow outs.

If you know an athlete's exploitable deficiencies you run the same plays over and over.

No reason to do anything else.

It takes good coaching and hard work to eliminate them.

I'd love to see what advanced metrics are sold to NRL teams by the stat providers or even if teams have their own staff creating metrics from film analysis.

 

[Kilkenny]

Riley Smith didn’t make the final squad for the Under 19 World Cup in the West Indies. I believe he may be leaning towards an NRL career from what I’ve heard. Whether he is good enough is another thing, talented certainly but it takes more than talent alone. Should get a better idea of his prospects with a full season this year in Flegg/NSW Cup.

 

[Kilkenny]

I think Mitch Kenny is a lot better than he is given credit for. Probably doesn’t have a running game to put defences in two minds but does everything well in my opinion.

 

[Kilkenny]

If your the real deal at Cricket, we’ll that’s where the big money is. At the elite level your earning capacity far exceeds even the top earners in the NRL, particularly if you are good enough to play all three forms of the game.

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

Wrong again. You should watch some of last seasons games again.

I agree John that is silly talk.