Rumours (signings, sackings & other NRL stuff)

[WA Tiger]

Feedback from nofos time at the storm indicates to me he was more of a larukan than you’d think.. even when dealing with Bellamy in team meetings.. that some fans took what he said serious was neither here nor there to him

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Feedback from nofos time at the storm indicates to me he was more of a larukan than you’d think.. even when dealing with Bellamy in team meetings.. that some fans took what he said serious was neither here nor there to him

It was a bit of a tragic ending for him here. I thought he got a bit precious.

But a young guy, red blooded and he had many good games.

Kind of a bumpy landing in a plane to end his career…not helped by his teammates.

But on the whole, yeah it was quite a fair career. I’d give him that.

Autograph? Yes I’d ask him for one. He could score a good try.

 

[WA Tiger]

It was a bit of a tragic ending for him here. I thought he got a bit precious.


But a young guy, red blooded and he had many good games.

Kind of a bumpy landing in a plane to end his career…not helped by his teammates.

But on the whole, yeah it was quite a fair career. I’d give him that.

Autograph? Yes I’d ask him for one. He could score a good try.

Endings are seldom flavoursome.. mine anyway.. we’ve all had them.. funny how everyone’s an expert on the details? Actually not

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Endings are seldom flavoursome.. mine anyway.. we’ve all had them.. funny how everyone’s an expert on the details? Actually not

Yep.

So often we only get a slice of the whole.

I’ve been watching Kenty lately, he’s got good info on some things but alas he’s still judging people.

This time Shibersaki. A couple of us on the comments section coughed a bit!

The dust hasn’t quite settled…

 

[Tiger05]

It was a bit of a tragic ending for him here. I thought he got a bit precious.

They overpaid him on his last contract and it was a massive issue or at least the club made it a massive issue. He was at some point barely first grade level on top dollars.

Prior to that though he scored plenty for us and he could belt it up as well. His defense was always a bit iffy but he never played in good teams so it's a bit hard to focus on him. I just saw Munster get run over twice in a short period of time.

Another big problem was the club favored Nofo over Korobiete. Koro was one of the best wingers I've ever seen.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

They overpaid him on his last contract and it was a massive issue or at least the club made it a massive issue. He was at some point barely first grade level on top dollars.

Prior to that though he scored plenty for us and he could belt it up as well. His defense was always a bit iffy but he never played in good teams so it's a bit hard to focus on him. I just sure Munster get run over twice in a short period of time.

Another big problem was the club favored Nofo over Korobiete. Koro was one of the best wingers I've ever seen.

Interesting, thanks.

 

[Tiger Ted]

I think buds on more than what noffa was on …and a few others that came to nought.. Not sure why the fixation with noffa … at least he performed outstanding for a time at the club .. many were paid more than him and gave back zilch…or worse, if that’s possible

Yeah no denying he was good in the early yrs of career with us.When he signed the 5ook/yr deal he regressed & didn’t go close to delivering per the exorbitant salary for a winger who was a woeful defender.The ingrate was served breach notices for disciplinary issues including turning up to training hungover.Then he had the gall to shit on the club when he left.Buds contract was also ridiculously disproportionate to his ability albeit spine players do command more than wingers.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

And imho, if Taylan May wasn’t doing the personal yards, I’d be the first to tear his contract up.

And at some stage, once he’s done his personal time, he should be permitted to put that chapter behind him be treated free from aspersions.

 

[WA Tiger]

Yeah no denying he was good in the early yrs of career with us.When he signed the 5ook/yr deal he regressed & didn’t go close to delivering per the exorbitant salary for a winger who was a woeful defender.The ingrate was served breach notices for disciplinary issues including turning up to training hungover.Then he had the gall to shit on the club when he left.Buds contract was also ridiculously disproportionate to his ability albeit spine players do command more than wingers.

Drunk at practice, once, shit happens …I’d rather at practice than impersonating a drunk during games..woeful defenders are a dime a dozen..Ive seen plenty of wt players paid more than nofo (much more) who started at the club permanently regressed..and referred to as “a nice guy” and “we wish him well”? …re defence, again, if the guy inside nofo gos for the inside man nofo has 2 players to tackle. Thats pretty standard and there seems to be no way of fixing it ever....I think it’s all a bit exaggerated myself ..like I said I’m puzzled why? At least he gave back and provided some pride for the club unlike plenty of others who were paid more and were only woeful.

 

[Tiger Ted]

Drunk at practice, once, shit happens …I’d rather at practice than impersonating a drunk during games..woeful defenders are a dime a dozen..Ive seen plenty of wt players paid more than nofo (much more) who started at the club permanently regressed..and referred to as “a nice guy” and “we wish him well”? …re defence, again, if the guy inside nofo gos for the inside man nofo has 2 players to tackle. Thats pretty standard and there seems to be no way of fixing it ever....I think it’s all a bit exaggerated myself ..like I said I’m puzzled why? At least he gave back and provided some pride for the club unlike plenty of others who were paid more and were only woeful

He certainly isn’t Robinson Crusoe re defensive deficiency.Probably my biggest bugbear about this club is our perpetual ineptitude re defense.I certainly would never begrudge players earning as much as they can irrespective of merit albeit we’ve had more than our fare share of mercenaries who stole a lucrative salary like Blair Packer & Mbye

 

[WA Tiger]

He certainly isn’t Robinson Crusoe re defensive deficiency.Probably my biggest bugbear about this club is our perpetual ineptitude re defense.I certainly would never begrudge players earning as much as they can irrespective of merit albeit we’ve had more than our fare share of mercenaries who stole a lucrative salary like Blair Packer & Mbye

Now we’re talking
I think the extreme and varied opinions of nofo tells more about the person with the opinion. Any player with the ability to beat a man and score tries in the manner in which he did and hit the line as hard and for as long as he did, with no sense of self preservation and be able lift my spirits as much as any player at wt has, including Benji, …gets a place on my pedestal.. the rest of that stuff tho noteworthy, for me doesn’t rate and can be a concern for the managers of the club, girlfriends and whoever else can’t get past them..

 

[AKA Das Hassler]

I hope there was something going on with KPP at the knights which has effected his game...not encouraged by this signing but maybe he just needs to be out of there...hope so

 

[Tiger05]

I hope there was something going on with KPP at the knights which has effected his game...not encouraged by this signing but maybe he just needs to be out of there...hope so

I think he'll be good but I haven't seen much of him

As sad as it sounds I'm going of fantasy points. He averages 55, Kikau gets 50, Preston gets 56, Angus Crichton gets 50 and Samuela gets 40.

 

[glockers]

Part of me wonders if the Roosters would be open to an approach for DCE take him for one year while Fainu plays in the 14. Doeuhii at 13.

And yes I realise we have too many halves under contract - those named above and Mason, Madden, Sullivan.

 

[Tigerm]

Part of me wonders if the Roosters would be open to an approach for DCE take him for one year while Fainu plays in the 14. Doeuhii at 13.

And yes I realise we have too many halves under contract - those named above and Mason, Madden, Sullivan.

I think Sullivan is gone and Benji has sort of indicated Doueihi at 7, with Latu at 13?

 

[AKA Das Hassler]

I think he'll be good but I haven't seen much of him

As sad as it sounds I'm going of fantasy points. He averages 55, Kikau gets 50, Preston gets 56, Angus Crichton gets 50 and Samuela gets 40.

Sounds like as sure a way of figuring it out as any

 

[AKA Das Hassler]

I think Sullivan is gone and Benji has sort of indicated Doueihi at 7, with Latu at 13?

Hope so on all three

 

[TheDefinitionOfMadness]

I hope there was something going on with KPP at the knights which has effected his game...not encouraged by this signing but maybe he just needs to be out of there...hope so

The Knights had a deliberate game plan all year long to play low risk, safety first footy. I guess they thought a high completion rate would translate to a lot of wins. At the end of the day they weren't able to achieve any of that.

I think that hampered him quite a bit. You hear people talk about what a good attacking player he was in the UK, and the above is the only thing I want to think about that would explain why he was rarely sighted at Newcastle.

Of course, the other reason I don't want to think about is that he's not up to NRL standard. Time will tell. I'm not sure what he's like in defence.

Does anyone know what we're paying him. The Knights were paying him over $800k according to recent reports. That's a crazy amount. I hope we're not paying the same.

 

[Crazyperpman]

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

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