Rumours and Stuff

[Gherkin]

What are our options if we don’t take Pezet on a 1 year deal
Lorenzo - not ready yet
Papa - decent back up fullback
Hawkins - back up 7, ok as cover for moses
Volkmann - should improve after his 1st year back. Likely just back up at best though
Twiddle - can’t tackle. A back up 1 if anything

Going in with the above means we’re just wasting another season. Not sold on Pezet and his game probably doesn’t complement Moses that well, but he’s better than the above options. Worth a year to give us a chance at the finals. After that hopefully Lorenzo is ready and slots into a spine where the 1,7,9,14 have all played a couple of seasons together
My preference would be to sign Purdue though for ‘27 and agitate for a release. Give him a shot at 6 over the offseason

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Makes no sense after the club played Joash instead of Brown in 25..

2025 was a rebuilding year and Drown wasn't dropped until he had been ordinary for 15 weeks. That was four months after we announced he would be leaving (which was before round two). If Drown had been playing anywhere close to his best, I have no doubt he would've played the entire season. And we would've won more games.

Don't rewrite history to pretend Ryles dropped him as soon as Drown decided to leave. Ryles is a professional, not some pissy fan.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Of course we would have been happy to sign Pezet if it was for 3 or more years...

I am less happy with one year but it's still good business. Who cares if he will go to the Broncos a better player. He will also be on a lot more money over there, at least when you include all his Bronco dollars.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Do you have evidence of this or just assuming because the club management is making the decision they have made the best decision available?

They know their goals and plenty of other information that is opaque to the likes of us.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

You are so much smarter than everybody else on the internet.

Most of them

 

[Legal Eel]

How is it wasted? We need to win games in 2026. We can't blow it up for some theoretical premiership down the track that might never happen.

He will get that with one best option alongside him, not a bunch of nuffies fighting for a jersey. Experience without talent is worth more than the opposite situation.

This is literally your dream....laying the boot into smarting Parra fans - it's what you live for!

The funny thing is that only two things need to happen for you to argue the complete opposite of your current position:

1) if it were announced tomorrow that this was incorrect and that the club had no intention of ever being cuckolded in this way; and
2) if other members of this forum expressed their disappointment that we didn't take the chance of a one year deal

you would be against this Pezet deal that quickly and that vehemently it would not be funny.

You would argue for everything you have opposed tonight.

Everyone knows it and its why you are almost universally regarded as a colossal malicious troll

 

[Poupou Escobar]

If you are really lucky we might get Brad back...

Or Madge. Remember when you merkins were putting shit on him? Apparently he doesn't speak well at pressers and swears too much to the players. He was just lucky he had a great roster at Souths. Now he's lucky to have a great roster at Brisbane. Did he build either squad? No, because it's not his job. His job is to coach the team he's given. That's what coaches do these days. The 90s is in the past.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Give it a rest FFS!

I can't ffs, there's merkins being wrong on the internet!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Williams didn't replace RCG as he also plays second row which is his best position IMO

Sam Tuivati made his debut this year replacing RCG.

Also Williams signed for more than 1 season

Williams would've been signed with the money freed up by RCG, so he was a direct replacement. We signed him knowing we had options in the middle (and RCG wasn't needed) and Williams had utility value. We also signed Kautoga and re-signed Tuilagi. Williams signed for more than one season but we got value out of him for one. Whatever happens in the future doesn't change the fact he helped us this year. He earned his money. Hopefully Pezet does too.

 

[Timana]

Maybe there are other threads at work:

2026 - Pezet to Parra
2027 - Pezet to Broncos, Walsh to Dogs, Galvin to Eels

But in order for that to happen, we need to keep Pezet for a year

 

[TheCrowe]

I can't ffs, there's merkins being wrong on the internet!

You must have rubbed your nipples raw by now

 

[emjaycee]

I wonder if we signed Pezet as a backup for Moses and Joash.
Brisbane couldn't take him until 2027 and he needed somewhere for a year only.
Maybe his option to stay in Melbourne was only if he accepted multiple years and that didnt work for him?

Lots of possible reasons it's a 1 year signing and none of us fans know.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How is it wasted? C'mon Pou you are smart enough to figure that out...

The best option an 18 gamer that's out the door the next season? Not the best option along way off it..

As someone else mentioned sign DCE for a season..

You assume DCE wanted to come to Parra for whatever we've offered Pezet, or even at all.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

This is literally your dream....laying the boot into smarting Parra fans - it's what you live for!

I'm telling them to look at the positives and stop making us look like a bunch of f**king whingers. Try looking forward to next season, not death riding us every f**king year.

The funny thing is that only two things need to happen for you to argue the complete opposite of your current position:

1) if it were announced tomorrow that this was incorrect and that the club had no intention of ever being cuckolded in this way; and
2) if other members of this forum expressed their disappointment that we didn't take the chance of a one year deal

you would be against this Pezet deal that quickly and that vehemently it would not be funny.

You would argue for everything you have opposed tonight.

Everyone knows it and its why you are almost universally regarded as a colossal malicious troll

No, I agreed with you merkins that it was very disappointing to miss out on Galvin. I just refused to blame anybody at the club. Galvin is our enemy, not the people who tried to bring him to Parra.

But I looked at the positives in that we used Galvin's cap space to sign Da Silva, who I also expect to become a very good player. I just don't think he will be as good as Galvin, who I expect to play 20+ Origin games.

 

[Arbitaar1]

Didn’t realise he had played so little games. Papali played 13 so only 5 less.

To be honest he played one good game against the dogs in a very strong Melbourne storm outfit. Is he really that good? Surely between volkman, Hawkins and Papali we have it covered. I mean is pezet better than any of those 3? And even if he ends up better we don’t get to see the benefits, Brisbane do.

 

[jason taylor]

What are our options if we don’t take Pezet on a 1 year deal
Lorenzo - not ready yet
Papa - decent back up fullback
Hawkins - back up 7, ok as cover for moses
Volkmann - should improve after his 1st year back. Likely just back up at best though
Twiddle - can’t tackle. A back up 1 if anything

Going in with the above means we’re just wasting another season. Not sold on Pezet and his game probably doesn’t complement Moses that well, but he’s better than the above options. Worth a year to give us a chance at the finals. After that hopefully Lorenzo is ready and slots into a spine where the 1,7,9,14 have all played a couple of seasons together
My preference would be to sign Purdue though for ‘27 and agitate for a release. Give him a shot at 6 over the offseason

Honestly I don't get the Purdue hype. Sure they've been limited opportunities, but he really didn't prove that he's a future first grade half during the short stint the Cowboys gave him this past season. I think he's another Burton - his best position is centre.

If the 1 year Pezet signing is true, I think the most likely rationale is that Ryles & co are betting on Talaitana, but believe that he needs a full year in NSW cup to properly develop (which this will give him). In my view this is a positive step and shows again that Ryles is quite flexible and willing to change course (not doubling down on the idea of Papali'i being a five eight), while keeping an eye on long-term solutions.

 

[lucablight]

He can be the main man at Brisbane. He can't at Parra until Moses is gone.

It’s not our problem.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

If the 1 year Pezet signing is true, I think the most likely rationale is that Ryles & co are betting on Talaitana, but believe that he needs a full year in NSW cup to properly develop (which this will give him).

Do you think he will develop better in reserve grade than in the NRL? I've read that throwing blokes into the NRL before they're ready can stunt a player's growth, because he learns bad habits out of sheer survival instinct. Iongi came to us ready for the NRL because he played almost 60 games in reserve grade. Other players get thrown in early (e.g. Galvin, Talagi). Do they never reach their potential, or is there some maturity that allows a select few players to learn the right lessons while under pressure to win NRL games?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

It’s not our problem.

No it's his problem and might be another reason he wanted to join Brisbane in 2027.

 

[DaveMc]

i think Parra again are ahead of the game and at the cutting edge of Rugba Leeg strategy. I wouldnt be surprised to see Parra signing players on a monthly basis going forward.

I’d watch myself - there’s one particular 5/8 with player options for 2027 onwards who might be of interest to Parra post-Pezet …