Rumoured and Confirmed signings - Part 4

[billypilgrimnz]

I would be worried that JWH will come to us off the back of two b2b premierships for a big pay day and not have the same incentive to rip it up. Story as old as time.

 

[roofromoz]

Someone mentioned earlier that they've warmed to the idea of the JWH signing. I'm definitely in that boat too.

Dude was unlucky not to win the CC. When was the last time we signed someone like that?

Not CC but Preston Campbell had won the Dally M a couple of years before arriving at Penrith.

EDIT - Paul Dunn was the medalist in 1988, came to Penrith in 1991. Brent Kite won it in 2008, came to Penrith in 2014.

 

[maple_69]

I’d prefer a Welch who could strengthen the rotation now as well as transitioning into the forward leader (along with JFH) when Tamou retires and Leniu is nicely seasoned. JWH means we’d lose two old heads around the same time. If it’s a two year deal though we could fill in the experience gap later.

Grabbing a few more fringe first graders with upside is a must as well. Would love to grab any of Izaia Perese, Lachlan Timm, Nicholls/Williams/Keighran, Harry Grant, Billy Brittain or Mawene Hiroti.

 

[Pomoz]

I guess the point I was trying to make was that you could give Ivan the Roosters' or Storm's 2019 roster and they wouldn't be a Top 4 team. I think he's incapable of setting the high standards required of the players, not just at training but away from the club also.

Sadly, I think most here understand it too - Ivan wouldn't know how to build a team to a comp. You could give him all the pieces of a premiership team but he'd be more focused on who he doesn't have, or who's injured, rather than developing what he has into a unit with a single focus to be The Best by setting the highest performance standards.

He, and this club, needs to lose the "battler" mentality/perception. Elite players don't want to sign for battlers when they can sign for an elite/successful club instead. The club needs to be doing what needs doing to be The Best. But Brian, Dave & his mate are all used to being battlers, so even though they're running the club they probably don't even recognise that there is an alternative approach. And that it starts with them.

This +1000. 42 years of a battler mentality is hard to shift.

 

[Bob]

I’d prefer a Welch who could strengthen the rotation now as well as transitioning into the forward leader (along with JFH) when Tamou retires and Leniu is nicely seasoned. JWH means we’d lose two old heads around the same time. If it’s a two year deal though we could fill in the experience gap later.

Grabbing a few more fringe first graders with upside is a must as well. Would love to grab any of Izaia Perese, Lachlan Timm, Nicholls/Williams/Keighran, Harry Grant, Billy Brittain or Mawene Hiroti.

I’m with you on this, Timm would be a good acquisition, I’d try and pick up enari Tuala cowboys right centre and Jai Field, a little small but a good ball playing fullback for the drags

 

[kinghippo]

I would be worried that JWH will come to us off the back of two b2b premierships for a big pay day and not have the same incentive to rip it up. Story as old as time.

If we do get him let’s hope he plays like he does for the Roosters and not like he does for New Zealand

 

[The Realist]

Someone mentioned earlier that they've warmed to the idea of the JWH signing. I'm definitely in that boat too.

Dude was unlucky not to win the CC. When was the last time we signed someone like that?

We signed Brent Kite who has won a CC in a winning effort, though admittedly we got him 6 years after, and well and truly out of his prime.

 

[DrStange]

Trent Robinson just confirmed on channel 9 news that JWH will be resigned by the Roosters and won’t be going anywhere . Next ...

 

[franklin2323]

Trent Robinson just confirmed on channel 9 news that JWH will be resigned by the Roosters and won’t be going anywhere . Next ...

Of course they have a cap of $12m.

 

[unKwn]

Trent Robinson just confirmed on channel 9 news that JWH will be resigned by the Roosters and won’t be going anywhere . Next ...

we’re really about to sign no one this off season

 

[mxlegend99]

Trent Robinson just confirmed on channel 9 news that JWH will be resigned by the Roosters and won’t be going anywhere . Next ...

Ivan and our recruitment committee are killing it... thank god we got rid of Gus.

 

[Dave's mate]

Another bullet dodged. We don't need to be spending that sort of cash on a prop

 

[franklin2323]

we’re really about to sign no one this off season

Who has signed anyone this off season? The next couple of weeks is when it starts

 

[Black Magik]

Penrith to secure Cronulla discards Woods and Moylan.

 

[Luke Bowden]

Penrith to secure Cronulla discards Woods and Moylan.

Really, where did you read that? Or are you guessing?

 

[mxlegend99]

Penrith to secure Cronulla discards Woods and Moylan.

Woods is actually a decent hard working front rower. For the right price he would be decent.

 

[TheEroticGamer]

Woods is alright at club level just keep him away from origin.

 

[Westernised Panther]

Woods has always been much maligned, but at least his fall from grace wasn’t as big as RCGs.....

 

[Black Magik]

Really, where did you read that? Or are you guessing?

Guessing like all the other sourced informants

 

[age.s]

Woods went from being massively overrated to being moderately underrated. Decent player who'd offer something a bit different from the bench.