Rumours and Stuff

[hindy111]

But we're talking about centre, which requires defence first and foremost. Gennings' defensive issues won't be resolved at his age whereas Parry just needs a stronger upper body. He'll probably have one by March.

George can play centre. Played more game in centre for Wenty then wing.

 

[strider]

He's worth $800k+ as a winger. But if he gives all this money away to 'causes' then it's obviously still important to him. He'd be getting a lot less than $1.3M after tax and would therefore have less to give away.

Bunnies $s .... they are like Broncos $s, just fluffier

 

[Soto]

George can play centre. Played more game in centre for Wenty then wing.

Whole hearted player. Good carry of the ball. Probably too many errors in his game to be a regular 1st grader. Like his aggressiveness but not sure can cut it defensively as a centre in 1st grade. Can do a job if needed but not a season long fill in

 

[Poupou Escobar]

George can play centre. Played more game in centre for Wenty then wing.

The thing is he's never played centre in first grade (neither has Parry). He would've played centre at Wenty because he's a better defender than most other options. I believe Parry only played centre in reserve grade. Gennings has played both positions.

 

[hindy111]

The thing is he's never played centre in first grade (neither has Parry). He would've played centre at Wenty because he's a better defender than most other options. I believe Parry only played centre in reserve grade. Gennings has played both positions.

George looks superior to me that's all.

 

[lingard]

As backups maybe but we probably need another top 17 centre, unless Parry or Salmon step up by round one.

If we could find a top 17 centre who can also play fullback, we'd be laughing.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

George looks superior to me that's all.

Well he did this year, but not by much, and Parry is only 20 years old so he has more upside. He could be much better than Gennings by the start of 2020.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

If we could find a top 17 centre who can also play fullback, we'd be laughing.

Lomax.....

 

[Spooner]

Lomax.....

How much do we have in the cap to spend? Canberra have been successful in recruiting Pommies so successful that they were a sniff away from wining the big prize.
They have also prized away Trey Mooney - a forward who won pretty much all representative honours he could.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The only junior rep honour that matters is under 20 Origin, and even half of those never become genuine first graders.

 

[hindy111]

What's Grevsmuhle doing these days?

 

[hindy111]

Jacob Loko was far more hyped then Stefano. So was T rex.
Plenty clubs have lost better players. Roosters just lost Latrel Mitchel. Storm lost Bill Slater and Cooper Cronk.

Yeah we may if lost 10 jnrs this year. I have no idea how this part works. All I can say is our best players don't seem to be our jnrs anyhow.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

No but I'd have liked to. But obviously W-T have and paid big $ to get him. Must be something there.

I'm not suggesting that he's a bad deal for them, but I don't think he's critical to our future....and he's already had a couple of decent injuries in a young career.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Jacob Loko was far more hyped then Stefano. So was T rex.

Tony Williams achieved everything in the game. I don't know why merkins think they're entitled to rubbish his career. If there's a knock on him it's that he didn't reach 200 games, but 170 is still more than most ever achieve, plus he's still on an NRL contract for 2020.

 

[T.S Quint]

Tony Williams achieved everything in the game. I don't know why merkins think they're entitled to rubbish his career. If there's a knock on him it's that he didn't reach 200 games, but 170 is still more than most ever achieve, plus he's still on an NRL contract for 2020.

I agree.
He’s not an example of a hyped player who turned out to be nothing. He’s more of an example of a top class player who had a massive fall from grace due to injuries and seemingly being massively overpaid.

 

[Spooner]

The only junior rep honour that matters is under 20 Origin, and even half of those never become genuine first graders.

That is true - selections in the under 20’s seem to be generally based on players who have played NRL or are on development contracts.

 

[hindy111]

Tony Williams achieved everything in the game. I don't know why merkins think they're entitled to rubbish his career. If there's a knock on him it's that he didn't reach 200 games, but 170 is still more than most ever achieve, plus he's still on an NRL contract for 2020.

I should of said he had a short career. At his best he was the best 2nd rower in game. I think he had 2 or 3 good years in his 12yr career.

 

[yy_cheng]

Maybe we should get Morgs back

 

[Avenger]

Others closer to the club will know better than me but wasn't there some tension with his old man and BA/coaching staff about him not getting a run in 1st grade early this year/ pre-season training? I know he got injured in the pre-season trial but there was talk prior to this happening...Something along those lines. I think this was further heightened when Stefano didnt get a run in 1st grade particularly with some players leaving kept getting selected.
Was he ready? Maybe not. I watched a fair bit of wenty play this year and he wasn't outstanding, didnt particularly dominate but he did have good carries and was providing a nice 1-2 hitup combo with Mannah. Held his own against seasoned players in the canterbury cup. Definitely worth 15-20 mins in a couple games in 1st grade.
Endurance didn't appear to be a problem with nice long stints..maybe attitude..
Good luck to the kid. Heaps of potential.

We wanted to keep him. Our offer was a little less per year than theirs but he decided to leave. He was highly rated.

 

[Avenger]

Some other updates:

Matterson has a great attitude, professional and has made a huge impression with his leadership.

Jennings was on massive coin in his last year and is still contemplating our offer which is less than half of what he earned in the last year.

Semi will not return to us. We don't have enough in the cap.

There is an expectation that we will go very close next year.