Luke Bowden
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You didn’t enjoy my post? lol
That’s a scathing review! Hahahaha
You didn’t enjoy my post? lol
Good one, there have been a few like poor Greg. It's a tough business, the NRL.Remember schoolboy Greg Waddell? I vaguely can, but after his leg injury, he was history yet the club continued to spit out marvellous talent.
https://forums.leagueunlimited.com/threads/greg-waddell.474315/
This overly positive or negative stuff goes both ways. Remember all the wanking about how great Waqa Blake is? About how we were wasting his prime years by not using him enough. Some on here at the time were hyping him up like he was as good as Joey Manu is now and it was only because we weren't giving enough ball that he wasn't considered a top 2 or 3 centre.
He's gone to the Eels and he's been a liability there, their worst player by far last year and he was in a good team.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/dr...y/news-story/9e41583fd4708c5d38b3728fbaf8d812
This is what i was talking about regarding having benji in the squad
The loss of tamou was huge. I know we had no plans to keep him but still huge.
Tetevano- similar but not to the same extent. Unplanned and left us in a slight hole.
One thing that hasn't been mentioned is the work tamou did off the ball. In an around marker.
Like it or not Leota and Spencer are a long long way of being up to Tamous standard in that department. Leota is not great laterally and both he and Spencer gas out quickly. I have no doubt they will improve but it is still a huge area they will need to get better at. Our defence was next level last year and we won games off it. I worry we have lost a bit losing tamou.
These forums frustrate me. Long time reader and very rarely post but if people think the club has been efficient this off season... wow! Have they really tho, take the panthers jersey off and look without the bias.
Yeo- was never going to leave, could've been upgraded ages ago, for probably cheaper.
Critchon- not sure why the club let it string out so long. It was obvious after 6-8 games he was going to be something special. They agreed to handshake deal way before the finals then it got dragged out and we got strung along by his management.
Staines- allowed him to test market when the club obviously had plans not to keep mansour.... just let Staines bump up his own price before releasing sauce.
Luai- again, the club obviously would have known by mid season last year he was the plan. Him and Nathan havealways been fantastic together. They left it (still) to long getting it done.
Burton- i understand not being able to resign..cant compete with ludicrous money. For all his love by all on here he is hugely untested. Played a few nrl games and you are all in love. Luai absolutely killed it in his first few nrl games... even without experienced halves by his side. Yet you all threw him on the scrap heap for burton before a ball was kicked in 2020.
I have no doubt that a few juniors will step up re Lindsay Smith and others. But letting go of tets, sauce, tamou, whare, will have an effect.
Look at how many players we used last year. It wasn't 17 or 18 or 21. Sure we look strong 1-20. But 21 odd to 25 is largely untested and young....
25 onwards we don't even have and trials start next week.
A few simple facts.
1. We know players wanted to test their value so didn't take up early offers. Club can't hold a gun to their head and force them to sign.
2. Still paying for RCG and Blake.
3. People wanted Burton after the two games they played together and Burton was the better half, not pre season.
Welcome to the forum.
now on to this post
Say we keep Tamou, Mansour etc... we lose guys we plan for the future with
That would of been a horrible off season in that case
The amount of people that think a contract extension is a quick thing is mindblowing
No no no footy players are basically just sacks of meat for our entertainment. They should sign contracts early at a much lower rate, for ya know reasons.....Welcome to the forum.
now on to this post
Say we keep Tamou, Mansour etc... we lose guys we plan for the future with
That would of been a horrible off season in that case
No no no footy players are basically just sacks of meat for our entertainment. They should sign contracts early at a much lower rate, for ya know reasons.....
Doing what people are saying is why teams like Tigers, Cowboys etc. Have been in the top 8. You have to think strategically not emotionally.
Exactly.
I do get that we have had juniors over hyped in the past. This is different
Guys like Crichton and co were a big part of doing what only a handful of teams have before.
Staines for Mansour looks like a risk but it isn't like he is the only option. Naden is a better winger than centre. Him going also allows Mom to come in. So you really just strengthen the right side at the cost of a winger
Exactly what I've been trying to get across. The roster is better balanced now.
I have no doubt we will have a strong year and I can't wait for it. But to think the club have done a fantastic job in the off season is just crap.
Im sure they will release burton for napa or another prop and when luai or cleary go down injured we will all be screaming out for why the club let burton go in pre season.
We'll he will no doubt be let go because we are seriously short on front rowers pre season and the club left us in this position by not being prepared. I hope it doesn't cone back to bite us!
Nah i say whoever proves worthy on the trials, my money is on salmon to have a blinder, and force his way in past momohttps://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...1/news-story/8abc93135b500aab69359b7b94082211
According to his manager, Brent Naden has volunteered to do a month in reggies, the article banner reads different though...Momorovski to centres rounds 1-4 then?