Jnr Paulo returning.

[amitropo]

Announced yet or are they negotiating early release like Moses?

 

[Gary Gutful]

$300k TPA? What could go wrong?

Better minute it in the next board meeting so no-one forgets about it.

 

[emjaycee]

Announced yet or are they negotiating early release like Moses?

Neither.
*winkyman*

 

[Gary Gutful]

Fair call.

I think Paulo is precisely what we need- we have some great workers, and we have a guy in Evans with great speed and line-breaking ability, but lack punch, and pure brute strength.

I think Junior Paulo offers us what we are missing in attack.

He is not a great defender, though.

Yeah. His ability to bend the line will be important.

He’s a f**kwit though and doesn’t have a great attitude.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Neither.
*winkyman*

Winkyman is a good prospect. I hope we sign him.

 

[hineyrulz]

Winkyman is a good prospect. I hope we sign him.

I like the look of Winkyman.

 

[84 Baby]

I give Winko 2 games before we start blaming his shit performances on BAs coaching

 

[oldmancraigy]

Fair call.

I think Paulo is precisely what we need- we have some great workers, and we have a guy in Evans with great speed and line-breaking ability, but lack punch, and pure brute strength.

I think Junior Paulo offers us what we are missing in attack.

He is not a great defender, though.

You mean he isn't a bulk defender.
He isn't bad at keeping his place in the line and stopping that which runs towards him, but he's not a high workrate defender. He won't be surging forward and looking for more tackles.
Partner him with an Alvaro or Mannah type and his low defensive workrate won't be noticed

 

[hindy111]

Fair call.

I think Paulo is precisely what we need- we have some great workers, and we have a guy in Evans with great speed and line-breaking ability, but lack punch, and pure brute strength.

I think Junior Paulo offers us what we are missing in attack.

He is not a great defender, though.

We have some good workers, not great. Guys like Woods currently and Graheme/Tamou in their prime where great workers.
Alvaro and Mannah are far from that level.

 

[emjaycee]

I like the look of Winkyman.

Are you serious... have you seen the dude?
He is f**ken freaky.

 

[TheRam]

If McLean is on around 6-700k then I consider that to be on overs, considering that he is good, but he is a very one dimensional player. Not overly aggressive and hasn't got an offload in him. Junior is on about what he is worth at 6-700k when he is playing to his abilities.

 

[hindy111]

If McLean is on around 6-700k then I consider that to be on overs, considering that he is good, but he is a very one dimensional player. Not overly aggressive and hasn't got an offload in him. Junior is on about what he is worth at 6-700k when he is playing to his abilities.

Agree I see Mclean as a good player who was in a great team.

 

[T.S Quint]

TBH, we won't really know if he's on overs until he plays for us.

 

[Eelementary]

You mean he isn't a bulk defender.
He isn't bad at keeping his place in the line and stopping that which runs towards him, but he's not a high workrate defender. He won't be surging forward and looking for more tackles.
Partner him with an Alvaro or Mannah type and his low defensive workrate won't be noticed

Yeah - that's what I meant.

His work-rate and mobility are a bit of a liability.

 

[Eelementary]

We have some good workers, not great. Guys like Woods currently and Graheme/Tamou in their prime where great workers.
Alvaro and Mannah are far from that level.

I disagree.

 

[lingard]

I disagree.

Me too. I think if we had a couple of star forwards (like, say, Fifita, Woods, Gallen, James Graham, Sam Burgess, etc) and added them to our pack, then Mannah, Brown, Moeroa, Edwards, Mau, Alvaro, etc would grow an extra leg. Not literally, of course. If they did that, they wouldn't be much good to us. (Imagine Mannah trying to grubber into the in-goal with three legs.)

 

[lingard]

Okay, so we've got a big mobile forward. That's very good. Now we still need a representative (current) level forward to complete our pack. And if he's not a hooker, then we need a hooker as well.

 

[Gary Gutful]

But please, for the love of god can we make sure that the hooker doesn't have more than two legs?

 

[T.S Quint]

But still more than one leg though.