Rumoured/Confirmed Signings 2011/2012

[Cocidius]

Fair question.

I think it would have to do something with his father. You would think they named there first born son after the father and to avoid confusion they gave him the nickname 'Junior'; which probably stuck as his name!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yeah mate I know how it works. I have (had) a Samoan foster brother.

 

[Casper The Ghost]

How can Junior be the older of the two?

You are pushing the boundaries of intelligence on this forum. Lay off.
They have no hope of climbing your mental Everest.

 

[Casper The Ghost]

From what I can gather, Esi and Willie will be our left wing and left centre, respectively. That means either Loko has to develop his right-side running game (amongst other things) or he can be used as an impact second-rower, much like Tony Williams (that is if we sign Willie). If we sign Tim Lafai - which would be a massive signing - he would definitely play right centre, with either Loko or one of our other wingers (Atkins, Toutai, Sio, Morgan, etc) playing at right wing.

Agreed Boxy and this supports what I was saying, just forgot to mention left and right side. Best we have centers & backrowers who can play or learn to play left or right.

 

[boxhead]

I'd imagine if we sign Lafai then surely we wouldn't sign Linnet as well and vice versa?
Unless we are going to use both of them on the same side?
Scary.....if we manage to sign any of the three.

 

[Ike E Bear]

I'm in danger of actually being excited/hopeful for next year ... that's a worry.

 

[Casper The Ghost]

I'd imagine if we sign Lafai then surely we wouldn't sign Linnet as well and vice versa?
Unless we are going to use both of them on the same side?
Scary.....if we manage to sign any of the three.

As the sun sets over the end of this NRL season we will all be salivating over the future prospects of our club.
Look forward to seeing who are all the players we have actually signed, those who stay on and those we have let go of or who chose to move on for whatever reason.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Agreed Boxy and this supports what I was saying, just forgot to mention left and right side. Best we have centers & backrowers who can play or learn to play left or right.

Most of them can change sides pretty easily, but many of them will be far more effective on one side than the other.

Loko has a brutal right hand fend, to the point where I don't think I've ever seen him carry the ball in his right. He's also got that footwork to get him on the outside (left) of his man - most players can't do that to both sides of a defender.

One player who can step off either foot is Willie Tonga, but he's played just about every game in his career at left centre, so he's bound to be better there than on the right.

And as for converting a centre to the wing, it's not that easy, especially if he's never played there much - defending kicks is such an important part of the game and requires good awareness and decision-making, which isn't going to come just because a guy is big and fast. It's generally easier to convert a fullback.

That said, if I was going to convert any of them it would be Loko.

 

[Casper The Ghost]

Most of them can change sides pretty easily, but many of them will be far more effective on one side than the other.

Loko has a brutal right hand fend, to the point where I don't think I've ever seen him carry the ball in his right. He's also got that footwork to get him on the outside (left) of his man - most players can't do that to both sides of a defender.

One player who can step off either foot is Willie Tonga, but he's played just about every game in his career at left centre, so he's bound to be better there than on the right.

And as for converting a centre to the wing, it's not that easy, especially if he's never played there much - defending kicks is such an important part of the game and requires good awareness and decision-making, which isn't going to come just because a guy is big and fast. It's generally easier to convert a fullback.

That said, if I was going to convert any of them it would be Loko.

Agreed - To coach a bunch of players who can cover other positions when one of their own has fallen in the heat of battle creates a team of champions and makes them very hard to defeat. Off season training and once or twice a week drills on playing other positions is all part of making this happen. Having players with such versatility skills helps a lot. In practical terms, it seems SK, Nolan, Arthur's, & co are doing a fantastic job of making all this happen.

 

[CrazyEel]

Agreed - To coach a bunch of players who can cover other positions when one of their own has fallen in the heat of battle creates a team of champions and makes them very hard to defeat. Off season training and once or twice a week drills on playing other positions is all part of making this happen. Having players with such versatility skills helps a lot. In practical terms, it seems SK, Nolan, Arthur's, & co are doing a fantastic job of making all this happen.

:shock: Where did Mr gloomy future go?

 

[Casper The Ghost]

:shock: Where did Mr gloomy future go?

Well its obvious you have not been reading Casper's posts over the past few months or so.
Where the f**k is Suity when you need him.
Oh, thats right he's creating his next leaning suburban dream tower of Piss-za for us all to marvel at.

 

[Jason70]

Pretty sure it is Joseph and not Junior that we have signed.
As for Lafai i don't think he is coming to us.
I think we have signed or are close to signing a forward and from what i have been told on other sites it is a realy good 1st grade siging.

Any ideas who this forward is, not sure there are 2 many good ones off contract, with the exception of Blair, who is asking for too much cabbage anyway

 

[Casper The Ghost]

Any ideas who this forward is, not sure there are 2 many good ones off contract, with the exception of Blair, who is asking for too much cabbage anyway

Well if he wants too much cabbage then throw in a few rabbits, that will help to cull the cabbage.

 

[Stagger eel]

what are the chances of us getting him mate?

NFI mate! But it does appear despite him being under contract with the dogs he's still linked to us!

 

[CrazyEel]

Well its obvious you have not been reading Casper's posts over the past few months or so.
Where the f**k is Suity when you need him.
Oh, thats right he's creating his next leaning suburban dream tower of Piss-za for us all to marvel at.

Can someone please translate :?::

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

NFI mate! But it does appear despite him being under contract with the dogs he's still linked to us!

lol ok. Maybe they are still after Reddy and would be prepared to let Lafai go to get him. But it looks like Joel could be off to Wests.

 

[Casper The Ghost]

Can someone please translate :?::

:lol:

Said months ago that we have to maintain club stability. Regardless of all the bullshit that went down in removing Daniel Anderson, something I still find incredibly disgraceful and disgusting, and as there is no way of bringing back DA, I do not want to support any further disruptions to the club. I fully support SK & co in rebuilding and running the squad in their image/likeness and wish only the very best for all players, members and fans. SK & co have my full support. However, I have lost a lot of respect and trust with/for PO and the others of 3P, etc, all involved in the undermining of DA and the lies they peddled to cover up their true intentions which they set out to do well before the 2010 season began. Suity acknowledged and appreciated my support in SK & co, & in my intentions when I posted such thoughts months ago.

 

[CrazyEel]

Thanks Casper, that was a good translation and I now fully understand.

 

[Casper The Ghost]

Thanks Casper, that was a good translation and I now fully understand.

Now back to the pixies and garden gnomes you go. :lol:

 

[Iz_an_eel]

Well if he wants too much cabbage then throw in a few rabbits, that will help to cull the cabbage.

:lol::lol::lol: