Rumoured/Confirmed Signings and General Drivel XV

[Poupou Escobar]

wighton is a pretty good defender from what I have seen. Good move by Stuart to actually use him in a position he is more comfortable playing.

He and campo may be good defenders so far but by the same token, Tim smith only missed one tackle in his first seven games.

Really? But that was his first seven games.

Wighton has played centre (where the first requirement is good one-on-one defence) at NRL level plus his defence is proven over 20+ games. Campese is noted as a good defender, for a half anyway.

I expect they will remain the game's strongest defensive halves, meaning Canberra run out for every game with less defensive liability than any other team.

 

[oldmancraigy]

But Canberra are the 6th worst defensive team?

Sure, Wighton/Campo might give them size 3 in from the edge, but they are fragile around the ruck.
From what we saw last season, Ricky ain't great at coaching defensive structure in the modern game - or perhaps he just didn't care (possible).

 

[Sensai Cobra]

Anyone seen the rumours thread?

 

[Gary Gutful]

I heard some rumours about what happened to it but I am not sure where to post them.

 

[The Elephant In The room]

Really? But that was his first seven games.

Wighton has played centre (where the first requirement is good one-on-one defence) at NRL level plus his defence is proven over 20+ games. Campese is noted as a good defender, for a half anyway.

I expect they will remain the game's strongest defensive halves, meaning Canberra run out for every game with less defensive liability than any other team.

From what I've seen of both pairings, I'd actually rate the Manly pairing of DCE and Foran as the games strongest halves pairing.

And without looking at ineffective tackles, NRLstats.com have DCE/Foran making 121 tackles, with 12 misses (10% miss rate), with Campo/Wighton making 144 with 16 misses (11% miss rate)

 

[yy_cheng]

I heard some rumours about what happened to it but I am not sure where to post them.

mate it is just that the general drivel is dominating the thread

 

[The Elephant In The room]

mate it is just that the general drivel is dominating the thread

It's what we do best

 

[The Phelan Folly]

Ive heard a rumour that Pou is the smartest person he has ever met, though i dont have a link so cant substantiate it.......

 

[Poupou Escobar]

From what I've seen of both pairings, I'd actually rate the Manly pairing of DCE and Foran as the games strongest halves pairing.

And without looking at ineffective tackles, NRLstats.com have DCE/Foran making 121 tackles, with 12 misses (10% miss rate), with Campo/Wighton making 144 with 16 misses (11% miss rate)

They are strong defenders too, mostly because Foran is so good. Cherry-Evans still gets carved up from time to time when teams are able to isolate him.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Ive heard a rumour that Pou is the smartest person he has ever met, though i dont have a link so cant substantiate it.......

I've met a couple of people that are smarter than me, but I generally avoid them.

That's why I spend so much time here.

#OnlyGayInTheVillage

 

[Twizzle]

It's what we do best

if we were gonna dribble shit we need somewhere to do it

why f**k up 2 threads ?

may as well just dribble on in here

 

[lingard]

Yeah he was bloody good attacking edge forward until maybe around 2007 or so. He still managed to score 60 tries for us, he could hit holes in his early days.

That's fine, but he really wasn't in the same class as Ray Price (in terms of attack). He certainly was one of Parramatta's best ever players, though. No doubt about that.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Price scored 78 tries in 11 seasons for the eels, Hindy scored 60 in 15 seasons

 

[hindy111]

if we were gonna dribble shit we need somewhere to do it

why f**k up 2 threads ?

may as well just dribble on in here

Well realy all threads slowly turn into dribble after 1-2 pages don't they? lol

We need a stat too see who's posts last before the thread starts to turn to dribble. :shock:

 

[Forty20]

Tariq Sims apparently negotiating for a release from his contract with the Cowboys in order to move to Sydney according to Triple M.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Tariq Sims apparently negotiating for a release from his contract with the Cowboys in order to move to Sydney according to Triple M.

------> Roosters.

:sarcasm:

 

[strider]

------> Roosters.

:sarcasm:

yeah everyone comes to sydney to be a rooster or bulldog - and maybe that poor unfortunate club souths

 

[Forty20]

Surely the Roosters wouldn't stand in the way from South Sydney or Canterbury making another addition to their respective packs?

 

[Pazza]

I'd love to see Tariq in the blue and gold!

 

[Daren]

He is unhappy in Townsville and is looking for a return to Sydney , he would look good in blue and gold