Rumoured/Confirmed Signings and General Drivel XV

[Chipmunk]

I did in the initial post. The one you had a whinge about was just copy-pasted from a couple of pages back. With additions, like so:

Added Fifita:

Brisbane: Hodges, Milford (contested), Parker
Canberra: Boyd, Edwards, Fensom, Tilse
Lakemba: Graham, Lafai, Lichaa, Mbye, Morris
Cronulla: Fifita, Graham, Holmes
Gold Coast: Douglas, Gordon, James
Manly: None
Melbourne: Bromwich, Griffin, Munster, Smith
New Zealand: Abbey, Bhana, Gubb, Johnson, Kata, Lilyman, Lisone, Lousi, Mannering, Palavi
Newcastle: Leilua, Mullen, Roberts
North Queensland: None
Parramatta: Ma'u
Penrith: Whare
Souths: Grant, Stewart
St George: de Belin, Frizell, Stockwell
Easts: Evans
Wests: Cherrington, Hoeter, Nofoaluma, Sironen, Woods

Well some of us have real lives and we dont just sit and read every post of the League Unlimited Forum, so perhaps you could use the words "Update to the Signing/Re-Signing List" at the top of your post next time

PS - The amount of dribble you put into most of your posts I'm sure another 6-7 words won't make too much difference

 

[Chipmunk]

Aidan Sezer is apparently now on the market although I have doubts about our ability to make him a genuine offer in light of what other clubs might be willing to give him.

Why would a club with Hayne, Norman, Peats and another bloke were stuck with for another year who is on 550K, be in the position to be chasing Aiden Seizer?

Has anyone heard anything that we are still trying to F$&k off Sandow?

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

I'd be a lot more interested in Kevin Proctor or Tariq Sims.

 

[Forty20]

I'd be a lot more interested in Kevin Proctor or Tariq Sims.

Take it for what you will but RLW ran a feature article this week running over each club's recruiting prospects and they reckon we were interested in Proctor (Brad Arthur reporterdly wanted him as a leader for the younger forwards) but balked at the money he was asking for.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Take it for what you will but RLW ran a feature article this week running over each club's recruiting prospects and they reckon we were interested in Proctor (Brad Arthur reporterdly wanted him as a leader for the younger forwards) but balked at the money he was asking for.

Forty, do you reckon Tanginoa or Moeroa are any chance of playing FG at prop (as opposed to back row)? They seem to be the young guys who are innately better than the rest, and both are pretty solid units, and are footballers.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Take it for what you will but RLW ran a feature article this week running over each club's recruiting prospects and they reckon we were interested in Proctor (Brad Arthur reporterdly wanted him as a leader for the younger forwards) but balked at the money he was asking for.

Does this imply BA has little confidence in our current forward leaders?

 

[hineyrulz]

Does this imply BA has little confidence in our current forward leaders?

He should after tonight.

 

[bartman]

I wonder if Mannah (or his manager) is still shopping himself around other clubs? And how disruptive that might be.

 

[Forty20]

Forty, do you reckon Tanginoa or Moeroa are any chance of playing FG at prop (as opposed to back row)? They seem to be the young guys who are innately better than the rest, and both are pretty solid units, and are footballers.

Tanginoa ran for 260m against the Tigers last week at prop and dominated the ruck, even after the Tigers nailed him twice with some good pickoff hits.

He is ridiculously built for his 180cm (even more so in 2014) and has good acceleration and leg drive for the collisions up the middle.

I would say he could make the transition quickly and I dare say the club is looking at doing exactly that with his recent selections in the front row in the 20s.

Moeroa definitely has the potential to undergo a similar transformation but I wouldn't be shocked if he could come close to doing it right now. He has shown in the 20s that he can comfortably shift into the ever popular pseudo third prop when the team has required it this year.

His hitups around the ruck wouldn't be incredible in the NRL but I dare say he could run with as much impact as say, Darcy Lussick and he wouldn't shy away from a solid workload.

He would also give Peats another merkin to go shoulder to shoulder with in defence around the ruck.

Not a bad idea and definitely food for though given our woes in the front row in first-grade.

I also think that Junior Paulo replacing Fui would go a fair way to improving our ability to contest the ruck against the better packs.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Cheers mate.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Well some of us have real lives and we dont just sit and read every post of the League Unlimited Forum, so perhaps you could use the words "Update to the Signing/Re-Signing List" at the top of your post next time

PS - The amount of dribble you put into most of your posts I'm sure another 6-7 words won't make too much difference

That info all comes from a single website. Doesn't take much work to copy it here.

And I'm overseas for work so I have plenty of spare time (if you haven't noticed). I'll be home in a few weeks and have more to do with my time.

I'm not looking forward to it.

 

[Forty20]

That info all comes from a single website. Doesn't take much work to copy it here.

And I'm overseas for work so I have plenty of spare time (if you haven't noticed). I'll be home in a few weeks and have more to do with my time.

I'm not looking forward to it.

You any chance of making it to a game this year?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Forty, do you reckon Tanginoa or Moeroa are any chance of playing FG at prop (as opposed to back row)? They seem to be the young guys who are innately better than the rest, and both are pretty solid units, and are footballers.

Just about anyone can play in the middle, including playing with two 'locks' (i.e. only one genuine prop) but Tanginoa and Moeroa both lack the height to be that genuine prop. Height is essential for the defensive wrestle, including stopping the offload.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

You any chance of making it to a game this year?

I'll be in Sydney in July but I don't know of I'll be able to get to a game. I will try though.

 

[Gazzamatta]

The speed of the play the ball was the huge difference tonight. The Cows were awesome in that area both in attack and defensively. Parras players simply submitted in the tackle on most occasions and hardly fought to slow the play the ball down at all when defending. Our wrestle is poor and our enthusiasm tonight was at a very low level. Hayne had a shocker and the rest of the team followed. That said I thought Gower, Peats and Sandow tried their hardest. Hoppa and Manu also tried hard. I was very dissappointed with Norman. Hard to see the logic behind playing Lassalo but I guess hindsight is a wonderful thing. Sorry Fui but goodness you get owned now days. BA leaving him on the bench for so long tonight was maybe a sign of how he sees Fui at the moment.
The more I see of Parra this year the more I think BA is still in very much a testing frame of mind. Im sure he wants success asap but I get the feeling he is a realist and is as much sorting through his roster for the years ahead as he is trying to win games.

 

[Forty20]

I'll be in Sydney in July but I don't know of I'll be able to get to a game. I will try though.

Good stuff, merkin :thumn

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I wonder if Mannah (or his manager) is still shopping himself around other clubs? And how disruptive that might be.

Well we haven't re-signed him (and he hasn't re-signed with us), which is pretty massive at this stage of the season. Normally you have your best players locked up by the end if pre-season.

It looks like we'll either lose him or pay overs to keep him. I'd prefer the former. Hopefully a few ordinary performances gets him to stay for what we're offering.

 

[Delboy]

Mannah is a decent prop, but he is not what you would call a No 1 prop like Scott, Graham, Bromwich, JWH or even Tamou the like. He should not be offered that sort of money , and probably won't , so as long as we want him to stay and give him an honest offer we should be fine, if he wants no 1 pay then he can go ( unfortunate if he asks too much)

 

[Forty20]

Mannah is a decent prop, but he is not what you would call a No 1 prop like Scott, Graham, Bromwich, JWH or even Tamou the like. He should not be offered that sort of money , and probably won't , so as long as we want him to stay and give him an honest offer we should be fine, if he wants no 1 pay then he can go ( unfortunate if he asks too much)

Pretty much how I see it as well, Delboy.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

+1 Delboy