Rumoured/Confirmed Signings and More Crap XVI

[bartman]

Loko to Dogs?

http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-league/le...ta-eels-centre-jacob-loko-20140626-zsn5f.html

It all comes down to whether an early release would allow us to use Loko's contract money to extract a better return than someone with bung knees sitting on the sidelines season after season.

It could be a good way to pay for future upgrades to retain our talented juniors that are actually taking the field, or to go into the player market and sign someone to bolster a different position.

But even though he gets a mention in that article, let's not just sign Inu because he's being shopped to us. Let him pursue the rugby union option instead.

 

[Avenger]

Matterson has a sublime passing game and his short kicking game is pin point. He has great size for a half. I've said it many times he reminds me of a young Scott Hill.

 

[bartman]

But size aside, does he have the technique to tackle the big NRL guys....?

 

[Maroubra Eel]

He can tackle. He's 6 foot 3 and 100 plus kg's. He's not a small man.

 

[Avenger]

Loko is contracted until the end of 2016. I dare say he has signed for about $300k. That's good value if he comes back in 2015. The Dogs would obviously be offering more to entice him to ask for a release. Personally I think the kid owes us and should stay loyal assuming we still want him.

Hayne, Hoppa, Tepai, Gower and Goodall are the next players we should re-sign. To accommodate them I would not re-sign Terepo, Jo Paulo and Sio. Moimoi and Ben Smith are almost certain to retire. I'd also be looking to release Allgood and even Lussick to accommodate the priority re-signings if we need to get under the cap.

 

[parra pete]

Tim Smith, half a prospect????......:crazy: FMD

 

[Avenger]

Tim Smith, half a prospect????......:crazy: FMD

In 2005 and in 2007 he was very good.

 

[caylo]

thats a pretty big call, avenger. I hope he is as good as you say minis the baggage Tim had.

Manly let hodkinson go for DCE, Souths let Sandow go for Reynolds - it does work sometimes.
By 15/16 matterson will be 21/22 . Sandow has fire but you can't build a club around him, you need a team to do the basics and compete in the grind before an X-factor player can do his damage and we have hayne to do that. A good example is the Tiger after they lost Scott prince, benji was not enough to take the tigers to the finals after prince left and benji at his best was twice the player sandow will ever be.

 

[bartman]

He can tackle. He's 6 foot 3 and 100 plus kg's. He's not a small man.

Fair enough. He looks smaller in the photos.

I'll look forward to watching his development into a first grader in coming years.

 

[Bigfella]

Hopefully his photos get bigger each year

 

[Jake the snake]

The bulldogs can go and get stuffed!

 

[Chipmunk]

Matterson has a sublime passing game and his short kicking game is pin point. He has great size for a half. I've said it many times he reminds me of a young Scott Hill.

He sounds like he is a similar size to Curtis Sironen, who appears more that he is going to play in the back row. Is this where Matterson is going to end up or is he a genuine half?

 

[Chipmunk]

Tim Smith, half a prospect????......:crazy: FMD

I'd have to agree that Tim Smith has probably been the best player we have had in the 7 since Sterlo retired.

 

[Chipmunk]

Liam Foran is going to London at the end of the year, the Wenty RM cup side will miss him greatly

Didn't we get Foran because he got home sick living in the UK? Seems a strange decision to go back there.

 

[jason taylor]

I'd have to agree that Tim Smith has probably been the best player we have had in the 7 since Sterlo retired.

That says more about the quality of half backs we have had over the past 3 decades than the talent of Tim Smith.

 

[spiderdan]

That says more about the quality of half backs we have had over the past 3 decades than the talent of Tim Smith.

you are kidding, right?

like him or not, Tim smith's numbers, especially in 05, show he had the ability to be a top line half. unfortunately he had his own problems that outweighed his ability on the field long term. John Simon was hardly a hack either. unfortunately he wasn't what Brian smith wanted at the club after his strong first year with the eels. he wasn't the first or last good player we lost because of Brian.

and yes, you had a solid year at parra too.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Absolutely. If Tim Smith had continued his development as a player rather than succumbing to his affliction and going backwards he would have played for Australia, given what he was capable of in his rookie season. He had massive ability.

 

[spiderdan]

yep.
smith's rookie stats were better than any other half I can recall by a long way.

 

[oldmancraigy]

i think no rookie halfback has ever won a comp.

Smith must have been as close as anyone else to achieving the feat?
How many minor premierships have we won in the last 30 years? Smith was a massive part of one.

It isnt unfair to suggest substance abuse killed a career.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Didn't Smith have like 40 try assists in 05 or something? Massive.