Rumoured Signings and Even More Crap X

[Poupou Escobar]

Hopefully we have suitable replacements. No point replacing shit with crap.

We might be better off replacing talented-with-shit-attitude with less-talented-but-better-attitude players though.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

http://mobile.news.com.au/sport/nrl...-for-next-season/story-fndv34of-1226657845869

I can see why the above mentioned players may be moved on but gee I reckon Blair has been hard done by if true - he hasn't been any worse the vai or Sio and is still young enough to improve.

I don't mind Blair, but i suspect he is one of those lazy trainers/players who Stuart wants to weed out. It would explain why he hasn't seen much FG so far this year.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

. Fairfax Media has been told that Maitua, Matt Keating, Ben Smith, Willie Tonga, Ben Roberts, Cheyse Blair, Daniel Harrison, Nathan Smith, Pat O’Hanlon and Matthew Eisenhuth are among those on the chopping block. Some of those on the list have recently re-signed or are on contract for 2014.

http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-league/le...ls-players-shown-the-exit-20130605-2nppz.html

 

[Jake the snake]

Reni should be kept!!! FFS.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

I don't mind Blair, but i suspect he is one of those lazy trainers/players who Stuart wants to weed out. It would explain why he hasn't seen much FG so far this year.

Yeah probably the same reason the roosters got rid of him

 

[Gronk]

Ricky shall now be known as "Chainsaw" after the corporate legend Al "Chainsaw" Dunlap.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

We might be better off replacing talented-with-shit-attitude with less-talented-but-better-attitude players though.

I agree Pou.

 

[Gronk]

Reni should be kept!!! FFS.

Agree merkin.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

So anyone want to guess what hooker we have signed?

Can't see us telling Keating he aren't wanted if we havent got a hooker signed up for 2014, Pritchard is still to young and inexperienced to be our regular hooker.

 

[eel01s]

TBH I don't have any problems with that list*. Obviously POH and Blair didn't impress enough.

* A fit and healthy Willie Tonga would have been a good addition to the side

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Yeah probably the same reason the roosters got rid of him

Unfortunately, yes.

 

[oldmancraigy]

Maybe we can see why now......

Suity

To be a bit more balanced: the knock on Kearney was that he wasn't able to be hard enough on the players.

Perhaps he's more of a contributing factor to current circumstances than a victim of them??

It's only taken his replacement 12 games to kick heads. So it certainly looks as if the past bloke had a part to play

 

[Snoochies]

I'm guessing this wouldn't be a surprise to the players. I am presuming they would have been told from the start they would be playing for their futures.

 

[oldmancraigy]

I'd like to keep Fui and Reni they are not the problem.

Are you serious?

Reni is the captain of the problem! A number of us have been pointing out how he isn't exactly busting his hump out there so far this year.
For a bloke who has been an 80 minute player all his life, he looks winded after 10, and doesn't put up his hand to help his mates defensively.

As a veteran, he ought to be leading the way rather than grudgingly following some 20 year old blokes example

 

[oldmancraigy]

http://mobile.news.com.au/sport/nrl...-for-next-season/story-fndv34of-1226657845869

I can see why the above mentioned players may be moved on but gee I reckon Blair has been hard done by if true - he hasn't been any worse the vai or Sio and is still young enough to improve.

Nah - Blair is hopeless. Doesn't have an ear to listen to the instructions he's being given, and so finds himself out of position far too often, or gets himself into trouble with the touchline far too often.

 

[oldmancraigy]

Reni is more then welcome at the Panthers!

All yours. Perhaps we could trade him for Sika Manu?

 

[oldmancraigy]

We might be better off replacing talented-with-shit-attitude with less-talented-but-better-attitude players though.

Those are the moves Penrith have made over the past 2 seasons. Seems to be working out positively for them so far?

 

[Utey]

This is massive news for the club. I'm excited.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I could very well be wrong, but you definitely are. Just because you say American sports can't be compared to another countries sports doesn't mean you can't. ;-)

You most certainly can compare some Australian sports to some American sports, and the NFL is the closest example of a professional sporting competition to the NRL. It's not a perfect comparison, but it's the best we've got.

Also, as someone already pointed out, the way things go in the U.S. and A generally portends the future of things in Oz.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Here is a question for nrl cap experts - lets say we still have some available cap left for this year - is there anything stopping us by using this cap space by paying "redundancy" payments to players that have contracts beyond this year. Eg we want to get rid of Harrison but he has a contract for next year so we get him to agree to take an extra $100k this year to terminate his contract.