Rumoured Targets 3

[Spot On]

How much would you offer Haffa?

 

[Haffa]

How much would you offer Haffa?

Not what he's on at Penrith. But he'd still be a 400 to 600k with 3rd Party a year forward.

 

[Knight Vision]

I'd take Merrin although on reduced coin, his experience would be invaluable to the young fellas, althougb he's not the explosive agro prop we need. Would offer Pangai Jnr an offer he cant refuse to not sign with the drongos and come back home. I'd also have a 3rd party in contact constantly in the ear of Kapow and Klemmer.

 

[Yosh]

I'd take Merrin although on reduced coin, his experience would be invaluable to the young fellas, althougb he's not the explosive agro prop we need. Would offer Pangai Jnr an offer he cant refuse to not sign with the drongos and come back home. I'd also have a 3rd party in contact constantly in the ear of Kapow and Klemmer.

Is Merrin actually available or is it just rumors he might be available because of the situation at the Panthers?

I'm not sure what kind of offer Pangai Jnr, Kapow or Klemmer are getting offered, but surely we can match it and more? I know offering overs feels crappy but what use is the money in the bank? It's there to be used right? We're not poor like we're used to be. As a fan I would be happy to see the club pay 1.5 times whatever the other clubs are offering if we can get Klemmer or Pangai Jnr...

 

[Swarzey]

He's not. There's rumours of him being moved on to alleviate cap pressure when their younger forwards come off contract; same with Tamou. At this point, whoever comes up in discussions is either under contract for next year and so on or their contract expires next year.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Sio is up for contract. Do we keep him?
I would but not on a lot of money. He's made mistakes but has been reasonably solid. Still our highest try scorer.
He's not a first grade kicker but has taken on the task when we have nobody else.
If we keep him I reckon it's as a reserves player that can step up when we are hit with injuries.

 

[Pedge1971]

Sio is up for contract. Do we keep him?
I would but not on a lot of money. He's made mistakes but has been reasonably solid. Still our highest try scorer.
He's not a first grade kicker but has taken on the task when we have nobody else.
If we keep him I reckon it's as a reserves player that can step up when we are hit with injuries.

So we offer him scraps. But where do we spend the real money we have in the cap ffs?

 

[Old dog]

We need experienced back up for reserves, Sio and to a lesser extent Denniss have that along with Ross they would play reserves and fill in for injuries, you bring in new, Ramien, Lee and virtually Moga you get rid of the likes of Allwood, Naden, Cronan etc you build up strength, but still look out for top player especially a goal kicker that will most likely cost money. We don't have a recognised goal kicker in 1sts or reserves, Ponga?

 

[Yosh]

If I was Sio, I would have spent every second that I wasn't training with the team, practicing goal kicking by myself. He'd make invaluable to the team if he was a 80% kicker. If he was kicking 1 or 2 more goals a game, that's the same as a try. Kurt was a shotty goal kicker but improved drastically. If Sio was a 80% plus goal kicker, he'd have to be in the team considering we have no kickers.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

If I was Sio, I would have spent every second that I wasn't training with the team, practicing goal kicking by myself. He'd make invaluable to the team if he was a 80% kicker. If he was kicking 1 or 2 more goals a game, that's the same as a try. Kurt was a shotty goal kicker but improved drastically. If Sio was a 80% plus goal kicker, he'd have to be in the team considering we have no kickers.

And with a kicking coach.

 

[Knight Vision]

And with a kicking coach.

don't we have a kicking coach ? If not thats a major oversight considering how many games are won or lost by 1 - 2 points

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

don't we have a kicking coach ? If not thats a major oversight considering how many games are won or lost by 1 - 2 points

We would have one but some, even experienced kickers, seem to benefit from an outside party coming in.

 

[PhilGould]

https://www.newcastleknights.com.au...racker-the-type-of-athletes-brown-is-chasing/

Interesting that Brown mentions Tevita Pangai and Addin Fonua-Blake by name as the type of players they're looking for. We've obviously been linked to Pangai previously and could be again depending on what happens with Bennett, but with what's going on at Manly Fonua-Blake could be someone we're looking at too.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Fonua Blake would be a fantastic buy. Tapau would be nice too...

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

https://www.theherald.com.au/story/...ponga-make-your-kangaroos-test-squad/?cs=7580

- Signed Warriors high performance coach
- Looking at one of Mason Lino, Matt Frawley or Troy Dargan
- Still room in the cap for 3 marquee signings

 

[PhilGould]

Lino is a good little player in attack, it's a shame he can't tackle. Wouldn't have minded picking up Ryan Matterson.

 

[Snikt]

What's everyone's thoughts on giving Pythian another chance?

Hes been carving up at 5/8 for Burleigh and we need halves depth

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

What's everyone's thoughts on giving Pythian another chance?

Hes been carving up at 5/8 for Burleigh and we need halves depth

That's up to Wests

 

[Frederick]

What's everyone's thoughts on giving Pythian another chance?

Hes been carving up at 5/8 for Burleigh and we need halves depth

Won't happen. Would make the club look like a laughing stock. It's unfortunate, but he knew the rules and was stupid enough to break them. The club has worked hard to change its image, resigning him won't help

 

[Yosh]

We have space for three marquee signings? Kapow, Klemmer and Tevita Penjai.