Rumoured Targets 3

[Matt23]

Dufty wishes he had a quarter of the class of Darius.

He has the same half assed jogging kick return as Darius, It's still a no from me.

 

[newyboy]

Dufty wishes he had a quarter of the class of Darius.

Don't start me on that piece of s**t.
England looked slick in patches against the kiwis with 2 best players out. We should start looking to the UK for some cheap quality.

 

[Knight Vision]

by reports he has an attitude problem, Levi + Dufty = cancer

 

[SamSepi0l]

Napa a distant third.
Can kick though. Our new back up half?
Woof.

 

[Knight Vision]

jesus Klemmer is a f**king beast . He's got quite some motor for a big man.

Napa playing for the Roosters gets a free ride in the press obviously. Very average looking stats.If he goes to the bulldogs he'll drop off the radar completely.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Anyone know how his meeting with the Dogs went today? Or if there even was one?

 

[Matt23]

Anyone know how his meeting with the Dogs went today? Or if there even was one?

According to one of those dodgy rumour pages on FB, Klemmer's move here depends on Napa signing with the dogs...

 

[Knight Vision]

Channel 9 reporting he's meeting to finalize leaving the dogs and privately the dogs admit that.

 

[PhilGould]

Daily Telegraph reporting Kurt Mann has requested a release to join the Knights and Dragons will let him go if/when they find a suitable replacement.

 

[Apatus]

Daily Telegraph reporting Kurt Mann has requested a release to join the Knights and Dragons will let him go if/when they find a suitable replacement.

And the dragons are looking at Jayne as that replacement. So it looks like newcastle's decision to not take Jennings means that they get Mann instead.

While Mann may not be a better centre than Jennings, his versatility playing 1-6 brings better balance and allows the squad to have heavier forward depth.

One more to be added to the below and there's no rush to do so, can wait until June to see what the squad needs

1 ponga
2 lee
3 ramien
4 moga/ross/Mann/hunt
5 skd

6 Watson/Mann
7 Pearce/Lino

8 klemmer
9 buhrer
10 glasby
11 fitzgibbon
12 Guerra
13 Herman

14 levi/woolford/griffin
15 dan saifiti/gavet/Jacob saifiti/pasami saulo/josh king
16 dan saifiti/gavet/Jacob saifiti/pasami saulo/josh king
17 sione/Barnett/stone/Brodie jones

 

[Johns Magic]

Barry Toohey a couple of months back said we are looking at Mann as a hooker

 

[macavity]

Going to be strange not having a squad full of randos

 

[Yosh]

Mann to hooker? I thought he was built like one of those big rangey centres. Can he defend? Does he have a footy IQ that's not Levi level? I'll take it!

 

[Johns Magic]

What I’d pick

1. Watson
2. Edrick
3. Ramien
4. Moga(I wanna see how he goes but would want to improve on last year) or Mann/Ross/Hunt
5. SKD
6. Ponga
7. Pearce
8. D Saifiti
9. Woolford/Levi/Mann (genuinely up in the air)
10. Klemmer
11. Fitzgibbon
12. Guerra
13. Ese’ese

14. Glasby
15. Gavet
16. Barnett
17. Buhrer

If you’re leaving out Sione, J Saifiti, any of those backs, Lino etc I think that’s pretty good depth we’ve built

 

[Johns Magic]

Mann to hooker? I thought he was built like one of those big rangey centres. Can he defend? Does he have a footy IQ that's not Levi level? I'll take it!

He’s not overly tall. He’s tough. Brown obviously keen to do a Damien Cook with him.

 

[slotmachine]

It's definitely nice that King isn't getting a run as soon as one middle forward goes down.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

It's definitely nice that King isn't getting a run as soon as one middle forward goes down.

Brown will find a spot for him lol

 

[ryan.a87]

What I’d pick
If you’re leaving out Sione..... I think that’s pretty good depth we’ve built

Its sucks we probably have to leave Sione out of the 17, he deserves to be there after playing through the teams worst years.

I remember when he played for australia, he was going to be "the next folau".

 

[MrTwoBits]

What I’d pick

1. Watson
2. Edrick
3. Ramien
4. Moga(I wanna see how he goes but would want to improve on last year) or Mann/Ross/Hunt
5. SKD
6. Ponga
7. Pearce
8. D Saifiti
9. Woolford/Levi/Mann (genuinely up in the air)
10. Klemmer
11. Fitzgibbon
12. Guerra
13. Ese’ese

14. Glasby
15. Gavet
16. Barnett
17. Buhrer

If you’re leaving out Sione, J Saifiti, any of those backs, Lino etc I think that’s pretty good depth we’ve built

This would basically be my team, but with Sione instead of Barnett (our 2017 player's player in cup is also a good sign of depth).

And I think Brown probably would pick the 2nd of Woolford/Levi/Mann over Buhrer, which makes sense to me. Unfortunately, it seems like Levi's best case is 20-30m impact off the bench.

 

[MrTwoBits]

This would basically be my team, but with Sione instead of Barnett (our 2017 player's player in cup is also a good sign of depth).

And I think Brown probably would pick the 2nd of Woolford/Levi/Mann over Buhrer, which makes sense to me. Unfortunately, it seems like Levi's best case is 20-30m impact off the bench.

That said, I'll clarify my Levi opinion given this is my first forum post.

I've had massive raps on the kid since he was coming through the 20s. Have thought that he came into first grade too early - which was exacerbated by playing behind the worst pack in the comp (basically the successor the Mullen's curse).

But the last half of last year has really drained my confidence in his development.

The most optimistic scenario would be that the additions of Gavet and Klemmer let the kid display how talented he really is, especially his running game off the back of quick play the balls. I guess I'll keep hoping that's the case for the moment.