Rumoured Targets 3

[The Axe of Druss]

i think Nanai will be too expensive as the weeks go by. Great potential but I feel a team like the tigers will give him silly money as theyre losing both Leilua and Tuilagi

Theyre getting Papalii though who is on fair coin

I like Nanai but id not want to invest big $ in another back rower, we have Frizell already. I like what ive seen of Momoseia and id also like to see Thompson get a few reps on an edge

 

[Jono078]

Who was the poster that say the Knights should sign Peachy?
26 nil down and he’s clowning around with the cameraman

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I wasn't against us signing Peachey, thought he could have added something. He's at the Tigers and they're a basket case as is, so who knows what he would have been like here... But yeah that's a screen grab and a half! Wouldn't want to show that to Tigers fans and sponsors!

 

[Yosh]

Totally random and off just that one game on the weekend: I think Jackson Hastings would be a great signing. Looks like a he would be a big upgrade over Mann to play 13. Mann has been good but I would love to see us get Hastings as starting 13 and Mann 14 off the bench.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

No thanks

Ive had enough of us chasing teams cast offs and has beens

 

[Joel-22]

Mann is two games into playing 13 and has looked good (as predicted by anyone who wasn’t blinded by a hatred for him due to him playing poorly at 6 - a position that doesn’t suit him at all). Mann will only get better at 13 as the season goes on

 

[Sir Galahad]

Totally random and off just that one game on the weekend: I think Jackson Hastings would be a great signing. Looks like a he would be a big upgrade over Mann to play 13. Mann has been good but I would love to see us get Hastings as starting 13 and Mann 14 off the bench.

surprised we werent after him before and was perhaps worth a punt considering his asking price wouldnt be much .

I can only think character was an issue?

 

[Sir Galahad]

Mann will only get better at 13 as the season goes on

We all hope and pray this is the case. Sadly it wont be.

 

[PhilGould]

Character has always been the issue with Hastings. Talent wise he has been good enough to be an NRL half since he was about 19 but hard to establish yourself when everywhere you go your teammates don't like you. Was the case even as a junior coming through the Dragons & NSW/Aus systems.

 

[Yosh]

surprised we werent after him before and was perhaps worth a punt considering his asking price wouldnt be much .

I can only think character was an issue?

That game against us, I think it showed that he had changed. It would have been easy to just glide along but he tried to take the game by the scruff of the neck. Really impressed.

 

[Knight Tales]

Will Pryce just got 10 weeks for a tackle! Apparently it is a shocker.

 

[ryan.a87]

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Will Pryce just got 10 weeks for a tackle! Apparently it is a shocker.

Just YouTubed it….yeah…pretty bad

 

[PhilGould]

 

[Knight Tales]

Terrible tackle but the Superleague is a far tougher comp than it was a few years ago. The games are a lot closer. More defensively biased now. Toulouse the bottom team, just beat St Helens who were undefeated.

 

[Jono078]

That was a bad one but I get the feeling he won't do that again.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

That was a bad one but I get the feeling he won't do that again.

He got 10 weeks because he was charged last year with a dangerous throw too

 

[Yosh]

Looks strong and aggressive. Let's get him here already!

 

[Burwood]

He knew straight away that it was a terrible tackle- put both his hands up the second it happened. Glad the other guy was ok and shook his hand after.

 

[Sir Galahad]

jeez he's a strong young fella, just rag dolled the guy.

 

[Woosh]

League icon Andrew Johns has revealed why he wanted embattled halfback Luke Brooks at the Knights, saying he feels "really sorry" for the Wests Tigers star.

Brooks has become somewhat of a whipping boy for Tigers fans amid a horror start to the 2022 season which sees the club second-last on the ladder with a minus 32 point differential.

The 27-year-old was heavily linked with a move to the Knights during the off-season, with Newcastle looking for someone to fill the void left by Mitchell Pearce.

However, with $1.7 million and two years still left on Brooks' Tigers contract, the Knights were unable to pry him out, much to Johns' disappointment.

"He's got all the tools to be a top-line player," Johns told Wide World of Sports' Freddy and the Eighth.




"He should've played representative football, and for whatever reason he hasn't reached his potential, and I still think there's opportunities for him to reach his potential.

"It doesn't look like (he will reach his potential at the Tigers). I feel really sorry for Luke Brooks in some ways.

"I'd hate for him to retire and not have played representative football or not to have played semi-final football, he's too good a player not to."

Johns re-joined Newcastle in a newly-created coaching consultant role at the end of last season, and shared what his advice to Brooks would be, had he joined the club.

"I'd ask him, 'What's your game? Tell me your game. What's your strengths? How do you like to play? Where do you want the ball? How do you like to get the ball to your backrower?'," he said.
"I'd go, 'OK, here are the players around you, what players suit you?'. Work them out and master them and once you've mastered them and everyone around you knows, then you can build from there. I'd totally simplify the way he plays."

NRL: Andrew Johns wanted Luke Brooks at Newcastle Knights, Wests Tigers news, updates

www.google.com.au

Interestingly Joey admitted on 9 yesterday that he chased Brooks hard during the off-season to be Pearce’s replacement.
Sounds like he still wants to sign Brooks.
What are your thoughts girls?
Has George done enough?

 

[Sir Galahad]

NRL: Andrew Johns wanted Luke Brooks at Newcastle Knights, Wests Tigers news, updates

www.google.com.au

Interestingly Joey admitted on 9 yesterday that he chased Brooks hard during the off-season to be Pearce’s replacement. Sounds like he still wants to sign Brooks. What are your thoughts girls? Has George done enough?

Clune is doing ok but then again he hasnt had a blow torch applied to him as yet so hard to form an opinion.

That article sounds like a massive public play to get Brookes. He would be so mentaly scarred, it may be the point of no return for him now. I put my faith in the 8th.