Rumoured Targets 3

[Hardcore_Fan]

How many minutes do people expect Kasiano and Eastwood to play each week if they were here at the Knights?

More minutes than if they weren't here

 

[Spot On]

More minutes than if they weren't here

Insightful.

Any chance of attaching a number to that profound answer or would that require you to think too hard?

 

[Sydney Knight]

Insightful.

Any chance of attaching a number to that profound answer or would that require you to think too hard?

32 minutes for Eastwood and 39 minutes for Kasiano

 

[Hardcore_Fan]

Insightful.

Any chance of attaching a number to that profound answer or would that require you to think too hard?

Go put a tampon in.

 

[Haffa]

He is a class player and there isn't much of a market for him. We have mountains of cash and no one to spend it on. He would be a huge upgrade on Pete. Not stupid at all.

Or should we just play further under the cap because we have decided we might as well have bog average backs to go with our shit forwards?

We are pretty much exclusively Friday 6pm and Saturday at 530 so the no Sunday thing would only matter in the finals. Will never happen though sadly.

 

[Spot On]

Go put a tampon in.

Was it too challenging a question to think about???

 

[Spot On]

32 minutes for Eastwood and 39 minutes for Kasiano

Well done. At the moment that's about all they play for Canterbury all things being equal. Kasiano less than 30 mins a lot of the time.

Obviously we cant spend much to pay 2 blokes to warm the bench for more than half a game each week. They shouldn't expect a lot of coin.

 

[Hardcore_Fan]

Was it too challenging a question to think about???

What the f**k is up your ass champ? Go have a nap.

 

[Spot On]

Geez, if only some of our players had an angry switch like HCF.

You mad!

 

[Glendale]

You're totally spot on, Spot On.

Fatiano can barely last 10 minutes per stint. Feastwood plays about 40 mins a game.

They're a long way from what we need.

 

[Hardcore_Fan]

They are better than what we have.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

You're totally spot on, Spot On.

Fatiano can barely last 10 minutes per stint. Feastwood plays about 40 mins a game.

They're a long way from what we need.

What we need is players who will make our team better.

Kasiano is way better than any of our bench forwards, he's an angry giant who makes big metres off every carry and has a good offload as well as a bit of passing ability. Something which none of our current props have got, or at least they're not showing it. Sure he doesn't play big minutes but none of or front rowers play big minutes as it is now, and none of them actually offer the impact he does. He's not going to turn us around but he'd be a good piece to have in the puzzle I reckon.

As I've said about Eastwood before, I'm not really a fan but he'd still probably offer more than our current bench forwards. It all comes down to money at the end of the day. If the dogs pay some of his wage and we can get him for cheap then there's no reason not to get him just for the experience he would bring.

 

[Caped Crusader]

He is a class player and there isn't much of a market for him. We have mountains of cash and no one to spend it on. He would be a huge upgrade on Pete. Not stupid at all.

Or should we just play further under the cap because we have decided we might as well have bog average backs to go with our shit forwards?

No what we need to do is spend money on players in positions we have a need for. Hooker, front row, halves, etc. Certainly not average outside backs that may be slightly better than the ones we have but will certainly cost us more

Just throwing cash at any player available, regardless of position, isn't going to make us better

 

[Spot On]

What we need is players who will make our team better.

Kasiano is way better than any of our bench forwards, he's an angry giant who makes big metres off every carry and has a good offload as well as a bit of passing ability. Something which none of our current props have got, or at least they're not showing it. Sure he doesn't play big minutes but none of or front rowers play big minutes as it is now, and none of them actually offer the impact he does. He's not going to turn us around but he'd be a good piece to have in the puzzle I reckon.

As I've said about Eastwood before, I'm not really a fan but he'd still probably offer more than our current bench forwards. It all comes down to money at the end of the day. If the dogs pay some of his wage and we can get him for cheap then there's no reason not to get him just for the experience he would bring.

Well though out.

My original question was meant to spark some thought and debate to the merits of buying players like Kasiano and Eastwood. Not once did I say they were no good or not as good as what we have or that they would not make the team better.

The facts are, neither of them play big minutes and to buy players like them we must have starting props capable of being effective on average 60 mins per week to justify playing them like Des does.

Do we have that?

Personally, if they were squeezed out of the Dogs I'd hope they weren't expecting huge dollars to play less than half a game a week.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

Personally, if they were squeezed out of the Dogs I'd hope they weren't expecting huge dollars to play less than half a game a week.

Yeah this is what I had in mind. I have a feeling they're on decent coin at the dogs so if they were to come here I'd expect Brown to only agree to a deal if the dogs were paying a reasonable portion of their contract. I'm happy with these sorts of players coming here if they're willing to play moneyball. It would be nice for us to have another team over a barrel for a change.

 

[newyboy]

We are going shit for so long and may dig ourselves out eventually, why sign SKD and bring more shit to the club.

 

[macavity]

No what we need to do is spend money on players in positions we have a need for. Hooker, front row, halves, etc. Certainly not average outside backs that may be slightly better than the ones we have but will certainly cost us more

Just throwing cash at any player available, regardless of position, isn't going to make us better

You are being deliberately ignorant of just how much cash we have. We can upgrade in the backs AND sign positions of need.

And at any rate, not exactly many "positions of need" realistically players available to us and willing to talk right now.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Knights are looking at Mitch Rein according to Toohey.

I assume Kostjasyn's recovering isnt going well...

 

[Pedge1971]

I assume Kostjasyn's recovering isnt going well...

Everytime Toohey gets asked on Twitter the standard response is "its not looking good.'

 

[Hardcore_Fan]

So there is a bidding war for lolohea betweeen the tigers and cowboys.

Why aren't we getting involved?? Tigers have lost all their players but have already replaced them. They are active on the market and getting their targets. Yet here we are, twiddling our thumbs going after no one.