Rumoured Targets 3

[Woody90]

Would give up Kai immediately in exchange for Trey Mooney tbh.

I would have agreed with this 2 years ago but he’s stagnated imo. KPP has just as much potential to become a top player now.

 

[HarVeeGee]

IMO it’s just the logjam of middles they have at Canberra + Ricky being a weird coach who doesn’t give consistent minutes/roles to his forwards besides his favourites. From what I’ve seen he’s played well when given extended game time.

AOB would plug him in as a starter for 45 minutes every week I reckon and he’d go well for us.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

Personally I’d like us to keep KPP, not for overs but around that $500K-$550K for a couple more years would be good business. He’s shown now that he can physically handle the NRL which I think was what AOB would have been hoping for first and foremost. I think he can build from there and introduce more of his attacking flair back into his game.

Let’s see what happens. If he continues to build for another year or two then maybe he’s worth the big contract after that but I don’t want us paying overs for him right now.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

I will never be able to understand the appeal of living in Canberra...

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

Barnett? Leo? Schiller?

I’d argue that other than Tapine they’re all better players than the ones we’ve lost to them (Schiller TBD), and all on pretty cheap contracts.

Barnett is a Knights junior.

What I'd give for Barnett right now. We still havent filled the void of him departing. The very heart and soul of our pack.

 

[Apey]

Are we pretending Barnett played as well for us as he did for the Warriors the last 2 years?

 

[ryan.a87]

We kept playing him in 2nd row

reason he is killing it at warriors is him playing front row

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

Are we pretending Barnett played as well for us as he did for the Warriors the last 2 years?

how 3 time Buderus Medal winner Barnett is playing for the Warriors is irrelevant. He was the leader of the Knights pack, 27 years old and the void left by his departure fairly self evident.

That he is now a SOO and Aust rep player is surprising to not many.

 

[Knight Tales]

I had a figurative dream we wouid have Hetho and Barney as our props at their peak. Alas there is a reason it is called a dream. One has reached his potential. The other has not.

 

[mozza91]

I reckon he needed the change of scenery. He was good for us but not close to what he’s been for NZ.

Happy for him doing so well. Always had a crack and couldn’t question his effort even with the dumb shit he did.

 

[Apey]

I reckon he needed the change of scenery. He was good for us but not close to what he’s been for NZ.

Happy for him doing so well. Always had a crack and couldn’t question his effort even with the dumb shit he did.

Yeah this was my point, I'd take current Barnett back in a heartbeat but it's revisionist history pretending he was a leader of ours or anything but 'above average' for us.

 

[Old dog]

I think in Barnett’s case it is a lot to do with maturity and realising what he needed to do to improve his game

 

[Woody90]

IMO it’s just the logjam of middles they have at Canberra + Ricky being a weird coach who doesn’t give consistent minutes/roles to his forwards besides his favourites. From what I’ve seen he’s played well when given extended game time.

AOB would plug him in as a starter for 45 minutes every week I reckon and he’d go well for us.

yeah this is probably true.

 

[Woody90]

I thought Barnett was good for us. He definitely needed a change of scenery to go to another level which he has, but he was definitely a very good player and signing for us at the time. I remember being pissed off when we lost Tapine but thinking that having Barnett made it a bit easier. I remember I wasn’t excited for the signing at the time but completely came around to him.

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

Yeah this was my point, I'd take current Barnett back in a heartbeat but it's revisionist history pretending he was a leader of ours or anything but 'above average' for us.

Bedsy Medal winners are more than "above average" . To win 3 times, along with the Knight in Shinning Armor Award would suggest many within the club think he was indeed a leader - I think they'd should know, don't you? . I certainly think he was - nothing "revisionist " about it.

Hardly surprising a player improves as they progress through their career. He was just about to hit his peak.

Go back and watch a few games, the man was a beast.

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

I thought Barnett was good for us. He definitely needed a change of scenery to go to another level which he has,

I think AOB is a good coach, and I'd love to see him successful. But this statement if true is fairly damning. No one leaves the Storm to go to another level. Dsaf said similar " was in my comfort zone" - hardly a glowing endorsement.

 

[Woody90]

I think AOB is a good coach, and I'd love to see him successful. But this statement if true is fairly damning. No one leaves the Storm to go to another level. Dsaf said similar " was in my comfort zone" - hardly a glowing endorsement.

To be honest when everyone else in the squad is developing and getting better but there’s one or two that fall into a comfort zone I think that’s more on the individual players and their maturity levels than the coach. DSaf hasn’t improved since leaving.

Even players that have the same coach throughout often just wake up to themselves when they get older and more mature (like KP for example). I think that’s the case for Barnett. Ironically his best mate at the Knights was DSaf.

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

To be honest when everyone else in the squad is developing and getting better but there’s one or two that fall into a comfort zone I think that’s more on the individual players and their maturity levels than the coach. DSaf hasn’t improved since leaving.

Even players that have the same coach throughout often just wake up to themselves when they get older and more mature (like KP for example). I think that’s the case for Barnett. Ironically his best mate at the Knights was DSaf.

No doubt the player is responsible for attitude. Dsaf I don't think will improve. I was expecting a bounce this year before slipping back to his usual self.

Barny has something that can't be coached. Much like Gamble without the bark and all the bite. I will to win. I'm not surprised Barny is co Captain at the Warriors.

 

[macavity]

I was devo when we lost Barney.

But he seemed to be head f-cked here, he started the year unfit and then that suspension he got vs. the Panthers that literally seemed to sink our season did something to him. I am wondering if he feels he was unfairly treated by someone, ashamed he let the team down, or a combo of both.

Not surprised at all he has clicked there.

 

[Rod]

Bedsy Medal winners are more than "above average" . To win 3 times, along with the Knight in Shinning Armor Award would suggest many within the club think he was indeed a leader - I think they'd should know, don't you? . I certainly think he was - nothing "revisionist " about it.

Hardly surprising a player improves as they progress through their career. He was just about to hit his peak.

Go back and watch a few games, the man was a beast.

He won it twice, not 3 times.