Rumours and Stuff

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Aiden Tolman appears wasnt wanted by Arthur. Based on his preference type according to you Im surprised Poo.

Tolman isn't quite small enough.

 

[Stevie]

How do you reckon Sunday would’ve gone with Radradra in the team? Actually, how do you reckon bigger forwards would have gone with 39% possession?

Mate I don't think the result would have been too different. But I do think Semi is a huge huge loss. He really got us out of the shit more than a few times last year.

 

[Snoochies]

Mate I highlighted this in this exact spot last year re Semi. Lots of people told me they "won't miss his mistakes" etc but it was crap. He is missed massively. I disagree with you slightly though when you say he won games virtually on his own because I think he didn't but he could absoloutly pull those amazing tries out of the bag but more importantly he got our sets moving on the front foot and quite often also attracted penalties coming out of trouble as defenders struggled to handle him.

All of this on top of the fact he would often ( every couple of sets) take 2 hit ups in a set so he was in fact like another prop. I've said it before but now its useless. We should have paid him the big dollars.

This is also the fact I have harped on about the fact Hayne should be on the wing. He would be a revelation there again and give us plenty of spark. He could go roaming when he felt he wanted to just like Semi did / was told to.

Semi is only 100kg so apparently too light.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi_Radradra

Is weight really a telling factor wether a prop is good or not? I know more weight is harder to stop but only if the power is there. A lighter prop can generate more power than a fat prop. Someone like McGuire for the Broncos is only 103kg and consistently puts up good numbers and plays a lot of minutes.
I wouldn't reject a prop merely for the fact he doesn't weigh over 110kg.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Strength and footwork are more important than just size. Speed helps too.

 

[Stevie]

Semi is only 100kg so apparently too light.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi_Radradra

Is weight really a telling factor wether a prop is good or not? I know more weight is harder to stop but only if the power is there. A lighter prop can generate more power than a fat prop. Someone like McGuire for the Broncos is only 103kg and consistently puts up good numbers and plays a lot of minutes.
I wouldn't reject a prop merely for the fact he doesn't weigh over 110kg.

Not sure why you are asking me merkin I never said he was too light.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Bazal, unlike you I am realistic, and have seen our problem for a few years now. You live in denial and can't see the obvious, but I'm not here to help you with your delusions. Keep praising Mannah, Alvaro and Terepo but we'll never win a comp with those 3 in the team. We need to get rid of 2 and Alvaro would be the one I'd keep.

What I can guarantee that is we get a few big good quality forwards we'll be a much better team and more consistent. Generally we have good backs but they cannot do their work without our forwards going FORWARD. In 2 games so far they have been poor, very poor. They cannot rely on their opposition continually dropping the ball to make forward motion. Once Penrith fixed their handling we were hopeless. Also Manly's big men completely dominated our team and they were scoring a point a minute. They couldn't even tackle for 24 mins and were gassed.

But Bazal keep living in your world of delusion and one day you might just have a tiny grasp of the fundamentals of RL. But don't worry, there are a few like minded on this site just like you. The losers always sit together don't they?

Oddly enough when Mannah, Alvaro and Moeroa weren't on the field in round 1 we played poorly.

 

[Snoochies]

Not sure why you are asking me merkin I never said he was too light.

First part was referencing general consensus around here, second part general question for the open forum and a merkins opinion.

Kind regards,
Merkin

 

[84 Baby]

They won 16 games last year FFS!

*Steven Bradburyed

 

[parra pete]

Two games played in UNBELIEVABLE heat..
We will be better when night games start.
Manly is not a 54 point better team...NO WAY....

 

[Gazzamatta]

Strength and footwork are more important than just size. Speed helps too.

Like Kelepi Tanginoa?

 

[Gazzamatta]

Two games played in UNBELIEVABLE heat..
We will be better when night games start.
Manly is not a 54 point better team...NO WAY....

Yeah, Na.
But hopefully never again.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Like Kelepi Tanginoa?

But also work rate and solid defence. Tanginoa only made 19 tackles against the Knights but missed 5!

 

[Gazzamatta]

But also work rate and solid defence. Tanginoa only made 19 tackles against the Knights but missed 5!

Agreed. Great strength ans muscles though. His speed isnt bad either. Sadly this is his 3rd club for one who appeared to have enormous potential.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Agreed. Great strength ans muscles though. His speed isnt bad either. Sadly this is his 3rd club for one who appeared to have enormous potential.

I think he’s an above average attacking forward. Better than plenty of our blokes. But if you’re going to be a liability in defence you need to be better than above average in attack.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

I wouldn't reject a prop merely for the fact he doesn't weigh over 110kg.

Of course you don't reject an individual prop because he's not over 110kgs. But, it does make sense that you look at the distribution of the players already in the squad before deciding who you are going to sign. We don't need 3 huge props, but it would be nice to have 1 or 1.5.

 

[84 Baby]

Of course you don't reject an individual prop because he's not over 110kgs. But, it does make sense that you look at the distribution of the players already in the squad before deciding who you are going to sign. We don't need 3 huge props, but it would be nice to have 1 or 1.5.

But a half a big prop is going to be smaller than a small prop? Unless it's a half a really big prop

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Of course you don't reject an individual prop because he's not over 110kgs. But, it does make sense that you look at the distribution of the players already in the squad before deciding who you are going to sign. We don't need 3 huge props, but it would be nice to have 1 or 1.5.

We have Evans, Williams and 'Vae’. The latter two haven't really been fit enough for first grade this year.

 

[hindy111]

2gb stated what the Penrith fan yelled out at Inglis. I agree ban him for life from any games.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

We have Evans, Williams and 'Vae’. The latter two haven't really been fit enough for first grade this year.

Evans is pseudo-ranga version of Basil Fawlty. Williams isn't (yet) a middle forward.

 

[hindy111]

Billy Rogers was 99kgs but played above his weight.