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Poupou Escobar

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So JWH and Taukearko? are under 110kg are they? If Napa is only 113kg then I must only 70kg on their scales. But yes the Roosters do have lightweight forwards but they play much tougher than their weight, especially Liu. Our forwards don't seem to have that toughness in them, and its been that way for years. Our forwards look like Tarzan but play like Jane.
The Roosters forwards had Ferguson and Tupou sometimes making 40 carries per game. That allowed them to save their energy for defence.
 

Poupou Escobar

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I'd say we will be signing someone like Justin Holbrook for 2020. He's a former Eels 20s coach. Assisstant Coach at the Roosters and now head Coach at St Helens. Good fit and better than that cranky old merkin.




Stupid post. We have a dozen or more players off contract next year. They were all re-signed bc of our strong performances in 2016/17. You can't just make them magically disappear so you have cap space you know. Would you prefer that we name them on a whiteboard Ricky style and be left paying their wages elsewhere next year whilst we field a team of nuffies ?
We should’ve known after 2016 and 2017 that they would play poorly in 2018 ffs!
 

Poupou Escobar

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We're grasping at straws if we are hoping 18 & 19 yo forwards are going to be our saviours. Don't get me wrong, they could be future champions but not at this time.
They don’t need to be ‘saviours’, they just need to provide what we lack, along with Paulo and Ferguson. It’s a team game.
 

Bolgeel

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Is anyone freaking out about us not having a hooker for next year? No king no forget his name. Maybe just maybe we are making a play for Smith? Throw everything at him for one season.
The nuthuggers will be freaking out about your name :joy:
 

Gronk

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And if you listen to the titans response Gould was full of shit, they wanted Maloney and peachy
Yes but there is such a thing a repudiation of contract. So if a party is seamingly playing hardball to enforce a contract, they can hardly be seen to be looking to break the deal themselves. So whilst managers may very well be negotiating in the background, publicly the club must seem steadfast.
 

Homo man69

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How about James Segeyaro? I know he’s more of an impact player but I would think he would come quite cheap. If he can go 80mins at hooker. Then we have our man.
 
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