Rumours and Stuff

[84 Baby]

Just listening to the Dragons v Sharks game while cooking the bbq, and then hearing Xerri get interviewed after scoring his hattrick.... And it got me thinking about much hyped youngsters and the ones that actually deliver... Ponga is obviously delivering everything and more than was anticipated by the Knights. Xerri is fitting in to first grade seamlessly and looks a star already. Turbo and Jake at Manly have justified the hype around them. RTS another example...

On the flip side, there's been plenty of Parra youngsters talked up prior to making NRL debut but none have or are delivering. The likes of Moeroa, Kris Keating, Loko. I heard all about these prodigies and how they were rep stars of the future but for different reasons they delivered bugger all... Hayne the outlier but even he f**ked up his career....

All part of a broader conversation on promoting the right juniors, but we also can't miss the boat on some of the other gun talents elsewhere. As it stands, the Knights pretty much hit the jackpot with Ponga. I'd like to see us buy a few more lottery tickets from other sellers around the place and not just stick to the same newsagent in Parra if you catch my drift.... And I know we are trying, but I'd love to see us produce or poach someone special again. We're overdue IMO...

TBF most of the people talking up our juniors are our fans. I reckon if you talked to similar fans of other clubs they’ll rattle off just as many failed juniors

 

[hindy111]

Salmon nearly 6'2"? Very doubtful. Who does these profile measurements? FFS!

He is very tall. Seen in person and I thought that's a big strong young man.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Someone tell me again why Tui Kamikamica is playing for the Storms and not us?

 

[strider]

Someone tell me again why Tui Kamikamica is playing for the Storms and not us?

Cos they pay him money

 

[hineyrulz]

Turbo was also tossed up IIRC.

Plenty of tossing was going around by the sounds of it.. The Turbo boys will never leave Moanly.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Someone tell me again why Tui Kamikamica is playing for the Storms and not us?

Yeh. Why is Latrell Mitchell playing for Easts. This is f**ken bullshit, that's what it is.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Cos they pay him money

Yeah, but we used to pay him money too

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Yeh. Why is Latrell Mitchell playing for Easts. This is f**ken bullshit, that's what it is.

He was in one of our junior teams. Ffs Barry.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Someone tell me again why Tui Kamikamica is playing for the Storms and not us?

Because we have enough plodders.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Kamikamica moved to Australia to play rugby league for the Eels' NYC team in 2013 and 2014. In 2015, he played for the Wentworthville Magpies, a feeder team to the Eels, in the New South Wales Cup before signing to play rugby union with the Canberra Vikings in the National Rugby Championship later that year.

From the font of all knowledge. Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tui_Kamikamica

 

[JokerEel]

He was in one of our junior teams. Ffs Barry.

Didnt he go to Union after not going very far for us at Wenty..

 

[Gronk]

Someone tell me again why Tui Kamikamica is playing for the Storms and not us?

Storm got him from Rugby. He was trialing to play for the Brumbies.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He definitely played in our 2014 NYC team that almost made the grand final.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

So I'll answer my own question. When he was with us he was shit. And now Bellamy has turned him good. I only raise this because his name was mentioned a page back as a potential forward recruit to provide leadership and mongrel.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So I'll answer my own question. When he was with us he was shit. And now Bellamy has turned him good.

Four carries for 25 metres today, which is nearly double his metres from last week. Would he add anything to our squad?

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Four carries for 25 metres today, which is nearly double his metres from last week. Would he add anything to our squad?

Dunno. Im fairly certain hes not a 'leader'. Edited my post above for perspective. He's a big mofo.

 

[JokerEel]

So I'll answer my own question. When he was with us he was shit. And now Bellamy has turned him good. I only raise this because his name was mentioned a page back as a potential forward recruit to provide leadership and mongrel.

If you want Leadership Offer Jake Trbojevic a Huuuuge contract

 

[Happy MEel]

I agree re: Jennings, but Happy MEel's hypothetical was stated to be for 'in a few years'. On current form Jennings will certainly still be a first grader next year (aged 32) but it's hard to be confident he'll still be up to 20+ games in 2021. I'd re-sign him for one year. We need his experience.

Spot on. I think we need Jennings next year but maybe less so in 2021. Would still be handy to have on the books though if he was willing to hang around as depth, similar to a Gower.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Fmd i just noticed we are still in the top 8. Outrageous.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Kamikamica is no better or probably not even as good as our middle forwards like Evans, Alvaro, peni, Moeroa, Gower or kaufusi....