Rumours and Stuff

[phantom eel]

No, Hayne has more potential. He's not better right now

Hayne is past tense. His potential is spent and he is in decline.

 

[Mickyd39]

I'm suprised Peats didn't try and talk him out of joining Parra.

 

[El Diablo]

I'm sure someone will blame Teps, Norms, Guth or Timmy...

Ram

 

[Stevie]

Some bloke just rang up Talkin Sport saying we've signed Antonio Winterstein from Cowboys.
Anyone heard that?

 

[hineyrulz]

If BA does what he said at the end of the season it will be more like this i would say.

1. French
2. Hoffman
3. Takairangi
4. Jennings
5. Radradra
6. Gutherson
7. Norman

A pretty strong backline there.

And with the titans who will be there outside backs next year with hoffman and mead leaving is the hayne plane going to be playing in 3 positions

They also have lost Nene Macdonald.

 

[hineyrulz]

I agree that should be the line up if we don't sign a 7, but with the constant rumours of us signing a halfback, if it happens, someone will have to miss out and with Taka's poor defence, (he can be slow to move across and slow to turn around), I'm not sure who you would leave out ahead of him. He'll be in the team somewhere, probably off the bench. But if we don't sigh a 7 then I agree with the above.
Gold Coast will have something like,

1. Hayne
2. Don
3. Hurrell.
4. Sarginson
5. Davis/Olive

Gee that backline is pretty average.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

No, Hayne has more potential. He's not better right now

He is 28 years old. There is no extra potential, only differing form (which is based on the quality of his team mates).

 

[Poupou Escobar]

You must be referring to his pre 2014 achievements.

Yeah based on his ability, which hasn't changed. Hence his cost, which also would hardly have changed.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Some bloke just rang up Talkin Sport saying we've signed Antonio Winterstein from Cowboys.
Anyone heard that?

I'd prefer him to Hoffman.

 

[Bazal]

Some bloke just rang up Talkin Sport saying we've signed Antonio Winterstein from Cowboys.
Anyone heard that?

It was probably Ram meaning Hoffman. All the peppercorns look the same to him....

 

[Stagger eel]

Assuming the Hoff is done...

I think there's 1 more position in the top 25 left and it may well be a winger ...

I think the choice could be between Sio and Winterstein ( if the talkin sport dude is right )

 

[Noise]

Assuming the Hoff is done...

I think there's 1 more position in the top 25 left and it may well be a winger ...

I think the choice could be between Sio and Winterstein ( if the talkin sport dude is right )

Between Hoffman, Sio/Winterstein, Jennings, French, Gutherson, Semi and Taka which one misses out? Assuming French is fullback and Gutherson is 6, you wouldn't think Winterstein/Sio would come here to play for Wenty

 

[Suitman]

Hoffman will be a top 17 certainty. His salary will probably be in the top 10. No way is he a depth signing.

I should have said....."great FOR depth". He will push one of the others out.

 

[hineyrulz]

Between Hoffman, Sio/Winterstein, Jennings, French, Gutherson, Semi and Taka which one misses out? Assuming French is fullback and Gutherson is 6, you wouldn't think Winterstein/Sio would come here to play for Wenty

It's a good problem to have mate, compared to the quality back up depth the last 4 or 5 years of Morgs,Blair,Farimo,Toutai and Falonk Jr. Our depth is the best it's been since 05-07.

 

[Noise]

It's a good problem to have mate, compared to the quality back up depth the last 4 or 5 years of Morgs,Blair,Farimo,Toutai and Falonk Jr. Our depth is the best it's been since 05-07.

For sure. That's why I am struggling to believe we might have 8 quality backs to fit in positions 1-7. Even George Jennings (possibly as th 9th player) is an upgrade

 

[Stagger eel]

By the way, don't rule out young Dane Aukufolau who's supposedly training with the full time squad in November

 

[84 Baby]

Some good finishes in there. My favourite is in the test match when Billy the Cat takes a massive air swing at rolling ball and Hoff puts the shoulder in to score.
Also some good assists by Normziean in there too

 

[Bazal]

By the way, don't rule out young Dane Aukufolau who's supposedly training with the full time squad in November

He's a gun, but honestly a year away IMO. I don't follow the juniors as closely as some (like yourself) but I'd say training with the FG squad is more of an enticement to stay than an indication of his rank within the squad.

 

[hineyrulz]

For sure. That's why I am struggling to believe we might have 8 quality backs to fit in positions 1-7. Even George Jennings (possibly as th 9th player) is an upgrade

Well i'm going to lap up the good news while i can.

 

[Avenger]

Here's the conundrum ....

Hoff doesn't have a passing game therefore I don't think he's a great fullback and he is predominantly a left side player ... So whilst BA wants him at the club I'd be interested to see how he compliments the line up.

Josh Hoffman is a very astute signing. If Semi leaves in 2018 to Union he will takes Semi's spot on the left wing. I'm hoping however that we can offload Jennings to the UK Super League and the Hoff can take his spot at left centre.

That way we can top up Semi's contract and have a big crack at Mitchell Moses or Jack Bird in 2018. However I hope Gutherson can make the 6 position his own and we use the money to upgrade Mau, Gutherson and French and buy just one more good value forward like Kane Evans.