Rumours and Stuff

[Avenger]

Anybody hearing the strong rumours about Daine Laurie wanting a release to join us?? A certain website has many punters firmly believing it's a certainty. Would be a great pick up

I'd rather be one of the guys in your avatar than sign Laurie.

 

[JokerEel]

Anybody hearing the strong rumours about Daine Laurie wanting a release to join us?? A certain website has many punters firmly believing it's a certainty. Would be a great pick up

How would he be a great pickup?

Would BA play him on the bench instead of Hands meaning Hodgo gets 80 minutes of missed tackling practice?

 

[Homo man69]

I'd rather be one of the guys in your avatar than sign Laurie.

Not sure if that's a compliment but I'll take it

 

[Homo man69]

How would he be a great pickup?

Would BA play him on the bench instead of Hands meaning Hodgo gets 80 minutes of missed tackling practice?

I see potential in the kid, he's been playing in a crappy system. Watched him at Penrith and he was a big stand out. He can also play wing

 

[TheCrowe]

We need bigger hard running backs to take pressure off our forwards a la Penrith., not an 83kg fullback with a shit attitude.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How do you know they have the same preparations??? Bennett's record speaks for itself, sadly so does Bea's.

So you’re saying it’s got nothing to do with whether they let their players drive to grand finals, and anyone who thinks that’s the reason we lost to Penrith is just a f**king know-it-all looking for a scapegoat?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Benny who? The bloke who has won 8 premierships or so ? You comparing him to Bennett?

You’re the one saying Bennett should’ve made his players catch the bus to the grand final ffs

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I should clarify - he's not small, at 192cm, and 109kg, but he doesn't have a big frame. He's tall, and lean, and I think it means he gets ragdolled around a bit.

No chance he’s 109kg

 

[IFR33K]

I'd rather be one of the guys in your avatar than sign Laurie.

Take it to the pride thread mate!!!

 

[IFR33K]

Not sure if that's a compliment but I'll take it

You could do much worse than avenger. With his watch collection, at least you’d never be late for a sword battle

 

[Noise]

Dane Laurie would be an absolutely terrible signing. We need a big, powerful outside back, not a poor man’s version of touch footballer Bevan French.

 

[hineyrulz]

I think Moimosea's issue is that he is too small for the forwards, but not mobile enough for the backs.

He's tall, lean, and athletic - he has a good build.

But he's lithe, and not overly powerful.

Plus he is lazy.

A project player, then.

A project player with a top 30 spot for two years, seems legit.

 

[hineyrulz]

So you’re saying it’s got nothing to do with whether they let their players drive to grand finals, and anyone who thinks that’s the reason we lost to Penrith is just a f**king know-it-all looking for a scapegoat?

As soon as I heard Bea just wanted to treat the game as just a normal game and the players found their own way to the match I knew we were screwed. My best mate is a Panthers fan he was over and saw the interview and burst out laughing. He was a little nervous and as soon as he saw that his comments were I forgot Parra were coached by a moron.

 

[hineyrulz]

Dane Laurie would be an absolutely terrible signing. We need a big, powerful outside back, not a poor man’s version of touch footballer Bevan French.

We were apparently chasing an X Factor player not a Z grader with no ticker and f**k all skill.

 

[Glenneel]

Warriors have a pretty decent bench as well.

Stopped looking at Roosters game at halftime. After Panthers game thought our season had turned but thought the Roosters game was our worse, and they had half their team out, and then we took out their best player and still couldn't beat them. What has happened???? We've gone from a good team to a poor team in one preseason. Another 2018 coming.

Now look at the Warriors. They have a decent team and imo would beat us imo. Their coach in 1 preseason has taken a beaten and broken team and completely changed them. He took coal and turned most into diamonds, particularly Johnson who has turned back the years.

Compare them with us. We need a fresh perspective and BA is not the answer. In his 9 years we have 6 years in finals, 2 years past first game, 1 grand final and 1 wooden spoon. Not that great a record to keep persisting with a coach with a good team that is going nowhere.

 

[Pazza]

As soon as I heard Bea just wanted to treat the game as just a normal game and the players found their own way to the match I knew we were screwed. My best mate is a Panthers fan he was over and saw the interview and burst out laughing. He was a little nervous and as soon as he saw that his comments were I forgot Parra were coached by a moron.

My favourite bit is BA hasn't even watched the replay of the grand final. So he has learnt nothing and the whole experience was in vain at this point.

 

[Eelementary]

No chance he’s 109kg

That's what he's listed ad, but yeah - I do agree it's a little optimistic.

 

[Eelementary]

A project player with a top 30 spot for two years, seems legit.

I'm not a fan, tbh.

 

[King-Gutho94]

My favourite bit is BA hasn't even watched the replay of the grand final. So he has learnt nothing and the whole experience was in vain at this point.

Not many coaches get there 1st GF preparation right. Its a tricky week to get right.

You can go away from what gets you there in the first place and things go pear shape.

Players like routine.

You can overbear the players by putting too much pressure on them.

There is no exact science.

Brian Smith clearly never handled it and he had 4 cracks. While Bennett has mastered it by keeping it simple.

Hasler, Bellamy, Cleary all multiple premiership winning coaches lost there 1st GF.

Not going together as a team on a bus to a GF was clearly a bad call.

 

[Tooooks]

My favourite bit is BA hasn't even watched the replay of the grand final. So he has learnt nothing and the whole experience was in vain at this point.

This still blows my mind. Maybe he doesn’t watch any replay where we lose games. Would explain a few things.