Rumours and Stuff

[Noise]

In a different convo last night with some way cooler guys than this place can boast (your presence excluded of course), I made the call that I think, this year, we're seeing the Shaun Lane that has been turfed/shopped from 3 NRL clubs prior to his Parra start.

Injuries aside, he has been awful. Probably worthy of coming back though reserve grade tbf. Although the fear would be Cayless makes him even worse.....

Lane only plays well every 3-4 years. He was decent for a season a the Dogs, was decent for his last half a season at manly and decent last year. The rest of the time he’s been a f**king lazy player

 

[emjaycee]

Might be something to do with his overall attitude to life.
Wasn't he into that little white flour like powder a few years ago?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Since he did his ACL he has been plod maybe a few times he has shown signes of life but mostly plod.

Brian Kelly is better than Waqa Blake was when he signed his alleged 5 year, $3M contract with Penrith in 2018. Imagine how much Kelly would cost on the open market ffs!!!!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Doing the ladder predictor, we need the sharks to continue their decline. If they do, we should finish 8th even factoring in quite a few losses.

Hopefully the Raiders shit themselves too.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

That because we have to many stinkers in our squad already that don't deserve to be there because they have no real potential.

Every squad has players who will only ever be backups. These merkins are the cheapest, and let you spend the most on your top dozen or so.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I reckon if you go back and look you'd find plenty on here praising him for how well he went when he returned from the ACL.

And deservedly so.

Sivo was significantly better last year (and the year before) than this year.

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[IFR33K]

Lane only plays well every 3-4 years. He was decent for a season a the Dogs, was decent for his last half a season at manly and decent last year. The rest of the time he’s been a f**king lazy player

He’s always been lazy. A real shame because he could be an origin player had he had a better attitude.

 

[Incorrect]

Lane only plays well every 3-4 years. He was decent for a season a the Dogs, was decent for his last half a season at manly and decent last year. The rest of the time he’s been a f**king lazy player

Abso-f**king-lutely....

 

[Gazzamatta]

 

[IFR33K]

In a different convo last night with some way cooler guys than this place can boast (your presence excluded of course), I made the call that I think, this year, we're seeing the Shaun Lane that has been turfed/shopped from 3 NRL clubs prior to his Parra start.

Injuries aside, he has been awful. Probably worthy of coming back though reserve grade tbf. Although the fear would be Cayless makes him even worse.....

Sounds like an elite crew.

 

[JokerEel]

Brian Kelly is better than Waqa Blake was when he signed his alleged 5 year, $3M contract with Penrith in 2018. Imagine how much Kelly would cost on the open market ffs!!!!

We shall find out soon as he is still off contract for next year

 

[Incorrect]

Sounds like an elite crew.

They're salt of the earth.... Not fashionable, just honest.....

 

[Avenger]

I’m still not sold on Simonsson and haven’t changed my mind about him. He was crap yesterday. Went back to his sidewinder running. He comes across as a major unco to me. We need to buy a centre with some pace or tackle breaking capability.

 

[hineyrulz]

Sounds like an elite crew.

Sounds like they have plenty of hair.

 

[emjaycee]

I’m still not sold on Simonsson and haven’t changed my mind about him. He was crap yesterday. Went back to his sidewinder running. He comes across as a major unco to me. We need to buy a centre with some pace or tackle breaking capability.

I was watching him and some of his runs and comparing them to Penisini on the other side.
It doesnt seem to me as though Simmonson ever gets much of a chance to run the ball as part of a backline spread. Dummy half runs and hit ups one or two off the play the ball seem to be more of what happens on his side of the field. Any sweeping backline movement that isnt within the opposition 20 is down the right hand side.

 

[Jake the snake]

I’m still not sold on Simonsson and haven’t changed my mind about him. He was crap yesterday. Went back to his sidewinder running. He comes across as a major unco to me. We need to buy a centre with some pace or tackle breaking capability.

He had a few good games when he was aggressive last year and some games this year but then his inner Superman came out again, thus he turned into the pile of shit that we know he can be.

 

[Chipmunk]

I was watching him and some of his runs and comparing them to Penisini on the other side.
It doesnt seem to me as though Simmonson ever gets much of a chance to run the ball as part of a backline spread. Dummy half runs and hit ups one or two off the play the ball seem to be more of what happens on his side of the field. Any sweeping backline movement that isnt within the opposition 20 is down the right hand side.

You would think at present this has something to do with the temporary change in the 6. It's probably also no coincidence that for the first time in his career at the club Sivo went 3 games without scoring a try.

 

[Tiger5150]

You'd hope (and you'd have to think it's the case) that the Tigpies are contributing to his salary. He's probably worth half of his Tigpies salary, which in reality was more than what Matterson is on.

I think he can be handy for 30 mins or so in the middle of the match.

you guys are delusional

 

[Chipmunk]

you guys are delusional

We have plenty of players in his position already on the books to take his place if he doesn't work out. Essentially he'll likely be player 17 (the third middle forward on the interchange) in our top squad going forward.

I'm not sure what the big deal is in reality.

 

[IFR33K]

Sounds like they have plenty of hair.

hairs overrated.

And useless. Just like tits on a bloke