Rumours and Stuff

[hindy111]

I wouldn't even regard Jirah as a Project, his player manager conned us big time and that's on us.

Doorey is someone I'd definitely persist with but needs to grow a pair during the off season and start handling the physicality of the game, otherwise he's a decent young player.

tbf Murchie player 14 NRL games last year but just hasn't seemed to kick on.

I am most disappointed in Mataele. I thought he could of broken into NRL this year.

 

[Stagger eel]

I am most disappointed in Mataele. I thought he could of broken into NRL this year.

I am too...just appears to be a lazy merkin defensively but I suppose he's got time on his side,

 

[Gronk]

Murchie is not a middle, he's a decent hole running second rower. After doing well with Papa and Marata he probably thought he could have that sort of luck with every player. Doorey goes ok just a shame his body keeps letting him down the less said about that garbage man from Newcastle the better.

I think what you are saying is that playing footy every week in senior football tests a player’s durability. Doorey is getting found out, but he has age on his side.

Murchie finds himself in the middle only when there are better options on the edge. Swings and round abouts finds Mataele now learning the prop game in Flegg and Murchie back on the edge. He’s under the pump however, cos the young bulls like Guymer, Brazel, Lenaz, Blackburn, Pryke, Topou and Parker and all starring him down. The only thing that Murchie has on his side is age, which shoukd give him durability.

 

[hineyrulz]

I think what you are saying is that playing footy every week in senior football tests a player’s durability. Doorey is getting found out, but he has age on his side.

Murchie finds himself in the middle only when there are better options on the edge. Swings and round abouts finds Mataele now learning the prop game in Flegg and Murchie back on the edge. He’s under the pump however, cos the young bulls like Guymer, Brazel, Lenaz, Blackburn, Pryke, Topou and Parker and all starring him down. The only thing that Murchie has on his side is age, which shoukd give him durability.

Leave the footy analysis up to Pou ffs!!

 

[Gronk]

A loan deal ?

 

[Gronk]

^^^^^^


The Canberra Raiders play that almost landed them a Parramatta Eels half

A loan deal which would have seen Harley Smith-Shields play for the rest of this season with the Eels has fallen over, as the Eels would not agree to an early release for Eels half Ethan Sanders.

"We could be playing against Harley Smith-Shields in a semi-final, he could score the winning try to knock us out and then your fans and your board are going, 'What did you do that for?'. So we would have to get something back for that risk and we weren't going to get anything back so it wasn't in our best interest," Raiders CEO Don Furner said.

Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14239

 

[lingard]

Being able to play middle is a condition of employment at Our Eels.

Well, I'd never get a job there, then.

 

[Twizzle]

We can't rate Asi too much if we went after HHS on loan.

 

[oldmancraigy]

We can't rate Asi too much if we went after HHS on loan.

Doesn't Asi playing the halves? (Daejarn Asi?)

HSS would be an outside back, wouldn't he?

Maybe I have the wrong guy in mind

 

[Twizzle]

Doesn't Asi playing the halves? (Daejarn Asi?)

HSS would be an outside back, wouldn't he?

Maybe I have the wrong guy in mind

my bad, you're right, he's an outside back, for some reason I thought he played in the halves

harley smith-shields - Google Search

www.google.com

 

[IFR33K]

so the raiders wanted an early release for sanders to join them next year, in exchange they were to loan us HSS for the rest of the year???

am I reading that correctly?

insane if true. If the recruitment and retention committee blocked this move I can’t blame them.

Was ba pushing for this?

 

[Soren Lorenson]

What a difference 24 hours makes.

 

[Stagger eel]

What a difference 24 hours makes.

and we've been short of backs since November.

go figure.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

and we've been short of backs since November.

go figure.

yeah of course, there's no real excuse for that. I'm more commenting in the media and the stories they like to spin to push agendas. I suppose it gave us something new to talk about.

 

[parra pete]

^^^^^^


The Canberra Raiders play that almost landed them a Parramatta Eels half

A loan deal which would have seen Harley Smith-Shields play for the rest of this season with the Eels has fallen over, as the Eels would not agree to an early release for Eels half Ethan Sanders.

"We could be playing against Harley Smith-Shields in a semi-final, he could score the winning try to knock us out and then your fans and your board are going, 'What did you do that for?'. So we would have to get something back for that risk and we weren't going to get anything back so it wasn't in our best interest," Raiders CEO Don Furner said.

Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14239

Who is the Loan Arranger? Who is Tonto? and does this deal have a Silver lining...or is it horse shit...

 

[Stagger eel]

yeah of course, there's no real excuse for that. I'm more commenting in the media and the stories they like to spin to push agendas. I suppose it gave us something new to talk about.

yeah you can see right through those merkins..

 

[pazzaeel]

Brown?

is he an outside back or a forward?

nevertheless thats 2 players in 5 or so years from our entire nursery - but yep, keep arguing

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

Not his job mate... Just like recruitment and retention isn't. Nor attack, nor getting the guys up for big games...

Just coaching them in defence.....

Hmmmmm

 

[Gronk]

So on the basis that they only wanted HSS on a loan deal or were perhaps OK to take him on a loan deal only, means that they must have confidence in the backs we have:

Sivo
Russell
Penisini W
Simmonsson
Gutho
Asi

And that there is enough quality in the below to stock cup etc, so we don't have a repeat of 2023 again ?

Arthur Miller-Stephen
Turoa Williams
Zac Cini
Blaize Talagi
Matthew Komolafe
Te Huirini Twidle
Penisni R
Ethyn Martin
Araz Nava
Jabriel Kalache

I assume however there will be one or two actual signings of 20+ NRL game backs to come for next year better than Lume ?

 

[Stagger eel]

So on the basis that they only wanted HSS on a loan deal or were perhaps OK to take him on a loan deal only, means that they must have confidence in the backs we have:

Sivo
Russell
Penisini W
Simmonsson
Gutho
Asi

And that there is enough quality in the below to stock cup etc, so we don't have a repeat of 2023 again ?

Arthur Miller-Stephen
Turoa Williams
Zac Cini
Blaize Talagi
Matthew Komolafe
Te Huirini Twidle
Penisni R
Ethyn Martin
Araz Nava
Jabriel Kalache

I assume however there will be one or two actual signings of 20+ NRL game backs to come for next year better than Lume ?

bottom line mate is we need 2 signings with NRL experience who are outside backs, that surely couldn't be that difficult could it?