Rumours and Stuff

[Jake the snake]

Sunia Turuva signed with the Tigers. But don’t worry, MON and BA looking at “value signings from the Z grade in the French League. f**king hopeless they are.

 

[gaffer]

why can't parra find someone like this instead of the murph and Barrett https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/rug...S&cvid=32f82294e7d34dc2b8b42285f572a2c9&ei=76

 

[Glenneel]

Wayne would be a good get he has unlocked his halfback at most clubs he has been at..

It would possibly cause a little clean out.

Robbo is shit pass on him ...

Tend to agree a little about him. With the team Roosters have got they should be challenging for the title every year but are not. But he'd still be a step up on BA and might actually teach the team to tackle which appears his strength.

 

[Glenneel]

Yes you have Pezet,Falogo,Wishart all talented spine players who seem happy waiting their turn.

Which is very strange that Storm can keep them happy whereas most other teams can't keep their talented players if not in fg. What is their secret? Not shades of 2008 and nearby years I hope.

 

[Eelementary]

Matterson overall has been an average signing. One good year for us but mostly average. I think his best spot is lock and BA never has given him much first choice there. I rate him higher then Hopgood when he is at his best. Hopgoods form this season actually is concerning. Gone backwards

Unpopular opinion - I've never been a big fan of Hopgood.

Throws a good offload, works hard - but his defence is average.


Matto is twice the player he is, imo.

However, give it a few years, and Hopgood could be the best 13 in the game - but he's not there yet.

 

[Glenneel]

why can't parra find someone like this instead of the murph and Barrett https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/rug...S&cvid=32f82294e7d34dc2b8b42285f572a2c9&ei=76

Think Walsh has made a big difference to Bronco's attack. His speed off the mark is a huge attacking weapon. Combine that with speed all over the field with big mobile forwards and a new found ability to defend in 2023 and they are a top 2 team.

Our missing ingredient is speed and the ability to defend. Get Broncos defence coach might help us first and hopefully we'll have more speed next year with Lomax and juniors coming thru. Who knows, maybe more signings, but think speed should be what we're looking at.

 

[hineyrulz]

BA doesn’t actually have a plan.

 

[hineyrulz]

Manu mau

I just think after paying brown and moses, an elite edge forward is going to be hard to fit on the cap. We did well getting lomax.

Mau was signed in 2013, nothing to do with Bea.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Just needed some polish.

Well, he was hardly an albino

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Whys matto soft?? Schuster is as meak as they come but he's the next coming of christ when it comes to skill in the backrow

I think our defence is in bigger need of improvement than our attack. Schuster makes us worse.

 

[hindy111]

I think our defence is in bigger need of improvement than our attack. Schuster makes us worse.

Defense is also related to attack. The better you attack generally the more ball you will have and better territory. You'll also gas the opposition. And not only physical but also mentally. Just doing 5 hit ups and a bomb won't have the opposition guessing. It can still be physically draining but not for the backs who remain fresh and ready to come at you in attack.

Sides like Brisbane are constantly asking questions and making breaks. They have you mentally exhausted and physically. So when you do have the ball your attack suffers which makes their defense look better.

So don't think for a second defense isn't related to attack or vice versa. It is all related. If you have good defense you able to take more risks in attack knowing if lost possession you can defend your line etc.

Currently we have both shit attack and defense.A lot of our tries come from a bit of luck or physically tiring the side rather then a nice backline sweep or clever ball movement. Of course every side scores from this also but the good ones are able to create tries out of nothing. We very rarely create a simple overlap or bust up the middle.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

My thoughts are that the Tigers are strengthening their team with specific players for positions of need,

This is what you do when you have a shit team. We did it after 2018. We have also signed Lomax after 2023-24.

just wondering if our recruitment gurus have any sort of plan to do the same with our club. That’s not happened for a fair while, not sure there is any confidence that things are being negotiated, remains a bit of a shambles.

They have re-signed plenty of fringe Origin players like Gutherson, Moses, Matterson, Paulo and RCG. Maybe they shouldn't have, but merkins would've pissed their knickers if they had signed elsewhere.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

That’s up to our people to explain the advantages of staying, negotiate a reasonable package as we see clubs like Storm and others do to retain junior players. Not sure our lot have that in their kitbag .

They kept Drown and Penisini, who both played first grade while still eligible for SG Ball.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yes you have Pezet,Falogo,Wishart all talented spine players who seem happy waiting their turn.

They might be happy in Melbourne. If they don't want to move the Storm are their only option.

 

[JokerEel]

And this above every one is how you run a club that doesn't win an NRL premiership and is currently sitting 14th

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Sanders was always going to be snapped up by someone as soon as he got noticed in junior reps and we decided to sign Moses long-term.

This is the price you pay when you start developing players. Some will decide to stay and others will decide to leave.

Yep, Isaiya Katoa left the Panthers for opportunity and he's only 20 this year. He could've hung around to replace Luai but why the f**k should he? He gets two extra years as a first grader this way.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Toruva looks to have signed with the Tigers 450-500k. Panthers offered him $350.
Surely we could have offered similar? Only 21 and quite a winger!

We don't have many big money merkins off contract and we've added Lomax. I'll be surprised if there's any more external recruitment for 2025. We also have a lot of talented youngsters to bring into the squad. It's very exciting.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Starting to think the media really wants Bennett as the Eels coach. I suppose it sure would be good for clicks.

I reckon they'll love it if he signs elsewhere. They are winding up the outrage machine right now by pushing Bennett to Eels as an option.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I told you guys this 5 weeks ago. I always give you guys the good oil first, but Pou wouldnt have it.....family means nothing to Pou.

Rumours and Stuff

Panthers have enough talent in CUP to cover him... He looks great at the riff hope they keep him would mean we can nab a junior coming up Why would we want a junior coming up? Our problem in the backs is starters, not depth level players.

forums.leagueunlimited.com

Tell it to Jeremy Marshall-King ffs

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I have an overwhelming feeling that Bennett has zero interest whatsoever in coming to our club.

I reckon plenty of coaches don't want to be at Parra. Ricky Stuart couldn't get out of here quick enough.