Rumours and Stuff

[Bazal]

Well I mean, Kent is a useless merkin but if people who believe Todd Greenberg and John Grant are part of an anti-Parramatta conspiracy are allowed to have an opinion I suppose anything goes

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Mannah = Captain

Off a penalty, kick off, line drop out, props start the sets. And usually theae are the most important sets in attacking oppurtunities.

Who remembers Hindmarshs last 2 seasons? Was like watching a cripple hit it up. A shadow of the brut he once was. Sad days.
But thats footy. Guys can go from top shelf to average in 12mths.

Its a young mans game.

Penalties, kick-offs, and line drop outs aren't your typical sets. In any case we can give it to the other prop, who isn't Mannah, to run it up.

 

[Johnny88]

BREAKING: The @NRL_Bulldogs have called a board meeting for tomorrow to discuss coach Des Hasler's future. More details @FOXNRL
James Hooper

If Des got the sack do you think any players would want out rumour is Dean Pay will take over.

 

[hineyrulz]

Pay lol.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Form was same as last 5 seasons. Doesnt really offer stuff all. Would be fine in a team where had a stand out prop. Props should have some of these.

Offload
Power/tackle break ability
Pass before line
Hard working/endurance
Aggressive
Leader
Good in wrestle

Not sure Tim has one of those. Used to be a hard worker and big mins, maybe he still has but BA doesnt want him to play that role.

You can work hard in limited minutes. Brown only makes 0.5 tackles per minute because he has to conserve his energy for 80 minutes. But Mannah can go nuts because he is playing less than 40 every week. Why do we need him to play longer minutes? We have Alvaro to directly replace him.

We have enough NRL quality middle forwards that we don't need anyone other than Brown playing longer than 40.

Mannah is also a leader. Arthur has said so on numerous occasions. He mightn't be the best captain because he's not a big talker, but he leads by example, which is the basis of effectively leadership anyway.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Don't forget, we seem to have some decent 20's players coming through.

The club would have had to made a decision whether it's worth investing on Twal or of there are some better youngsters to invest in.

Twal is a "project" player not an experienced top 17 player.

It's a gamble, but really our junior system / structure looks pretty good now, putting out potential NRL players each year, so we no longer need to pay overs for back ups.

We have a couple of decent middle forwards in the NYC (or at least eligible, in the case of Stone). Beside him, we have impact forwards Dresler (currently injured) and Kaufusi who is carving up in the NYC despite still being eligible for SG Ball.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

As Pou likes to say. You can choose who you give the ball to.

Yep, but it's a lot harder choosing who has to tackle and who doesn't.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

As Pou likes to say. You can choose who you give the ball to.

....but you can't choose who you give the clap to?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Do you think Pou actually likes to say that or rather feels he has to because alot of posters on here don't understand?

The latter, but I like saying it as well.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Actually reckon Woods goes ok and would be what we need. His stats are pretty good 160 m / 27 tackles (minimal missed) and low error rate (not sure of his mins but), all in a pretty average side. Plus he has a nice offload.

I rate Woods plenty. I would rather we got him than Tedesco when both were ostensibly available.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

11:30?

f**ken lightweight

To be fair, he did have a sprint endurance session the next morning.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Please what?? It's laughable the wraps he gets. Give me Wade Graham over that plodder any day the week.

Graham's a star though you f**ken ratbag. Jackson is a quality first grader. And would be just as effective in the middle.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Erin Clark hasn't been there that long to have Stuart stuff him up.

Geez I completely missed that. He's the kid we signed as a 15 year old, who back flipped when the Warriors offered him big money.

I saw him in the NYC earlier this year and he looked fat.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Rapana would be a nice replacement for Semi.....

And while we don't have a spot for wighton, the kid can play but needs a change and some decent coaching !!

Wighton's a centre. Great physically, but he doesn't have the brains or the skills for fullback.

 

[Noise]

Graham's a star though you f**ken ratbag. Jackson is a quality first grader. And would be just as effective in the middle.

How do you figure? Graham is 26 and played 4 origin games. Jackson is 26 and played 9 origin games and 2 tests for Australia. Why is Graham the star and Jackson just a quality first grader?

 

[Delboy]

Geez I completely missed that. He's the kid we signed as a 15 year old, who back flipped when the Warriors offered him big money.

I saw him in the NYC earlier this year and he looked fat.

Just to set it straight, he was set to come to us when the manager, football again declined to sign off on accomodation expenses for an out of district player

If he was still with the club, no doubt players that we have recruited in the past 2 years could well be elsewhere

. Pou, please don't disbelieve this or make some argument, it is what occurred , thank goodness he was removed and those decisions are now handled by the recruitment manager, Bernie and BA

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How do you figure? Graham is 26 and played 4 origin games. Jackson is 26 and played 9 origin games and 2 tests for Australia. Why is Graham the star and Jackson just a quality first grader?

Because Graham is a much better attacking player. That seems to be what separates the stars from everyone else.

Jackson is a better defender, and given our edge forwards, would fit better into our team. He would play in the middle for us. Wade Graham would be wasted in the middle, much like Manu Ma'u and Kenny Edwards.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Just to set it straight, he was set to come to us when the manager, football again declined to sign off on accomodation expenses for an out of district player

If he was still with the club, no doubt players that we have recruited in the past 2 years could well be elsewhere

. Pou, please don't disbelieve this or make some argument, it is what occurred , thank goodness he was removed and those decisions are now handled by the recruitment manager, Bernie and BA

Who was the manager comma football?

 

[Noise]

Because Graham is a much better attacking player. That seems to be what separates the stars from everyone else.

Jackson is a better defender, and given our edge forwards, would fit better into our team. He would play in the middle for us. Wade Graham would be wasted in the middle, much like Manu Ma'u and Kenny Edwards.

I'm not arguing who would be the better fit for us. I just don't think Graham is a star. I reckon him and Jackson are about even and are probably paid a fairly similar amount

 

[hineyrulz]

Graham's a star though you f**ken ratbag. Jackson is a quality first grader. And would be just as effective in the middle.

Jackson is a quality first grader that we would have to pay top dollar for, we'd be paying overs because of Daley's hard on for the bloke.

Better value players out there than him.