Rumours and Stuff

[Poupou Escobar]

Yep , relying on a 1 one game rookie, fairly idiotic notion

He’s not going to get to 200 games without playing the first 20.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Cleary played origin at 20, yeah he wasn't amazing but he held his own in a winning series. It was a stupid statement that looks more embarrassing by the day.

Huggy crew gotta Hug each other too i suppose.

Robson would’ve been just as good (holding his own) in Origin. We know this because he was as good at club level as Cleary was back then.

The reason Robson was never picked in Origin, despite being as good as Cleary at the time he was picked, was because Robson was already at his peak and there was no upside. There were also better NSW halves available than Robson. But he was a very solid player, just like Cleary back then. Gronk’s observation was correct, and you’re wrong to keep going on about it.

 

[hineyrulz]

Robson would’ve been just as good (holding his own) in Origin. We know this because he was as good at club level as Cleary was back then.

The reason Robson was never picked in Origin, despite being as good as Cleary at the time he was picked, was because Robson was already at his peak and there was no upside. There were also better NSW halves available than Robson. But he was a very solid player, just like Cleary back then. Gronk’s observation was correct, and you’re wrong to keep going on about it.

Robson was unlucky not to be picked in Origin. lol dude drugs must be better in Canberra.

 

[strider]

Now now ... I'm sure many often think of great origin quality halves ..... Sterling, Mortimer, Johns, ......, Robson

 

[strider]

Gronk’s observation was correct, and you’re wrong to keep going on about it.

No .... the whole point of the Robson mkII remark was to try and put Cleary down and say he is only ever mediocre like Robson ..... not that Robson was high quality

 

[Chipmunk]

We let them go for the salary cap benefits, not to strengthen the team in the short term.

That might be the case, but salary cap benefits are useless if you're not using it. We've had 5 months to sign players for 2026, where are the signings??? Everyone else is announcing signings.

 

[Chipmunk]

Part of the agreement for Iongi would’ve been first crack at the fullback spot. Promises are part of the equation for players, even if they aren’t written into a contract. Clubs/coaches who break their promises keep that reputation and it affects their future bargaining power. Players (and their managers) talk.

Playing Iongi at fullback is not really the issue here.

 

[Glenneel]

I wouldn't expect to get a leader in the swap given it was only one season, but Molo is likely better than any middle on our books now.

We now have ZERO NRL standard starting Front Rowers at the club.

There's no way Gutho should've been allowed to leave without being replaced.

Gutho's not a middle.

 

[Glenneel]

Doesn’t Gould just straight up hate us?

Yes until we show him the money.

 

[Eelementary]

But they love money

Who doesn't?

All this talk about money being the cause of all evil...if I had $1 million, I'd never stress about money again.

 

[Eelementary]

He was right about Cleary. He was no better than Robson. Just like you whingers were right about Talagi. He couldn’t tackle. But teenagers improve. We saw it with Cleary, we saw it with Drown, and we will see it with Talagi and a whole bunch of merkins currently in our pathways. Just because the become good one day doesn’t mean they were always good.

I've seen Cleary do things on the field that Robson couldn't even dream of:

- taking that Grand Final by the scruff of the neck (while the Panthers were behind), and winning them the game

- kicking a 40m field goal to tie the game against us after having kicked for touch (that was insane)

About the only knock you could make on Nathan Cleary is that he hasn't dominated at rep level.

But I would have him as our 7 every damn day of the week.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The Chamas/Weidler podcast

Here’s where you went wrong

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Getting beat by Tigers comprehensively indicates we aren’t going well, and haven’t recruited well for years.

So what did it say about our recruitment when we beat the likes of Melbourne or Penrith? Why is this Tigers game the exemplar of our front office while other games are meaningless?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

MON needs to get cracking and bring Tui home for a few years.

*Tui Afualo

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Answer, from a relative position of strength, who did we sign - Momoseia, Murchie and a few others who have all failed to kick on. That was evidence of poor identification

Or was it evidence of a very tight salary cap?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

His WYSPAPWQKDFAOFKO % is shithouse.


He's crap Pou's stats have spoken.

Nah it’s decent. 2.5 WPYSA18 isn’t bad for a bloke his age. Most 20 year olds are on zero.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How he plays with the ball wasn’t the issue last year, it was looking disinterested when he didn’t have the ball. Rarely supported other runners or chased through on kicks.

It’s because he has RBF that he “looks disinterested”. He’s not running around with his face screwed up or his eyes bugging out.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

honestly, you guys look cooked

Their defence has fallen off a cliff, but it is early days. We didn’t even have a cliff to fall off.

 

[Chipmunk]

Gutho's not a middle.

True...I was talking about two arguments in the one post with that one.

 

[hineyrulz]

Nah it’s decent. 2.5 WPYSA18 isn’t bad for a bloke his age. Most 20 year olds are on zero.

What about a 20 year old half that played origin that was labeled Jeff Robson MkII??