The Rumours Thread

[Como Connection]

Dave Riccio is reporting that Flanno and the club won’t be making an offer to Luai come November 1st

They reportedly have their eyes on Tom Dearden as a cheaper longer term solution

Even though the odds of us getting him are zero to none

Our new Chief Assistant coach may have convinced him.
CC

 

[Auntie.Gerald]

For the money I’m not sure if Curran is that much of an improvement on BBurns or the Couchmans

For me when I watch Curran his better moments are broken play off the bench and backing up for a pass or try

There is a max amount u would spend for him as a starting second rower

If that is the case and we stood by our limit that is fine by me as I would prefer to spend big on better if we have a plan and a possibility of making that happen

I also thought that we may see one of the Couchmans possibly fight for a back row spot.

They will be so much better for the run in FG in 2023 and another preseason

I mean let’s be honest they are the lightest middles for their height and age I have seen play FG for some time and they handled it well

Their trajectory and willingness to improve could be quite interesting to follow in 2024

They seem to have a mindset and professionalism at a totally different level than most 19 year olds

To go from 98kg to 103kg ish is possible in 2024 and will help tremendously

If Liam Martin didn’t make his FG debut until 21yrs of age…….our two couchmans could be a seriously good level by 21yrs of age.

They may have 20 to 40 FG games by 21yrs old

Martin was 97kg on debut at 21yrs of age and now 103kgish

I just think there upside could be quite strong and valuable to our best 17 and maybe more than we realise

 

[Trifili13]

"To go from 98kg to 103kg ish is possible in 2024 and will help tremendously"
That's easy, I can do that in one sitting at an all you can eat buffet

 

[BLM01]

Dave Riccio is reporting that Flanno and the club won’t be making an offer to Luai come November 1st

They reportedly have their eyes on Tom Dearden as a cheaper longer term solution

Even though the odds of us getting him are zero to none

Oh damn
So much for keeping things behind closed doors out of the media
Although happy with that approach I don’t like the odds offered by @BIG RIG
Unless it is a smoke screen
Tell the media one thing and do another
We await with baited breath

 

[Auntie.Gerald]

Why would he leave Townsville “gods country”

Bit of a false paradise nth qld

Stingers
Crocs
No one at the beach swimming

If you are a boat person or yachtsmen and or scuba diver than u are in a paradise

 

[Auntie.Gerald]

Siosiua Taukeiaho

Siosiua Taukeiaho of Manly Sea Eagles player profile including contract information, NRL news, stats and rumours.

www.zerotackle.com

Does anyone know the delay for Sio announcing his destination club?

Very strange how long it has taken unless I missed the offical signing online ?

 

[BIG RIG]

Siosiua Taukeiaho

Siosiua Taukeiaho of Manly Sea Eagles player profile including contract information, NRL news, stats and rumours.

www.zerotackle.com

Does anyone know the delay for Sio announcing his destination club?

Very strange how long it has taken unless I missed the offical signing online ?

Honestly I think they were just waiting for the Super League Grand Final to finish , but he is off to the Bulldogs aswell

 

[BIG RIG]

Honestly I think they were just waiting for the Super League Grand Final to finish , but he is off to the Bulldogs aswell

Based off rumours Bulldogs have about 6 signings to announce

 

[An Old Westie Dragon]

Dave Riccio is reporting that Flanno and the club won’t be making an offer to Luai come November 1st

They reportedly have their eyes on Tom Dearden as a cheaper longer term solution

Even though the odds of us getting him are zero to none

I’m with the Club on this one. If we are zero to none to get Dearden, then we are at less odds to get Luai. He won’t leave Penrith. Fingers crossed Deano might convince Deardon to come to us. Unfortunately as per usual, we won’t get either.

 

[Saints Forever]

I’m currently severely confused as to what Flanno is waiting for

I get that he has his eyes on the big fishes of 2025 eg Luai but in all seriousness we are more likely to miss out on all of them , and then have missed the boat completely on signings we actually had a shot at e.g Curran

6/11

 

[Saints Forever]

For the money I’m not sure if Curran is that much of an improvement on BBurns or the Couchmans

For me when I watch Curran his better moments are broken play off the bench and backing up for a pass or try

There is a max amount u would spend for him as a starting second rower

If that is the case and we stood by our limit that is fine by me as I would prefer to spend big on better if we have a plan and a possibility of making that happen

I also thought that we may see one of the Couchmans possibly fight for a back row spot.

They will be so much better for the run in FG in 2023 and another preseason

I mean let’s be honest they are the lightest middles for their height and age I have seen play FG for some time and they handled it well

Their trajectory and willingness to improve could be quite interesting to follow in 2024

They seem to have a mindset and professionalism at a totally different level than most 19 year olds

To go from 98kg to 103kg ish is possible in 2024 and will help tremendously

If Liam Martin didn’t make his FG debut until 21yrs of age…….our two couchmans could be a seriously good level by 21yrs of age.

They may have 20 to 40 FG games by 21yrs old

Martin was 97kg on debut at 21yrs of age and now 103kgish

I just think there upside could be quite strong and valuable to our best 17 and maybe more than we realise

I would like to see both Coachman’s playing as edge backrowers

Both have an offload in them

 

[Phantom V]

I can imagine when Curran met up with Gould he would’ve said something along the lines of ‘ Do you really wanna sign with a club where even the Captain wants out?’ …….GAME OVER

 

[Biglance]

I don't understand why the couchmans are not playing 2nd row.

 

[Dragon David]

Honestly I think they were just waiting for the Super League Grand Final to finish , but he is off to the Bulldogs aswell

Hahahahaha! Anyone else for the Bulldogs? It is a joke!

 

[TheRev]

We would only get dearden if there is some secret youngy connection, or it's hunt related.

But the question I have is whether we are missing out on players these past 4 months because we are offering market rates in order to preserve our cap, but its just a hard sell.. Or r we offering overs and still not getting them.. It may well be the latter.

I'm sure we have a couple of fringe guys lined up.. But it feels like we r bringing a nsw cup side to an nrl comp that has never been more competitive.

 

[Desperate Dragon]

Other side of the story is Flanagan has already said he has knocked back signing a few players and player managers were contacting him following the Amone verdict and offering him different halves.
Plenty going on that we know very little about.

 

[Budpower]

I prefer Dearden if we can get him...Deardon/Hunt or Flanno halves combo would be top 2 material, Luais had many shoulder injuries too risky would be out too many games

 

[Cupper]

Dearden is a better player than Luai IMO and a better buy if they were the same price, the fact dearden would come cheaper makes it a pretty easy one I think.

 

[dragon thomo]

Curran is a lot better player than Billy Burns. Under Flanno he couls become our Rueban Cotter.

 

[slippery5]

Riccio reporting we're going stand with Amone throughout this entire legal drama. It reads to me like if he doesn't get jail time we'll keep him and play him. Weak weak weak. f**k that.

The only reason I could think of given him a second chance is.
Would he have carried out the chase on his own or was he just trying to earn some respect from his dad by going into battle with him??
I'm not sure where I sit on this due to the fact it was instigated by the Father.