The Rumours Thread

[BIG RIG]

I saw him in the club video, nothing is a lock, but he is the starting winger if he stays..

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Ahh ok nice , I would hope that he will stay , but it seems Flanno has got a few targets but not enough spots

 

[BIG RIG]

Surely no longer necessary?

Unless we are moving on another winger but I’m interested to let Flanno inact his plans for the squad

 

[Dragsters]

Unless we are moving on another winger but I’m interested to let Flanno inact his plans for the squad

Sure but after signing Lawson and the number of spots available, another winger has to be way down the pecking order now.

Half or two, prop or two are surely the priority moving forward.

Plus I also think JAC is a massive gamble on a guy on a downhill slide we just don't need to take...

 

[KogarahWarrior]

Interesting that so far I haven’t seen any pics or vids of Sione Finau training with the rest of the young crop

There's plenty on Instagram

 

[Unsainty79]

Sorry to disagree, but Lawrie has Never been our best forward. He can't tie Debellin's or Sua's boot laces. I am still in shock how he was awarded player of the year in 2023.

Well, he was. It may not necessarily be a reflection of him, but rather the squad at the time.

Su’a was ordinary in his first year and wanted to leave, De Belin wasn’t fantastic (not a dig at him) in his first 18 months & Molo produced zilch in his first year. Lawrie was our most consistent forward at the time & we could not afford to lose him.

The desperation then has obviously cost us now, but again, I don’t blame the saints for resigning a local junior, who at the time was our most consistent forward and rumoured to he wanted by Wayne Bennett at the Phins.

Regardless of it all, if we go into the season with De Belin, Molo & Sele as our front rowers and T Couchman and Cook (when Liddle is on) as our locks then Lawrie will be playing a lot of first grade in 25. We have no depth in the front row.

 

[John moz]

Lawrie has to be moved on just the same way Roosters did with May . Other nrl clubs are good on moving players on to superleague

 

[Old Timer]

Well, he was. It may not necessarily be a reflection of him, but rather the squad at the time.

Su’a was ordinary in his first year and wanted to leave, De Belin wasn’t fantastic (not a dig at him) in his first 18 months & Molo produced zilch in his first year. Lawrie was our most consistent forward at the time & we could not afford to lose him.

The desperation then has obviously cost us now, but again, I don’t blame the saints for resigning a local junior, who at the time was our most consistent forward and rumoured to he wanted by Wayne Bennett at the Phins.

Regardless of it all, if we go into the season with De Belin, Molo & Sele as our front rowers and T Couchman and Cook (when Liddle is on) as our locks then Lawrie will be playing a lot of first grade in 25. We have no depth in the front row.

Lawrie was adopted by the fan base because he was a local junior and at that time they had little else to cheer for.

Despite the odd biggish hit here and there his performances overall were generally mediocre and the notion that Bennett would possibly have taken him to the Phins is simply laughable.

For sure he tried to run hard and was passionate but the truth is his output was never good enough for 1st grade.

There will always be those that think passion will overcome ability but the sad reality is that is not the case.

 

[Jubilee]

We have no depth in the front row.

Key take-away from your comment.

 

[TheRev]

Key take-away from your comment.

'If' the Couchmans are more that just bench fillers this year, it will make a huge difference..

We lost BMM and we are maybe losing Eisenhuth.. but Ryan hardly got a game last year so thats fine.. and we will sign a Lodge or similar to replace BMM... Tonga will do the occasional game.. not sure on Latu..

I think Lawrie and MMolo will be tasked with leading the NSW Cup forward pack.. I dont think either will be close to 1st grade unless we have numerous injuries.. I also think we will try to get a 2nd middle on top during next year, we need to move a couple on first.. Fifita is another not serving any purpose for us.

 

[redV06]

BMM will be on the Supplementary list too I’d say. He’s still with us but not on a top 30 contract.