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The big signings will be Queenslanders
Wrighty
Depends how much manu wants to play playoff rugby league
With the dolphins he has the equivalent of a fruju”s chance of surviving in kaitaia in January
at least for the next three years
I'm sure they'd like to but how often do marque players actually sign in November? They don't want to be reaching Feb/March still waiting on big names.
That may end up being the most interesting part of this off season. Nov 1st is always made a big deal but nothing ever actually happens. This year could be very different as teams may fear missing out once the Dolphins start signing players.
wizards rage
Addin Fonua-Blake, Lodge, Evans, Walsh… POS isn’t afraid to sign players with a bit of character… Leilua fits this category.
Arguably you get them cheap knowing you have leverage over them as ‘a club willing to give them a chance’. Even Ash Taylor fits into the ‘needs to change their behaviour’ camp.
With this strategy we need a really strong professional environment, with standards and be prepared to kick the ones that don’t pull the line (Evans) to make an example of what happens to those that err…
A strategy with a lot of risk but you build a talented squad with a lot of upside for cheap. If we have the systems and support to keep them all ‘paddling in the same direction’ we could be lethal. Potential to implode though…
Orifice
You can write what ever novel you want about Joey leilua but he is a lazy and is not what the warriors need, I would play Pompey over him any day of the week!
no more lazier than our side look at our forwards he can do bigger minutes than bunty n Ben Murdoch-Masila n leson
A centre can do bigger minutes than three props? Well.....yeah.....
That's not really an indication of lazy though.
Leilua is genuinely lazy and one of the dumbest players there is. He's a liability.
I think Bunty has more minutes in him that he gets ......thats just the rotation time coach gives him. and Ben Murdoch-Masila is there for impact. Dont think a 30 year old centre with questionable commitment is what we need.
Five&Last
Leilua is finished in the NRL. Absolute head case off the field and a liability on the field. We wouldn’t touch him with a 10 foot pole.
Five&Last
It’s a no from me. Tigers signed him on the cheap and he still managed to fuck up at every opportunity.
Yeah I think he is too risky. Addin Fonua-Blake and Lodge were top tier props. Evans had been a solid rotation forward at para and he saved the dumb shit till he got to us. Walsh had big wraps as a kid with potential. Lielua will be 30 next year, a hot head, over weight, unfit and defensively erratic. Great on attack some days...but too many negatives to make him an option....even on the minimum.
Orifice
That's right, sticky could see the writing on the wall, Tigers were just stupid enough to sign him in the first place.
Noitall
He cost them that 2019 final by holding the pass, when Rapana would have gone in. Apparently his asking price was crazy, also his brother Luciano’s was up there too. I think the tigers have re signed Luciano for about $570k a season.
wizards rage
I was not necessarily pushing Leilua. My novel was about the strategy 🤣
No risk on a train and trial though…
Jaffa J
The good thing about signing Joey is that he could get the club an Oporto sponsorship
Five&Last
I disagree with that.
Those resources should go towards either young players that will be pushing for first grade in a couple of years or players like Ash Taylor who are first grade quality (unlike Leilua) but have some health or injury risk.
Defence
Well pos is good friends with his manager….
Can’t see him coming here tho- wants to stay in Sydney and wants to play in the forwards.
Can’t see him coming here tho- wants to stay in Sydney and wants to play in the forwards.
Noitall
Brandon Smith going to market. Could be good for our pursuit of Joseph Manu with the roosters apparently showing interest.
Wrighty
Big development
Roosters need him at hooker and Luke Keary back
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