Re: More rumours! : Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:00 pm  

black and white wrote:

Heard today i talk crap

Edited

Re: More rumours! : Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:07 pm  

jimmyfivebellies wrote:

Edited

Don`t spoil it,his "heard today" are classics.

Re: More rumours! : Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:11 pm  

wolfie wrote:

There is still a few signings to come in,people are just going to have to wait while they are announced,also can see a few go, id say there is still plenty to be revealed once the season is over,players going,players staying,players coming in,long going,plus lauaki and fitz possibly leaving,burnett wont be coming back,we dont know whats going ion with washy,i would say that frees a fair wedge of cash up,sept oct could become very interesting

wrong username

Re: More rumours! : Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:19 pm  

Sebasteeno wrote:

:? wrong username

come again?

Re: More rumours! : Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:22 pm  

B0NES wrote:

Johnson wouldn't be a bad signing for any team . If there was a chance then we should go for him.

I agree.

What surprises me most is people not thinking we need to make a signing at prop. IMO we definitely do. Even if Dowes stays, we have 2 good props and 2 ok next year, by no means a bad set of props but not one of the strongest either IMO. But what is most worrying about our prop situation is that if Dowes gets a 1-year extension, all 4 are out of contract next year, with 3 of them over 30 by then (I'd expect at least Radford to be considering retirement) and the other looking pretty likely to want a crack at the NRL. If we don't bring in at least 1 prop for next year, we are potentially leaving ourselves a ridiculously challenging recruitment drive next year, and one that I think we would really struggle to pull off, which then writes off yet another season.

And if anyone thinks the answer might lie in our youngsters, we can't expect them to go from not getting a game in 2011 to playing every week in 2013. There's no way we can build a pack capable of competing that way in such a short space of time.

Re: More rumours! : Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:26 pm  

Neville Bartos wrote:

I think going into 2012 with Moa, O'Meley, Dowes & Radford as our four main props is ok yeah.

As I mentioned, how about going into 2013 with nobody, or a completely new front row?

Your suggestion that we don't need another prop is very short-sighted IMO.

Re: More rumours! : Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:59 pm  

carl_spackler wrote:

As I mentioned, how about going into 2013 with nobody, or a completely new front row?

Your suggestion that we don't need another prop is very short-sighted IMO.

Don't forget Gallen and big petro. Also dave Taylor could cover prop

Re: More rumours! : Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:07 pm  

black and white wrote:

Don't forget Gallen and big petro. Also dave Taylor could cover prop

Surely you mean big pedro

Re: More rumours! : Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:38 am  

I'll go for Petero.

Re: More rumours! : Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:20 am  

carl_spackler wrote:

I agree.

What surprises me most is people not thinking we need to make a signing at prop. IMO we definitely do. Even if Dowes stays, we have 2 good props and 2 ok next year, by no means a bad set of props but not one of the strongest either IMO. But what is most worrying about our prop situation is that if Dowes gets a 1-year extension, all 4 are out of contract next year, with 3 of them over 30 by then (I'd expect at least Radford to be considering retirement) and the other looking pretty likely to want a crack at the NRL. If we don't bring in at least 1 prop for next year, we are potentially leaving ourselves a ridiculously challenging recruitment drive next year, and one that I think we would really struggle to pull off, which then writes off yet another season.

And if anyone thinks the answer might lie in our youngsters, we can't expect them to go from not getting a game in 2011 to playing every week in 2013. There's no way we can build a pack capable of competing that way in such a short space of time.

Good point about all the props being out of contract at the same time, personally I think we will bring in a prop during the off season.