Re: Shopping List 2023 : Wed Jun 29, 2022 7:01 pm  

Hughes with go to Hudds I reckon, Watson type signing and he loves a Warrington or Salford player. Livett going too, I wonder who they will release to sign these.

Re: Shopping List 2023 : Wed Jun 29, 2022 7:09 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Hughes with go to Hudds I reckon, Watson type signing and he loves a Warrington or Salford player. Livett going too, I wonder who they will release to sign these.

McQueen? Due to age.

You'd think Greenwood would be out the door too, I could see him at Salford in a swap with Livett. His brother is there too

Rest of Hudds ooc is:

Sebastine Ikahihifo, Ricky Leutele, Leroy Cudjoe, Jack Ashworth, Jack Cogger, Ashton Golding, Chester Butler, Sam Hewitt, Nathan Mason, Jon Luke Kirby, George Roby, Louis Senior.

You'd think Ikahihifo, Leutele, Cudjoe, Senior and maybe Golding would stay. The rest may be 'up for grabs'

Re: Shopping List 2023 : Wed Jun 29, 2022 7:19 pm  

As good as confirmed Manu is leaving at the end of the season.

Right call for me despite his form this season. Too many niggles. Top earner and quota player

"Manu Ma'u strained his hamstring earlier in the week. He is looking like two or three weeks out at best. It's a minimal tear but it's enough to keep him out. The likelihood is that he will be leaving the club. I've had a conversation with Manu around that, but that's in house and doesn't need to go into the public."

Re: Shopping List 2023 : Wed Jun 29, 2022 7:52 pm  

mwindass wrote:

As good as confirmed Manu is leaving at the end of the season.

Right call for me despite his form this season. Too many niggles. Top earner and quota player

"Manu Ma'u strained his hamstring earlier in the week. He is looking like two or three weeks out at best. It's a minimal tear but it's enough to keep him out. The likelihood is that he will be leaving the club. I've had a conversation with Manu around that, but that's in house and doesn't need to go into the public."

Dont agree with you about Mau.Super fit guy
i understand the age thing but he can easily go to 35/36 based on his fitness
As for the niggles injuries what about some of our other players.Tuimavave for instance yet we dont look at their injury records.

Re: Shopping List 2023 : Wed Jun 29, 2022 7:58 pm  

mwindass wrote:

McQueen? Due to age.

You'd think Greenwood would be out the door too, I could see him at Salford in a swap with Livett. His brother is there too

Rest of Hudds ooc is:

Sebastine Ikahihifo, Ricky Leutele, Leroy Cudjoe, Jack Ashworth, Jack Cogger, Ashton Golding, Chester Butler, Sam Hewitt, Nathan Mason, Jon Luke Kirby, George Roby, Louis Senior.

You'd think Ikahihifo, Leutele, Cudjoe, Senior and maybe Golding would stay. The rest may be 'up for grabs'

McQueen is another in the Mau mould.Super fit and having an outstanding season yet he is even older than Mau,He is either 34 or even 35
Leutele is probably the best centre at the moment in S/L and several on here have said they would have him in our team yet he will be 33 next season.
I agree age catches up on players but some of the ones mentioned can easily go 2 or more years in S/L

Re: Shopping List 2023 : Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:06 pm  

bonaire wrote:

McQueen is another in the Mau mould.Super fit and having an outstanding season yet he is even older than Mau,He is either 34 or even 35
Leutele is probably the best centre at the moment in S/L and several on here have said they would have him in our team yet he will be 33 next season.
I agree age catches up on players but some of the ones mentioned can easily go 2 or more years in S/L

The club thought that with Manu and Mini, both kept too long.

Think it's the right call, as long we use the money to invest in another halfback or FB.

I still think we will sign an overseas backrower or save the quota spot for a mid season signing, when you have a better idea of the teams weaknesses or injuries

Re: Shopping List 2023 : Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:16 pm  

bonaire wrote:

Dont agree with you about Mau.Super fit guy
i understand the age thing but he can easily go to 35/36 based on his fitness
As for the niggles injuries what about some of our other players.Tuimavave for instance yet we dont look at their injury records.

He misses too many games for me. He's missed 5 already this season, plus another 3/4 at least now.

He's been good for us, but not Sika or Mini level, who we ended up keeping a season too long.

I think we could get more cap value from moving him on too, spread across more than 1 player.

Re: Shopping List 2023 : Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:43 pm  

bonaire wrote:

Dont agree with you about Mau.Super fit guy
i understand the age thing but he can easily go to 35/36 based on his fitness
As for the niggles injuries what about some of our other players.Tuimavave for instance yet we dont look at their injury records.

It's true that Carlos has played just one more game than Manu Ma'u over the last three seasons (both missed more than one in four games) but I imagine Ma'u is on a fair bit more than Tuimavave.

Re: Shopping List 2023 : Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:41 am  

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... d19338ef9a Newcastle still chasing Luke Brookes for next season which won't help Hoy.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... d19338ef9a Newcastle still chasing Luke Brookes for next season which won't help Hoy.

Re: Shopping List 2023 : Thu Jun 30, 2022 7:05 am  

mwindass wrote:

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2022-ryan-papenhuyzen-return-melbourne-storm-teams-injuries-ins-and-outs-mick-potter-covid19-bulldogs/news-story/754a6224a7a626c1bd0d9ad19338ef9a

Newcastle still chasing Luke Brookes for next season which won't help Hoy.

I think we will sign Hoy, probably just need to sort out this NRL release clause, which I think is the issue.

Looking forward to watching him tomorrow, hope he doesn't have a great game