Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[FrodoTBaggin]

Check out how poor the Wests Harold Matts team, featuring the 2 guys I mentioned, have been...

They've been playing really poor, they haven't even lost a game yet! that's really poor form, they should give the other teams more of a chance.

Makasini also got the most tries in the competition with 10 in 8 games.. bog average he is.

 

[Tiger Stripes]

Check out how poor the Wests Harold Matts team, featuring the 2 guys I mentioned, have been...

In the H Matts. side the new crop of forwards paving they way for the back line to have time and space [and they also defend well] are of a taller, athletic, bigger than the previous crop of solid nuggets.
With height and attitude they will fill out with strength and muscle and should be nurtured.
eg. Christian Taupau-Moors, Maddex Fiu, Peter French, Siotame Havea Jr. and Henare Reti.

 

[Wildcat777]

Yes to Butcher. No to Taruva. Too small for my liking. Mmmmm

I wouldn’t take either!!!

 

[Wildcat777]

turuva is a vast improvement on Staines and tupou
if we can get him for 420 - 450k it would be a good deal

Yes an improvement…. But not looking to slightly improve. Which is all he will do. Need a beast!!! We want to scare the opposite winger… just think of who are the top 5 wingers in today’s game, ie last few years!

 

[Wildcat777]

Staines is a weak link in our side. Not due to a lack of effort, he constantly goes looking for work but gets dominated each time due to his size. His speed hasn't been a benefit for us at all either. Turuva would be a massive upgrade on Staines.

Improvement? Don’t understand how…see them both as being very similar in all attributes. Both have speed, both midgets and get dominated!

 

[supercoach]

Taruva is not going to leave Riff for an extra 50g, his manager would be looking at 100g over the Riff offer. Be a good buy especially with Tapou heading north, but I think a quality middle forward and another edge forward should be our priority

 

[Odessa]

Taruva is not going to leave Riff for an extra 50g, his manager would be looking at 100g over the Riff offer. Be a good buy especially with Tapou heading north, but I think a quality middle forward and another edge forward should be our priority

We need a no frills centre who has played 50 first grade games just as a backup who can tackle to fill in a few games a year like. Momo

 

[Dino]

I think turuva would run into the same problems that Staines is having in our squad, we don't really use our wingers in attack which means pure finishers like them don't really suit our team.

What we need is wingers that are great at getting metres.

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

Tristran Sailor would be a great pickup….

 

[davey_farrell]

Tristran Sailor would be a great pickup….

totally agree, rather see him at Tigers then head to the UK ..very underated and would not cost too much

 

[Camel2281]

Wasn't Ivan the super coach who questioned whether he can lead a team? That must have gone down like a lead balloon.

I reckon it was said to Justify Nathan's massive new contract at Luais expense

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

totally agree, rather see him at Tigers then head to the UK ..very underated and would not cost too much

Where would you play him?
He wouldn’t come here unless he is a lock to start & we won’t be shifting Bula anytime soon.

 

[PabloX]

Where would you play him?
He wouldn’t come here unless he is a lock to start & we won’t be shifting Bula anytime soon.

Wing

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Where would you play him?
He wouldn’t come here unless he is a lock to start & we won’t be shifting Bula anytime soon.

I doubt he’s in a position to command a starting spot. No player is, but especially a fringe first grader.

 

[Camel2281]

Where would you play him?
He wouldn’t come here unless he is a lock to start & we won’t be shifting Bula anytime soon.

I reckon he'd be a useful centre

 

[Buttface]

Where would you play him?
He wouldn’t come here unless he is a lock to start & we won’t be shifting Bula anytime soon.

Wing, centre, and FB and 5/8 cover. And no way he is a lock to start? He’s had a few good games, that’s it, he’s not demanding anything or toot-a-loo off to pommy land you go. Big Dell would want him in Oz I reckon.

 

[weststigerman]

The club has made it clear they’re after a quality outside back and I think they’ll target specialist centre/wingers.

If we re-sign Makasini, there is a good chance he’ll be fast tracked into NRL next year. Possibly outside Olam on the wing.

I reckon we’ll be looking for a quality right centre and a depth winger.

Only right centre that comes to mind is Lomax but he sounds like he’s off to Parra. Who else is there?

 

[Lestronge]

I don’t want to burst ur bubble but have u been watching the lower grade teams results they are very poor , now out of all these super juniors that every one thinks we have u might get 2-5 who make it , have a look at our great kids in the forwards they are not anywhere near 1st grade , when the panthers started there program they worked on 1 in a hundred would make 1st grade

They’re all 18 . Playing against 25-30 year olds , who are seasoned and getting desperate to make an impact in nrl , not his t because it means a contract here , but also a contract in SL as you have to have played a certain amount of games

 

[Lestronge]

The club has made it clear they’re after a quality outside back and I think they’ll target specialist centre/wingers.

If we re-sign Makasini, there is a good chance he’ll be fast tracked into NRL next year. Possibly outside Olam on the wing.

I reckon we’ll be looking for a quality right centre and a depth winger.

Only right centre that comes to mind is Lomax but he sounds like he’s off to Parra. Who else is there?

I thought we did re-sign him . Wasn’t there a thing during the week ?

 

[KingRobbie]

I thought we did re-sign him . Wasn’t there a thing during the week ?

Nah, the reports during the week were that we're trying to keep him but there's a bunch of other clubs + Union after him.