Josh Addo-Carr to the Dogs

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I wish people can understand that just because we get good players alongside good players doesn't mean we have a good team.

An extreme example is if we had the 13 worlds best props running on, we would get found out.

we need a proper blend of players.

Ideal option 1. Backline peppered with big and fats players (Roosters)
Ideal option 2. Backline mixed between big punch through players and talented quick players (raiders/Broncos/eels)

these are the two ideals.

If we get JAC then we are simply tigers- small players of reasonable quality. It doesn't hold a candle to teams like the option 1 and 2.

the same goes for our forward pack.

If we can score Bateman alongside Jackson, then we need two mongrel big c*** like mason and omeley to compliment the smaller guys and the X factor of Thompson. That's how we build a killer team. We have the players like Ogden to fill the bench but we need some serious punch in the middle and the backline to compliment the skilful players.

If we can score that and keep Foran fit for a season then that's a team that can cause enough gang rape and damage to the comp to make Bilal Skaf blush.
I think jackson could move to lock he could be like JT. He does a heap of defence and really hits the ball up similar to a front rower taking 2 or 3 guys to bring him down. He plays 80. He doesnt really hit holes but is the 1st guy picked every week. It might even help him get back in the nsw team now Murray is playing 2nd row for souths
 

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He would just be wasted like Brett Morris was..
 

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The club are absolutely kidding themselves.

We DONT NEED A WINGER.

Move Remis back to the wing. Get a top notch centre. Fuk I'm sure if we offered Cotric the type of money we would pay fox, he would come.

Fox is a superstar in the storm system. For the dogs he will be a decent player we pay overs for.

We NEED a hooker. Unless the club recruits a decent hooker. We wont be anywhere near top 8 team.
 

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The club are absolutely kidding themselves.

We DONT NEED A WINGER.

Move Remis back to the wing. Get a top notch centre. Fuk I'm sure if we offered Cotric the type of money we would pay fox, he would come.

Fox is a superstar in the storm system. For the dogs he will be a decent player we pay overs for.

We NEED a hooker. Unless the club recruits a decent hooker. We wont be anywhere near top 8 team.
Exactly, wing is the one position we don't need to recruit firstgrade ready players yet the club is going ahead to add a third one. Smith @ Centre, DWZ @ fullback are never going to be good enough yet the club looks to have no interest in changing that. Club probably just wants a big name they can show off to try and appease certain fans.
 

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JAC is a luxury player that puts the cherry on top. As others have said we have some decent wing options in Smith and DWZ which could be a decent pairing. We should be focusing on filling other positions so those two aren’t played at centre and fullback....
 

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Agree it’s definitely not an area we need to spend big but I’d still take him as he is a big game player. Huge experience and will hopefully make the players around him better.
 

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Exactly, wing is the one position we don't need to recruit firstgrade ready players yet the club is going ahead to add a third one. Smith @ Centre, DWZ @ fullback are never going to be good enough yet the club looks to have no interest in changing that. Club probably just wants a big name they can show off to try and appease certain fans.
Give harper a go at centre, put dwz centre or wing , smith wing, hoppa centre, meaney fullback he can do the job until we sign a star he might even surprise a few guys joey johns had big wraps on him at newy
 

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Exactly, wing is the one position we don't need to recruit firstgrade ready players yet the club is going ahead to add a third one. Smith @ Centre, DWZ @ fullback are never going to be good enough yet the club looks to have no interest in changing that. Club probably just wants a big name they can show off to try and appease certain fans.
I know yu have very strong opinions, but it is way too early to say that Reimis will never make a quality centre!! Way too early.
 

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Still can't believe how badly okunbour and CHN fucked up. They left such a massive hole in our 2020 squad. Our most creative backrower, and a big, tall winger who could have developed into a real X factor IMO.. We would be much better off throwing some solid coin at Bateman and persisting with the backs we have though. JAC is not a priority at all IMO.
 

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We have plenty of money for next year. It's madness to be upset about buying a player like addo carr. There's no reason why we can't buy addo carr plus a gun hooker, centre, fullback and edge backrower. Everyone complains about not having skrike outwide which we don't. We finally have skrite with the potential signing of addo carr then people still complain. Wtf?
The club are absolutely kidding themselves.

We DONT NEED A WINGER.

Move Remis back to the wing. Get a top notch centre. Fuk I'm sure if we offered Cotric the type of money we would pay fox, he would come.

Fox is a superstar in the storm system. For the dogs he will be a decent player we pay overs for.

We NEED a hooker. Unless the club recruits a decent hooker. We wont be anywhere near top 8 team.
 

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We have plenty of money for next year. It's madness to be upset about buying a player like addo carr. There's no reason why we can't buy addo carr plus a gun hooker, centre, fullback and edge backrower. Everyone complains about not having skrike outwide which we don't. We finally have skrite with the potential signing of addo carr then people still complain. Wtf?

Agreed. Top class winger with lightning speed who knows how to use it.
We all agree other positions are more of a priority but we don’t need to wait for a decent hooker or centre to be available before making other premium purchases. You’d hope after these years we are now in a position to buy the best when they become available instead of other clubs swooping in. Be ruthless.
Plus DWZ, Meaney and Reimis can have a rocket thrown up them to be better
 

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Still can't believe how badly okunbour and CHN fucked up. They left such a massive hole in our 2020 squad. Our most creative backrower, and a big, tall winger who could have developed into a real X factor IMO.. We would be much better off throwing some solid coin at Bateman and persisting with the backs we have though. JAC is not a priority at all IMO.
I thought napa jmk toomoga
Chn rfm and jacko at lock would of been a good pack. 2 edge running back rowers jacko doing work in the middle like gallen or jt. C smith and elliot britt tolman bench
 

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Agreed. Top class winger with lightning speed who knows how to use it.
We all agree other positions are more of a priority but we don’t need to wait for a decent hooker or centre to be available before making other premium purchases. You’d hope after these years we are now in a position to buy the best when they become available instead of other clubs swooping in. Be ruthless.
Plus DWZ, Meaney and Reimis can have a rocket thrown up them to be better
Cotric, Drinkwater, aitken, lomax, sami, moga, bird, alex johnson, gagai. Take your pick and we have harper. I remember watching tim simona play reserve grade and never looked that good delouise heoter was in front of him got injured playing nrl. Simona scored 2 tries on debout and killed it until he became a grub
 

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We have plenty of money for next year. It's madness to be upset about buying a player like addo carr. There's no reason why we can't buy addo carr plus a gun hooker, centre, fullback and edge backrower. Everyone complains about not having skrike outwide which we don't. We finally have skrite with the potential signing of addo carr then people still complain. Wtf?
I don’t think we would have enough money to buy all those you listed and JAC. My order of priority would be hooker, fullback, centre, back row and then wing. If we had all those filled the winger combo would be DWZ and Smith which would be one of the better wing combos in the game.
 

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I don’t think we would have enough money to buy all those you listed and JAC. My order of priority would be hooker, fullback, centre, back row and then wing. If we had all those filled the winger combo would be DWZ and Smith which would be one of the better wing combos in the game.
Drinkwater for fullback hes a gun. Go hard for bateman even if we pay overs. Id buy Granville at hooker he will turn a new leaf at a new club he still has 2 or 3 yrs left and gf experience. Take a punt on Jack Bird at centre hes a proven game winner. Hes had injurys but even tedesco had 2 or 3 knee reconstructions with seasons out and came good.
 

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Give harper a go at centre, put dwz centre or wing , smith wing, hoppa centre, meaney fullback he can do the job until we sign a star he might even surprise a few guys joey johns had big wraps on him at newy
I couldn't agree more. The whole backline is playing out off position. It's a big part of the reason our attack looks disjointed.

Check it out

CURRENT BACKLINE

1. DWZ. - winger
2. Meaney - FB
3. Smith - winger
4. Hoppa. - FB. Too slow for centre.
5. Crichton - winger

6. Wakeham
7. Lewis

PROPOSED

1. Hoppa or Meaney - FB
2. DWZ. - winger
3. Averillo - centre
4. Harper. - centre
5. Smith. - winger

6. Wakeham
7. Foran

That's a balanced backline with big / fast wingers on the outside of 2 specialist centres that can hit gaps, skip around defenders or bust open the line. Exactly the type of centres that compliment Foran and Wakehams style of taking on the line and picking out the player running into space.

There is no doubting Averillo skills and Harper, in the games his played hasn't put a foot wrong. Both have played the majority of their juniors in the centres and with wakeham in the halves you have ready made combinations.

JAC is a luxury and we already have 2 more than capable wingers in DWZ and Smith. The common sense approach should make the priority of getting blokes into position, determining if the position needs upgrading then go shopping.

In the meantime he should go shopping for a hooker, reliable half and edge backrower to replace CHN. Or better still the club should show some balls and campaign to get CHN back.
 

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I thought napa jmk toomoga
Chn rfm and jacko at lock would of been a good pack. 2 edge running back rowers jacko doing work in the middle like gallen or jt. C smith and elliot britt tolman bench
I think To'omaga is being groomed as a backrower since the fallout with CHN. That's if reports are true. Either way, Bateman would be a fucking sensational pickup! And next year with the addition of Thompson we would have a very nice pack indeed.
Napa
JMK/or a better option
Thompson
Bateman
Jackson
Elliot

To'omaga
Britt
RFM
Averilo
 

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Nasheed here,
Not what we need. We need a powerful **** on the wing.

UNLESS,
We counter it with the purchase of a powerful centre, and not on hoppas side.

we need some punch in the centre to allow JAC to do he thang.

a Complete small backline won't work.

Rapana would have been a smarter play for us.
With the interchange being reduced to 6 big wingers will still be helpful. But I do think it that smaller wingers will make a little bit of a resurgence as they will have plenty of opportunities late in each halves with coaches trying to save and running out of changes
 

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I couldn't agree more. The whole backline is playing out off position. It's a big part of the reason our attack looks disjointed.

Check it out

CURRENT BACKLINE

1. DWZ. - winger
2. Meaney - FB
3. Smith - winger
4. Hoppa. - FB. Too slow for centre.
5. Crichton - winger

6. Wakeham
7. Lewis

PROPOSED

1. Hoppa or Meaney - FB
2. DWZ. - winger
3. Averillo - centre
4. Harper. - centre
5. Smith. - winger

6. Wakeham
7. Foran

That's a balanced backline with big / fast wingers on the outside of 2 specialist centres that can hit gaps, skip around defenders or bust open the line. Exactly the type of centres that compliment Foran and Wakehams style of taking on the line and picking out the player running into space.

There is no doubting Averillo skills and Harper, in the games his played hasn't put a foot wrong. Both have played the majority of their juniors in the centres and with wakeham in the halves you have ready made combinations.

JAC is a luxury and we already have 2 more than capable wingers in DWZ and Smith. The common sense approach should make the priority of getting blokes into position, determining if the position needs upgrading then go shopping.

In the meantime he should go shopping for a hooker, reliable half and edge backrower to replace CHN. Or better still the club should show some balls and campaign to get CHN back.
Yeah i agree i think you need more speed at fullback then centre though to run your edge plays or hit a whole up the middle. Hoppa is too good a player to leave out he can be a defencive type centre who sets his winger up or runs the block.If hoppa had speed he would be a gun. Ive never seen Averillo play i missed his debout, was he a gun junoir i never seen him play nsw or anything but niether did cam smith
 
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