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He’s the type of player who needs to go to the storm and get some tough love from Bellamy. I’m not sure if he’d buy in with us

Don’t mind Twal but he’s very similar in size and output to Max King. IMO we’re really lacking that big bodied powerhouse middle forward, Twal, King, Knight, Thompson, Waddell, Edwards, Sutton are all fairly similar body type.

How big is Wilson? Can’t seem to find listed height and weight anywhere. He looks abit undersized but it might just be me making a subconscious judgement because he’s a white kid who wears a headgear

The knights have signed 2 young English lads for next season, it’ll be interesting to see how they go and whether going down that young Englishmen route is a good pathway

To be fair Dom Young has scored about a thousand tries on that right edge even though Ponga has been attacking predominantly down the left. Ponga is the main man for sure but everyone plays their role, the second game against us Ponga barely touched the ball and they put 40 on us without much fuss

I like Morrin and really hoped they train him up as a back up hooker and add some versatility to his game as he’s not really big enough to be a full time middle IMO but considering we’ve signed 300 utilities already it’s hard to see where he fits in.

As you said good pack, their backline is probably one of the best in the comp when you factor in how good they all are in the yardage department. Their spine on paper isn’t fantastic outside Ponga but Hastings, Gamble and Crossland are all competitors and play the parts to a tee, when Ponga...

Elliott is playing finals footy 2 years in a row for 2 different teams who had failed to make the 8 the year prior wtf is the world coming to

To be fair Mann destroyed us so Ciro is probably impressed that someone managed to dismantle his genius defensive scheme and wants to know how he did it

They probably don’t have the high end silky skills of say Brisbane or the overall consistency of Penrith but in terms of yardage, tackle breaks and those areas they’re elite. What I like is they all have different body shapes and different strengths.

How big is Morrin? Never seen any listed measurements but he looks quite short and nuggety

Whatever you think of Freddy as a coach I think he’s more than qualified to comment on this discussion considering he was started his career as a centre and finished as a 5/8th, he also won premierships and played for Australia in both positions so I don’t think there are many people who...

Burton is a centre with a kicking game. I’ve said this about Burton previously and I think it still holds true, he’s a very predictable player because he has two strengths in his game that are light years ahead of the other parts of his game and that is his bomb and his left foot step, the...

Yep, for a guy with his size and power he doesn’t break nearly as manly tackles as he should. In 10 games he’s broken 9 tackles, by comparison Tino has broken 31 tackles in 13 games. Early in his broncos career when he actually used to run hard he was breaking between 50-60 tackles per season.

Tino won’t come, he left the storm and signed with the titans to be closer to his family and those family ties have only strengthen with his brother there as well now, add to that we’re in no better position than the titans in terms of where we are ladderwise and how much we could offer him

unfortunately there really isn’t, the 4 props that played for England in the World Cup semi final were Burgess, Chris Hill, Thompson and Mike Cooper. Hill and Cooper are good tough forwards but are 35 and 34 respectively so I think it tells you something when someone abit younger hasn’t been...

He’s a clear flat track bully, downhill skier if you will. Put him in a good side where he can just add a little bit of extra impact and good to go but asking him to lead a pack is like asking Rajab to tackle someone, they just don’t have it in them.

In the spirit of “if you can’t beat them….” I wouldn’t mind Lachlan Fitzgibbon. Not a superstar but would do well either on an edge (with Preston moving to the middle) or just a really good solid bench option. Only draw back is Alamoti and Rajab might have PTSD when they see him

I think Alamoti has been burnt on the outside so many times due to his lack of speed he’s trying to solve it but rushing in but twice be shot out of the line last night for no reason and twice it led to tries to Timoko and Rapana. I like Alamoti but I have my doubts about how high the ceiling is...

For me instincts are something you either have or you don’t as opposed to something that you develop. Look at Wighton, great footballer but plays very differently to Cody obviously. Not saying those without great instincts can’t succeed but rather they’re more reliant on structure and having a...

For me Burton lacks great instincts, guys like Munster, Cody Walker, Hynes, and to a lesser extent Luai are as good as they are because they have great instincts and feel for the game. Watch Munster and Walker in particular they have a certain feel for the game, they have a sense when to play...

Wouldn’t say too small but I think he will find it difficult to replicate his form into first grade. Alamoti has always been really good in juniors due to his size and power, he had a man body by the time he was 15 and most 15 year old centres just aren’t physically strong enough to stop a 95kg...

I doubt he would've made their best team anyway given their insane forward depth

Lets not pretend this is exclusive to footballers, every 2nd bikie that has an IG account has perfectly shaped eye brows, the whitest teeth a cosmetic dentist would be proud of and are lasered/waxed from the neck down

you mean you're not responding because you're a petulant child who can't handle it when someone disagrees with you and lets not pretend this is the 1st time you've thrown your toys out of the cot on here

in what way would we have won by more? JAC has a better history because he played in better teams. Tupou played alot of his games during the Qld golden era, thats not to say JAC isn't a better winger Tupou isn't the scrub you're trying to paint him as. As I said JAC doesn't have the same...

you can say JAC is a better winger for sure but they're 2 different players with completely different strengths, Tupou was obviously chosen for 2 reasons being high ball and metres, and based on how game 2 panned out it was the right tactical decision, the NSW back 3 all made over 200m and was...

why? You're literally just weakening your team to fit a player in who whilst good isn't a genuine x factor. Just to remind people Luai is a premiership and origin series winning 5/8th who incidentally has established combinations with Cleary, Api, Yeo, Martin, Burton and To'o.

the golden generation

kick and left foot step

most of the pommies that have come over have been a success lately (Bateman, Williams, Sutton, Farnworth, Hodgeson, Dominic Young) but we managed to get the one dud who happened to be the most expensive too

To me we'd be better off stripping 10kg off him and turning him into a proper middle forward who can play longer minutes instead of this hybrid type role he's playing now.

never really saw what many others did in him.

when comparing stats you can't just compare tackle and hit up stats between an edge and a middle, if you were to do that you could make an argument that Jackson is better/on par with Kikau, Felise Kaufusi, Kurt Capewell, Sitili Tupounuia, Haumole Olakauatu which even the most biased of Jackson...

yep I said this a few weeks back, the role people are suggesting for him is the role I'd use for a rookie who I'm trying to ease into the top grade

we tried Jackson on an edge and he wasn't good, Liam Martin is what Jackson was 6 years ago, they're not even remotely close to the same player now

so hide him in attack? i dont think ive ever seen a team do that before

thats such a niche role that most teams don't have or is filled by a minimum wager.

wow embarassing

yep was a terrible defensive read

we need the souths doctor to come in and medically retire him

last year the game was a lot less physical and so fast, that suited Thompson who on average probably concedes 10kg to his opposing front rower. This year they've slowed things down and its alot more of a grind.

hes not even a top 10 prop let alone a top 10 player

Morgan Harper was exceptional for us tonight

he just has T Rex vibes written all over him.

Jacko just does not have any attributes of a modern lock or edge forward, no ball playing, no footwork, below average mobility and no tackle breaking power. To me hes an undersized prop these days

honestly he reminds me of a poor man's Mbye

Just curious if people actually listened to the podcast as opposed to just listening to what the media have reported? The quote regarding winning a premiership in a roosters jersey was taken completely out of context, he described been taken for a tour by Mitch Aubusson who then spoke...

Most likely be a leagues club supplier agreement which then means the partner sponsors the football club through signage, a player sponsoring (e.g. number 10 Luke Thompson brought to you by Accolade wines) and a corporate box at ANZ. As someone who has worked in leagues clubs before at a...

You want to discuss like an adult fine, don't come in here like some big hero forum tough guy, it makes you look weak and like you're trying to compensate little man. Then again when your forum name is superman that just screams of real life inadequacy

Mate answer the question, since you have such a distrust of doctors and genuinely believe they're trying to do you harm for financially gain why would you go back to a doctor ever again?

Because if you genuinely believe that doctors are untrustworthy, and are trying to actively do you harm for their own financial gain like old mate does then why on earth would you go see a doctor? I mean that's almost the equivalent of staying in an abusive relationship. Btw no need to act like...

Don't change the topic, just answer the question, are you going to cut off your Medicare card?

So seeing as you distrust doctors so much will you be strong in your convictions and cut up your Medicare card and forego any medical treatment moving forward?

There's a difference between stating opinion and making up 'facts' and telling everyone you heard from the Italian relo grapevine so it's obviously true even though there's no way to verify

Ummm most of those guys refused to get a flu shot so yes they are anti vaxxers

Someone put Floppa out to pasture for the love of god

I've never wished injury on one of our players ever but I would not be at all disappointed if Katoa suffered a minor injury that would sideline him for our last 3 games (or the judiciary could do us a favour).

Bloody oxygen thieves, like there's no many things you can legitimately criticise him for why would anyone stoop so low to make it racial, as for the threats people need to relax it's just a game FFS

Unfortunately there's a massive difference between physique and physical ability. Okunbor has size but I actually think he's a below average athlete (aside from having zero instincts and fundamentals). Okunbor has decent straight line speed but it ends there, he doesn't have agility, short area...

I'm actually amazed Okunbor has been playing rugby league his entire life because he has zero fundamentals. If I wasn't a real serious fan and you told me he's never played league before but half our team went down with Covid and we just found him outside anytime fitness and threw him in the...

Not a star yet but very fundamentally solid player who does all the little things right. I've watched every manly game for the past 3 months and Harper's form isn't just down to being in a good team, he's more than carrying his own weight and is keeping Suli out of the side.

Pretty sure he was under contract but asked for a release after he had a sook about having to travel from Merrylands to Wollongong for training

Pay, Des knew how much potential he had and poached him. He signed for Manly for 2021 early last season as he wasn't getting a go then we decided to grant him an early release to sign Lafai mid season

Okunbor is like Shaun Kenny Dowell but without any of the positives SKD would contribute every now and then

Exactly, Dore is sooooooooo far left he's almost gone around a circle and found himself aligning with the alt right, I mean this is a guy who supported Trump and defended him at every turn.

I have mates from Melbourne who lived through their lockdown last year and from what they tell me the army personnel that were deployed were acting in a very passive capacity, completely unarmed, mostly stood back when the coppers were stopping people or issuing infringements, pretty much...

Good on ya champ

Seriously, are you not capable of just discussing the topic at hand without hurling insults and profanities, i mean before you showed up there was some civil discussion, maybe a few pot shots here and there and then you decide to show up and turn it into a profanity laced slanging match...

Virologists and immunologists aren't locking you down that's public health officials, most researchers study for years on end and dedicate themselves to their field, yet you'd rather take advice from people like your dickhead mate Romeo Georges who's spent about 3 minutes reading conspiracy...

100%, it's really an unfortunate situation

Instead of spending all your time reading stuff from conspiracy pages and theorizing how Bill Gates is taking over the world why don't you spend maybe 30 minutes reading up on how vaccines actually work

Yep that's the people I feel sorry for not the Insta heros who can't post photos of themselves at the fancy cafe in their best active wear. Perhaps he can sub contract the job in the short term?

I agree, they stuffed it up royally when they had the chance to quash it initially and I have no doubt the influence of people like Dominic Perrottett and Brad Hazzard are why they failed to implement a successful hard and fast approach. Right now all their doing is keeping a loose lid on...

Yep, I think people genuinely do not understand how delicate the situation is and why opening up right now just isn't feasible. Right now even with lockdowns we're itching close to 200 new cases per day, if we open everything back up that number would likely increase exponentially day after day...

There is going to be those who aren't bothered but the majority of my mates are in their 20s and 30s and want the Pfizer shot but when they check the eligibility on official health website they see that they aren't eligible in this phase of the roll out. There's a reason why Gladys is scrambling...

Unfortunately I fear it'll take a while before we reached those figures, there's no doubt the federal government has dropped the ball massively on vaccinations. We probably won't get to 30/70 until we get enough Pfizer doses for the under 40s which at present is months away.

Let me guess; A.Alan Jones B.Craig Kelly C.Avi Yemini D.Moey from da area

What these naive people don't realise is they're literally being used as pawns by far right groups, they accuse MSM of disinformation but then are eating right out of the hands of people like Rupert Murdoch.

He'll probably say those people you know who supposedly got it were paid actors

It's so weird the alliances that have been formed in this anti covid crusade. I literally have Muslim and Arab mates who are hailing Alan Jones and Andrew Bolt as their new poster boys of integrity, no Venn diagram could've possibly predicted that.

I'm not sure if I should feel privileged that I'm the only 'sheep' he's called out or should I feel scared he'll beat me up with his keyboard

Btw has anyone else received a DM from likeadoggy where he calls you a sheep and threatens to beat you up?

He's waiting for his dickhead mate Romeo or Avi Yemeni to tell him to get vaccinated because you know sheep..... easy to talk tough when you know there's no way to have to prove that 'toughness'. Next you'll be telling people you'll go 12 rounds with Tyson Fury

Is that what your dickhead mate Romeo told you?

I'd dare say with the police using social media to identify protesters 90% of the idiots that showed up last weekend won't attend as they won't be able to post about it on Instagram and Tiktok

Yes Johnson got on the outside of Lewis a few times but it shouldn't result in a clean break every single time someone gets on the outside of their opponent. Schoupp and Okunbor were way too passive, you either slide or come up and in hard, they kind of did neither

They call us sheep but we're not the ones flocking in our thousands to the city because Alan Jones told us to......

Mate just go to the local shopping centre and there are still plenty of people who either don't wear a mask or don't wear it properly, do you think these same people would be wearing a mask at work or in other settings? Any policy you adopt will never be 100% effective as you'll never get 100%...

Unfortunately at this point most of the covid deniers are too far gone to be convinced about the severity of the situation. Most will probably claim she's an actor or float some other conspiracy, we are literally dealing with the biggest f***wits in society. A few weeks ago they interviewed a...

Yep the failed former footy player. For a self labelled comedian his material is not at all funny, before his one claim to fame of leaking covid numbers most of his material was borderline racist Tiktoks from Redfern

Sorry but the guy is a moron, I used to work security about 15 years ago when I was in uni and used to work with security guards with zero formal education but thought they knew everything, he reminds me of those guys

On today's effort yep for sure but needs to back it up weekly as that's what separates guys like TPJ to guys like JFH

I think teams have worked out with Okunbor that if you come up quick on him he's useless when running the ball. Okunbor is a good runner when hes got a head of steam up but he is utterly useless otherwise

Problem with rugby league these days is they see a guy like Okunbor and keep waiting and waiting for him to become a decent footballer based on nothing more than his build even though he brings absolutely no strength or power with that build whilst we see a guy like Morgan Harper who is probably...

Haven't seen a guy his size with zero upper body strength

Harsh but they've really cracked down on those in recent years so not a massive surprise

Napa isn't so tough when he's not running out of the line to belt someone, that was man on man on the goal line and his effort was pathetic