Rumour Nu Brown

[capt obvious]

Nice man purse

 

[Baby Blues]

Yes I hope we never have to play him there but our halfback right now is literally Flanagan followed by?????? We've got nothing, we need numbers.

There aren’t enough good halves to fill the existing teams so I’m not sure what you mean by depth? Arthur for example was the backup for the Eels last year and we can all agree he’s average at best.
We have guys who can play there you obviously just don’t rate them

 

[CrittaMagic69]

There aren’t enough good halves to fill the existing teams so I’m not sure what you mean by depth? Arthur for example was the backup for the Eels last year and we can all agree he’s average at best.
We have guys who can play there you obviously just don’t rate them

Name them.

 

[Baby Blues]

Name them.

BBO when fit, Rajab, Reynolds & Hayward

 

[Apex Cedar]

BBO when fit, Rajab, Reynolds & Hayward

Hahahaa you must be taking the piss. None are better than Brown.

 

[underdogsontop2246]

Fa'amanu Brown is a perfect signing. We are fucking lucky. There were no bench hookers off-contract for 2023 and Nu is the perfect fit. You can't just rely on Reed Mahoney. What happens when he get's injured? Do we play a injured BBO (did his ACL), Hayward/Clarke/Rajab (never played an NRL game in their life or Reynolds (he's 33 years old and hasn't played NRL in ages). Tiger fans are absolutely gutted that they couldn't retain him and he has alot of NRL experience.

 

[CrittaMagic69]

BBO when fit, Rajab, Reynolds & Hayward

BBO is not going to be an option, barely stepped up last season and is set to miss a large period of this season and then take a while to even reach full fitness after returning. Rajab and Hayward aren't even in the top 30 and we don't even know how far along in their development they are. Rajab does look promising but he's literally spent the year playing fullback in Flegg with a couple of games in the halves in NSW cup. Reynolds hahahahahahahahahaha.

Right now we have Burton, Flanagan and Averillo as our only options in the halves so adding Brown at least gives us another player with NRL experience. We're so fucked for backs/spine positions this season it isn't funny

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Hahahaa you must be taking the piss. None are better than Brown.

Might have to move Kiraz back to 5/8

 

[The DoggFather]

Nice man purse

Goes well with the girls Ute he bought for his misses

 

[Baby Blues]

BBO is not going to be an option, barely stepped up last season and is set to miss a large period of this season and then take a while to even reach full fitness after returning. Rajab and Hayward aren't even in the top 30 and we don't even know how far along in their development they are. Rajab does look promising but he's literally spent the year playing fullback in Flegg with a couple of games in the halves in NSW cup. Reynolds hahahahahahahahahaha.

Right now we have Burton, Flanagan and Averillo as our only options in the halves so adding Brown at least gives us another player with NRL experience. We're so fucked for backs/spine positions this season it isn't funny

Name the teams that have depth in the halves then? Nobody does and please name guys who have actually been good when they played first grade

 

[GA45]

Nu is a smart signing...he is even a better half than Flanno

It’s not a high bar to pass is it !

 

[Bulldogsteve]

BBO is not going to be an option, barely stepped up last season and is set to miss a large period of this season and then take a while to even reach full fitness after returning. Rajab and Hayward aren't even in the top 30 and we don't even know how far along in their development they are. Rajab does look promising but he's literally spent the year playing fullback in Flegg with a couple of games in the halves in NSW cup. Reynolds hahahahahahahahahaha.

Right now we have Burton, Flanagan and Averillo as our only options in the halves so adding Brown at least gives us another player with NRL experience. We're so fucked for backs/spine positions this season it isn't funny

unfortunately if rahjab or bailey dont make the top30 we are stuck with flanno for at least round 11.
Need the young fellas to brain the trials

 

[CrittaMagic69]

unfortunately if rahjab or bailey dont make the top30 we are stuck with flanno for at least round 11.
Need the young fellas to brain the trials

Rajab looks the most likely purely because he actually plays into the line but he's still a way off being ready for consistent first grade footy. Mahoney in the side should help our halves massively so we could move Averillo back or even Perham as purely runners of the ball. There isn't a whole lot we can do other than pick who trains the best as a combination and go from there. Hopefully we don't just start Flanagan because he's a "traditional halfback", bloke needs to actually run or do something with the ball.

 

[dogon]

Might have to move Kiraz back to 5/8

Don't forget Hayze Perham who also plays 5/8

 

[Bulldogsteve]

Rajab looks the most likely purely because he actually plays into the line but he's still a way off being ready for consistent first grade footy. Mahoney in the side should help our halves massively so we could move Averillo back or even Perham as purely runners of the ball. There isn't a whole lot we can do other than pick who trains the best as a combination and go from there. Hopefully we don't just start Flanagan because he's a "traditional halfback", bloke needs to actually run or do something with the ball.

the "traditional halfback" tag is the most stupid comment ive seen. No half is the same and they all bring different attributes to the table.
Sterling v turvey, completely the opposite. Langer v Stuart the same but they are all legends.
these days there are alot of running 7's in Hughes and hynes.
it is about playing your style of footy around the players you have, not playing a style that doesnt suit the team like TB did.

 

[H-dog]

Rajab looks the most likely purely because he actually plays into the line but he's still a way off being ready for consistent first grade footy. Mahoney in the side should help our halves massively so we could move Averillo back or even Perham as purely runners of the ball. There isn't a whole lot we can do other than pick who trains the best as a combination and go from there. Hopefully we don't just start Flanagan because he's a "traditional halfback", bloke needs to actually run or do something with the ball.

I’d much prefer to see brown and Burton in the halves with Mahoney leading the team around the park, I hate that we have no attack options down the right unless Kiraz creates out of nothing

 

[CrittaMagic69]

I’d much prefer to see brown and Burton in the halves with Mahoney leading the team around the park, I hate that we have no attack options down the right unless Kiraz creates out of nothing

If Brown is starting in round one it means we're proper fucked or he has turned it up a few gears because honestly he's pretty shit in the halves lol. As a hooker/utility that can plug gaps he's fine but relying on him from the get go just seems like a bad decision.

 

[Snake]

If Brown is starting in round one it means we're proper fucked or he has turned it up a few gears because honestly he's pretty shit in the halves lol. As a hooker/utility that can plug gaps he's fine but relying on him from the get go just seems like a bad decision.

Nu Brown was behind Lachlan Lewis , Cogger, JMk in the halves pecking order under Pay and behind Lichaa at hooker. Sorta depressing that he is back at Belmore TBH unless he has miraculously improved over the last two years.

 

[Bulldogsteve]

Nu Brown was behind Lachlan Lewis in the halves pecking order under Pay and behind Lichaa at hooker. Sorta depressing that he is back at Belmore TBH unless he has miraculously improved over the last two years.

He was very injury proned back then

 

[CrittaMagic69]

He was very injury proned back then

+ Dean Pay was coach...lol