Not much to go on stats wise
Good signings Wests Tigers! Need a prop or two still.
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next years NSW cup team is starting to look pretty stacked.
Backs:
Javon Andrews
luke lualili
jock madden
Heath mason
jeral skelton
forwards:
Pheonix Godinet
kit lualili
Mavrik Geyer
Jarryd haywood
tristan hope
Royce hunt
Saukuru
seyfarth
sukkar
Bird
KPP & Etahn Roberts both taller than Samuela is impressive. Especially when Roberts fills out a bit.
Good signings Wests Tigers! Need a prop or two still.
could Samuela be one of those props if these new backrow signings (3 now) really kick on??
It’s a possibility but I’m pretty sure the club will be bringing in a good middle soon. I’d say these edge backrowers, particularly Geyer, provide options for Benji. I think Sam would be good in the middle but he’s also very effective at left edge. Once he’s had time to develop the combination with Romey & Taylan it’ll be a very good left edge you’d think.Good signings Wests Tigers! Need a prop or two still.
could Samuela be one of those props if these new backrow signings (3 now) really kick on??
Depth signing can't complain, we do lack depth big time. Just need a few old heads for the front row and we are set.
Ethan Roberts is Ian Roberts son apparently. Not sure how that happened....
It didn't, his father is Alan Roberts...also played NRL.Ethan Roberts is Ian Roberts son apparently. Not sure how that happened....
Roosters prodigy to turn back on rival's advances - NRL News - Zero Tackle
Had some raps on him...seems to have fallen down the pecking order at the Roosters.
Hey 2 things ;
1. With AD and how much he’s worth . I know the Lebanese tiger community is pumping his tyres up at the moment , and his performance on Sunday well deserves it , but how can we pay AD 500k , when his actual position in nrl is in jeopardy .
Jacob Andrew’s is a gun , Madden is nearing towards mid 20s and when most Aus schoolboy level talent halves start to develop at least into a serviceable nrl half . Think Blake Green , Matt Orford , even Townsend . Chuck in Latu and Luai …. I don’t see it . Especially in the dry . When we run shape with AD on the edge , the ball dies with him , and I’d love to see his strike rate on capitalising on 3v2 , 4v3 etc. i have succinct memory etched in my brain of him going full hog mode or launching 30m cutouts into row 3, rather than a flat ball , no spin , onto his wingers chest , which for those who don’t know , that’s how your taught to put someone into a hole . It looks like your chucking it as hard as you can , but , much like a changeup in cricket or baseball you take all the fire off the ball. AD still launches the ball into peoples chest. For me he’s not a half . So is he a starting centre ? Above May … lol no . Above Toa? A banged up toa , who can’t tackle… sure . Makasini ? ?? Logically you’d say yes , because he’s a grown man and Makasini is 17, but that’s a case of when not if Makasini goes past him. So he’s what 4th best centre next year ?
So lock is the answer ?….: I mean maybe … hopefully , but with the Robert’s signing , I’ve watched him play , and he plays like the Butcher brothers , a prodigious talent on the edge or at lock . There’s a chance he could take that spot. Or even Jvon Andrew’s is pretty much AD in body shape , only 7 years younger , and far more silky with the ball in hand …. When you actually look at the holistic picture , like the coaches would on a whiteboard , there’s an asterisk next to AD. The next gen is coming to get him .. it’s matter of when not if . And they’re bigger , stronger , faster , more skill …. So 14 right ?
which brings me to my second point .
2. why did we sign Hope . We should have signed a liddle , Walter’s type , I believe @garry saif today ….
but what do we do with AD if he’s pushed out? He can’t play 9 right ?
what do we do with the Aus schoolboy 14 from 2 years ago , who’s being groomed to be our Conner Watson . He’s just still a baby so , no matter how much size he puts on , he simply hasn’t got his grown man/ dad strength yet . It will come .
what do we do with Hayward .. who is absolutely killing Jersey Flegg , and the main reason they went from a team who can’t win a game , to a team who can’t lose one . Next year he will be probably pushing Hope to the bench in KOE . Especially if AD is taking the 14 jersey in 1st grade . But once again he’s got a baby bod . He will need to be given time to get 2 offseasons in the gym .
with all that … what number 9 will f bench 1st grade quality is signing with us to potentially ride the bench in KOE.
think about it ;
AD- if you want api to play 80.
Mason- if he can fix his defensive issues , provides spark and ruck speed and dynamism around the ruck .
4 Forwards- same as AD.
Hope - does a job for you. Should start the games that you think Api needs a rest . Easier to adapt to the conditions , and I think Hope lacks that next level , so if his instructions are to come on and do something , I think he can run himself into a corner .
5- the one who I think will go past the lot and take the 14 jersey . Hayward- won’t be given the saloon passage TDS has , but will take the jersey because he’s better than every 9 under the age of 25 in Australia. Plays like a cam smith , Buderus , Farah type , but doesn’t shirk work , and has that leadership quality .(from the games I’ve seen) .
I don’t see a space for another 9 . I genuinely don’t . Especially if Mason can work on his contact through late movement . He can smash blokes if they run at him straight out , but as soon as there’s a change of angle , he doesn’t have the strength to not fall off . He will need to work on that . Less time at fullback . More time in the middle And the defensive line IMO.
My point in all that . I think the money we offered AD is right . I also think , the only 9s we should sign are nsw cup level .
a Berrill from the sharks level player at most . As I honestly think there’s a high chance that player could spend a bunch of the year at Ron Massey .
