Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Mar 27, 2015 4:01 pm  

CobraCraig wrote:

Didn't hear many people complaining when Hughes and Burke left.The pack was the same size last year and did fine,it's only now where struggling that this notion that we need a team full of giants has come about,they have to be good enough,our best player this season is probably our most undersized for that position(Bateman) so this makes a mockery of this concept.

Just for the record Craig you can go back as far as the Chris Tuson era and you'll find me saying that a second row of Tuson and Farrell is too small. I'm just sticking to my guns.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:25 pm  

Well let's get Gil Dudson and Ricky Bibey back then!I know we are fairly light in the back row but it's more or less the same back row as last season which were 80 minutes(1 punch) of a grand final win.Although I would love someone like Corey Paterson in our side.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:50 am  

jinkin jimmy wrote:

Just for the record Craig you can go back as far as the Chris Tuson era and you'll find me saying that a second row of Tuson and Farrell is too small. I'm just sticking to my guns.

I'm sorry I don't buy into the "too small" myth, do you watch Greg Bird and Paul Gallen in the NRL? Enough said....

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:38 am  

Both Bird and Gallen have 10kg on Farrell.

Rumours and Signings : Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:01 am  

Isn't it about time that this is renamed 'Any Other Business'. I cannot remember any rumours or signings being mentioned for some considerable time.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:47 pm  

CobraCraig wrote:

Well let's get Gil Dudson and Ricky Bibey back then!I know we are fairly light in the back row but it's more or less the same back row as last season which were 80 minutes(1 punch) of a grand final win.Although I would love someone like Corey Paterson in our side.

Gil Dudson is listed as 110kg. Our current props are:

Mossop 114kg
Flower 108kg
Crosby 112kg
Clubb 105kg
Greenwood 110kg
Sutton 102kg
Patrick 104kg
Tuatai 98kg

(stats according to Wikipedia)

So he'd be our 3rd heaviest prop, and I'm not sure many would suggest he's better than Flower or Clubb.

I think we have to remember that impact isn't just down to size and weight, but also pace. George Burgess is such a handful because in addition to being huge, he's also pretty swift and has decent footwork too. This focus purely on size is misleading.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Mar 28, 2015 1:59 pm  

That's my point,I don't buy into this bigger is better theory.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:57 pm  

For me Larne Patrick should play back row once Flower comes back in. His body shape and style of play is better suited there for me

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:43 pm  

cherryandwhitedavid06 wrote:

For me Larne Patrick should play back row once Flower comes back in. His body shape and style of play is better suited there for me

I'd ship him out to Workington to be honest, is he here for a gap year or what?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:09 pm  

cherryandwhitedavid06 wrote:

For me Larne Patrick should play back row once Flower comes back in. His body shape and style of play is better suited there for me

He's been equally as inept at loose forward as he has at prop but second row might not be a bad option from the bench.

I think we'll see better from him when the ground firm up and the team starts to play better but there's no denying it's been a poor start.