Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Aug 31, 2024 4:17 pm  

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Sao is a liability ill-disciplined, picks up a lot of knocks and is a poor one on one defeder, release him, bring is Eseh (even on loan) and get a quota Centre

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Aug 31, 2024 6:10 pm  

I have heard the club has been trying to offload Sao for some time

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Aug 31, 2024 7:00 pm  

A new defence and a new attack coach

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Aug 31, 2024 7:28 pm  

Marcus's Bicycle wrote:

I still don't think Sezer's the type of half we need but a lot of West Tigers fans have been posting many favourable comments about him on facebook which is encouraging.

I agree and i think its a desperation and poor signing
Players in Australia are surrounded by quality and its little wonder someone like Sezer willl look better.
His form at Leeds should have told anyone with a brain that he is not up to it in S/L when required to step up.
You only have to look at Ligi Sao playing for Samoa
Looked good when surrounded by quality players but put him into a team that needs him to step up and thats what you get

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Aug 31, 2024 8:07 pm  

bonaire wrote:

I agree and i think its a desperation and poor signing
Players in Australia are surrounded by quality and its little wonder someone like Sezer willl look better.
His form at Leeds should have told anyone with a brain that he is not up to it in S/L when required to step up.
You only have to look at Ligi Sao playing for Samoa
Looked good when surrounded by quality players but put him into a team that needs him to step up and thats what you get

Disagree. That team today with Abdul and sezer in would of been massively better

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Aug 31, 2024 8:12 pm  

Sebasteeno wrote:

Disagree. That team today with Abdul and sezer in would of been massively better

That set on the Cas line against 11 men summed us up. 3 or 4 drives then a duff kick. Even with Cust we wouldn't have been that bad.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Aug 31, 2024 8:13 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Think Dawson will be above Westerman, think he would have played first team this year without his injury

But yes, if we keep Walker and play Rapana there, think we are OK, if we lose Walker, we need another centre from somewhere.

Rapana hasn't really played centre much in his career has he? If the club go down that route, they haven't learnt from the Nu Brown debacle this season.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Aug 31, 2024 8:40 pm  

Steve0 wrote:

Rapana hasn't really played centre much in his career has he? If the club go down that route, they haven't learnt from the Nu Brown debacle this season.

He's never a centre. According to RL project which is pretty accurate he has only played there 8 times in a 219 club career. In fact he's only played 31 games at fullback.

We desperately need another centre.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Aug 31, 2024 8:52 pm  

Marcus's Bicycle wrote:

He's never a centre. According to RL project which is pretty accurate he has only played there 8 times in a 219 club career. In fact he's only played 31 games at fullback.

We desperately need another centre.

Which makes it look like a desperation signing, he's a good player, but I'm not sure he's the right one to use our final marquee (and quota spot) on when we already have a capable fullback in Walker, two promising youngsters in Barron and Martin on the wing and briscoe as another reliable option there. Playing rapana in the centres will likely lead to fans turning on him quickly next season when he struggles there defensively

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Aug 31, 2024 9:01 pm  

https://www.raiders.com.au/teams/nrl-pr ... an-rapana/ Rapana has predominantly played fullback for the Raiders this season. Walker only seems to be able to string about 3 games together before breaking down again.

https://www.raiders.com.au/teams/nrl-pr ... an-rapana/ Rapana has predominantly played fullback for the Raiders this season. Walker only seems to be able to string about 3 games together before breaking down again.