Hi Adz, thanks for the update. I think we have been lucky to have such good junior teams recently so to have such a poor season was a shock. Hope to see these kids head through and make the top team one day.
What seemed an amazing signing (the family) at the time has been a disaster. Paid Latu playing lower grades stupid money of hundreds of thousands to do nothing (holding period) and now letting him go. Cut our top hooker (wins a premiership) to keep Manase (knifed someone) . Let Sione go for more...
Absolutely MB, paying Manase for years and we would have kept doing so but he's in jail. Gave Latu the biggest teenage contract at his age in history and now they are leaving. Sam is already playing first grade, Manase would have been 10 years for us at hooker. Manly can't be blamed for M...
My panthers mate said he is too costly and you can't win premierships with a guy on 1.2-1.4 million as a fullback. He told me this 3 years ago and he has been on the dot. He'd rather 3 500k players instead which fits into the Penrith salary cap that well. :confused: Whoever signed three players...
So sad about Manase but we did brilliantly to recruit his family and his mates like Ola and Josh etc. Latu is a junior superstar, Samuela is looking amazing and Manase would probably have been in the top 3 in hookers in the NRL.
His manager knew where he was on our pecking order and got him more money and a three year deal. He has two young children and living in Sydney. Great move for him. Watching the club talk about locking up Ola, Schuster and Koula the club know who they want to sign for long term.
We might bag out Scott and Kristie Fulton but if you saw our juniors this year they were horrendous. Not long ago we were number one. The Fulton's brought in all the good kids we have.
I read the new junior coach brought kids from Scone. How bad is that? As if any kid in the bush at that age...
What stands out to me, Aaron Woods who has been a nothing for so long, comes straight onto the 1st grade bench. Imagine that at Penrith?? This is absolutely why we are no where at present and won't be for awhile sadly. Never again sign players from the bottom team as the losing culture is all...
With his injury prognosis Tommy is a game breaker or salary cap and performance killer. At present, his huge salary is limiting team. You can't carry anyone in the nrl, let alone on 1.2 million dollars. His injury is basically going to green light our next three seasons or we will end up near...
Does anyone think Paseka will ever step up? How many years of next season!! Hope it is 2023. If we lose Fifita for Boyle than that is bad cap management.
The SG Ball just lost with Latu playing but he was involved in everything try wise and they nearly beat the Raiders who are always strong in juniors. I saw the Ball team last game without Latu and it wasn't pretty.
Look at the junior recruitment, Schuster, Weekes, Gordon, Koula, Ole, Samuela Fainu, Latu Fainu, Fletcher Myers, Saab. A big thank you and well done to this. Tuilaga looked great last night compared to at the Tigers. Sadly we think of Manese as well who would be the number one hooker in the game...
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