[Resurrected] Michael Chee Kam

[double hoops]

We absolutely need to hang on to Waddell.

 

[eaglebuzz]

I don't mind Chee Kam, for the right price. He would be decent depth in the second row and he can break a game open.

 

[Rocky]

I guess it all comes to dollars. in a vacuum i dont like it but if he is replacing Condon then its probably an upgrade.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Bag him all you want,he is a better second rower than BenT,Waddell,Parker or Condon.
His efforts off the ball and 1 percenters are excellent.
Would rather we kept Lawton in hindsight,but with upgrades I am not sure that the "Schuster dollars" are all that much now.

 

[hozza]

Gigantic no, seriously. Please for the love of god no. He’s dead set ordinary and a jinx to boot. No, just no.
Back. The. Fuk. Away.

 

[mickqld]

Michael Chee Kam passing to Gordon Chan Kum Tong. Get that into ya , commentators.

 

[LeonardCohen]

he is a better second rower than BenT,Waddell,Parker or Condon.

In your opinion. Personally, I think he is better than Parker in the backrow. As for the others, I'd prefer Ben T and Waddell on an edge. Condon is not really an equivalent because he's essentially a prop.

 

[The Who]

Seriously, how is he going to improve our squad?

 

[Smokin Joe]

In your opinion. Personally, I think he is better than Parker in the backrow. As for the others, I'd prefer Ben T and Waddell on an edge. Condon is not really an equivalent because he's essentially a prop.

99.99 percent of this forum is opinion lol.
For me I don't think Waddell is athletic enough to be a regular,as an emergency he goes ok,better as a middle.
I like Ben,but he still lacks consistency for me.
Condon was an edge before moving to the middle,so he was included,particularly as he has been playing there this year.

 

[Dion Johnson]

Bag him all you want,he is a better second rower than BenT,Waddell,Parker or Condon.
His efforts off the ball and 1 percenters are excellent.
Would rather we kept Lawton in hindsight,but with upgrades I am not sure that the "Schuster dollars" are all that much now.

The Schuster coin must be done if the club are looking at players in a lower price range is my thought.

With 27 players signed in the 30 for next season already and you could say 28 as I think Hoppa deserves to be in the 30 rather than on a development deal.

Of those signed in the 30 for next season it will be interesting if any of the following get tapped,

• Parker
• Matterson
• James
• Condon
• Paulo

-Arthur - doubt he is getting tapped but some rumours he wants more minutes in first grade and the Knights are very keen.

Lodge, Waddell and Ray Ray no mention of new deals, would prefer Lodge over James.

For balance in the squad they need an edge forward or two depending what happens with a few players, not many teams start the season with 28 or more players the last few seasons.

 

[Ohgeez]

If Lodge, Parker, Lawton all left that would free up $800-$900k? You’d think they would all be in somewhere between $250k-$350k. Chee Kam would probably be a Lawton replacement for about $200k & Id also try find another cheapy to replace Parker. Hopefully that would leave about $400-$500k + whatever money is left from Schuster. Use that to sign someone that requests a early release this off season

 

[Smokin Joe]

The Schuster coin must be done if the club are looking at players in a lower price range is my thought.

With 27 players signed in the 30 for next season already and you could say 28 as I think Hoppa deserves to be in the 30 rather than on a development deal.

Of those signed in the 30 for next season it will be interesting if any of the following get tapped,

• Parker
• Matterson
• James
• Condon
• Paulo

-Arthur - doubt he is getting tapped but some rumours he wants more minutes in first grade and the Knights are very keen.

Lodge, Waddell and Ray Ray no mention of new deals, would prefer Lodge over James.

For balance in the squad they need an edge forward or two depending what happens with a few players, not many teams start the season with 28 or more players the last few seasons.

Can't disagree about some of those to be tapped,James I would keep as I think he has some upside.
I would like to see Matterson get a chance as a smaller edge,not sure if he defensively as good as Lawton though...
I would be surprised if Lehi is not upgraded and extended as well.

 

[Smokin Joe]

There will be a lot of players able to negotiate at Nov 1,some will be able to wriggle out of their last year I would think.

 

[Ben]

Despite what people are saying I like these types of signings. Would be very cheap wi the loads of 1st grade experience. This type of signing usually coincides with an offset master plan

 

[Dion Johnson]

If Lodge, Parker, Lawton all left that would free up $800-$900k? You’d think they would all be in somewhere between $250k-$350k. Chee Kam would probably be a Lawton replacement for about $200k & Id also try find another cheapy to replace Parker. Hopefully that would leave about $400-$500k + whatever money is left from Schuster. Use that to sign someone that requests a early release this off season

Lodge was on a player minimum deal this season, say 200K for lodge and 300K a piece for Parker and Lawton, would be fair to say there is 800K there.

Hoppa would be a reasonable upgrade I would think, 400-500K would be a fair deal there.

The balance with backline players looks like there is one or two who may move on now with Hoppa developing quickly, Paulo may be one even though he is on a three year deal.

 

[manly al]

Seemed his career early on and particularly with Manly was really set back with regular injuries and despite some genuine ability but also seems to have had a much better run injury wise in recent seasons
Probably has not lost too much of his original above average speed and not doing too bad to be still in a game day 17 and still versatile .
So compared with guys like Condon ,Hank [ unfortunately ], Matterson and maybe to a lesser extent Waddell , could well rate a pretty fair pickup and cap friendly included .
Wouldn ' t rate him better then Burbo but with Lawton leaving, could well be a handy addition but again at the right price

 

[deanm]

Seemed his career early on and particularly with Manly was really set back with regular injuries and despite some genuine ability but also seems to have had a much better run injury wise in recent seasons
Probably has not lost too much of his original above average speed and not doing too bad to be still in a game day 17 and still versatile .
So compared with guys like Condon ,Hank [ unfortunately ], Matterson and maybe to a lesser extent Waddell , could well rate a pretty fair pickup and cap friendly included .
Wouldn ' t rate him better then Burbo but with Lawton leaving, could well be a handy addition but again at the right price

Good call Al

 

[LeonardCohen]

99.99 percent of this forum is opinion lol.

Yeah of course, but 99.99% of them are communicated like facts 😂

I think Chee Kam is very error prone and doesn’t run good lines. He like to step into defenders and I like hard running edge forwards that hit holes.

Anyway, we’ll see what happens.

 

[manly al]

Good call Al

T B H have seen bugger all of him playing in recent seasons but again the fact that he is presently considered good enough for a game day 17 squad should mean that he still has something going for him

 

[maxta]

Looked a Super junior at Canberra years ago, since then has been very unflattering
Thing is, not every signing can be Top shelf and at the same time the bloke has some abilty also
Has some utility value and though not excited about it, he just may suprise and I wish him well.
The summary from Al earlier was accurate as always and I agree with that 100%l