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"Nikorima is probably a better defender than Volkman but Nikorima at Dolphins has had a steady stream of tall, fast outside backs to take alot of pressure off of him in attack. Nikorima reminds me of Terry Lamb in some ways. Of course hated that dog…"

"So CHT wants to go play in the halves with Luia at PNG starting 2028? And Metcalfe is actually contracted to the end of 2028, so if CHT's intents are as stated, Metcalfe hangs around?
If Metcalfe leaves because he wants to play 7, then he won't be…"

"Not going to lie you have said a whole lot of nothing. You keep making claims without backing it up with any evidence. On three separate occasions you have said the same thing using different words instead of providing evidence"

"Sounds as though Volk will get snapped up if we don't lock him down soon, and Lorenzo will stay and develop while we hopefully land Metcalf or CHT.If we replace Volkman with Nikorima then MON can get rooted."

"Lorenzo is 20 this year. Still has one year of Flegg eligibility. I must add, he has played the year in Cup with various Halfbacks and spine players. That is difficult to get a groove with. The reason Ryles hasn't played Talataina yet is the…"

"It would be criminal not to extend Volkman for another season. He deserves it fully."

"It will be Lorenzos spot when the club thinks he's ready
if he's not ready next year then we have Volkman who can do the job 
I'd be more interested in signing a centre/wing and a prop"

"Or, internal is not out of the running yet?
They thought Pezet was more ready to go than Volman but mistakes happen?
They figured Moses might miss games due to injury and Origin and Pezet was a good bet at replacement 7, leaving 6 to be filled by…"

"Or, maybe Pezet's defense was a known problem but not the scale of it? And also that once Pezet arrived, not enough attention had been given to Pezet wanting to put himself on the radar so Broncos wouod 'see him' and the 7 jumper would be his? I…"

"Recently,  I experimented by pulling up some grass on  my land. There are a couple of areas that had struggled for many years to grow grass under the shadow of some massive pine trees. Even when I surgically removed low lying branches from said…"

"We played above our weight IMO - and we hung in there; Moses also kicked for more yards than they did - this also created fatigue combined with the less errors;  just look at our spine compared to them; our guys did v well and Volk and Pap both had…"

"Talagi being used at Fullback was that he needed a possible heir to Gutho and with Brown & Moses in the halves they needed to find a spot for Talagi. We didn't have a back-up Fullback at the time either. He was learning the position and thrown upon…"

"Coryn, the Eels lack super fast centres and so, true, they don't attack from the backfield like Cowboys or Dolphins. But ensuring you make your 40 and kicking to a corner if you haven't ran 60 metres by play two is simply stock play for almost…"

"All true Coryn. My only point was that it's false to assert BT would not have developed at the Eels because the team defense sucks. As you note Moses got better and our defense wasn't great! But also, as noted, by the logic of negation Talagi should…"

"No, Talagi played FG at Eels in 2024 and announced in August 2024 he had signed with Panthers. Ryles was hired July 2024, so it's a stretch to say "Talagi left under Ryles".
Don't forget JR was working af the Storm in 2024 until the October 2024…"