But but we have superstars!!! Reserve grade getting flogged, Jersey Flegg got flogged. Now all we need is first grade getting flogged and I'm gonna fcuking lose it!!
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"90% sure. Haven't announced the team officially but I have been told he is in with Petrus and Ryda."
"Filled in against the tigers when pezet went off and we looked better.
Was a half in juniors I don't see it happening but he has good left foot kicker aswell"
Was a half in juniors I don't see it happening but he has good left foot kicker aswell"
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Is it though? Perth got him. I mean hell he could work out to be very good, but Perth gave him ok money and a 3 year deal. Where was everyone else getting him? He's played 1 NRL game, had issues with defence and injuries over the past 2 seasons. I think an ok NRL deal was fine for him on near minimum to see how he goes but what Perth gave him not many if any would have matched.
Embarrassing? Really?
Seriously mate it is F$&@ing embarrassing. Twidle is easily THE most talented NSW cup player we have and he's flown the coop like so many before him. I'm sick of the F$&@ing excuses. Perth my f"@&ing arse. We keep the numptys and let the good ones go. Until we can identify who can play footy and who like to hang around with footballers we will never be successful. Stop making excuses ffs.
Embarrassing? No. Perth offered him more money, more years and a better path to regular first grade. They're an expansion club with a roster to build, so opportunities there are completely different to established clubs. Twidle took the first genuine chance at consistent NRL football. Though he is super raw still and is a project.
If he's as obvious a superstar as you're making out, where were all the other clubs? Why wasn't there a queue of teams offering the same deal? He's played 1 NRL game, has had injury interruptions and there have been questions around his defence. Could turn into a very nice footballer, but Perth have taken a big risk offering him that long a deal and they did so out of desperation to get player over. Dogs and Dolphins had a look and as soon as Perth offered what they did, both parties said "No thanks" why is that you reckon?
What's actually embarrassing is your response and carrying on like Parramatta have just lost a proven International player. A young bloke got offered more money, more security and a clearer path to first grade by a club building from scratch. That's not embarrassing, or an excuse, that's football. You think the rugby league world is laughing at Parramatta over this? Most fans outside of Parramatta are far more likely to ask "Who?" than "How could they let him go?"
So after you calm down, answer me this, why weren't other clubs going into a bidding war for him? Why was it Perth where he is a walk in starter round 1 that got him and not say Dogs where he could compete to be their Fullback? He took an easy path to NRL with long term deal and money. I do not blame him for doing so either.
Losing Blaize Talagi having an option in his deal before playing NRL and offering him a start at Fullback straight up for him to just leave, that is embarrassing. Difference is though, the best club of the modern era wanted him to replace Luai, not an expansion club looking for numbers and hoping a rookie kills it as they could convince him to come over unlike a host of other players.
One thing I can can guarantee you, Twidle is 5000000 x more likely of becoming an representative superstar than Nanva, Tago, Avery, Alemeddine are. I could except your excuses/reasoning if it was a one off but it keeps happening over and over and over again. We cannot hold on to talent and we end up with dreggs. The Roosters in recent memory have Debuted Latrell, Manu, Marky Mark, Toia, Smith, Tupou. Who have we unearthed in that time? Penisini? Give me a break. If you don't think we have a talent identification problem in our club then you're probably more delusional than most
You still haven't answered the question I've asked multiple times. If he is such an obvious future representative superstar, why wasn't there a bidding war for him? Why was it Perth, an expansion club building a roster from scratch, offering more money, more years and a direct pathway to first grade that got the deal done?
And saying he's "5,000,000 times more likely" to become a representative superstar than Nanva, Tago, Avery or Alameddine isn't evidence, it's a prediction. None of us know that. Twidle could become a rep player. He could become a solid first grader. He could struggle with injuries. That's why clubs assess risk differently.
As for the players you mentioned, Nanva is the only one on a clear top-30 pathway next year. Alameddine was given his development deal back in 2024, so that's hardly a recent "we chose him over Twidle" decision. Avery isn't even a great example because he's largely been used due to fullback depth needs.
As for the delusion comment, I don't think it's delusional to look at the facts. What's closer to delusion is speaking as though Twidle becoming a representative superstar is already guaranteed and that every player you don't rate is guaranteed not to make it. Neither of us can know that today. Purely basing it on limited NSW Cup form with holes in his game.
You might end up being right about Twidle. Perth might look like geniuses in three years. But that's very different from claiming it is already "embarrassing" today when an expansion club offered a 1-game NRL player more money, more security and a clearer path to first grade.
If Twidle becomes a representative superstar, I'll happily admit Perth made a fantastic call. Until then, you're arguing certainty about something that hasn't happened yet while ignoring the reality of the offer that got him there in the first place.
Its a bit of a disgrace that a club with such big catchment area can not produce any quality 1st grade depth
Correct but let's be like LB and stay positive. How longs it been?
Obviously you do not read and see how i have said Suli would be a bad signing, Ryles has had some poor choices this year, Pezet signing was a disaster from the start, taking up JDB's option would be dreadful, Lorenzo might not be up to NRL and Ryles might be looking at a replacement etc. But all good only notice this time that i am the villain and against you. It's NSW Cup mate, with only 4 players who will be top 30 in 2027. Out of that, only Talagi and Lorenzo seen as future stars.
Also, what happened to the Twidle chat about how bad we are that we let him go? Jeez that died down as soon as it couldn't have been used as ammo. Why isn't the golden child that many here claimed we would regret losing saving us instead of initiating poor defensive reads.
Are you wearing seatbelts, Analyst? Heart pills.
Just watching a bit of it. 70% possession against them in the first half. 60% v 95% completions.
Unless things turnaround in the second half, dramatically, fatigue will kill them and we could see a huge blowout.
It actually could be worse. Dogs had so much possession and the Eels actually saved a couple of tries scrambling.
I think it was EA who pointed out the injuries to about 10-12. We've used 44 players in the Cup squad. The most of any club. I wouldn't expect too much with all that. Being realistic.
I'm watching the game, defence is rubbish, handling is rubbish should have been 50-0 half time
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