2020 Round 1 Line up

[ostin86]

No hercules?

Far out...I knew I would miss someone

 

[upthebroncs]

My team if I cleaned out the roster and made a few signings for the starting side with currently off contract players that are cheap.

1. Jamayne Isaako (needs to take on a bigger role in the side purely because he is up to the task and hasn’t reached his potential)
2. Corey Oates
3. Izaia Perese (will be dynamite in attack)
4. Kotoni Staggs
5. Xavier Coates (his size is a big plus and we need to persist in developing him instead of paying overs for someone like folau)
6. Anthony Milford
7. Darren Nicholls (A cheap half with actual life experience to go with footy experience)
8. Matthew Lodge
9. Jake Turpin
10. Thomas Flegler
11. Tevita Pangai (showed he dominates on an edge)
12. David Fifita
13. Payne Haas (will play the most minutes out of any middle forward, hence playing lock. think taumalolo with a bigger body and motor)
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14. James Segeyaro
15. Patrick Carrigan
16. Patrick Kaufusi (queenslander with more potential than people realise)
17. Joe Ofahengaue

 

[Foordy]

My team if I cleaned out the roster and made a few signings for the starting side with currently off contract players that are cheap.

1. Jamayne Isaako (needs to take on a bigger role in the side purely because he is up to the task and hasn’t reached his potential)
2. Corey Oates
3. Izaia Perese (will be dynamite in attack)
4. Kotoni Staggs
5. Xavier Coates (his size is a big plus and we need to persist in developing him instead of paying overs for someone like folau)
6. Anthony Milford
7. Darren Nicholls (A cheap half with actual life experience to go with footy experience)
8. Matthew Lodge
9. Jake Turpin
10. Thomas Flegler
11. Tevita Pangai (showed he dominates on an edge)
12. David Fifita
13. Payne Haas (will play the most minutes out of any middle forward, hence playing lock. think taumalolo with a bigger body and motor)
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14. James Segeyaro
15. Patrick Carrigan
16. Patrick Kaufusi (queenslander with more potential than people realise)
17. Joe Ofahengaue

you're right ... you should be a Titans support, since you clearly like teams to finish at the bottom of the table

 

[upthebroncs]

you're right ... you should be a Titans support, since you clearly like teams to finish at the bottom of the table

I don’t know how starting the year with Nikorima at 7 then ditching him for an 18 year old virgin is any better than what I’m proposing?

 

[rnabokov]

Well ...

Looks like the half back will probably maybe could be who the **** knows ... Brodie Croft

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...h/news-story/15de37d1167b4ef46748398c32b990e8

 

[upthebroncs]

Well ...

Looks like the half back will probably maybe could be who the **** knows ... Brodie Croft

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...h/news-story/15de37d1167b4ef46748398c32b990e8

Brodie Croft sucks. That’s worse than Nicholls. Nicholls has genuine experience leading teams in rugby league games. Croft has experience at failing to do that. Storm have been reliant on Smith and Munster whilst Croft has been 7.

 

[Foordy]

Brodie Croft sucks. That’s worse than Nicholls. Nicholls has genuine experience leading teams in rugby league games. Croft has experience at failing to do that. Storm have been reliant on Smith and Munster whilst Croft has been 7.

there is a very good bloody reason why a 30 year has been able to manage a grand total of only 3 first grade games

 

[mitch222]

Brodie Croft sucks. That’s worse than Nicholls. Nicholls has genuine experience leading teams in rugby league games. Croft has experience at failing to do that. Storm have been reliant on Smith and Munster whilst Croft has been 7.

Wakeup to yourself. Nicholls is 30 year old journey man halfback who played three games of NRL due to complete lack of halves at the dragons at the time. Croft is 22 and yet to reach his full potential. He has a massive upside to him and is worth a punt. And Smith is the real playmaker in the storm side, Munster has fallen over both years in origin without Smith there to hold his hand. The whole entire storm side will fall over when he retires.

 

[Foordy]

Wakeup to yourself. Nicholls is 30 year old journey man halfback who played three games of NRL due to complete lack of halves at the dragons at the time. Croft is 22 and yet to reach his full potential. He has a massive upside to him and is worth a punt. And Smith is the real playmaker in the storm side, Munster has fallen over both years in origin without Smith there to hold his hand. The whole entire storm side will fall over when he retires.

not to mention that Nicholls has been to something like 5 NRL clubs and only managed those 3 games for a team that was extremely lucky to avoid the wooden spoon (and was dropped as soon as their injures recovered)

another potential bonus to Croft, is we may be able to get the Storm to pay some of his contract for next season, since they want to make some cap space to ensure they retain Papenhysen (spelling?)

 

[Renegade]

I look forward to upthebroncs lists, they get progressively worse each time.

Looking forward to seeing a squad of Q Cup players next and 8 million in salary cap space.

 

[upthebroncs]

I look forward to upthebroncs lists, they get progressively worse each time.

Looking forward to seeing a squad of Q Cup players next and 8 million in salary cap space.

Frugal
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When do we think Tesi Niu will get a shot?

 

[Renegade]

Frugal
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When do we think Tesi Niu will get a shot?

Well we'll definitely have a warchest if it ever goes that way.

 

[upthebroncs]

Well we'll definitely have a warchest if it ever goes that way.

Wouldn’t be bad for when players of the calibre of Ponga, Keary, Munster come off contract..

 

[Alec]

My 2020 lineup per trend in thread

1. Moses
2. Krishna
3. Joseph Smith
4. Dalai Lama
5. King David
6. Mohammed
7. Loki (c)
8. Thor
9. Jesus
10. Buddha
11. Zeus
12. Odin
13. Ra

14. Judas Iscariot
15. Apollo
16. Hades
17. Osiris

Damn that's a strong bench!

Santa off the bench, he'll be pushing for a starting spot in 6-8 rounds.

 

[Dash]

Santa off the bench, he'll be pushing for a starting spot in 6-8 rounds.

No way, the bloke only turns up once a year.

 

[jarro65]

another potential bonus to Croft, is we may be able to get the Storm to pay some of his contract for next season, since they want to make some cap space to ensure they retain Papenhysen (spelling?)

According to James Hooper on NRL360, Melbourne will not pay any of Crofts contract if he decides to leave.

He is also contracted to The Storm for another 2 seasons.

 

[Alec]

Croft wouldn't be on much at the Storm anyway. Clubs paying for players they released only happens when they release some overpriced numpty, doesn't it?

 

[jarro65]

Croft wouldn't be on much at the Storm anyway. Clubs paying for players they released only happens when they release some overpriced numpty, doesn't it?

375K this year, up to 450K next year.

*According to Hooper.