Alex Wingnut
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Xzei
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- Mar 13, 2017
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Not sure but i think others round here rate him could be mistaken tho see so many names thrown round lol
Kimlo
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Good signing that. Hope he can take it to the next level, but at the very least I'm sure he'd an upgrade on Walters and Turpin.
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nopatience101
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Another smart buy!
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pagey
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- Aug 19, 2013
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Tyson smoothy was a Broncos u20's player , went to the Storm briefly.
think 1910 has mentioned that he's been doing good in cup this year .
guess a similar trajectory to turpin but hopefully an upgrade
Accept
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Always performed well in his limited chances at Melbourne. He has a little bit about him. This is a good acquisition.
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Lockysillegitimatechild
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I haven't seen anything of him bar highlights but he seems to hit hard in defence and picks the right option often (although you won't see him picking the wrong option in a highlights video haha).
However he doesn't seem very fast and his service looks clean but definetly not crisp.
Off topic but has anyone heard anything about Billy Walters re-signing? I know it's just assumed he will but maybe this is a reason for the ikin-walters dislike? I am not inside the club so I can't say for sure but I'd back ikin on this. If you take billy Walters for his pure ability, effort and performances this year I'd definitely keep him but ikin will see if billy being picked over paix had some kind of effect on the team and it may not be worth a solid back up over all.
broncos4life
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Smoothy is a great signing!
Fitzy
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- Sep 10, 2018
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Interesting signing that is. I had previously read somewhere that after his Storm contract he rejected a number of NRL contracts so he could just live in the Sunny Coast cause he loved it. I know some players get away with living at the goldy and doing the drive every day but I guess dependent on where abouts he is located on the coast he probably has to give that up. Interesting change of mindset in 12 months.
Interesting though we have signed him to a full contract, Josh Rogers on train and trial (apparently), Jack Ahearn on train and trial, Daejarn on train and trial (I am not convinced on this one anymore) and Jock Madden. Seems we are seriously trying to find avenues to get the best out of top tier reserve grade players. Has a very Storm like approach to it doesn’t it.
McHunt
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The Storm named him as a reserve in round 3 this season but he wasn't needed. He was ranked their 5th best hooker.
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Sproj
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- Sep 6, 2013
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Wowsers, I am REALLY excited about picking up Smoothy, that is a brilliant pick up. I've been on the Berrell train for some time but if we aren't going him, Smoothy is pretty much the same. This is a great, great signing and he will surprise a lot of people.
McHunt
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Which current Storm players do you have in mind when you say this?
NSW stables
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He is not the biggest runner of the ball but is deceptively strong and an 80 min player (in QCup at least) which none of our other 9s are capable of.
I wonder if the plan is to start with smoothy and have a 9 with a bit more speed from the bench (my preference would be paix).
I wonder if the plan is to start with smoothy and have a 9 with a bit more speed from the bench (my preference would be paix).
Fitzy
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There’s always one. Firstly who said anything about current. It’s what they have done for a decade. Secondly, Chris Lewis, Papenhuyzen, Hughes, Grant to an extent, Smoothy, Wishart, Seve, Jordan Grant, Nikorima, Kamikamica, Johns and Eisenhuth
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pagey
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apparently released him last year and was signed with the falcons but the Storms hooker stocks took a hit and they brought him in.The Storm named him as a reserve in round 3 this season but he wasn't needed. He was ranked their 5th best hooker.
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dosen't mean he isn't good the Storm where flush with options, like grant, Smith and Wishart.
Swordfish
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This Smoothy guy resembles a lot like a brother/half brother of Turpin. Hopefully he’s a big upgrade on Turpin @9.
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pagey
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only 23 too
McHunt
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And this is different from what every other club does? I don't see it. What I do see about the Storm is they manage to put together an extremely strong first grade side, most notably their spine. They have far better talent spotters than us.
