Re: Burns leaving for space to sign hooker : Fri Apr 15, 2016 11:48 pm
Saddened! wrote:
What part of that don't you understand? Leuluai as a player is a decent signing. But it's not a good signing for the club at this point. He is the same age as Roby, so he's not a successor to him. He's not an impact player, so will not benefit the team if he's rotated with Roby. There might be a small benefit but not one worth the outlay.
Roby is a player who plays 80 minutes more often than not. He's over the hill now in terms of his potential, so the ideal signing in terms of a hooker is a youngster. Milner from Cas, a young up and comer from the NRL, fine I'd have no problems with it. But to sign a player who is suffering massively with injuries after a long career just seems daft. I know why the club is doing it, he's a classic KC signing. Utility, utility, utility. He can play 6 and 7 reasonably and 9 well. Heavenly for KC.
There are so, so many other areas of the side that need improving. Fullback is an obvious one, both wings, one centre (To go with Percival), an answer for Walsh at 7, a prop to improve on Tasi and Richards, a backrower to improve the side. So, so much to do in terms of building a side that can compete for trophies. And we're spending what will presumably be a very limited budget on a 31 year old Wigan badge-kisser who will take Lance's role as backup to several men and chief scapegoat? It doesn't strike me as particularly good business.
Capiche?
Roby is a player who plays 80 minutes more often than not. He's over the hill now in terms of his potential, so the ideal signing in terms of a hooker is a youngster. Milner from Cas, a young up and comer from the NRL, fine I'd have no problems with it. But to sign a player who is suffering massively with injuries after a long career just seems daft. I know why the club is doing it, he's a classic KC signing. Utility, utility, utility. He can play 6 and 7 reasonably and 9 well. Heavenly for KC.
There are so, so many other areas of the side that need improving. Fullback is an obvious one, both wings, one centre (To go with Percival), an answer for Walsh at 7, a prop to improve on Tasi and Richards, a backrower to improve the side. So, so much to do in terms of building a side that can compete for trophies. And we're spending what will presumably be a very limited budget on a 31 year old Wigan badge-kisser who will take Lance's role as backup to several men and chief scapegoat? It doesn't strike me as particularly good business.
Capiche?
Unfortunately I agree with most of what you say.
The singing of TL whether true or not leaves me cold.
We have bigger problems and he certainly isn't the answer. Why sign a player who is plagued with injuries and past his best for big bucks on the SC?
Madness.
