Re: Miski, Mago & Ellis Confirmed : Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:38 pm  

millsy81 wrote:

Thornley has signed 3 year deal. Hopefully Wane will get the best out of him.

He's not a bad player quite a big unit

Re: Miski, Mago & Ellis Confirmed : Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:39 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

Nice try and try assist from Mago in the 2020 charity shield highlights.

Is there a link? Not found any highlights of either player.

Re: Miski, Mago & Ellis Confirmed : Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:46 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Is there a link? Not found any highlights of either player.

Just search 2020 Nrl charity shield.

Re: Miski, Mago & Ellis Confirmed : Tue Jul 20, 2021 12:43 am  

MadDogg wrote:

Just search 2020 Nrl charity shield.

Wow that Mago looks like a bloody handful

Re: Miski, Mago & Ellis Confirmed : Tue Jul 20, 2021 5:18 am  

I’m wary of signing a championship player I must admit but glad we’ve brought in some bigger bodies, especially in the pack.

The next priority has to be HB and there’s a few in the NRL looking for clubs and potential exit routes.

Re: Miski, Mago & Ellis Confirmed : Tue Jul 20, 2021 5:38 am  

Watched mago play numerous times. Hard runner, good Defender and can put a hit on. Seems to always play from the bench for souths. Not sure whether he is seen as an impact player from the bench or whether he is naturally seen as behind in the pecking order (i think this with the likes of luke burgess in the team). I like what i see though and think he will be a real handfull over here.

Ellis i will be honest i dont watch many of the dragons games so can't really comment on him. I am going to go back and watch one with him in now and see how he goes (NRL 360 is well worth it btw,, especially if you share the cost out with someone because it is expensive by itself).

Miski, keeps getting called a championship player but i have to disagree. What i have seen of him this season is a player playing well above the level he is competing at. Only signing a 1 year contract was a statement of intention to where he wanted to be and see's himself also, confident. He has played fullback for london this season so nice to have that option with how injury prone we seem to be. He is a big guy (NRL esque winger size) and seems to have the speed to back it up too. Worth noting when on the wing he plays outside our very own hankinson and they seem to work well together, maybe tactical by the club? Hankinson gets a full year of gametime and gets to build up a partnership with our new winger / target signing?

Could work out well for us next season if we are going the hankinson route at centre. Would be a cheaper option as we already have him. I rate hankinson tbh i think he has the potential to be a SL centre just not given a proper shot at it. When he had a run of games a couple years ago he fed his winger well, tackles well and kicks well. Remeber at leeds he lined up opposite hurrell and kept him quiet all game. Now not saying he is the same quality as hurrell on the whole but he had a clear gameplan to execute of quick line speed and strong defence to keep him out the game and it worked, barely even noticed he played. His kicking is obviously a bonus to us aswell, he kicked 8/8 the other week and doesn't miss many.

Re: Miski, Mago & Ellis Confirmed : Tue Jul 20, 2021 6:08 am  

Just seen miski on wigan TV. Looks a powerfull player! Built like a brick sh1thouse!

Re: Miski, Mago & Ellis Confirmed : Tue Jul 20, 2021 6:46 am  

BoredWiganer wrote:

Watched mago play numerous times. Hard runner, good Defender and can put a hit on. Seems to always play from the bench for souths. Not sure whether he is seen as an impact player from the bench or whether he is naturally seen as behind in the pecking order (i think this with the likes of luke burgess in the team). I like what i see though and think he will be a real handfull over here.

Ellis i will be honest i dont watch many of the dragons games so can't really comment on him. I am going to go back and watch one with him in now and see how he goes (NRL 360 is well worth it btw,, especially if you share the cost out with someone because it is expensive by itself).

Miski, keeps getting called a championship player but i have to disagree. What i have seen of him this season is a player playing well above the level he is competing at. Only signing a 1 year contract was a statement of intention to where he wanted to be and see's himself also, confident. He has played fullback for london this season so nice to have that option with how injury prone we seem to be. He is a big guy (NRL esque winger size) and seems to have the speed to back it up too. Worth noting when on the wing he plays outside our very own hankinson and they seem to work well together, maybe tactical by the club? Hankinson gets a full year of gametime and gets to build up a partnership with our new winger / target signing?

Could work out well for us next season if we are going the hankinson route at centre. Would be a cheaper option as we already have him. I rate hankinson tbh i think he has the potential to be a SL centre just not given a proper shot at it. When he had a run of games a couple years ago he fed his winger well, tackles well and kicks well. Remeber at leeds he lined up opposite hurrell and kept him quiet all game. Now not saying he is the same quality as hurrell on the whole but he had a clear gameplan to execute of quick line speed and strong defence to keep him out the game and it worked, barely even noticed he played. His kicking is obviously a bonus to us aswell, he kicked 8/8 the other week and doesn't miss many.

I must agree with you about Miski and people saying that he's a championship player well he will be as he plays for a championship team,anyone who has played in the NRL is worth a crack what have we got to loose he's hardly going to be on marquee money

Re: Miski, Mago & Ellis Confirmed : Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:05 am  

Pie_Eyter wrote:

I would put the brilliant Pearce-Paul at centre for a couple of years. He would be a wingers dream. Runs hard, offloads and has pace. Second row beckons for him when Farrell retires.

You cannot just swap and change people around like that.

Played most of his youth career so far at second row, then move him to centre because of these attributes, then move him back in a few years to second row. It doesn't work like that for 99% of players.

Re: Miski, Mago & Ellis Confirmed : Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:47 am  

nathan_rugby wrote:

You cannot just swap and change people around like that.

Played most of his youth career so far at second row, then move him to centre because of these attributes, then move him back in a few years to second row. It doesn't work like that for 99% of players.

Couldn't agree more with this...particularly with centres - probably the most difficult place to play positionally, and very very good players with all the attributes to be a great centre have time-and-time-again failed to adapt to the position. It's as specialist as half back.