Your team for 2019

1. Ponga / Watson
2. Lee
3. Ramien
4. Moga
5. SKD
6. Watson / Ponga
7. Pearce
8. Klemmer
9. Levi
10. D.Saifiti
11. Guerra
12. Fitzgibbon
13. Ese'ese

14. Barnett
15. Glasby
16. J.Safiti
17. Buhrer /Sione / Lino
That's the way I would go based on what I know so far (very little) and counting on getting Klemmer
 
Ethan said:
Haha Carry on
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Moga was rusty at the start of last season after his opp there's no doubting that. He definently didn't play like he did in 2017.
If he is ready to play next year round one he will be rusty again. Thats just what happens after big opps and long periods not playing/training.
 
1 Ponga
2 Lee
3 Ramien
4 Moga
5 SKD
6 Lino
7 Pearce
8 Klemmer
9 Levi
10 Glasby
11 Fitzgibbon
12 Guerra
13 Ese Ese

14 Watson
15 Barnett / Sione
16 D Saifiti
17 Gavet

18 Saulo
19 J Saifiti
 
basically what im thinking atm. IMO Glasby adds no impact off the bench and i feel would be better of starting. Have gone for a bit of size and hopefully impact off the bench. Just need someone to replace Buhrer imo

1 Watson
2 SKD
3 ramien
4 Moga
5 Lee
6 Ponga
7 Pearce
8 Klemmer
9 Levi
10 Glasby
11 Sione
12 Fitzzy
13 Guerra
14 Buhrer
15 Barnett
16 D.Siafiti
17 Ese Ese
18 J.Saifiti
 
1. Watson
2. SKD
3. Ramien
4. Moga
5. Lee
6. Ponga
7. Pearce
8. Klem
9. Levi
10. D Saf
11. Guerra
12. Fitz
13. Ese
14. Woolford
15. Barnett
16. J Saf
17. Gavet/New Prop
 
Billy said:
Moga had only trained with a new team for 2 weeks before his first game.
He was as rusty as hell and played like ****.
In the game he got injured he was finally looking reasonable, but before that he was the worst player in the side by a fair way.
All those blaming Ross for Moga playing like he hadn't touched a football all off season and was trying to fit into a side he hadn't even trained with are carrying the weird hatred you have for all things Newcastle to ridiculous extremes.
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Moga did a no-look pass to where Ross should have been, but Ross did not run to support his centre. That is what I was disappointed at.


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Lefty said:
Moga did a no-look pass to where Ross should have been, but Ross did not run to support his centre. That is what I was disappointed at.


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If they'd have practised that 50 times at training - fair enough - but I know they didn't because Moga only had a handful of training sessions, and half the time he was training with Sio instead of Ross.
 
So the names we have so far training with firstgrade

Brodie Jones
Zac Woolford
Shaun Kenny-Dowall
Lachlan Fitzgibbon
Slade Griffin
Mitch Barnett
Herman Ese'ese
Aidan Guerra
Josh King
Danny Levi
Tautau Moga
Jesse Ramien
Nathan Ross
Daniel Saifiti
Jacob Saifiti
Psami Saulo
Sam Stone
Connor Watson
Tim Glasby
Edrick Lee
Sione Mata'utia
Mitchell Pearce
Kalyn Ponga
Mason Lino
Jamie Buhrer

We expect to sign

David Klemmer
James Gavet

Juniors training with firstgrade confirmed

Pheonix Crossland
Brayden Musgrove
Beau Fermor
Jirah Momoisea
Luke Huth
Matt Croker


I also think we will have

Tex Hoy
Mitch Andrews
Hayden Loughrey (currently injured)

Firstgrade

1 Watson
2 Skd
3 Ramien
4 Moga
5 Lee
6 Ponga
7 Pearce
8 Klemmer
9 Levi
10 Glasby
11 Guerra
12 Fitz
13 Eseese

14 Buhrer
15 Dan Saifiti
16 Jake Saifiti
17 Sione

reserve grade

1 Tex Hoy
2 Ross
3 Musgrove
4 Fermor
5 Andrews
6 Crossland
7 Lino
8 King
9 Woolford
10 Saulo
11 Barnett
12 Brodie Jones
13 Gavet

14 Huth
15 Momoisea
16 Croker
17 Stone

injured

Griffin
Loughrey
 
If Griff is out for most or all of season surely we have option to name a replacement for part or all of season. Same would go for Moga if breaks down again or any player suffering season ending injury. If that is so we might actually have additional space.
 
Billy said:
https://www.theherald.com.au/story/...dy-to-look-after-no1-for-the-knights/?cs=7580

Watson talks about moving to fullback.
Says 1 and 6 are pretty similar, especially the way we play the game.
Says running is his forte and he should be able to do more of that at fullback.

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“It’ll probably just mean that I run the ball a bit more, which is my strength, so I’d be more than happy to do that.”
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I know you’ve had a hard time dealing with the whole Watson situation. Do you think he will be able to lock down his spot, as well as being more effective on field?
 
Joel said:
I know you’ve had a hard time dealing with the whole Watson situation. Do you think he will be able to lock down his spot, as well as being more effective on field?
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I haven't had "a hard time" dealing with anything - except maybe all the abuse I cop for not being a sheep that agrees with the prevailing nonsense going around.
Unlike most people here, I'll watch him play a few games at fullback, and then decide if I like what he is doing, but I can't see why he wouldn't go OK.
If I don't like what he is doing, I'll say so, and then the usual conga line of suckholes can throw shade at me for having an opinion.
 
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Billy said:
I haven't had "a hard time" dealing with anything - except maybe all the abuse I cop for not being a sheep that agrees with the prevailing nonsense going around.
Unlike most people here, I'll watch him play a few games at fullback, and then decide if I like what he is doing, but I can't see why he wouldn't go OK.
If I don't like what he is doing, I'll say so, and then the usual conga line of suckholes can throw shade at me for having an opinion.
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Hard time was a blunt way to put it, but I know what you mean.

Suckhole is now my word of the week.
 
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