Re: IN 2018 | Brad Dwyer - 2 Year Deal : Sat Jul 22, 2017 6:22 am  

Happy with this....This time last year our hooker position was a mess,going into 2018 it should be a strength. We wont see as many individual moments of magic from dwyer coming off the bench as we have with rob but imo the team shape will be better for it

Re: IN 2018 | Brad Dwyer - 2 Year Deal : Sat Jul 22, 2017 9:32 am  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

I thought they might have gone with Lilley as the back up hooker next season, so I'm happy with this signing, although he isn't the greatest defender, he definitely seems too small to defend in the middle. Long term, I wonder what this means for Harvey Whitely?

Lilley is a half back not a hooker, I'm glad we've signed a specialist back up.

Will Whitely still be able to play U19's next year? It doesn't mean anything for him in the long term, he's not ready to be our 2nd hooker yet.

Re: IN 2018 | Brad Dwyer - 2 Year Deal : Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:29 am  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

Lilley is a half back not a hooker, I'm glad we've signed a specialist back up.

Will Whitely still be able to play U19's next year? It doesn't mean anything for him in the long term, he's not ready to be our 2nd hooker yet.

Yeah im sure whitely has another year eligible for the 19s after this one

Re: IN 2018 | Brad Dwyer - 2 Year Deal : Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:38 am  

good signing for me. could be explosive in short periods

Re: IN 2018 | Brad Dwyer - 2 Year Deal : Wed Jul 26, 2017 10:15 am  

Neruda wrote:

Dec Patton cant get in your team when Gidley and Brown are fit, is he crap too?

He can though.

Never said Dwyer was crap. I said he's average, which he is. Limited player, ok in defence, awful decision maker. Lets see what you think of him this time next year.

Re: IN 2018 | Brad Dwyer - 2 Year Deal : Wed Jul 26, 2017 10:50 am  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

He can though.

Never said Dwyer was crap. I said he's average, which he is. Limited player, ok in defence, awful decision maker. Lets see what you think of him this time next year.

We'll see. Neither Lunt nor Aiton was too special but the organisation they brought helped land us 2 GFs. As a back up, Dwyer will be fine is my guess.

Re: IN 2018 | Brad Dwyer - 2 Year Deal : Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:02 pm  

I think there is a difference between what we are expecting and what Wire fans think we are expecting with Dwyer.

I dont think anyone thinks we have signed Cam Smith or another Segayaro, Dwyer is limited in certain aspects and i dont think i would be as encouraged if we were going in to the season with only Dwyer at hooker.

However as a foil and cover for Parcell he is realistically better than we could have expected.

Re: IN 2018 | Brad Dwyer - 2 Year Deal : Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:44 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

I think there is a difference between what we are expecting and what Wire fans think we are expecting with Dwyer.

I dont think anyone thinks we have signed Cam Smith or another Segayaro, Dwyer is limited in certain aspects and i dont think i would be as encouraged if we were going in to the season with only Dwyer at hooker.

However as a foil and cover for Parcell he is realistically better than we could have expected.

I fully agree.

All that changes though if he is coming in as no.1 hooker with Parcell returning to OZ at the end of this season, but we will have to see.

Re: IN 2018 | Brad Dwyer - 2 Year Deal : Thu Jul 27, 2017 12:26 am  

Where does the idea that Parcell will leave come from? I've read it a few times on here but it seems to be based solely on the fact that Parcell is quite good rather than any evidence he intends to leave.

Re: IN 2018 | Brad Dwyer - 2 Year Deal : Thu Jul 27, 2017 6:15 am  

Fantastic player playing well you just know the NRL will come in for him.

I'm absolutely adamant he won't be here next year. Add a nice Cliché "I'd love to be wrong" statement obviously.