Signings

Earl · Wed Jul 21, 2004 5:32 pm

Melbourne are showing intrest in Jamie Feeney from what I've heard. And apparantly Ian Donnelly will be released from his contract with Manly to play for Melbourne in 2005.

Manly just beat Melbourne in a 'race' for Donnelly signiture last year.

Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:16 pm

That's the second time I've heard this Jamie Feeney story today!

Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:18 pm

Earl's been connecting Feeney to the Storm for the last few days.

Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:25 pm

Apparently we've signed Ian Donnelly according to Tony Peters (who's Peters?)

Earl · Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:15 pm

Just read that over at LU as well. At least we've signed someone

NZ Storm · Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:12 pm

I just found a feature on the NRL website called "player head to head" where you can line up the stats of any two players next to each other.

For interests sake I lined up Donnelly & Feeney against various members of our roster.

Donnelly's stats are fairly similar to Rodney Howe's this season which is a bit of a concern but I guess Rodney is past his prime & Donnelly is still on his way up. You'd think that under a decent coach Donnelly's game will improve too.

It was hard to find a good comparison to Feeney. His stats are sort of comparable with Hoffman and Johnson. He gets through less work in defence than them but contributes a bit more in hit-ups and metres.

As long as we get them at the right price I think they'll be good buys. Feeney more than Donnelly though.

Earl · Thu Jul 22, 2004 5:44 pm

NZ Storm there stats though would be somewhat restricte because both players havn't really been shown much game time. Feeney has only played 60 minutes + once this year and he made 30 tackles and 15 hit-ups.

Thu Jul 22, 2004 8:25 pm

We have signed Dennis Scott for 2 years.

Nez · Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:11 pm

I just read that on the Dog's forum, was rather shocked to be honest. Good to see we are signing people again though. As for Feeney. I never thought of this guy but he is exactly who we should go after. Okay, his stat's aren't the best but he hasn't exactly been in favour there no matter how hard he tries. I remember last year he was a workhorse for the dogs off the bench, and chipped in with several good tries. He'd do well for us, and looking at how he wanted to stay at the dogs for life and be a one team man, he also values loyalty pretty highly which means we treat him right he'll stay for a while. Not sure about donnelly, personally i don't overly rate the guy, but if he signs i'll get behind him. It's not like we have a large forward pack anymore so he can help us in that area.. maybe..

Hailstorm · Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:34 pm

I just had a look at his profile on the Doggies site...

"Regularly in first grade last season, with consistent high work rate and versatility in the forwards. A 'must-have' player for any successful club."

Sounds good to me

Hailstorm · Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:06 pm

Oh and there you go, not a second ago Storm officially announced the signing of Ian Donnelly.

I don't know too much about either of the new signings but hopefully its a step "forward" in the right direction

steaming stormer · Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:44 pm

Donnelly is a handy young prop. Apparently has some work to do regarding attitude, but if well coached could be a very handy pick up. Scott is a solid forward IMO. He doesn't look flashy, but gets the job done. Feeney would be a handy pick up though. Hope we haven't given up on him.

Fri Jul 23, 2004 6:43 pm

I guess I'll have to watch the game on Nein tonight and keep an eye out for Dennis Scott. If he was playing that is.

AAS · Fri Jul 23, 2004 7:14 pm

a birdie inside the club said they are big name singings coming up!!!!.

Earl · Fri Jul 23, 2004 7:44 pm

As doubtful as I am AAS, I sure hope there are more signings to come

And you say big name. Which big name players are still available.

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