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Scooter
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Cooper Johns announced as officially leaving Storm.

All the best for the future.

His last couple of games were clearly his best. So disappointed to see him leave now.
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His call or ours?
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Writing was on the wall when they resigned Jayden Nikorema and Bronson garlick over Cooper
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Yeah, I guess. We’re gonna be an also ran in 2023 it seems.
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Scooter wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:29 pm Cooper Johns announced as officially leaving Storm.

Boooooo, I liked the kid. But I suppose if you're forced to play second fiddle you must look for opportunities elsewhere.
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He was pretty good defensively but outside of his last name I don’t understand what people saw in him. He processed things way too slowly on the field to make any sort of positive impact.
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blazza18 wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 7:10 pm He was pretty good defensively but outside of his last name I don’t understand what people saw in him. He processed things way too slowly on the field to make any sort of positive impact.
I really feel it is a part of our system. Unless you are the nominated one (may I say chosen one) and train day in and day out with the team then you are expected to slot in seamlessly. It has been our way, and the way of rugby league for as long as I've watched it, that the best a fill in half can do is fill a whole in the line. Whoever came in for Cronk during Origin and anyone since has been able to do little more than play adhoc - when given the ball. People might say he didn't demand the ball but most times the ball just went Munsters way this year. Does this show no trust or ... Dunno
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After feeling pretty 'meh' about Johns prior to this year, I actually thought he showed some improvement, held his own defensively, did enough in attack for a back-up (usually without much help from our disappointing forwards), and was generally the best of our fill-in halves options this year.

It sounds like Nikorima did well in QLD Cup, but I certainly wasn't impressed at all with what I saw from him in a Storm jersey, so I'm a bit disappointed that Johns is the one to go (not that he was ever going to own the #6 or #7 jersey).
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Wonder if Dan Atkinson will get a train and trial deal?
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Warriors have released Pene, I would love him back
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Mattpoet wrote: Tue Oct 04, 2022 6:47 pm Warriors have released Pene, I would love him back
Agreed, I liked him
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Mattpoet wrote: Tue Oct 04, 2022 6:47 pm Warriors have released Pene, I would love him back
Heard he is a dolphin
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sallymay wrote: Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:11 pm
Mattpoet wrote: Tue Oct 04, 2022 6:47 pm Warriors have released Pene, I would love him back
Heard he is a dolphin
Makes sense.

He did play for the Storm after all
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I am really hoping storm make a play for Pene. Too good to bounce from one struggling club to the next
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https://www.nit.com.au/melbourne-storm- ... vfrT2_RcWI

Signed this guy sounds like a really good player …a sponge
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