Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

We need a class frontrower, and a hard running , big hitting backrower , and forget the juniors none are even close to play 1st grade .
It appears we do because our back five aren’t doing enough grunt / power work. Watch the best teams like Penrith / Easts and their centres and wingers do much more work in attack out of their end. Stef and Klem are knocking up because they’re being asked to do too much and our bench rotation is ordinary. They are both quality starting front rowers. A wrecking ball second rower who busts tackles wouldn’t hurt.
 
It appears we do because our back five aren’t doing enough grunt / power work. Watch the best teams like Penrith / Easts and their centres and wingers do much more work in attack out of their end. Stef and Klem are knocking up because they’re being asked to do too much and our bench rotation is ordinary. They are both quality starting front rowers. A wrecking ball second rower who busts tackles wouldn’t hurt.
Our back four missed 16 tackles to 4, I think it was. That’s part of the issue to go with the grunt work. Our forwards have to work harder than others to get back on side and then to take the run, every set. Then be fresh enough to dominate the other pack.
But Stef had 3 runs at halftime, that’s unacceptable, but unusual. 🤷‍♂️
 
Brisbane know how ro maximise their third part sponsorship of players.

legalised cheating
And its because they have a huge stadium and corporate boxes by the dozens. A lot of $$$$$$ flowing into the club. Those dollars can be spent on attracting players to the lower grades. Bingo!
That's what Richo is aiming at; to grow the Tigers; so we can sponsor players [whatever grade they want] and stay under the cap for the NRL players.
We need to get out of the LO mindset. Get the nostalgic blinkers off if we want to win an NRL comp.
 
Turuva massive for us but still a winger short for next season IMO. Need another starting forward too (almost any position would help us so would be focusing on quality over any particular position in the forwards).
Were not short a winger.

Turuva + Staines + Naden who can play there.
Winger is too the position that local Juniors can enter first grade the easiest, even though it is really a tricky position.

We do not need Backline Depth, we have needed backline Talent for ages and finally get some with Olam.
We need Front row depth to cover injuries there and allow people to play hard.
 
Manly unlikely to win without him. Look what happened to Canberra without Fogarty and his (boring) kicking game.
 
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just heard an ABC interview from the weekend where Richo said that there are no further signings to come for 2025 …

That’s gotta be a blow for a lot of you NSW Cup speculators in the thread ?
Il,bet we add min 3 more players for 25 , probably reserve graders on the verge but we will add , we can’t keep going like we are 14/15 th in the NrL and a bog average reserve grade team and hopefully coming through in 2 / 3 years time , we need to buy now and remove dead wood , also I don’t think we will buy crap anymore with Benji and RicHo doing the recruiting, Centre Prop next please and these can be fringe from othe r clubs
 
just heard an ABC interview from the weekend where Richo said that there are no further signings to come for 2025 …

That’s gotta be a blow for a lot of you NSW Cup speculators in the thread ?

Here it is
 
Il,bet we add min 3 more players for 25 , probably reserve graders on the verge but we will add , we can’t keep going like we are 14/15 th in the NrL and a bog average reserve grade team and hopefully coming through in 2 / 3 years time , we need to buy now and remove dead wood , also I don’t think we will buy crap anymore with Benji and RicHo doing the recruiting, Centre Prop next please and these can be fringe from othe r clubs

apparently they have another 3-4 guys from within who will move to Top 30 spots at the end of this year

Richo has said they aren’t a recruitment club and I believe him … at least for the next year until they can free up some space on the squad …
 
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