Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Tom Shines said:
It doesn’t have to be a long slow process .. but it most likely will be … if it was easy they would have done it by now ..

Crichton has some well reported issues ..I wish him all the best … but he would be another risky call for the tigers … they have a few of these in tow at the moment already.. not sure he is the best choice at this time…

Also .. scouring the NSW cup teams each week trying to identity guys that are better than Toa or Seyfarth doesn’t really help as much as you might believe …I think we can both see that this is a very low bar to step over … but replacing these guys with other reserve graders won’t move the needle much .. signings like this need to be the exception rather than the rule

Richo has mentioned a 5-6 times since he took over in January that he is going to ride the juniors/ pathways home … the best group he has seen apparently… right or wrong .. time will tell… but that’s the direction they are headed in
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We do have plenty of talent within our juniors, but so does every other club.
To find Pole and Bula, then add the emerging Galvin, Da Silva and Mason plus recruiting the Fainu brothers, along with the fast emerging Large brothers, Makasini and Godinet just to name a few is very good.
Obviously we have other young hopefuls amongst them and future recruitment of more young talent will be very important.
If we recruit 6-8 good standard players, some young and looking for opportunity, others a bit older and wiser but have attributes we are lacking, we would quickly change from being a bottom 3 team to a genuine top 8 contenders.
 
In Tristan's case there was no choice but to play him in NSW Cup.
Anyone eligible for an age group team should remain there if we want to develop them. The next step should be NRL.
Our Reserves are putrid , nobody's learning anything standing behind a tryline 10 times a game.
 
Todd Packer said:
In Tristan's case there was no choice but to play him in NSW Cup.
Anyone eligible for an age group team should remain there if we want to develop them. The next step should be NRL.
Our Reserves are putrid , nobody's learning anything standing behind a tryline 10 times a game.
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We had a choice. He was improving. Learning the game. Solid in what he knew at that time.
 
Vicious said:
We do have plenty of talent within our juniors, but so does every other club.
To find Pole and Bula, then add the emerging Galvin, Da Silva and Mason plus recruiting the Fainu brothers, along with the fast emerging Large brothers, Makasini and Godinet just to name a few is very good.
Obviously we have other young hopefuls amongst them and future recruitment of more young talent will be very important.
If we recruit 6-8 good standard players, some young and looking for opportunity, others a bit older and wiser but have attributes we are lacking, we would quickly change from being a bottom 3 team to a genuine top 8 contenders.
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They have 1 free spot this year and 4 next year .. its tight ..and they don’t seem to churn over the guys that they don’t want as easily as other clubs…

Thats why I prefer these limited roster spaces to be filled with established first grade talent.. not fringe guys at other clubs
 
Tom Shines said:
They have 1 free spot this year and 4 next year .. its tight ..and they don’t seem to churn over the guys that they don’t want as easily as other clubs…

Thats why I prefer these limited roster spaces to be filled with established first grade talent.. not fringe guys at other clubs
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Yes and plenty of others can be pushed out if they don’t start showing us some value for money,
 
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Vicious said:
I’m tipping Richo will be ruthless and tapping quite a few on the shoulder very soon if they don’t start showing big improvement quickly.
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we will see…

They had to get HR involved to get Noto out the door with a pay out .,,and he wasn’t even showing up to training on time
 
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Bold prediction here. Latu Fainu to evolve into a lock by next season - the Cameron Murray mould.

The kid is a nugget, probably can tackle better than most in our club & has that something special about him.

Imagine a spine of Bula - Galvin - Luai (Sezer) - Fainu - Api (TDS).
 
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