Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[426Tlgerland]

Could not agree more.
It must be the way we use most new players... Turn them into plodders more often than not- pretty much anyone in a swap situation would be better for us... Can't support the guy anymore.. Was a fan of hus footy at Parra and was very optimistic of him coming here... No
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Mate he is not used like he was at Parra , he was a gun running back rower getting great ball on the Fly , sheens turned him into a defender due to the fact we leaked points bad , he needs to half his defence load and add some running off good ball , we need to feed him , I’m as concerned as you his game is not like before , again made over 40 tackles ( 48 ) maybe , that’s 18 to many he needed 30 tackles , 4 line breaks , 1 try , 175 mtr running

 

[Conbat07]

I know its been mentioned but offer Tallis Duncan a good contract and the promise to play 13. Not sure Souths will have a lot of cap space. He would definitely add to the squad.

Tyler Schiller is a must offer with the Raiders plethora of outside backs, cant keep em all.

Jordan Sua is a must have also in my opinion, adds another element of a fear factor in the defensive line.

This would really create competition for spots to go with the current squad.

Bye bye Bud Sullivan, AJ, Jake Simpkin

 

[Odessa]

Agree with this 100%.

Flanagan May be many things but he knows his footy.

He tweaked that roster and made sure that lack of talent is replace by size and aggression both in the forwards and the backs. He has great half in Hunt and an overall team that seems to be consistently up, motivated and well prepared for a battle ….. their whole team looks up this year ….. just like the 2024 buldogs.

The only thing that I’m puzzled about is how they can allow for Lomax to be let go. Time will only tell If that decision does not come back to bite them.

I have heard that Lomax and some of the other players don't mix they have said things to him about his personal life and he just wants out

 

[batboy]

Tyler Schiller is a must offer with the Raiders plethora of outside backs, cant keep em all.

This is happening so often, That I have to ask why??
Why is everyone calling James Schiller from the Raiders - Tyler Schiller (Who's actually a jockey)?
The next bit,
It's weird that you guys have him down as a life or death priority - When you don't know his name...
- I never heard Billy Slater called Michael Slater?

 

[Roar_Power]

Tyler Schiller is a must offer with the Raiders plethora of outside backs, cant keep em all.

Jordan Sua is a must have also in my opinion, adds another element of a fear factor in the defensive line.

Are we talking about Jayden Sua and James Schiller?

 

[batboy]

Are we talking about Jayden Sua and James Schiller?

Seen this a bit....
So essential to our success we don't even know their names?

 

[Demps]

Seen this a bit....
So essential to our success we don't even know their names?

Robbie Farrah

 

[Conbat07]

This is happening so often, That I have to ask why??
Why is everyone calling James Schiller from the Raiders - Tyler Schiller (Who's actually a jockey)?
The next bit,
It's weird that you guys have him down as a life or death priority - When you don't know his name...
- I never heard Billy Slater called Michael Slater?

A bit of Dad fog with the names. You know who i am talking about. I have back a few winners with Tyler haha

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Don’t get me wrong, we played very poor however I think we need to keep some perspective. It was a 12 point ball game that we were still in until the 60th odd minute. I’ve seen a lot worse from us over the past few years…

Dragons are a team on same level as us, bottom half of the table teams. Both teams played poorly and we never looked like making a game of it really.

If we have improved then the next few weeks we won’t get thumped. Last 2 years these weeks continue the downhill turn and a thumping follows after 2-3 weeks of good performances.

 

[hank37w]

Robbie Farrah

Get it right, Wobbie Farah.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I didn't say it was.

I LITERALLY said we were awful AND
undermanned.

As in; in addition to missing some key players, we were also awful.

Do you just read every third word people write or what?

Put down the keyboard for the night.

The fact you felt the need to offer it up as an excuse showed you were looking for an out. There was no excuse for turning up as limp as we did.

 

[hammertime]

We didn't build any pressure at all. I can't recall a single repeat set or any attempt at one.

 

[batboy]

A bit of Dad fog with the names. You know who i am talking about. I have back a few winners with Tyler haha

All good,
You're not on your own man...

I never heard of the Jockey before I kept seeing his name here!!

 

[balmain boy]

Now that’s really pushing it BB.

Just reporting facts.

Of course this doesn't suit everyone's agenda.

 

[balmain boy]

Benjis appeal as a coach would be waning with every game
Players opposing us see what we dish up and I cannot Imagine any player think of WTs as a destination based on the footy we are playing

i think most players recognise that we have the weakest squad in the comp, and have come last 2 years in a row. Expectations are not high.

 

[mikey]

I'm hoping the return of Galvin will re-ignite their desire to win. Seemed so ala Brookes with Sullivan; i.e. - why bother trying, he can't win it for us.

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

Do we have any decent middles coming through the pathways?...

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

i think most players recognise that we have the weakest squad in the comp, and have come last 2 years in a row. Expectations are not high.

Disagree we have the weakest squad in the comp....IMO Dragons, Titans and Dogs are weaker than ours

 

[jrtiger]

Do we have any decent middles coming through the pathways?...

there’s a few, but its hard to get a read on middles and where they’re at because a lot of them take time.

I’m a big fan of Peter Taai, Maddax Fui, Christian Tapau-Moors and Siotame Havea, who are the core nucleus of our Wests HM forward pack. all of them have something a little different to offer and have been crucial to the success of that side.

Jordan Miller and Chris Faagutu are both in and around the NRL squad at the moment but are still 12-18 months off first grade at least and even then have some work to do.

Balmain’s not my strong suit and there’s a few people that watch Flegg a little closer than me, but I can expand a little more on the four from Wests Matts that I mentioned if you’d like.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

there’s a few, but its hard to get a read on middles and where they’re at because a lot of them take time.

I’m a big fan of Peter Taai, Maddax Fui, Christian Tapau-Moors and Siotame Havea, who are the core nucleus of our Wests HM forward pack. all of them have something a little different to offer and have been crucial to the success of that side.

Jordan Miller and Chris Faagutu are both in and around the NRL squad at the moment but are still 12-18 months off first grade at least and even then have some work to do.

Balmain’s not my strong suit and there’s a few people that watch Flegg a little closer than me, but I can expand a little more on the four from Wests Matts that I mentioned if you’d like.

Thanks @jrtiger would be very interested to hear more of your insights into our HM middles. There is PJ French & Ta'ai in the team as well who made rep sides last year.

I'm hopeful that Vaka Aho in Flegg has the qualities to progress a lot further. Herman is another given his impact in attack, others have questioned his fitness.