Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[AmericanHistoryX]

Mind games.

 

[Hbom]

Fulton didnt want them and Benji did when he found out they had deals pulled on both of them, it was too late and they had signed elsewhere. Benji was not happy he knows of both kids and has seen them play through the grades in junior footy
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Fair enough. Appreciate the info.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Inside info.

 

[Bula]

Close to accurate, but not quite there!
7 players from Manly lower grades. The remainder poached from other various clubs.
10 players for the Balmain lower grades
12 players for Wests lower grades

With our apparently massive junior nurseries, why do we need to trawl so many from other clubs?

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Cause the juniors still going through puberty.

 

[Lestronge]

Jarome Luai noise is getting louder…….

God I wish we could see the young halves we have for a year , and luai next year . It’s such a huge gamble to sign him especially if Fainu / Sullivan does something . We seriously will end up with Reynolds situation where someone good is wasting away in the 14 .
I hate this whole signing 2 years out rubbish . It’s so ridiculous . Literally the only job I. The world where your contract runs out but you can sign your next one whilst on your current .
The players act like they’re the only people in the world living contract to contract .
How the brl allowed this mess to begin with is beyond me .. anyways rant over

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1714529791356080574

 

[Masterton]

That's taking the nickname "Hammer" to a whole new level... ;-)

I was impressed with his defence of "Nah, wasn't me" even when they have him on video.

 

[Coastie_Tiger]

I've read a few posts mention Fulton has gone rogue, is that in reference to him signing a few young bucks from Manly?

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Hope so. Cant get any worse can it? Hope it's a buying spree.

 

[Camel2281]

God I wish we could see the young halves we have for a year , and luai next year . It’s such a huge gamble to sign him especially if Fainu / Sullivan does something . We seriously will end up with Reynolds situation where someone good is wasting away in the 14 .
I hate this whole signing 2 years out rubbish . It’s so ridiculous . Literally the only job I. The world where your contract runs out but you can sign your next one whilst on your current .
The players act like they’re the only people in the world living contract to contract .
How the brl allowed this mess to begin with is beyond me .. anyways rant over

NRLPA are to blame. They don't give a stuff about the overall health of the game, grassroots or fans. Only $$$ for the top players

 

[stephen]

The media reporting. The alleged incident doesn't sound too good either.

As Omar would say:
" all in the game, yo?"

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Hence no protocol for HIA in Koori knock-out. A voice? Are they serious?

 

[tony soprano]

I've read a few posts mention Fulton has gone rogue, is that in reference to him signing a few young bucks from Manly?

Yes

 

[tony soprano]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1714529791356080574

Interesting timing when he was down 20 in a GF gets taken off then wins.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Any connexion to Black Rock Tony?

 

[Fainu Brothers]

Interesting timing when he was down 20 in a GF gets taken off then wins.

To be fair he was playing with a busted shoulder

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Or one arm.

 

[bptiger 0]

Gee the way must on this forum are caring on about losing a couple of kids , at such a young age is worrying , u know that less than 1% out of 100 make it to 1st grade . U can’t keep them all and I think we could be going down a slippery slide putting all our eggs in kids , if this fails it could put the club back another 5-10 years

 

[Needaname]

It's a tough one. We have a lot of juniors, having two sides gives us an advantage in some ways, it can be hard to know who are our best players are as players develop at different rates, but putting all our best players in the inner side would create a super team of sorts.

We should be nurturing both our junior sides, why we've left Balmain to fend for itself while putting all the best players in Wests makes no sense. Western Sydney boys with Wests, boys from the rest of the country in Balmain. It makes sense, hopefully Bronson can help get it done. Concerning is Fulton is going rogue, unless he's signed a half and fullback better than Conti and Nassar he's weakened the club.

There’s two ways I look at it. The two kids leaving are 16. If Fulton is getting involved it’s at some point been raised that they should be considered for the top squad either by club or manager. Correct me if I’m wrong but I didn’t think Fulton was involved at the junior level. So the part that disappoints me is, they are obvious talents, they are 16 though they cannot play first grade for 2 years. Why can’t they cool their heals and see out another year before looking for a top grade deal? Meanwhile you’ve got 20 year olds happy to play 4-5 games at Parramatta and the Storm.
So 1 they are rejected.
Or 2 they are impatient.
Given they left to go to clubs with more competition in the halves around their age I’m leaning towards the second.