Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Demps said:
Good post man.
Agree with it all.

Saw him in the trial and a few cup games.
Also some fleg games a while ago.

He's big in person, could see him really filling out even more and having an imposing build.

He's a local lad from Claymore & as you said, I could also see him having a better career than Tumeth.

@Kaito knows too.
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Love u dawg
 
hammertime said:
Olam would be a good get. I hope benji is ensuring that he prefaces any discussions that he'll expect medical retirement if his injuries get unsustainable.

Losing blore will be tough. But Melbourne would hardly take someone like the tumeth or Mansfield
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The drizzle want him gone, they don’t want to pay him his contract as he’s in the way down and they know it. There just playing chicken with the tigers and it looks like the tigers blinked. They give him to us for free, we’re just dumb enough to fall for it, reminds me of when we let Fifita go to the guppies!
 
GNR4LIFE said:
I can give you a as long as my arm of players that have been talked up who never even made their debut. Talking about juniors is text book grain of salt stuff, yet so many expectations get on put them. And no one ever learns from it. They just move on to the next SG Ball or Flegg star.
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We haven't had anyone to really talk up since Teddy, Brooks, Moses, Woods.

Sure every season people might pick the top 1-2 juniors and give them a wrap (what else have we got to look forward to?) But we haven't had any elite juniors for a long time
 
Tiger_Fanatic3 said:
Benji Marshall has ventured to Melbourne to finalise a player swap involving out of favour Storm centre Justin Olam and Tigers forward Shawn Blore.

The Daily Telegraph’s David Riccio reported on SEN radio the swap deal is imminent with Marshall believing Olam is the missing piece for his 2024 backline.

“From a Wests Tigers point of view, I like this a lot,” Riccio said on SEN 1170 Breakfast.

“We all know the type of player Justin Olam. He’s all power and can be hugely damaging.

“He fell out of favour big time at the back end of last season for the Melbourne Storm.

“I don’t think Olam makes the (2024 Melbourne) team with the likes of Nick Meaney, Will Warbrick, Reimis Smith, Xavier Coates, Ryan Papenhuyzen now back into the fray and Grant Anderson who has shown plenty of promise.

“Olam is almost surplus to needs when you think about the depth of the outside backs at Melbourne.

“Blore is a talented player who plays in the forwards and has had some injury problems but has found his feet.

“That would be the appetite for the Storm because if there was one area where they were found wanting last year, it was their forward pack. Blore would fill that void.”

Olam, 29, has scored 46 tries in 14 NRL games for the Storm since his debut in 2018 winning a premiership in 2020 and has scored seven tries in 14 Tests for Papua New Guinea.

23-year-old Blore has scored one try in 33 games for the Tigers since his debut in 2020.
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If Riccio likes this move, maybe we should be concerned?
 
BalmainJnr said:
If Riccio likes this move, maybe we should be concerned?
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Storm need forwards after losing Kaufusi and the Bromwich boys and we have one first grade standard centre in Toa. Deal makes good sense for both teams. We also have Pole at 13 and some young kids that look good.

I believe this makes us better however a player going to a gun side like the storm most often looks like they won the deal. We are bad out wide Olam helps.
 
Champ1 said:
Sorry guys Olam is cooked. I can identify the exact moment Olams magic stopped. It was a game against Manly . He was taking the ball up in his usual flat out manner & he got BUSTED BIG TIME by Olkau'atu. I have never seen Olam busted like that before. You could seriously see his courage disappear & it never returned & i believe it never will. Bellemy saw the same .Check that game out & every game he played after that. You will
see what I mean.

Well he got hit high from Aloiai in that hit so maybe was suffering from delayed concussion​

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TigerLouis said:
What about
1.Bula
2.Tupou
3.Toa
4.Olam
5.Naden
That’s great height on the wings.
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Man that's actually looking like a Decent backline.

Olam + Naden I reckon could actually defend that side. You clearly have some strong muscle there. Toa/Tupou, if Tupou trains up and stops letting attackers through we would stand a chance. I think Bateman has the Agility in defense to assist. 100% would play Bateman on that side as a second-rower to see if we could get a sneaky try.

A decent backline and I reckon Olam would lift those around him.
 
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