Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

kade7 said:
Lachlan Galvin is a good player
but lets not get carried away he was kept out of his rep position by Latu, who imo has the much higher ceiling

galvin reminds me of burton/wighton he will have a good career but it will be in the centers or second row

luai is a three time premiership winner a proven leader amongst young polynesian men who make up the majority of our team

we should be doing everything to get him
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A lot of players are kept out of juniour teams by players that have a bit more size and are a bit more developed.

I remember fondly when we were waiting for those great youngsters like Esan Marsters & Lamar Liolavave to come through the grades.
 
We have to stop buckling to media, public and fan pressure.
Yes the results for the past few seasons in particular are very concerning and as a club we need to do something to turn it around fast and yes it pleases the masses if we sign high profile players, but surely we learn something from our mistakes of the past and stop paying over inflated prices for any high profile player that comes on the market.
We’ve had a strategy in keeping all our best young players, adding to that by signing some other elite young unproven players and knowing not every young player will reach their potential, but if we pool enough of them and give them opportunity with some quality experienced players around them, hopefully a few of these highly talented young players will repay our good will by sticking with us long term and becoming stars of the NRL.
Paying ridiculous money to sign Luai will not assist in this strategy being successful and would just put doubt in our young players minds that we have previously assured would get every opportunity to play regular NRL and become the stars they have potential to become.
The experience of Luai may possibly help us win a few more games in 2024, but long term he doesn’t come across as someone who will spill blood and be prepared to go to another level to become the halves leader and controller we are seeking.
Stick with our previous strategy, come out and state we are prepared for more short term pain for long term gain and give our talented youngsters the opportunity and pathway they have been promised and desire.
 
tony soprano said:
We r in trouble of losing him if he keeps the same player manager.
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Despite many NRL clubs knowing Galvin’s potential and desire to poach him from us, I highly doubt many will be prepared to initially sign him at an over inflated cost.
I strongly believe in our current position which is cellar dwellers, we need to stick with our strategy of retaining and adding to our best young emerging players, therefore ones with the profile of Galvin and Large, we have ti be prepared to pay whatever it takes to retain them short term and ensure Benji and co make them believe they are the future of our club.
If they don’t end up fulfilling their potential than so be it, but with the attributes they possess it’s a good risk well worth taking.
 
batboy said:
Cheer Mate, You're right....
The way they discussed it so flippantly like it was common knowledge and an everyday thing
caught me a little by surprise....

One thing that's always irked me, Is we never play dirty....
We're always the easy beats
- We're always checker players, When the big boys are playing Chess.

Like when we lost Cleary, Anyone with half a brain could see it coming....
When they sacked Hook, A Parra mate said "Who they gonna get" my immediate answer was Cleary...
What better way to hang onto the half coming through than employ his dad...
Somehow, It came as a shock to us...

There's been plenty of other cases - Getting nothing for releasing players etc...
Shits me.
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In retrospect, how naive were we to believe we were in the box seat to sign Nathan. Tbf to us, we were under the impression Ivan actually was committed to our club and had integrity. Never thought he would do something that was up until that time unprecedented for a coach which was to walk out on a club with two years left on his contract.
 
jadtiger said:
Lets just hope it is just a crazy rumour and we don't get see if the lunatic's running our asylum are that dumb
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I think ‘The Mole’ made up story has been put to bed multiple times by Greg Alexander and even before the story he was saying Luai will be at the Panthers in 2024 just like Burton was in his final year.
Time to move on, and if we get Luai he will simply replace Sezer in our 2025 squad 🤞
 
Jedi_Tiger said:
Wiz said:
Greg Alexander shot the rumour down on SEN this morning. The offer of Luai for Galvin/Klemmer did not come from the Panthers he said. Alexander suggested Isaac Moses May be behind the rumour because he manages both Galvin and Klemmer.
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Lipina Kaufusi as a winger takes the cake as the worst ba k fir wests tigers
Also known as Jackson Kaufusi or Makasini Richter
played for wests tigers 2001 - 2002
Makes AJ look like Reg Gasnier
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Tucker said:
How about we let the halves we’ve already bought show what they can do?
We are ok for forwards currently. I expect better from them as a group in 24.
We need outside backs and quite obviously so. I’ll take Olam, but we should not lose good young players for him.
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I agree with all you've said. I was replying to this "What i can't get my head around is why the club has allowed Melbourne Storm to suggest to the club that we can take Olam of their hands but they want Galvin and one other Campbelltown junior + Bore."

I'm no fan of the admin of the club. They deserve all the criticism. But they can't stop other clubs and agents making requests and suggestions as well as leaking to the press. It's ridiculous to suggest otherwise.
 
Wiz said:
Greg Alexander shot the rumour down on SEN this morning. The offer of Luai for Galvin/Klemmer did not come from the Panthers he said. Alexander suggested Isaac Moses May be behind the rumour because he manages both Galvin and Klemmer.
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Joel Caine still appears to be passionate about Wests Tigers, he’d be a good person to get officially on our staff and be able to also speak on the clubs behalf when player managers and media lies start gaining momentum.
 
Wearyfan22 said:
I agree with all you've said. I was replying to this "What i can't get my head around is why the club has allowed Melbourne Storm to suggest to the club that we can take Olam of their hands but they want Galvin and one other Campbelltown junior + Bore."

I'm no fan of the admin of the club. They deserve all the criticism. But they can't stop other clubs and agents making requests and suggestions as well as leaking to the press. It's ridiculous to suggest otherwise.
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In the past, the Storm and other big clubs would have come in and plundered the best of the juniors. We have improved our identification, retention etc. With the advent of Redcliffe, the Storm are competing against four Qld clubs for juniors from that State and it is harder to get the juniors from our area. It will be interesting to see how this plays out for the Storm, Roosters etc.
 
AmericanHistoryX said:
Roosters easy. Storm different story. Always strong.
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It’s funny that Storm are desperate to sign Shawn Blore as an edge back rower and see him in their starting line up, yet most self proclaimed experts on here claim Blore is better as a middle forward.
News Flash - big, strong and mobile edge forwards that can make line breaks are crucial to a teams success. Their hard running provides options and takes pressure of the teams halves and allows a good fullback to find space and/or get one on one when wrapping around the hard running of a big and dangerous edge forward.
So e if the most successful clubs in the NRL want Blore, want big Stef, want Junior Tupou, want our you youngsters in Galvin, Large, Makasini.
That tells me all these players have great potential and we need to prioritise re-signing them before over spending on other players.
 
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