Tucker
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Back on topic thanks everyone…
Now, who has mail?
Now, who has mail?
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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Tigers4ever
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Well said Tucker. Back on topic please!!
GNR4LIFE
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Anyway, who’s got a signing suggestion? Any chance we can poach a centre not named Olam?
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There is ONE guy...
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I think the only signings now we will possibly make for this season are high quality, experienced players ... Olam (Blore swap) & Luai if we could swing it but unlikely OR T&T promotion.
Richo has said we will not block our pathways players which makes me think they will have to be bloody good to come in or have super-impressed during pre-season training.
The other possible is Nofa out. Richo will no doubt sit down with him, Benji & Betsey this week to sort out whether his mind is at our club or cya later thanks for your service.
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Can’t just send him away. Someone has to take his contract on to such a degree that our club benefits
Imo Tucker I reckon his attitude is a squad killer. He signed his release the second he whinged about how hard his training was. I know it sounds silly but if another club offered 100k I'd say thank you and goodbye.
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Olam is past his best, surely we’ve learnt to stay away from such players…. Besides, Bellamy won’t pick him in first grade, so if we do get him it surely should be heavily subsided by the storm… akin to us shopping Nofa
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All of these comments on Olam being past his best. I'm happy to go with Benji & Moussa's judgement on him. Remember he had injury issues all 2023 - fractured arm & knee were two.
He was rated by some as the best centre in the game just over 12 months ago.
Yes people will say Joey Leuliua mark 2 but I think Olam has a different attitude &n personality to him.
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yet the Storm want to move on from him…
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If Nofa has one cross against his name from breaching club rules (late to training etc) maybe he has one strike left & then we can terminate his contract (Richo coming in may actually put the fear into him & his manager if he breaches again). That may motivate his manager to find another contract & persuade Nofa to go to SL.
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Something happened there this season which has apparently put people in the Storm off him according to Peter Peters. I remember hearing that in one of his Sunday breakfast show interviews when talking about Blore/Olam swap. They didn't elaborate.
Plenty of outside backs available for 25.
Semi Valemei, Kayal Iro, Taylan May, Sunia Turuva, Reimis Smith, Nic Cotric, Siteni Taukamo, Billy Smith
*The off contract article I just read was old however so maybe some of these guys have since extended.
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Yep, people are writing Olam off way too quickly. Reckon some will be eating their words in 2024 whether he is at the Tigers or the Storm.
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None of those are going to move the needle. Maybe May and Turuva. But the rest are dregs.
I'm another thinking Olam is past his best but there is some merit in what you say. The issue for me is that we would have to take him on til 2026. That for me is why i can not be i favour of signing him.
If you then add concerns about his form going forward, his reported salary and Storm refusing to significantly contribute to it then I think he is an easy pass.
None move the needle but all walk up starts in our side.
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Well, yeah.
Not a centre but The guy available for 25 that I want us to sign is Trey Mooney.
