Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

JB9918 said:
I can confirm that 1000%. Have a very reliable source from North Sydney who has been to Melbourne & seen it in person since they joined as feeder NSW Cup team.
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A fresh start may be what Olam needs with a young man-managing coach who believes in him, an astute assistant like John Morris, a new medical team & having a fellow kumul Jimmy Ngutlik in the club.

Olam is highly intelligent (unlike some he is being compares to cough Joey) and I reckon if we gave him a Player Option for 3rd year so he can potentially go to PNG 18th team, it may just work for all parties.
 
Just a quick question that's prob been asked already 100 times sorry, can Olam or Naden in the centres play both sides. I'm a fan of Olam coming across he's better than what we have and just needs a bit of confidence to get his mojo back.
We really need centres that can cover both sides in case of injuries.
 
kade7 said:
just an interesting thing that was floated past me

olam had a major falling out with certain people-at the club around how his rehab has handled last year

its not a talent thing its, he doesnt get along with staff and playing group
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If that's the case, it's not the "iF bElLaMy cAn'T fIx hIm, wHo CaN?" crowd will be silent
 
Not keen on Olam. We've signed a long list of ageing players from good clubs that haven't worked out for us.

It's very rare for physical outside backs to continue to play well in their 30s. His whole game is hard running. He had a poor season last year and was replaced by middling players.

Despite all that, I think he'd be our best back in a bad group, but I don't see value in boosting this year's squad to limit flexibility in future years, where I think his play will have declined and we'd be unable to unload his contract.

Going against all that, I was against signing tuquiri as well, for the same reasons of him being older and reliant on hard running, but he was great for us.

Still, I think signing Olam is a mistake and we should look for younger players with greater potential, even if it means we don't get them for this season.
 
I also like Blore and think he's a really good prop off the bench who can also play longer minutes. Disappointed we lost him but still think he's in our top 17 for next season and helps with the depth of our squad. Strange to me that we want seyfarth and have let blore go.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
Add Samuela Fainu and some have mentioned Faagutu may be trialed there. But we do lack experienced depth in the back row.

Me wonders whether a play we could make is a swap this year between Junior Tupou & Euan Aiken. Hear me out ...

1 - If we land Olam, then our 1st choice centres will be Olam & T'oa with Naden, Alaimalo, Feledy, AJ, AD, Solo Saukuru & Declan Casey as depth.
2 - Without Tupou, we still have Staines, Lobb, Naden, Nofa, Alaimalo. Ngutlik, Jay Kirk as wing options & depth.
3 - Aiken immediately provides experienced depth in backrow & centre.
4 - AJ not likely to be here in '25 so Aiken can be our backrow/centre utility.
5 - Reportedly wanted to return to NSW & Dolphins were exploring options.
6 - Back when Benji was at Dragons, he is quoted as saying Aiken one of the best trainers in the club & hottest talents around (yes a while ago).
7 - Helps with an age imbalance in our roster and with Olam, brings much-needed experience straight away.
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Aiken is absolutely trash. He's worse than Naden, Toa, Kepoa, Tumeth and a traffic cone
 
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