Justin Olam #281

[AmericanHistoryX]

He's still ten times better than any if our current backs though! pull your head in

Better coach also

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Just watch Shawn Blore develop

 

[Camel2281]

He's still ten times better than any if our current backs though! pull your head in

At best he's as good as what we currently have, on par with Kepoa and Nofaluma (And not as good as Tupou or To'a). And what we have is poor. Pull your own head in champ.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Junior Tupou under Wayne Bennett

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Maybe its not the players but the coaches. The mentors. The Leaders

 

[Vicious]

Maybe its not the players but the coaches. The mentors. The Leaders

Quite a few have failed to get the best out of Naden.
He’s got a lot more natural talent than what he shows on a regular basis, that’s for certain.

 

[weststigers]

Quite a few have failed to get the best out of Naden.
He’s got a lot more natural talent than what he shows on a regular basis, that’s for certain.

None of our outside backs have performed over the last few years.

Is it safe to say the problems lay further in field?

 

[Vicious]

None of our outside backs have performed over the last few years.

Is it safe to say the problems lay further in field?

A big possibility that’s the case.
On the few occasions the players inside them played with speed and intensity such as the Cowboys game at Leichhardt, our outside backs looked like superstars.

 

[Kaito]

He's a competitor...so are Luai, Api, Klemmer and Bateman.

The more competitors we have, the better our team will go. Talent is only one part of the puzzle.

Lots of talk about his contract size, but in all honesty, Nofoaluma is on more and he will be gone going into the final year of Olams contract when the Storm supposedly stop topping up his contract.

For sure Luai, Jhonne, Klem, Api all cut from
the same cloth like you said, the common
denominator with all of them is that they've
all seen success & they're 'follow me' leaders

 

[Harvey]

I have no idea what we are rumoured to be paying Justin Olam should he sign with us, but I would say 600k is far too much, if we are paying him around 425k for 2024 and 2025 it would appear to well worthwhile.
It’s a danger he could be well past it in 2026.

As opposed to just the past it stage he is currently at?

 

[rugbygoated]

Simonsson can't catch or tackle. He's absolutely dreadful

he's improved in defence heaps this season. Especially considering Parra centres are usually terrible in defence

 

[balmain boy]

At best he's as good as what we currently have, on par with Kepoa and Nofaluma (And not as good as Tupou or To'a). And what we have is poor. Pull your own head in champ.

I'm not saying he's a world beater by any means, but he's faster than all of the players you mentioned, more evasive than all of them, better in the air than all of them, and defensively he's on par with all of them. So overall, he's better than all of them.

Kepaoa, Nof and Toa wouldn't get a game with any other nrl side.

 

[Halbrowne61]

He's still ten times better than any if our current backs though! pull your head in

Personally, I wouldn’t have signed him but at least he knows how to run straight and hard, not something our backs are renowned for.
Major concern for me is that Bellamy hasn’t really put up a fight to keep him, which tells me something is not right( whether it’s his head or his body I’m not sure).
Hope I’m wrong.

 

[batboy]

He's faster than all of them, more evasive than all of them, better in the air than all of them, and defensively he's on par with all of them. So overall, he's better than all of them.

Kepaoa, Nof and Toa wouldn't get a game with any other nrl side.

There isn't anyone at any level of football who isn't picking him before all those mentioned in their team...
To'a gets a lot of love here for where he's at.
He's the only one I can see any hope of improvement in, Hope he goes up a level or 2 this year.

 

[batboy]

Personally, I wouldn’t have signed him but at least he knows how to run straight and hard, not something our backs are renowned for.
Major concern for me is that Bellamy hasn’t really put up a fight to keep him, which tells me something is not right( whether it’s his head or his body I’m not sure).
Hope I’m wrong.

His team mates (Some of the best players in the game) call him 'The Fear'
That's almost enough to want him here alone...

 

[twentyforty]

Personally, I wouldn’t have signed him but at least he knows how to run straight and hard, not something our backs are renowned for.
Major concern for me is that Bellamy hasn’t really put up a fight to keep him, which tells me something is not right( whether it’s his head or his body I’m not sure).
Hope I’m wrong.

Maybe he got a leave pass to help with the PNG application/promo?

 

[Snidest 0]

Junior Tupou under Wayne Bennett

Tupou won't be playing under Bennett - Woolf is the Dolphins head coach from 2025...

 

[lathami]

Can you tell me the difference between

1. $400k, $400k, $600k
2. $467k, $467, $467k

The money is right over the contract term. Don't get hung up over how it's structured.

Thanks champ.
Still to much
How about
3. $225, $225, $425
Now that’s better

 

[Camel2281]

Personally, I wouldn’t have signed him but at least he knows how to run straight and hard, not something our backs are renowned for.
Major concern for me is that Bellamy hasn’t really put up a fight to keep him, which tells me something is not right( whether it’s his head or his body I’m not sure).
Hope I’m wrong.

He was talking about Bailey Simmonsson who is complete trash

 

[bradexl]

Very pleased. Sure there is a bit of a risk but our centres and wingers right now are easily our epic weakness. Will help us actually score a few tries, even this year! Hope we get another centre or winger this week also.

100%. Our weak spots are 2,3,4 and 5 (although Junior Tupoa was solid at times).
Forwards did more than hold their own in 23. Can't blame Brooks all of the time. We had no 6 either.