Justin Olam #281

[phil1986]

Maybe the club is playing hardball to get the best possible deal with Melbourne chipping in. They are the ones who desperately need to beef up their middle and want Olam gone. At least with Richo in charge we wont get walked over!

Def feel this is the case.

Melb need the backrower, more then we need the centre.

 

[Ecto-1]

I love how many on here are Salary Cap accountants!

Been thinking that since we still have salary cap space for this season that we must use we might pay his salary for the 3rd year upfront.

 

[BZN]

Like I said, they're very scarce. Anyone over 30 is a risk.

I know motorcycle SPEEDWAY racing is very different from League, but 4 times world champ legend Greg Hancock from the USA 'retired at age 49', not because he was too old to keep racing competitively, he wanted to spend more time with his family.

 

[innsaneink]

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.

Yeh well he didn't get to. Nrl level on discipliine alone that's fo sho

 

[innsaneink]

Sorry champ! is the 4th grade math a little too hard for you to keep up with?

Seriously brainwashed.
It ain't 4th grade maths it's A grade BS... people pulling salary figures outta their arse pretending they know something when none of us know Jack Schitt really

 

[innsaneink]

Def feel this is the case.

Melb need the backrower, more then we need the centre.

Geez I dunno about that.... A club that lives in the top 8 consistently v a club that's has crap three quarters for a decade???

 

[Nadz4483]

I know motorcycle SPEEDWAY racing is very different from League, but 4 times world champ legend Greg Hancock from the USA 'retired at age 49', not because he was too old to keep racing competitively, he wanted to spend more time with his family.

Yeah herbie was a legend

 

[Tiger-ferret]

Def feel this is the case.

Melb need the backrower, more then we need the centre.

We need first grade centres

 

[Lestronge]

For the millionth time , Shaun blore is no longer a back rower . His edge defence was not good last year . He replaced Bateman , and it was no coincidence that once ice moved to the other edge , it was party time for most attacks .
Unless he forces his lateral movement , which is pretty hard to do , then he will be in the middle . I can see him at 13 for the storm . That’s far more of an issue for them . We have a million 13s.
If the club doesn’t see him as an edge player , than he is most definitely lower down our food chain . Great dude . But injury prone and no longer an edge player . Which means he’s just a body filling in a position that he shouldn’t be in our top 30 . We get Olam , and now we are looking at better options for the edges . Because he’s a good footy player if he’s defending in the middle . He’s reserve grade if he’s on an edge .

 

[jrtiger]

Hopefully some of the younger blokes reach their potential this year. I'm expecting breakout seasons from T'oa, Fainu, even Tupou before he leaves. I know it's popular opinion in here to rag on our backs but I think they are yet to be given an opportunity. Let's see how Sezer gets things moving.

good post. with the amount of halves combinations we had last year (six by my count), our outside backs had no chance. when they had stability, you saw To'a and Tupou play good footy. both of them possess the talent to become some of the best players in their position, the issue is doing it consistently.

I think Starford will definitely breakout this year. Marshall will be drumming it into him that he needs to produce his best week to week, plus he will have Bateman and Sezer (or Sullivan) next to him for the entire preseason and season.

Tupou's a bit trickier as we don't know who is going to partner him on the left edge at this point. I'm hopeful he'll improve defensively and in the air, and will benefit from last year's experiences. he possesses so much attacking upside that I expect to see it improve with another preseason and more time in grade. if he can bulk up a bit he will be devastating on the early plays coming out of trouble.

 

[ElleryHanley]

A little odd that Blore was at training IF the deal is still going ahead.

Clubs don't normally risk anyone getting hurt at training if a deal is imminent.

 

[426Tlgerland]

I gotta feeling this deal,is dad in the water , Richo won’t do any deal Benji don’t want plus Richo won’t pay overs , The Easts Tigers kid coming on board and having Stains , Tupo , Naden , Benji may feel he has enough options now and wait for a 2025 signing to come up

 

[KingRobbie]

SMH reporting Olam will undergo medical assessments this week and is expected to join us immediately.

 

[jrtiger]

SMH reporting Olam will undergo medical assessments this week and is expected to join us immediately.

the sooner the better. needs to get on the park with the rest of the left edge to build combos.

 

[tigerman80]

I see what you did there. Very true btw.

What did I do lol?

 

[jadtiger]

SMH reporting Olam will undergo medical assessments this week and is expected to join us immediately.

That is excellent news but the only thing i hope is that it not the same medical team who said Ballin was ok to play

 

[Kaito]

What did I do lol?

The pun you made with 'one hit wonder' lol
he's insinuating the hit on Brown was the only
thing he's done since being with us. Very good

 

[GNR4LIFE]

What did I do lol?

I thought it was a reference to him smashing Nathan Brown in his debut.

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

Sorry champ! is the 4th grade math a little too hard for you to keep up with?

I'm actually an Engineer by profession, 3 unit math a prerequisite. 😎

 

[Masterton]

Def feel this is the case.

Melb need the backrower, more then we need the centre.

I feel like the delay is related to how much Melby will put in. Every month that goes by, they pay 1/12th of his salary.