Halbrowne61
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If he’s a talent SQ , then I’m wondering why he’s been allowed to go and yet we retain Twal and Seyfarth? Both plodders imo.
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FrodoTBaggin
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He was off contract in 2025 and signed a deal with the Storm. We did not let him go, we were just outbid by a club he saw better opportunities with. Fair enough when you look at their second row stocks compared to ours. He has a way better chance of taking Loiero's spot than Papali'i or Bateman. Sure he could of made a good 13, but we already have 3 13s we are taking a chance on in 2025 (K. Lualilii, Faagutu, Matamua). This isn't counting Twal, Pole & Seyfarth, S. Fainu who will be fighting to fill the 13 or 3 Bench forward spots.
The only reason we are entertaining shipping him off early is because we might get a good result out of it. Our centres are below par, as shown by the fact that Tommy & AJ played more games at left centre last year than anyone. Olam is leagues above both of them & potentially comes at around the same price we would of been paying Blore anyway. (People shouldn't forget that we paid him overs on potential, in the 400 - 500k range).
If you don't think Olam wipes the floor with our current centre stocks of Toa, Naden, Alaimalo, Feledy & Saukuru then I don't know what to tell you. The only 2 other centres in the market worth going for atm are Taylan May who is coming off an ACL injury & Bradman Best who we supposedly tried for and were knocked back.
Buttface
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I don’t know if this has been posted yet?
team tigar
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Watch him outside quality half's
I have no doubt he’ll make a go of it, it’s all about injuries.
Injuries is his risk, seyfarth would be loads cheaper and will be better than twal with time. He’s still only young.
Definitely not. Anyone saying he's done nothing since tackling Brown don't know what their watching. It is only injuries, not talented that have halted his progression.
With him leaving anyway I can understand the early release. I still think the side will be worse off without him, even factoring in the upgrade at centre.
Mighty_Tiger
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Agree. I think the retention of Seyfarth over him was a roster mistake.
What’s done is done. Hope Blore has an injury free run and nails it. He seems to be committed & has some talent.
Perhaps you are right but if we had kept Blore we would not be able to get Olam in a swap and we need a good experienced centre like him badly
426Tlgerland
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Seyfarth was the wrong call , Blore is way better , Twal was a good call
426Tlgerland
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Seyfarth will never be as good as Twal , that’s why he is cheaper , Seyfarth will,be overtaken by S Fanui i feel
supercoach
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We badly needed an experienced centre that could defend and run some hard lines. The Storm badly needed to bolster their forward pack. So the deal was done.
It’s a gamble for both teams, Blore could be anything and Olam could turn the clock back, and of course they both could go backwards. On paper both teams look stronger for the deal, fingers crossed it works
It’s a gamble for both teams, Blore could be anything and Olam could turn the clock back, and of course they both could go backwards. On paper both teams look stronger for the deal, fingers crossed it works
I think we've got some regret about losing juniours in the past.
Papenhauzen types.
It looks like we're prioritising juniours over others & sadly, Blore isn't one of ours.
Might be wrong but just how it appears.
One of ours and we're keeping em.
Hopefully the same approach with the likes of Galvin and others.
They’re not comparable . One sees himself as a top 17 player so wants top 17 money. The other knows he’s a career squad member , who will have a long career but yea his ceiling is very limited . Limited ceiling =limited money . You can’t be paying your 7-9 middle forward 250-400k . Which is what blore is on . So yea they’re not comparable .
Mighty_Tiger
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We could’ve still got Olam.
The issue is we need to free up a roster spot to do so. Which we did over the preseason.
Storm still wanted him gone and needed someone to grab him.
Mighty_Tiger
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I get prioritizing juniors but we need to make sure they’re the right ones as well over the kids we bring in - if we don’t no good young talent will want to join the club.
The move is done so lets hope Seyfarth steps up another few gears to be a NRL quality forward. We have invested alot of time into him.
GNR4LIFE
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Seyfarth isn’t a player thats going to come along in leaps and bounds. He’s 25 this year. What you see is what you get
The-moP
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Yep .. a marshmellow pillow .. !!
InBenjiWeTrust
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Twal is a version of a prop that does not do what a prop is expected to do (IMHO), big hits, break/bend the line, provide off-loads, quick play the ball, maximum of two (2) missed tackle per game, make at least 150m+ per game etc..
My issue with Seyfarth is that he is a weaker version of Twal described above.
So, unless he makes himself an impact prop, he is not of much value to us, and should be traded for a player that better addresses our current needs.
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Kaito
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Man, I try not think about it but just this morning
I was thinking about how we're bound to lose
1 or 2 out of Galvin, Latu/Large having just spent
big money on our marquee half. Having said
that, I'm hopeful we can keep them all some
how. Obviously monitor and keep the most
promising out of the 3. Only positive is that
they're all at different ages & developmental
stages at this moment. Latu next, Large could
come out in a year or 2, I'd want to take our time
with Galvin. I don't see him wanting to play
centre long term - he'll be looking 4 halves money,
maybe even 2nd row, who knows. It's a good
problem to have just a bit enervating. We have
to find some success on the field in the next
few years, keep them & fit them in somewhere.
