Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

crazycat said:
I reckon that's the cost of us picking up Fainu... Reilly seemed almost greater then Feledy and I would have been happy keeping him...

We were almost building to be Eagle Tigers (and the Eagles, Tigerbirds)... A lot of crossover with Manly, which all made sense prior to us signing Luai.

Our problem though is not our recruitment, it's our traning and staff. Players are coming here and NOT improving. I don't care who we have to bring in to the coaching staff, we need:
A tackling coach
Phys conditioning coach
Running coach (partial).

Were way under trained and it shows.
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IMO our recruitment-----talent identification has been very pour in the past.
I think it has turned around in the last couple of tears, but that means we have to wait for them to grow, train hard and toughen up.
I think Melbourne are very good at this with no nursery to dip into.
IMO Bellamy sets out to his talent scouts/recruitment team what he wants in his players ie. speed, height, size etc. GO SEEK. Them interviews them to assess if their attitude fits the club culture before progressing further. A blueprint I hope we are adopting. Just need unbiased, independent talent scouts, recruiters who don't promote their relative's. [I hope Benji has a wish list to pass on to his recruitment team]. I'm a dreamer!
 
Tiger Stripes said:
IMO our recruitment-----talent identification has been very pour in the past.
I think it has turned around in the last couple of tears, but that means we have to wait for them to grow, train hard and toughen up.
I think Melbourne are very good at this with no nursery to dip into.
IMO Bellamy sets out to his talent scouts/recruitment team what he wants in his players ie. speed, height, size etc. GO SEEK. Them interviews them to assess if their attitude fits the club culture before progressing further. A blueprint I hope we are adopting. Just need unbiased, independent talent scouts, recruiters who don't promote their relative's. [I hope Benji has a wish list to pass on to his recruitment team]. I'm a dreamer!
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There is no doubt Latu Fainu based on what he’s shown so far in his young career, has the potential to be a superstar of the game.
Obviously there is a lot of water the pass under the bridge before it is confirmed whether or not he reaches that potential and/or how quickly it happens.
Lachie Galvin has already shown us a glimpse of what he’s capable of and the sky is the limit for him also.
BUT much like Brooks and Moses when they were with us, they need a capable side around them to allow them to flourish.
 
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Vicious said:
There is no doubt Latu Fainu based on what he’s shown so far in his young career, has the potential to be a superstar of the game.
Obviously there is a lot of water the pass under the bridge before it is confirmed whether or not he reaches that potential and/or how quickly it happens.
Lachie Galvin has already shown us a glimpse of what he’s capable of and the sky is the limit for him also.
BUT much like Brooks and Moses when they were with us, they need a capable side around them to allow them to flourish.
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Think it's gonna be exactly like BROOKS AND moses..2 19 yo s running the team without experience won't work.
Fortunately Luai changes that next year..but one will be surplus in the halves
 
clontarfkid said:
Think it's gonna be exactly like BROOKS AND moses..2 19 yo s running the team without experience won't work.
Fortunately Luai changes that next year..but one will be surplus in the halves
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Based on the trial, seems Galvin capable of slotting into centre, backrow or half so there's a world in which we see either Fainu or Galvin as starting 6. Galvin can in effect be that backrow/centre cover on the bench we've seen covered by the likes of Chee Kam and Kepoa more recently. I thnk Fainu also played a bit of dummy half for Tonga last year against England so I feel there's room for all of them for the next year or two. Come 2026 potentially one wants to leave but you'd think we'd be able to get the best of the two in that scenario.
 
Tiger Stripes said:
IMO our recruitment-----talent identification has been very pour in the past.
I think it has turned around in the last couple of tears, but that means we have to wait for them to grow, train hard and toughen up.
I think Melbourne are very good at this with no nursery to dip into.
IMO Bellamy sets out to his talent scouts/recruitment team what he wants in his players ie. speed, height, size etc. GO SEEK. Them interviews them to assess if their attitude fits the club culture before progressing further. A blueprint I hope we are adopting. Just need unbiased, independent talent scouts, recruiters who don't promote their relative's. [I hope Benji has a wish list to pass on to his recruitment team]. I'm a dreamer!
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This is the wrong thinking...
Sure Bellamy scouts them down, but it is the other half which we are doing wrong.

First 3 weeks at Melbourne, they send the 'new recruit' to a construction site. Usually to work the Gravel for a cement mixer. It's a HORRIBLE job.

Clint Newton arrives at Melbourne to see a winger and a center step into a cage to have a serious boxing fight.

It's not Recruitment that were doing poorly, now. It's the training and the hardening of players.
 
BirchgroveTigers said:
Based on the trial, seems Galvin capable of slotting into centre, backrow or half so there's a world in which we see either Fainu or Galvin as starting 6. Galvin can in effect be that backrow/centre cover on the bench we've seen covered by the likes of Chee Kam and Kepoa more recently. I thnk Fainu also played a bit of dummy half for Tonga last year against England so I feel there's room for all of them for the next year or two. Come 2026 potentially one wants to leave but you'd think we'd be able to get the best of the two in that scenario.
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Look Galvin can slot in at Center.

No we should not be putting him in the backrow. Yes a Toyota Echo can get you from Sydney to Perth, no it will not be a good experience.
 
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