Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[crazycat]

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!

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.

 

[crazycat]

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.

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.

 

[hank37w]

Yeah I thought he had something that we could have worked with.
Did we let him go in preference if Toa and Naden? Feledy?

Personally, I think Toa and Naden still are a chance to show something but from what I have seen from Feledy, I just don't see him making it in the top grade.

 

[Needaname]

Can only hope Wayne Bennett can be lured as Coaching Director to review & solve issues in coaching areas like this. Plus I’m sure Richo is reviewing everything as we go.

Wayne Bennett wants to coach. Let’s be honest, our best option is for him to come here as one.

 

[supercoach]

Wayne Bennett wants to coach. Let’s be honest, our best option is for him to come here as one.

I don’t think Bennett has coached for a few years now. He is more a people manager and a media manager and leaves the actually hands on coaching to his coaching staff.

 

[Needaname]

I don’t think Bennett has coached for a few years now. He is more a people manager and a media manager and leaves the actually hands on coaching to his coaching staff.

Be interesting to see if there is any movement down here. Whether he will relinquish his profile in the game in order to assist Benji.
I have my doubts.

 

[851]

I didn’t disagree with you on above but I just don’t think he was a big recruiting mistake for us.

Also don’t buy into the he would come on next to nothing unless he was guaranteed a starting spot & not to play reggies regardless of form.

Didn't he sign with Manly on a train and trial contract, and that is very low money

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Be interesting to see if there is any movement down here. Whether he will relinquish his profile in the game in order to assist Benji.
I have my doubts.

Parramatta Eels is the media conjecture

 

[Vicious]

Parramatta Eels is the media conjecture

He’s nearly 75 years old.
Let the bloke have a rest and let’s move forward with some younger blokes.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Like Benji

 

[Vicious]

Like Benji

Like anyone under 70 years of age.
Nothing lasts forever.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Love does

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

For something

 

[Spartan117]

He’s nearly 75 years old.
Let the bloke have a rest and let’s move forward with some younger blokes.

I hear in the media all the time that they expect him to want to be a Head Coach

Bennett at the Tigers in any capacity would be incredible.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

We had our chance. We blew it. We chose Maguire. Maguire ain't bad. Just Bennett was more expensive. In hindsight. Who is paying the price now.

 

[Tito Santana]

I wanted us to go after Brown, I just remembered

Everyone said "No"

Think I was a yes.

Worth the risk. He’s a big aggressive experienced body.

Anyhoo.

 

[Vicious]

Think I was a yes.

Worth the risk. He’s a big aggressive experienced body.

Anyhoo.

He’s not big.
That’s where many people get mistaken between players being big or simply running the ball hard and playing the game aggressively.
I would much rather have a team full of smaller aggressive players, than big soft ones,
In saying this if they are a smaller aggressive type of player they need to either have pace or a big engine, no good being on the smaller side plus being out of condition and lazy.

 

[Glenji95]

We had our chance. We blew it. We chose Maguire. Maguire ain't bad. Just Bennett was more expensive. In hindsight. Who is paying the price now.

You also have to remember that Bennett told the Tigers he wanted to finish his deal with the Broncos first which wasn’t up until 2019 as he was told he would be their coach until it was up. The club couldn’t just wait until he was available before getting him and as much crap the old admin got (and deserved) they couldn’t even know the Broncos changed their mind and decided to get Seibold early. Besides even if we managed to get Bennett he would’ve failed under the previous admin. Madge was the next best coach that was available at the time, it just didn’t work out.

 

[Tito Santana]

He’s not big.
That’s where many people get mistaken between players being big or simply running the ball hard and playing the game aggressively.
I would much rather have a team full of smaller aggressive players, than big soft ones,
In saying this if they are a smaller aggressive type of player they need to either have pace or a big engine, no good being on the smaller side plus being out of condition and lazy.

He’s better than any one of our forwards. Would have been great as a 13 for us

 

[batboy]

He’s not big.
That’s where many people get mistaken between players being big or simply running the ball hard and playing the game aggressively.
I would much rather have a team full of smaller aggressive players, than big soft ones,
In saying this if they are a smaller aggressive type of player they need to either have pace or a big engine, no good being on the smaller side plus being out of condition and lazy.

Doesn't matter how aggressive they are, If they're smaller it still limits the impact
- Just from square meterage...
I don't see a Fisher Harris or a Warea Hargraeves getting dominated by small aggressive blokes...
That said - They have a place in the game...

What they need is to be used in conjunction with Dominant Impact Props....
We just don't have them, Haven't in years.... Since Gavet / Taupau maybe...

We trot out these same styled Domestic Props, Who are the same build and do the same job, the same way....
They get the meters (Sometimes) But watching the game only ever feels like they're just hanging on....
Until they're not anymore.