Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Tigerwould]

NRL 360 said even though Galvin is signed for a couple more years.. the WTs will look to upgrade and extend his contract this year. I would be keeping Galvin at 5/8 for the next few years.
The Fainu brothers look like keepers. Latu can cover hooker, halves, short stint in the middle. He should be looked at as the 14 going forward.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

In regards to Wests Tigers potentially having good well paid halves playing NSW Cup next season due the depth of talent, we are not the only ones, there are some very good halves currently playing NSW Cup.
I won’t name them all, but Toby Sexton is definitely NRL quality, not many can work out why he’s being left out in favour of Drew Hutchinson at the Bulldogs.
Similar story for Lachlan Illias at the Rabbitohs.
Ethan Sanders at the Eels and Keagan Russell-Smith currently with Storm feeder club the North Sydney Bears are two other young guns who look to be NRL quality within the next season or two.
It’s more the salaries we are paying some players who may not make our NRL squad next season which is the issue due the effect that may have on our Salary Cap.

There is a lot of pressure on young halves which highlights Galvin's talents and how well he has performed. Fainu although a different player to Galvin has that same level of confidence in his ability plus he is a good size, has excellent pace and is a strong defender. Sanders played in the same NSW U19 as Fainu's but in that game I recall Fainu subtle passing which put players into space plus he is a threat to the defence with his pace. Sanders apparently is going to the Raiders but I am unsure as to whether he has the pace which makes Fainu such a threat? Perhaps you can advise? Sexton was at the GC previously but was let go to the Dogs.

 

[Milky]

NRL 360 said even though Galvin is signed for a couple more years.. the WTs will look to upgrade and extend his contract this year. I would be keeping Galvin at 5/8 for the next few years.
The Fainu brothers look like keepers. Latu can cover hooker, halves, short stint in the middle. He should be looked at as the 14 going forward.

Agree re Latu and transition him into halfback in last year of Luai’s contract

If we are doing well, he will bide his time. Different story if we are losing

 

[Hbom]

Too early to be writing Bud off in my opinion. I agree he looks down the pecking order, but surely too early to call it.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Too early to be writing Bud off in my opinion. I agree he looks down the pecking order, but surely too early to call it.

It's part of having depth and players having to compete for positions.

 

[Spartan117]

Lomax has made it very clear he wants to play right centre or fullback.
I can’t see Parramatta moving Penisini or Gutherson for him.

I hope they do,

Parra need more million dollar players in there squad.

 

[clontarfkid]

Gotta have aquality contingency for Galvin..loves the club etc,and signed for another 2 years,but managed by that grub Moses....Im guessing Manly looking to grab him when DCE retires,andwe know how that COULD go as Moses manages 8 there already plus the coach

 

[2041]

I can see Parra offering Matto for Lomax, which I think dragons would take. Otherwise I think he'll end up at by the roosters given all the backs they're losing.

I'm fairly sure the Dragons want a good player in return, though.

 

[Conbat07]

BREAKING NEWS
Wests tigers have singed to many good players for next year how will they find room for the 3 Time premierships winning state of origin level halfback tough times ahead for the tigers

Seriously this is pretty much a story nrl journalism these days is a complete joke

Its quite obvious that Douhei, possibly Sullivan and most likely Sezer wont be at the club next year. Whats wrong with having depth?

2025
7. Luai
6. Galvin
14. Latu - he will want to stay with Samuela and if Sione gets another contract why would he want to leave.

Sullivan might become the perfect 14 who knows but its a long season and its nice to have options for a change. On here we write players off to quickly after one bad game.

 

[Spacecub]

Taree? Ooh…oh no. Bad areas man. Bad areas.

I’m from Forster - where the real OGs are from. Don’t come down to my bowling club. This is what we do to the out of towners.

Hey don't knock taree Tito.. god's country

 

[2041]

At the start of the year before a ball was kicked I said we should sell sullivan and everyone jumped on me here.

Bc as I said - if bud has a bad game he’s a dud.

After we signed Luai the only way he could stay here is if he was like dally M killing it bc we would block our juniors.

Now we’re pretty much fffffd.

He’s worth $250-$300k today.

We paid him $550k for 4 yrs for someone the dragons didn’t even want lol!

We basically have to wait until a coach gets sooooo desperate that he needs a creative spark and might take a punt on him.

With the comp pretty close tho not sure we’re going to see that for a while unless the titans keep losing.

They’re probably the only hope we have rn.

Hope he kills it next two weeks or his value going to go lower

You're wildly overestimating the number of clubs that are set in the halves. Off the top of my head, the Sharks, Dragons, Bulldogs, Titans, Souths and Knights all have reason not to be totally happy with their starting halves and several others have absolutely no depth. $500k is nothing for a starting half nowadays and wouldn't be a disaster for a backup.

In a world where Drew Hutchison, Matt Burton (as a 5/8), Tyson Gamble, Kyle Flanagan, Dean Hawkins, Lachlan Ilias, Tanah Boyd, the reanimated corpse of Kieran Foran, Jamal Fogarty, Ethan Strange, Braydon Trindall and Blaize Talagi (as a 5/8) are all getting starts, we're not going to struggle to find someone to take a punt on Sullivan.

 

[Spacecub]

We havent seen that with Api or Olam and of the three including Jerome, hed be the last player Id think would pull that stunt...hes too competitive and with guys like Api, Olam, Galvin, Jonneh Bula & co around him...he wont be slackin off

Hey ink I hope I'm proven wrong about him, just not a fan of the bloke

 

[Tom Shines]

Gotta have aquality contingency for Galvin..loves the club etc,and signed for another 2 years,but managed by that grub Moses....Im guessing Manly looking to grab him when DCE retires,andwe know how that COULD go as Moses manages 8 there already plus the coach

they should have contingencies for any player leaving … but …

At the end of the day… the decision is up to Galvin where he plays … not his Manager … Moses only gets 10 percent regardless of which club his client plays at …

Provided the Tigers match any dollars , and most importantly they are in the mix for a Premiership with Coaching and Leadership stability off the field … then you think he would want to stay at the Tigers playing with his mates …

 

[GCfan]

Taree? Ooh…oh no. Bad areas man. Bad areas.

I’m from Forster - where the real OGs are from. Don’t come down to my bowling club. This is what we do to the out of towners.

One mile is my favourite beach ever. Love the place Tito. Lucky guy!

 

[GNR4LIFE]

We are over stocked in the halves. We’re not going to be able to carry all of these guys, plus Luai in 2025. One will have to go. Sullivan is the obvious answer, but he has three years left on a contract, so if we can’t offload him, it might have to be the guy with no contract.

 

[batboy]

We are over stocked in the halves. We’re not going to be able to carry all of these guys, plus Luai in 2025. One will have to go. Sullivan is the obvious answer, but he has three years left on a contract, so if we can’t offload him, it might have to be the guy with no contract.

I had no issues with our stockpile of halves for next year....
There's just none around.
Blokes like Sexton is in his 4th year in Grade and Playing ressies this weekend...
A decent half will always get a gig and could be even used in a trade to benefit us.

I had no issue with the Halves we have signed, Until I saw Bud Play for us....

 

[rugbygoated]

We are over stocked in the halves. We’re not going to be able to carry all of these guys, plus Luai in 2025. One will have to go. Sullivan is the obvious answer, but he has three years left on a contract, so if we can’t offload him, it might have to be the guy with no contract.

Sezer can be kept around the club though. If his form keeps up we can't drop him, the only reason I'd let him go is if he gets a big offer from another club which is in our favour. Then we can also look to let go of Sullivan if that is possible to free up cap space. Eventually in the next 2 or 3 years I'm sure Klemmer will be let go of, regardless of form, as there will hopefully be a boom young forward coming through

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Sezer can be kept around the club though. If his form keeps up we can't drop him, the only reason I'd let him go is if he gets a big offer from another club which is in our favour. Then we can also look to let go of Sullivan if that is possible to free up cap space. Eventually in the next 2 or 3 years I'm sure Klemmer will be let go of, regardless of form, as there will hopefully be a boom young forward coming through

If you don’t think he should be dropped, who do you propose being the 6 and 7 next year? Sezer and Luai? Don’t think that’s going to work.

 

[Tom Shines]

Sezer can be kept around the club though. If his form keeps up we can't drop him, the only reason I'd let him go is if he gets a big offer from another club which is in our favour. Then we can also look to let go of SullivanEventually in the next 2 or 3 years I'm sure Klemmer will be let go of, regardless of form, as there will hopefully be a boom young forward coming through

Klemmer is off contract end 2026 I believe … so will be gone then regardless …

Will that ultimately be 1 year too long is the question …

We know that whilst it’s easy to say they can “let go“ or ”move on ” these guys early…it does seem to be something the club has difficulty doing in comparison to other clubs eg Dogs..

We have seen before with Packer and McQueen that some players will just dig in and play NSW Cup whilst collecting their inflated pay check every month

 

[rugbygoated]

If you don’t think he should be dropped, who do you propose being the 6 and 7 next year? Sezer and Luai? Don’t think that’s going to work.

I mean dropped completely as in not offered the extra year in his player option or getting sold (although for a good price maybe). I think people are jumping the gun. People still need to remember it's only ROUND 4. Fainu will get game time at 6 or even 7 maybe if Sezer gets injured. Sullivan could have a turn of form. Galvin could be targeted heavily by other teams now that the media have made him a 'superstar' and the pressure will be on him just as it was on Brooks, Schuster, Suaalii and other young talents who were hyped up early on. Galvin has had the perfect start. As of now, my halves combination would be Galvin 7 (right side of the field), Luai 6 (left side) playing like a Munster/Hughes halves combination which is a bit more balanced. Not what Sezer is doing now on the right side. Luai's kicking game isn't as strong and the last thing we need is him kicking on his less dominant side of the field going towards defenders rather than away