Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[bptiger 0]

I honestly hope we can keep Stefano but jeez I hope we aren’t paying anything over $600,000. He was ordinary last night and the only time he decided to step up is when the game is finished. I don’t understand why he can’t put the effort in the first 20? Maybe just start him off the bench if thats how he is gonna play.

When our prop rotation looked weak a few years ago ( it still does ), I posted that we should be looking at Mikolaj Oledzki from the Leeds Rhinos - he's an absolute beast, and I hope he's on Richo's radar.

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What we are short of at the moments are class backs. Centre and maybe another winger. Who are the best players in the UK at the moment in those positions?

What we are short of at the moments are class backs. Centre and maybe another winger. Who are the best players in the UK at the moment in those positions?

I hope ur right , but please name 5-8 backrowers that will be on the market , then rate them on a scale of 1-10 of them coming to us , I look forward to see ur list , 😜

 

[Spartan117]

Modern journalism is just opnion and speculation pieces.

I feel sorry for the readers who believe the crap they read.

 

[Telltails]

Stef looks unhappy but then again I just think that's the way he looks.
I've convinced myself he will succumb to the temptation of a stronger club - expect Ivan to go for the two for two with his smooth talking, and his determination to sh"_ t on this club at any given opportunity. As soon as Turuva was gone straight into poach mode - the package deal hit us where it hurts. Can see his smug pathetic grin at the very thought of it.
And I do have a massive problem with Ivan Cleary so my judgement likely to be way off and has no credibility.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

I’m backing Latu longer term.
Write him off all you like the kid has it & will prove a few wrong.

latu is a good player but where will he play here ?
he won't play lock he is a halves player

 

[Vicious]

latu is a good player but where will he play here ?
he won't play lock he is a halves player

We have 3 left sided halves for 2025 in Luai, Galvin and Fainu.
I very much doubt we will ask Luai to change from the side he has been playing his whole career, so Galvin or Fainu will have to change themselves into right sided players if they want to play in the halves in 2025.
Worryingly Fainu looks to struggle with his left to right pass and I don’t think a left to roght pass is a real strength for Galvin either.
It’s similar story in the outside backs with most in our top 30 heavily favouring playing on the left.
Roster imbalance is just as much an issue as a poor roster.

 

[Todd Packer]

latu is a good player but where will he play here ?
he won't play lock he is a halves player

Maybe he's a good player but who knows at this stage.
Until he does something in the NRL I'll reserve judgement.
He's missed a good chunk of last year and is a phantom player this year.
The NRL'S moving on and he's in a rehab room reading his junior scrapbook.
It's a different level and he's yet to even attempt to prove himself.

 

[Kelce68]

We have 3 left sides halves for 2025 in Luai, Galvin and Fainu.
I very much doubt we will ask Luai to change from the side he has been playing his whole career, so Galvin or Fainuvwill have to change themselves into right sided players if they want to play in the halves in 2025.
Worryingly Fainu looks to struggle with his left to right pass and I don’t think a left to roght pass is a real strength for Galvin either.
It’s similar story in the outside backs with most in our top 30 heavily favouring playing on the left.
Roster imbalance is just as much an issue as a poor roster.

Galvin plays both sides easily.

The bigger worry is the lack of running lines and shapes as he moves across field.

Last night, several times, he was looking and looking and no one ran anything. It was really, really average.

Can only hope Benji starts to realise this whole 'attack will come later' mindset is destroying our chances to win football games.

 

[weststigerman]

I honestly hope we can keep Stefano but jeez I hope we aren’t paying anything over $600,000. He was ordinary last night and the only time he decided to step up is when the game is finished. I don’t understand why he can’t put the effort in the first 20? Maybe just start him off the bench if thats how he is gonna play.

We’re not managing the subs properly. Stef should be on for at least 55-60 minutes.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Galvin plays both sides easily.

The bigger worry is the lack of running lines and shapes as he moves across field.

Last night, several times, he was looking and looking and no one ran anything. It was really, really average.

Can only hope Benji starts to realise this whole 'attack will come later' mindset is destroying our chances to win football games.

He needs to go forward and engage the line a lot more, which in turn provides space for his options.

 

[Kelce68]

He needs to go forward and engage the line a lot more, which in turn provides space for his options.

Incorrect.

I'm talking about players feeding ahead or under.

That's a different concept to straightening the attack, which he also does well if the intended target is out the back.

 

[Spartan117]

We need a few wins to give the players and fans some confidence that we are on the up.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

We have 3 left sides halves for 2025 in Luai, Galvin and Fainu.
I very much doubt we will ask Luai to change from the side he has been playing his whole career, so Galvin or Fainuvwill have to change themselves into right sided players if they want to play in the halves in 2025.
Worryingly Fainu looks to struggle with his left to right pass and I don’t think a left to roght pass is a real strength for Galvin either.
It’s similar story in the outside backs with most in our top 30 heavily favouring playing on the left.
Roster imbalance is just as much an issue as a poor roster.

in hindsight if we knew we were getting luai we probably wouldn't have signed latu fainu

 

[Kelce68]

in hindsight if we knew we were getting luai we probably wouldn't have signed latu fainu

I think it's more of a case of Sullivan wouldn't be here if we knew we'd sign Luai.

Latu is brilliant. He just hasn't had his opportunity yet. It'll come.

 

[bptiger 0]

in hindsight if we knew we were getting luai we probably wouldn't have signed latu fainu

And we wouldn’t have samual

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

in hindsight if we knew we were getting luai we probably wouldn't have signed latu fainu

I'd say if we knew we were getting Luai, Sullivan would be the one we didn't go after

 

[Tigersmurf]

I think it's more of a case of Sullivan wouldn't be here if we knew we'd sign Luai.

Latu is brilliant. He just hasn't had his opportunity yet. It'll come.

I have to agree with this. The NRL is a hard sport and you need depth in every position. Latu will be a wonderful acquisition given time for his injuries to settle down. Even Sullivan is good depth, just not at the price or length of contract the Tigers agreed to.

We need to offload Sullivan which is disappointing for the kid as he is young and hasn't done anything wrong, and some inexpensive lower grade halves need to step up. We do have some, they are just too far away from what our needs are now.

 

[magpies forever]

I think it's more of a case of Sullivan wouldn't be here if we knew we'd sign Luai.

Latu is brilliant. He just hasn't had his opportunity yet. It'll come.

We need to get him to that miracle worker in the US that fixed Mitchell and a few others. Might as well right off this season for him and get him over there now.

 

[bptiger 0]

If this deadwood clean out is happening this is what I would like to see left
Bula
Turuva
Olam
Galvin
Luai
Pole
Faniu
Stepho
Api
The rest are new cup at best , although twal and Faniu are better than nsw cup

So we need 2 wingers , 3 backrowers , and 2 front rowers .
So does anyone think this club can pull this off , we have missed out on so many hard working players that other clubs have picked up , Curran , capewell , Waddell , these type of players give 100% every week , there is more out there , the sharks and roooters have more forwards than they can use ,

 

[Flippedy]

We need a few wins to give the players and fans some confidence that we are on the up.

Yes indeed, but do you really see any coming?

 

[barnsta]

Don't diss Urunga Binchickens, we don't want him

Don't diss Urunga Binchickens, we don't want him

Urunga, a nice Lil spot on the coast