Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[TSP]

We need to try and get LIAM HENRY.He is the type of forward we need. Fearless and non stop.

Reminds me of Yeo.

No effort too much.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Ok. Everyone is titled to their onion.

 

[Aceshigh]

I'd love to know a stat regarding how often it is Moses involved in a player either asking for a release or agitating for an early upgrade.

It seems like it would have to be 80% plus. Will the NRL ever do anything?? Um no.

This is why he should cop a warning from the NRL , he has a habit of doing this and it should have some sort of punishment if he persists

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

This is why he should cop a warning from the NRL , he has a habit of doing this and it should have some sort of punishment if he persists

We should cop a warming from the NRL. First grade standard. Only.

 

[Tigerdazz2]

The more games of NRL that I watch, the more I’m convinced our team generally do their job in regards to yardage carries when they have a fair share of possession.
The big issue is line speed and defending with intensity for longer than 20mins and this area particularly struggles as soon as we face any adversity such as penalties or set restarts conceded.
We lack players who hit hard enough defensively to force turnovers and definitely lack players with the speed and power to create or make long range line breaks or tries.
As all our rival clubs are aware of, we don’t lack good players, we lack balance and lack players who will stand up when our opponents intimidate and over power us.

Ill discipline & school boy errors (& errors of judgement) are the teams biggest weaknesses.

We've also had a rotten run with injuries just to put icing on the cake.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Injuries in the head. Throughout the club....

 

[Tom Shines]

Injuries in the head. Throughout the club....

A few at the club have done a heartlidge ..

 

[TSP]

I had a dream this afternoon:


He tied me up and beat me until I learnt to play footy for longer than 20 minutes.

It was wonderful. No viagra required.

 

[WestsTigers4VR]

Just read that Latu, Sullivan and Galvin are all out injured soooo who is going to play in the halves?

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

I have a different paper... just read.. life goes on....all is good.... dont rest your dreams on spoilt kids....

 

[gallagher]

Just read that Latu, Sullivan and Galvin are all out injured soooo who is going to play in the halves?

Sezar and Douhie are available

 

[gregjm87]

This is the outcome the NRL want. The strong get stronger by building off the back of the work of the development clubs.

Do they though?
In recent times Burton, Kikau and Crichton have gone from the premiers to a struggling dogs as well as Api to Tigers. Papallii left as a Dally M 2rf from a grand final side to Tigers (even if it hasn't worked out). The Dolphins picked up half the Storms starting pack and a couple of internationals from the Broncos GF team.
The salary cap is for from perfect but there is plenty of examples of players leaving strong clubs for lesser ones due to Cap constraints. We've seen clubs like Knights, Souths, Cowboys, Eels, and Dogs rise and fall. Is it really the NRLs fault we can't dig ourselves out of the hole were in.

 

[Tigerdazz2]

This is why he should cop a warning from the NRL , he has a habit of doing this and it should have some sort of punishment if he persists

He's a real piece of work.

Didn't he have a temporary ban from being a registered NRL agent?

 

[Tigerdazz2]

Do they though?
In recent times Burton, Kikau and Crichton have gone from the premiers to a struggling dogs as well as Api to Tigers. Papallii left as a Dally M 2rf from a grand final side to Tigers (even if it hasn't worked out). The Dolphins picked up half the Storms starting pack and a couple of internationals from the Broncos GF team.
The salary cap is for from perfect but there is plenty of examples of players leaving strong clubs for lesser ones due to Cap constraints. We've seen clubs like Knights, Souths, Cowboys, Eels, and Dogs rise and fall. Is it really the NRLs fault we can't dig ourselves out of the hole were in.

Unfortunately we can't have a draft like the AFL.

You can thank the recently departed Terry Hill (& a few others) backed by the RLPA for challenging the draft in court, citing " restriction of trade" and they won.

Funnily enough Terry Hil actually wanted to play for Western Suburbs though he had been drafted to the Roosters.

Yes, that is difficult to believe, but actually really happened!!😆😂

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/ga...-to-drop-release-request-20240609-p5jkf2.html

The Wests Tigers have promised to extend the contract of boom teenager Lachlan Galvin beyond 2026 if he decides to drop a request for an immediate release from the NRL strugglers.

As coach Benji Marshall faces a halves crisis with Galvin and No.7 Jayden Sullivan to both miss Saturday’s clash against the Titans, Tigers chief executive Shane Richardson has offered Galvin’s management an immediate upgrade and longer deal.

The peace offering was made after Galvin asked the club last week to be released from the remainder of his deal, a blow for the Tigers before they suffered their ninth straight loss in a 54-12 hammering at the hands of the Dragons on Friday night.
Galvin’s inquiry was nothing new for the Tigers.

His management had asked for a release even before the season began, but after being handed his NRL debut in round two, the 18-year-old has been the shining light for the Tigers in another torrid season.

But it hasn’t stopped him agitating for a new NRL club, the latest question swiftly knocked back by the Tigers.

Instead, Richardson has told Galvin’s manager, Isaac Moses, it will offer fresh terms beyond the end of his current deal – due to expire at the end of 2026 – if the Australian Schoolboys star stays put at Concord.

While no clubs are allowed to speak to Galvin about his future from next year given he’s still under contract at the Tigers, multiple sources not allowed to speak publicly on the matter said the player is interested in the possibility of lining up alongside Nathan Cleary in the halves at Penrith.

There is no suggestion the Panthers or any other club has raised the issue of prying Galvin away from the Tigers with Moses.
Cleary’s current halves lieutenant, Jarome Luai, will join the Tigers on a mammoth five-year deal from 2025, and the club had earmarked Galvin as his long-term scrumbr partner.
The Galvin drama comes after the Tigers agreed to release Isaiah Papali’i from the final year of his deal to join Penrith from 2025, and having tabled prop Stefano Utoikamanu a five-year, $4 million offer if he doesn’t take up an option to become a free agent.
Utoikamanu must play the final two Origin games this year to be contracted to the Tigers next season. Otherwise, he’s free to talk to rival clubs.
What is certain, though, is the Tigers will rest Galvin from their showdown with the Titans at Leichhardt Oval on Saturday as he battles a hand injury which has required pain-killing injections in recent weeks.

Marshall will allow the prodigy to heal the problem, but it will come with a fresh blow as Sullivan also faces a month on the sidelines through injury.

The former St George Illawarra playmaker, 22, has been diagnosed with a broken finger and will be out for up to a month.
The Tigers’ halves headache will be slightly eased with Aidan Sezer returning from suspension, but there’s no obvious five-eighth option given the injuries to Galvin, Sullivan and Latu Fainu.

Adam Doueihi, who remains without a deal for next season, will play his first game in 14 months in the NSW Cup this week after another knee reconstruction.

The Tigers are anchored to the bottom of the ladder outright and closing in on a third straight wooden spoon.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Do they though?
In recent times Burton, Kikau and Crichton have gone from the premiers to a struggling dogs as well as Api to Tigers. Papallii left as a Dally M 2rf from a grand final side to Tigers (even if it hasn't worked out). The Dolphins picked up half the Storms starting pack and a couple of internationals from the Broncos GF team.
The salary cap is for from perfect but there is plenty of examples of players leaving strong clubs for lesser ones due to Cap constraints. We've seen clubs like Knights, Souths, Cowboys, Eels, and Dogs rise and fall. Is it really the NRLs fault we can't dig ourselves out of the hole were in.

Galvin could be described as a player who dominates an era and stays at the top of the game for the next 10 years. He has been identified as a player the club could build a future team around. The club can dig itself out of a hole by all means but it is much harder to achieve when Galvin has over 2 years remaining on his contract and yet this has emerged and not for the first time. Moses, Tedesco, Woods etc have all left the club over the years and I have no great complaint about their decisions. But this one is a little different imo. I did write earlier in the year that the world order in the NRL has gone wrong, because we as one of the moderately performed clubs should not have arguably one of the best junior talents in the game. With a good dose of cynicism it seems others agree.

 

[Buttface]

Just read that Latu, Sullivan and Galvin are all out injured soooo who is going to play in the halves?

Noah Ryan.

 

[The Chad]

Something a little different.

Just listened to the Reuben Porter interview "Never Give Up" on the Tigers website.

THAT is a guy you can cheer for. More guys with his attitude please.

 

[king_sirro]

Douehi will have to play NRL this week won't he? If not your looking at Sezer and Casey halves.

 

[TSP]

I hope Adam can bring his top game to what’s left of the squad.

I know he’s been criticised like crazy, but he’s one of the few we have who is at least capable of a few tricks and has a swing.

Brooksy blew it tonight, it was like memory lane, brought a tear to the eye.