Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

You could probably go through Australian school boys sides throughout time and find that maybe 5% went on to lengthy NRL careers. It’s a massive leap, it’s why you need to get excited about the Galvin’s, Fainus and the Bula’s.

I am excited about Galvin and Sam Fainu … Sam found success this year at 20 years old … so hence why I am saying 16 yr olds are a couple of seasons away more than likely …

Bula wasn’t that highly touted as a junior I believe …
 
What do you expect the club to do? Not sign him so he join another NRL club. I am glad we have him and now the rest is up to him and the club's development system.
That was a classic desperation signing because we’d failed in all attempts to lock up a proven halfback, including our own much hated one.
 
What do you expect the club to do? Not sign him so he join another NRL club. I am glad we have him and now the rest is up to him and the club's development system.

Yep .. just don’t expect lodge and makasini to have NRL success levels at 18 yrs old just because David Fairleigh did so ..
 
I am excited about Galvin and Sam Fainu … Sam found success this year at 20 years old … so hence why I am saying 16 yr olds are a couple of seasons away more than likely …

Bula wasn’t that highly touted as a junior I believe …
Yeah, I’m on record saying I don’t want to talk about them until they’re playing against adults. Very average players can look good against school kids.
 
Yeah, I’m on record saying I don’t want to talk about them until they’re playing against adults. Very average players can look good against school kids.

People will be pointing to Galvin now as the example that they can all do it..

Kid is an absolute freak …was the best trainer at the club in his first NRL offseason! I’m hoping that says more about him than the rest of the squad …
 
People will be pointing to Galvin now as the example that they can all do it..

Kid is an absolute freak …was the best trainer at the club in his first NRL offseason! I’m hoping that says more about him than the rest of the squad …
We were excited about Brooks & Moses, Galvin is way ahead of where they were at that stage. My biggest concern for him is the clubs that will be after him.
 
We were excited about Brooks & Moses, Galvin is way ahead of where they were at that stage. My biggest concern for him is the clubs that will be after him.

When you are a “development club” the only way you can have real success is to hold onto your top 10 percent talent …. Even that is still a long road ..

It’s why I feel disappointed that not enough is being done in my view about trying to improve the team further next season to try to convince him to stay … 2026 will be too late ..
 
When you are a “development club” the only way you can have real success is to hold onto your top 10 percent talent …. Even that is still a long road ..

It’s why I feel disappointed that not enough is being done in my view about trying to improve the team further next season to try to convince him to stay … 2026 will be too late ..
Hopefully the club is like a duck on a pond mate. Richo promised we’d be the first to know.
 
He'll probably end up at the Roosters with his brother
Highly likely, but there is also the possibility they could lowball him with their offer, considering they will need to spend plenty to try and retain Sam Walker and knowing they need cap space to sign a quality 5/8 ASAP.
If we really wanted him and made a decent offer, I would say we would be well in contention to sign him.
 
Highly likely, but there is also the possibility they could lowball him with their offer, considering they will need to spend plenty to try and retain Sam Walker and knowing they need cap space to sign a quality 5/8 ASAP.
If we really wanted him and made a decent offer, I would say we would be well in contention to sign him.
I'd be asking Luai and Api whether they think he's salvageable as a player. He fills a position we desperately need to enhance.
 
In case you didn't realise only one of our junior rep sides made the finals. Two of them came last. Of those Harold Matt's GF winning players, most are too small to play first grade consistently at a high level.
Our Flegg side lost by 60 last week, we're last in Cup and NRL. We like to talk ourselves up but most clubs have talent equal to or greater than what we have.
Our cup team is shit cause the best players for it are either injured or playing nrl our flegg team is in and around the top 4 and all of the best flegg eligible players are in nrl or cup

As for junior reps 2 teams made the grand final including 1 going undefeated all the way until they unfortunately lost the grand final

And the HM GF team being “to small for first grade” there is only 1 player even close to small and that’s Kit who still has time to fill out and what he lacks in size he makes up for in heart and effort so as long as he makes his tackles and runs the ball hard who cares the size

Btw we could name the best team in jersey flegg history and win every game by 60 if we wanted to but we don’t cause it’s stupid for development
 
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