Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[mtd#2]

Absolutely not. Sign with a strong team like Melbourne, Penrith or Roosters. Play finals football at least. Life is short. Play hard.

You want Galvin to sign with another club?

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

As opposed to a 10.year deal. Absolutely.

 

[shifty]

I’d take a pepped up team or a team of thugs any day of the week.

The clean skin nancy approach we have now is clearly working well.

 

[Tucker]

Pretty poor if they are meant to be the superstar forwards.

Who said they are that?

 

[Vicious]

We do. Just can't get the best out of them

If we could swap them for Bula, Olam, To’a, Naden, Bateman, Papali’i and Utoikamanu, we would be in the top 8.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

I’d take a pepped up team or a team of thugs any day of the week.

The clean skin nancy approach we have now is clearly working well.

Like Melbourne and Penrith??? Thugs??

 

[Tucker]

What do to want us to do, sign him on 10 years?

No. Where are you getting this stuff from?

 

[mtd#2]

I’d love to compare those numbers with other players on same money. I don’t disagree just interested. What does AFB record?

I'm looking at nrl.com now and post contact metres afb is #1 at 1326..

Tigers don't enter the mix till #37 with Pole at 822m. Stefano is #41 with 795 metres.

I don't know how to find the comparison stat's for average per game

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Can you find if those machines on their back ever get faulty due to sweat or knocks.

 

[Vicious]

Or playing out of position without notice.. like yesterday

No, he was terrible on the wing also.
I’m thinking he’s playing injured as he’s submitting to the tackle before it happens, hesitating upon contact, stopping and waiting for support when there is daylight in front of him.
Any of the backs currently in our top 30 would have scored 3 tries if in Turuva’s position yesterday.

 

[Vicious]

I'm looking at nrl.com now and post contact metres afb is #1 at 1326..

Tigers don't enter the mix till #37 with Pole at 822m. Stefano is #41 with 795 metres.

I don't know how to find the comparison stat's for average per game

That makes perfect sense as they have been our only 2 forwards regularly bending the line.

 

[bptiger 0]

I wish we had a few honest toilers such as Tracey, Kiraz, Xerri, Mann, Preston and Curran.

Well we could have them if Richo and Benji targeted them , must have been running around nsw cup or been fringe 1st grade players for years . I know some on here and myself have been suggesting these type of players to no avail

 

[mtd#2]

That makes perfect sense as they have been our only 2 forwards regularly bending the line.

Shows how far off stef is from the AfB price tag though.

No surprises on NrL 360 just now. Everyone kicking the boot in. They did the same to the dogs last year now look at em. Grain of salt.

 

[Tucker]

I'm looking at nrl.com now and post contact metres afb is #1 at 1326..

Tigers don't enter the mix till #37 with Pole at 822m. Stefano is #41 with 795 metres.

I don't know how to find the comparison stat's for average per game

You have to do some maths.

 

[Tucker]

Nah but I'm with your mum, I'll ask her.

He won’t help in her condition.

 

[crazycat]

He’ll thrive over there. I see another Dally M in his future

re Papalii ...

I think the point is he hit max form at Parra, and he never got out of second gear here.
I don't know why. Maybe Madge may have driven him, most likely not. ...

It sucks. Because we built a monster pack in Paps, Klemmer and Bateman. We should have been steamrolling teams but hey some people don't want to work for a 6 figure paycheck.

Nothing will have changed if Paps stayed here. Nothing...


I also suspect he will go good but not great at the Riff. He is replacing James FH and those are HUGE shoes to fill. Could be a lot like when we brought Blare. Meh we will see.

 

[boonboon]

I'm looking at nrl.com now and post contact metres afb is #1 at 1326..

Tigers don't enter the mix till #37 with Pole at 822m. Stefano is #41 with 795 metres.

I don't know how to find the comparison stat's for average per game

You need to be careful with individual stats as firstly it depends on the style of play of the team a lot. That's not to say AFB isn't a great prop he is but also some teams like Warriors and Raiders in particular run a lot more play through their front rowers so they get more meters, more post contact meters whereas others have different styles.

For example Stef and Pole are top 5 for decoy runs which as a prop means you ran hard used the same energy but get no meters or opportunity for it but they don't decide on if it gets passed to them or not.

 

[crazycat]

He is, but it is definitely helped by being in a great side with great acquistions over the off season. Connor Tracey has gone mental in 2024, without critta on the weekend had 3 tries and 3 try assists against the broncos. One of the many utilities they bought which people laughed at. If you put critta in our team with our coach in benji as opposed to ciraldo we're not in the top 8, it's as simple as that. And that's my point

I think there was another smart move by the Bulldogs with Critta and knights with Best.

Spend the money on Centers who take the field. There are Stacks of 5/8 in the NRL who want the big halfback dollars. But fewer people who want to play Center, because the paycheck is less. Buy gun Center's instead of 5/8's, you need twice as many centers as 5/8.

 

[Scare]

Anyone know of any truth to Meriton becoming the major sponsor of 2025? Some guy on Facebook sprouting it as gospel

 

[bptiger 0]

re Papalii ...

I think the point is he hit max form at Parra, and he never got out of second gear here.
I don't know why. Maybe Madge may have driven him, most likely not. ...

It sucks. Because we built a monster pack in Paps, Klemmer and Bateman. We should have been steamrolling teams but hey some people don't want to work for a 6 figure paycheck.

Nothing will have changed if Paps stayed here. Nothing...


I also suspect he will go good but not great at the Riff. He is replacing James FH and those are HUGE shoes to fill. Could be a lot like when we brought Blare. Meh we will see.

Maybe if the club had given them a 1/2 s pairing they might have preformed better , so next year we have a much better backline but no forwards , so will we call out our gun 1/2s for not preforming, without any forwards