Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[jrtiger]

That’s your opinion, but it’s quite obvious the Bulldogs via Gus Gould bases his retention and recruitment very similar to how it’s done at the Melbourne Storm ensuring there is a good quality of depth players and ensuring each developing player has a feature such as size, speed, strength, aggression which is relevant to the position they play.
We need to be bette and when you say things like Jordan Samrani and Eli Clark are reserve graders, well so would every outside back currently in our squad if they had the Bulldogs NRL players in front of them.
Samrani as a depth player has enormous potential, not many with his height, size and speed and Clark is physically strong, runs the ball much harder than any of our outside backs except maybe Olam when he plays and switches on 3-4 times per season. Clark also has the added benefit of being a high percentage accurate goal kicker, so not sure how you could write him off as a likely NRK prospect.
I also don’t k is how you can say Allan Fitzgibbon ca crackle, I’ve watched a few Bears games this season and he is now regularly tackling extremely hard and has forced some turnovers from hitting hard, when is the last time you seen any of our NRL backs do that ?
Not forgetting g him being way out in front of the NSW Cup try scorers list, many of his tries not get winger would score due to his blistering speed. Aside from one from Bula last night and Doueihi’s intercept, when is the last time you seen any of our NRL backs score a long range individual try ?
Reimis Smith will stay in Catalans, he won’t be coming back anytime soon.
I think nearly all our fans agree Jeral Skelton would be a good signing and many agree Taylan May based on what he has shown on the rugby league field, would also be ideal if his co yea t could be registered.
Stonsteet as you have agreed would be ideal for 2026 if we could sign him.
In light of it appearing that Brian To’o will not be an option, it is blatantly obvious we need more size and power from outside backs getting us out of our danger zone. Ravalawa is not perfect, but does this exceptionally well, finishes try scoring opportunities very well, is generally decent under the high ball and is extremely h fit, so no idea how you come up with a Joey Leilua comparison ?

having the physical attributes is one thing, being a footballer is another. you need both to play NRL, whereas you can get away with one or the other in Cup.

Shane Richardson isn’t going to go out and sign a handful of reserve graders from the Dogs that are clear and obvious projects. he might go after a guy like Sam Stonestreet hypothetically who is ready for week to week first grade and actually possesses the talent required, but with guys like Willett, Laulili’i, Makasini, Goodfield etc in the pipeline, why would he bother with the other suggestions?

Fitzgibbon is in reserve grade for a reason. any half worth their salt in the NRL will just bait him and hit short or over the top. he can’t make the defensive reads required.

as for Ravalawa, you’re not looking at it from all angles. do you think he, much like Leilua, possesses the discipline to be what we need? in a side that is about to set the record for the most sin bins in a season? do you think we need a player that abuses match officials?

like I said, pursue Reimis Smith and Jeral Skelton. if there’s unrest elsewhere, you try and take advantage. the market is bare, but let’s not take brainless risks and give full time deals to project players.

 

[jirskyr]

Danika would make anyone’s mind wander from the job at hand.

Unless she was the job at hand.

 

[jirskyr]

She always looks hot

Surely they have air conditioning in the coach's box.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

She always looks hot

I’m in a couple of SuperCoach groups on FB, and like clockwork, every single time we play, theres at least one person making a post, asking who she is.

 

[balmain boy]

Will a top 30 spot be wasted on Sezer then?

Surely he's no more than train and trial...

 

[balmain boy]

Said a few months ago we should target Sitili Tupouniua. What happens? Gus Gould gets him first before our useless recruitment team. Played the best footy in his career in the past month. But no... he is a washed injury-prone player and not worth the punt

According to the experts on here there's barely a dozen players worthy of our consideration.
They seem to forget we've won 3 spoons in a row and have a terrible squad.

 

[Juice]

Wasn’t corey horsburgh looking for a release to return home to QLD? That’s what I heard but could be wrong

 

[Buttface]

You could care less or couldn't care less? You sound confused? Or are you just copying a USA saying?
For the record I'm against mediocrity in all its forms, particularly when an organisation promotes itself as doing whatever it takes to win, while its mindless followers hang on like useful idiots. Don't be afraid to call it out when you see it Butthead. Be proud of yourself for doing so.

Geez, I didn’t mean to offend you 2040.
I am trying to swear less or maybe watching to much tv has wormed its way into my vernacular. I’m not sure what was so confusing? I could have said it like this, leave the Tigers and I could not care any less about you or your career. I didn’t think I needed to be so precise in my words. But thanks for calling me a useful idiot at least I’m not a useless idiot. I’m glad you let me know you’re against mediocrity, bcoz I couldn’t tell from that post where you were jerking off over Stef and Blore. I hope you’re team the Storm enjoy your support.
Oh and another way of saying I couldn’t care less is🖕you.
OMG I think the middle finger is a USA saying. 😱
OMG might be too.
Enjoy your day, I know I will.

 

[Buttface]

explain yourself Mumbles

Bad Karma to those who are not with us Merlot. That’s all.
Funny you asking me to clarify myself. 😁

 

[Merlot]

Bad Karma to those who are not with us Merlot. That’s all.
Funny you asking me to clarify myself. 😁

all fun n games

 

[Buttface]

all fun n games

Always Merlot. I upset 2040 with that post but I struggle to wish players like Ute good luck. I just hope he drops the ball and miss tackles for life. Well unless he comes back and wins us a comp and then I’d love Ute again. You know what I mean? 😎

 

[Merlot]

Always Merlot. I upset 2040 with that post but I struggle to wish players like Ute good luck. I just hope he drops the ball and miss tackles for life. Well unless he comes back and wins us a comp and then I’d love Ute again. You know what I mean? 😎

Stephano -has no steely backbone - that cannot b coached into him

 

[Buttface]

Stephano -has no steely backbone - that cannot b coached into him

Yeah I’m not sure that’s entirely correct, but we’ll see in the next couple of years if Stef was just being a cat here or not.

 

[crazycat]

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

YEP....

I have been thinking the exact same thing.
We only keep a Klemmer + 2 years, pole. No Stef + Bateman leaves us really REALLY weak up front.

It's going to be a tough ask for Luai. Yes people will blame our halfback when the forward pack for 2025 looks awful compared to 2022.

 

[crazycat]

Stephano -has no steely backbone - that cannot b coached into him

He is joining Melbourne.

If he has no backbone, Melbourne will break him.

 

[crazycat]

Bad Karma to those who are not with us Merlot. That’s all.
Funny you asking me to clarify myself. 😁

Wait
That's just our normal hat. Usually you have a picture of a face+Behind combination as your Avatar....

<checks our position on ladder> 🙁
Yep.. ok makes sense...

 

[426Tlgerland]

The interesting bit for me is that we still have 2 options that we need to understand what's happening in Sezer and Tumeth and 5 players in our current top squad who aren't in the top 30 next year in - Alimalo, faatape, Porter, Johansson and Sione Fainu.

What we really need to do is clear the decks. Not sure who goes but their would have to be questions around - Feledy, Sakuru, Naden, Sullivan, Matamua, Kit, Sukkar, Faagutu as to which if any we have next yr. None have made any impression in nrl this year and yes some are young but then imo they should be on development or cup contracts not top 30 but don't know how you go about paying them out and still keeping them at that lower level

Agree , I would be locking up Ruben Porter , he is improving every game and a good off season he will become another player like young Sam F. Both going to be strong for up
Ruben x 2 years

 

[twentyforty]

Geez, I didn’t mean to offend you 2040.
I am trying to swear less or maybe watching to much tv has wormed its way into my vernacular. I’m not sure what was so confusing? I could have said it like this, leave the Tigers and I could not care any less about you or your career. I didn’t think I needed to be so precise in my words. But thanks for calling me a useful idiot at least I’m not a useless idiot. I’m glad you let me know you’re against mediocrity, bcoz I couldn’t tell from that post where you were jerking off over Stef and Blore. I hope you’re team the Storm enjoy your support.
Oh and another way of saying I couldn’t care less is🖕you.
OMG I think the middle finger is a USA saying. 😱
OMG might be too.
Enjoy your day, I know I will.

Play the ball Buttsy, when you play the man you can expect 10 in the Bin. Stefano is one of the best front rowers in the game and Richo was visibly upset that he couldn’t retain him. I can understand you echoing Richo’s sentiments but because he acted like a spoilt brat doesn’t mean it’s right to follow him down that path.
The real problem is that Stef gave us 3 full seasons to get our act together and we took away his hopes and aspirations. Stefano is leaving because he wants to be a better player and I applaud the guy for that.

 

[tigeress]

According to the experts on here there's barely a dozen players worthy of our consideration.
They seem to forget we've won 3 spoons in a row and have a terrible squad.

Do we actually have a "recruitment" person, I thought Benji took on that job well- he has far too much on his plate already- he needs help

 

[hank37w]

I’m in a couple of SuperCoach groups on FB, and like clockwork, every single time we play, theres at least one person making a post, asking who she is.

Who said we can't attract talent?