Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Juice]

Where has it been reported he was promised a first grade start, twice that article says "could" but I haven't seen any guarantees or promises.

If he plays well he will get a debut late in the season. My point was if telling a young player they are a chance at making a debut convinces them to stay I don’t see any problems with it if they are good enough

 

[user118245]

Earned it how? They are basically in identical points of their careers

Starting in RA’s u18 team, Harold Matthews Cup player of the year in 2024, scoring 92 points and finishing as the leading try scorer with 10 tries from as many games. Good resume imo.

Onion large - hmatt’s teammate to guy above

 

[user118245]

Would sign him in a heartbeat.

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Best joke I’ve seen in my short time here

 

[BAGNF05]

Starting in RA’s u18 team, Harold Matthews Cup player of the year in 2024, scoring 92 points and finishing as the leading try scorer with 10 tries from as many games. Good resume imo.

Onion large - hmatt’s teammate to guy above

So Manly could have the onion and the BBQ in the halves when DCE retires?

 

[Halbrowne61]

Done without a salary cap though yeah?

And under the old unlimited tackle rule. Tactics very different back then, no real urgency to move the ball so Saints were good at holding possession, wearing down the opposition, then a quick try or two and it was all over.
The league introduced the 4 tackle rule to try and break their dominance and they missed the GF in 67. It had the desired effect, and changed the game forever. Four tackles was deemed to rushed so six tackles introduced in 1971.

 

[rugbygoated]

Congratulations to Jahream Bula who will get married during the off season.

 

[king_sirro]

Congratulations to Jahream Bula who will get married during the off season.

His season just went from bad to worse poor bloke

 

[happy_tiger]

Something I found interesting with certain clubs recruitment is that the Roosters have still got 7 spots on their 30 man roster open ......Storm have 6 spots open on their 30 man roster ......we have none I believe .....interesting how the successful clubs think and how we think ....

 

[king_sirro]

I think they should for top line talent.
Weve seen an Origin player and a golden boot winner defect this year. The NRL should have done something to try and keep them.
I dont know whether they should for a kid like Makasini which is where you are going I suspect? Unproven teenagers may be hard to justify.

Absolutely not. This will just result in more players "pretending" to go to union to use it as leverage to up their pay and play for the top teams. It won't help the game or the struggling teams one bit.

No player has ever been missed really.

 

[vlad]

There was bit of chat a few pages ago about the effectiveness of some of players , in particular the back 3 .

These guys did a season analysis of stats beyond tackles & hitups .

Very interesting listen

 

[Tucker]

Something I found interesting with certain clubs recruitment is that the Roosters have still got 7 spots on their 30 man roster open ......Storm have 6 spots open on their 30 man roster ......we have none I believe .....interesting how the successful clubs think and how we think ....

Its why they succeed

 

[davey_farrell]

There was bit of chat a few pages ago about the effectiveness of some of players , in particular the back 3 .

These guys did a season analysis of stats beyond tackles & hitups .

Very interesting listen

There was bit of chat a few pages ago about the effectiveness of some of players , in particular the back 3 .

These guys did a season analysis of stats beyond tackles & hitups .

Very interesting listen

damn good listen, these boys have good insight..along with Tiger town and West tigers podcast all three are great to listen too..

 

[balmain boy]

Something I found interesting with certain clubs recruitment is that the Roosters have still got 7 spots on their 30 man roster open ......Storm have 6 spots open on their 30 man roster ......we have none I believe .....interesting how the successful clubs think and how we think ....

Nothing to do with how clubs 'think'.

Successful clubs have good players queuing up to play for them, youngsters happy to wait for their chance. They have superstars on big money and then fill out the last few roster spots with players on minimum wage. We should be trying to implement the same culture here.

 

[Telltails]

Players don't play no talkies in clubs like the Storm because they would isolate themselves. Strong clubs back their coaches over players who are past their best or not good enough and tap them before they get to that point and only keep the ones who are capable of still contributing at a level needed to succeed.

 

[Droppy05]

Nothing to do with how clubs 'think'.

Successful clubs have good players queuing up to play for them, youngsters happy to wait for their chance. They have superstars on big money and then fill out the last few roster spots with players on minimum wage. We should be doing the same.

Why and how? We care not a successful club, no superstars (Luai not here yet) and players queuing up yo leave.
I wish we were a successful club and implement what they do.

 

[Vicious]

Nothing to do with how clubs 'think'.

Successful clubs have good players queuing up to play for them, youngsters happy to wait for their chance. They have superstars on big money and then fill out the last few roster spots with players on minimum wage. We should be doing the same.

We need to get the core group of superstars first.
Obviously Luai can be considered a superstar and we have a few potential superstars that will hopefully continue to rise in status next season.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

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Best joke I’ve seen in my short time here

Should of posted it comedy thread. Apologies User 118245

 

[Kelce68]

Something I found interesting with certain clubs recruitment is that the Roosters have still got 7 spots on their 30 man roster open ......Storm have 6 spots open on their 30 man roster ......we have none I believe .....interesting how the successful clubs think and how we think ....

Not that simple.

All clubs go through phases where they're flush with spaces some years and more full others.

We're flush with money this year, but short on spots due to past management decisions.

There'll be years where it's the complete opposite.

(Though no team should ever be as clogged as we are at the present time; that's been a giant cock-up).

 

[Kelce68]

Rumour that Klem as well as Bateman dont talk to Benji.....?....Why dont they leave then!!!!

I literally read that for the first time today about Klemmer.

If there's a lick of truth to it, the journalists would have their wedges and mallets ready and be frothing at the mouth to write a pre-season hit piece...

 

[Vicious]

Players don't play no talkies in clubs like the Storm because they would isolate themselves. Strong clubs back their coaches over players who are past their best or not good enough and tap them before they get to that point and only keep the ones who are capable of still contributing at a level needed to succeed.

It’s hard for any of us to really know without knowing the full circumstances, but I’ve been in plenty of workplaces and sporting clubs where the boss or coach basically ignores staff or players they don’t think are performing or capable of performing to the level they are expecting.
It is very frustrating when a boss/coach doesn’t feel like the message to improve standards is getting through, but it never ends well for the entire team and damages the morale if the boss/coach is not capable or not wanting to work hard and put plenty of time into the team members/players that are falling short of expectations.
Case point with players such as Bateman, Sullivan and Naden amongst others that are apparently digging their heels in and refusing to leave.