Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

BUGSY MALONE said:
The above two names paint a sad picture of where the Wests Tigers are situated in respect of any prospects of playing finals footy! Whilst Seyforth is now starting to play with some mongrel neither would seriously make the top 17 of any of the other 16 NRL Clubs (IMO). It is still a long and winding road for WT supporters.
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Take another look at the bench of all other NRL clubs.
Not too many have a 14-17 full of star players.
Seyfarth would not currently be rated in the top 30 second rowers in the NRL, but give him to play there on a regular basis and it could be different.
Also consider there does not appear to be much second row talent available to be signed anytime soon and not much at all jumping out that is outside the top 17 at their current club.
Rumours are saying the Broncos will be starting the season with Jack Gosiewski as one of their starting back rowers, if not definitely in their top 17.
Is he any better than Seyfarth ? I don’t think so.
 
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BlackWhiteGold said:
How funny if this is referring to Stef?

https://www.nine.com.au/sport/nrl/t...ury-bulldogs-recruitment-20250218-p5ld9d.html

DISGRUNTLED STAR EYES RETURN​

Which player switched clubs in 2024 and now realises he made a terrible mistake?

The player - one of the biggest-name signings from last season - isn't happy in his new surroundings and would love nothing better than to return to his old club for 2026.

The former club would take him back in a heartbeat … IF they could find room in the salary cap.

Time will tell.
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With all due respect because I know you're just sharing this, why would we assume the disgruntled player left the tigers. Isn't much more likely they joined the tigers lol
 
innsaneink said:
Only WTs would push an important player out 2 weeks from seasons start... Unbievably amateur tho if we can get out of his contract AND replied with better... Then weve hit the bonus feature... Big if tho
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I think this year is still a big year for Richo to get our salary cap in order. Klemmer is another of the inflated salaries we have on our books after Sullivan & Bateman, so any decision to release him would be purely financial.
 
Ron Brodrick's Spirit said:
What's happened to Tumeth?
I don't think he's even had a run in the reserve grade trial.
Has he been disposed of or is this a not too subtle message?
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I think I read somewhere that the club has told him to move on , but his manager is holding out for a buyout of his contract .
Pretty short sighted though . He will need to go to QRL to resurrect his career , as I can’t see too many suitors in the nrl .
 
Lestronge said:
I think I read somewhere that the club has told him to move on , but his manager is holding out for a buyout of his contract .
Pretty short sighted though . He will need to go to QRL to resurrect his career , as I can’t see too many suitors in the nrl .
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Isaac Moses client. He won't move his players unless they get equal or more $ at new club and loves to try to get current club to chip in to save new club $, example Bateman.

Tumeth would be great in ESL with a shortage of good backrowers in that comp. It worked for Kai O'Donnell now at Cowboys. He is close to family so may find it hard to move away so young.
 
Lestronge said:
I think I read somewhere that the club has told him to move on , but his manager is holding out for a buyout of his contract .
Pretty short sighted though . He will need to go to QRL to resurrect his career , as I can’t see too many suitors in the nrl .
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St George, Newcastle, Parramatta and South’s are all very short on NRL quality props, I could easily see one of those teams picking him up if it’s true that we are trying to get rid of him.
Klemmer may be on the decline, but he still keeps himself in great condition and it’s a big decline from the props currently playing NRL to the ones playing NSW Cup or Qld Cup.
We would be foolish to let him go and not have a suitable replacement ready to step in.
 
I don’t think trying to force a highly respected front rower to leave 2 weeks before the comp starts is a smart move…. Definitely going to have a negative impact on team morale when trying to build a positive culture. If we knew we didn’t want him then he should have left months ago
 
ATown said:
Rubbish. He was elite when he was with us. The trophies came after he left.
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Rubbish back at you.
He didnt even have a passing game when he was here.
He had only just started playing Origin.
He was yet to play for his country.
He hadnt played finals footy.
Yes the trophies came after he left here...they add weight to the elite status.
 
Tucker said:
Could be Luai - apparently he is going to be playing second fiddle here to Galvin.
Might as well stay in Penrith doing that and score another ring....
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Nah he will get a 50/50 share here, rather than his 30/70 split when playing alongside Cleary.
Plus I don’t think he would like going back to earning 800k, when we are paying him 1.2mil.
By the way I went back and watched a lot of Galvin’s highlights from last season, it took me hours there was that many, but he’s definitely a lot quicker than many think he is.
 
Vicious said:
Nah he will get a 50/50 share here, rather than his 30/70 split when playing alongside Cleary.
Plus I don’t think he would like going back to earning 800k, when we are paying him 1.2mil.
By the way I went back and watched a lot of Galvin’s highlights from last season, it took me hours there was that many, but he’s definitely a lot quicker than many think he is.
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Did he win us anymore games on the second watch?
 
Tucker said:
Did he win us anymore games on the second watch?
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I’ve never seen one man with 8-9 reasonable players assisting beat a team of 13 quality players and a few start players amongst them have you ?
Not even Fittler, Daley or Munster at their best could do that.
 
Vicious said:
St George, Newcastle, Parramatta and South’s are all very short on NRL quality props, I could easily see one of those teams picking him up if it’s true that we are trying to get rid of him.
Klemmer may be on the decline, but he still keeps himself in great condition and it’s a big decline from the props currently playing NRL to the ones playing NSW Cup or Qld Cup.
We would be foolish to let him go and not have a suitable replacement ready to step in.
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I was talking about Tumeth mate
 
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BlackWhiteGold said:
How funny if this is referring to Stef?

https://www.nine.com.au/sport/nrl/t...ury-bulldogs-recruitment-20250218-p5ld9d.html

DISGRUNTLED STAR EYES RETURN​

Which player switched clubs in 2024 and now realises he made a terrible mistake?

The player - one of the biggest-name signings from last season - isn't happy in his new surroundings and would love nothing better than to return to his old club for 2026.

The former club would take him back in a heartbeat … IF they could find room in the salary cap.

Time will tell.
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Lomax was my first thought.
 
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BlackWhiteGold said:
How funny if this is referring to Stef?

https://www.nine.com.au/sport/nrl/t...ury-bulldogs-recruitment-20250218-p5ld9d.html

DISGRUNTLED STAR EYES RETURN​

Which player switched clubs in 2024 and now realises he made a terrible mistake?

The player - one of the biggest-name signings from last season - isn't happy in his new surroundings and would love nothing better than to return to his old club for 2026.

The former club would take him back in a heartbeat … IF they could find room in the salary cap.

Time will tell.
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They would have to get rid of Klemmer to make a spot
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
How funny if this is referring to Stef?

https://www.nine.com.au/sport/nrl/t...ury-bulldogs-recruitment-20250218-p5ld9d.html

DISGRUNTLED STAR EYES RETURN​

Which player switched clubs in 2024 and now realises he made a terrible mistake?

The player - one of the biggest-name signings from last season - isn't happy in his new surroundings and would love nothing better than to return to his old club for 2026.

The former club would take him back in a heartbeat … IF they could find room in the salary cap.

Time will tell.
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Depends who you ask.....

What if it's Luai?

Or maybe it is Stef, Wants to come back to creamy off seasons.
 
tigerman80 said:
Klem has been terrible and we won’t play him in the games needed to activate his contract for next year. Obviously the club has told him that and it would be in his best interests to move on. For $700k he’s a complete dud.
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Agree.

A couple of months ago I advised on this forum that you could replace Klemmer’s output with someone who cost half as much. Surprisingly, quite a few people disagreed with this. It looks like the club agrees if the rumours are true.

Klemmer is in the same category as Twal and Seyfarth now. Just no power.
 
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