Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

crazycat said:
Totally agreed.

Look is Klemmer at 2018 form, NO.
Does he put in and do the work of a forward taking a fair load? YES

We had better be getting someone pretty damn good at this stage. May + Molo means a bit of agro in the pack, but if Flanagan cannot handle Molo then Benji will struggle.

I would rather ante up and pay for someone better, but I get that our options are limited...

Should be keeping Klemmer.
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Moving on Klemmer is not about 2025. It’s about not being forced to have him for 2026 if he triggers his option by playing 14 games during 2025.
 
Like the movement of Klem to the Dragons ,always buying our hand me downs lately, thought he was a consistent plodder last season. One never knows who comes on the market here or overseas
 
Wiz said:
Moving on Klemmer is not about 2025. It’s about not being forced to have him for 2026 if he triggers his option by playing 14 games during 2025.
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And the inevitable bad feeling if we don't pick him for firsts and he feels he's being stiffed. (I'm not a fan of those clauses.)
 
Roar_Power said:
I understand that.....but do it 3 months ago....not 2 weeks out from the start of the season.
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I think Richo sees 2025 as a year of transition. I dont think he, or anyone sane, believes that we have the depth to win a premiership this year.

3 months ago the opportunity to move Klem on probably didn't exist - had we tried to push Klem out then I'm sure it would have been a messy business. However, now, as I understand it. Klemmer is pushing for a release, so we are negotiating from a position of strength. There is an positive opportunty cost to act and negative one to let the moment past.

Let it play out; we have some depth in our middle stocks. We may be able to address our a backrower depth; jag a quality centre, or not. I think the key is that we will have $ in the cap and positions available if an opportunity presents (maybe it already has).

Richo and Benji have landed Luai, Taruca, May and Hunt - they're batting OK. I'm interested to see where they take us next.
 
bptiger 0 said:
I think ur jumping the gun , KLEMMER is on 700.00 , so how much are we throwing in , with Molo on 500.00 the drag queens won’t be paying KLEMMERs contract , and we always come out behind
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He's been at the Tigers since Nov 1 of the calendar year remember, so he's already been paid approximately 1/3 of the annual salary, I doubt we chip in further
 
Jolls said:
I think Richo sees 2025 as a year of transition. I dont think he, or anyone sane, believes that we have the depth to win a premiership this year.

3 months ago the opportunity to move Klem on probably didn't exist - had we tried to push Klem out then I'm sure it would have been a messy business. However, now, as I understand it. Klemmer is pushing for a release, so we are negotiating from a position of strength. There is an positive opportunty cost to act and negative one to let the moment past.

Let it play out; we have some depth in our middle stocks. We may be able to address our a backrower depth; jag a quality centre, or not. I think the key is that we will have $ in the cap and positions available if an opportunity presents (maybe it already has).

Richo and Benji have landed Luai, Taruca, May and Hunt - they're batting OK. I'm interested to see where they take us next.
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Good post. Look, there can be a silver lining to all this, Taylan and a 2nd rower would facilitate our squad needs but we can keep having transition years. We need to show significant improvement from this year on. Plenty depends on it. Keeping Galvin comes to mind.
 
Roar_Power said:
Good post. Look, there can be a silver lining to all this, Taylan and a 2nd rower would facilitate our squad needs but we can keep having transition years. We need to show significant improvement from this year on. Plenty depends on it. Keeping Galvin comes to mind.
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Get over Galvin!

He hasn’t done anything yet.

Next step as I have said is medically retire Olam and use all this cash to buy quality centres and back rowers.

Emphasis on quality meaning proven established players. Not guys that are past it or loading up on some young prick who has a couple of good games.
 
Tito Santana said:
Get over Galvin!

He hasn’t done anything yet.

Next step as I have said is medically retire Olam and use all this cash to buy quality centres and back rowers.

Emphasis on quality meaning proven established players. Not guys that are past it or loading up on some young prick who has a couple of good games.
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Lol Tito, you crack me up.
 
Roar_Power said:
Good post. Look, there can be a silver lining to all this, Taylan and a 2nd rower would facilitate our squad needs but we can keep having transition years. We need to show significant improvement from this year on. Plenty depends on it. Keeping Galvin comes to mind.
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True, we can't keep having transition years - but for the first time I'm actually confident that we are actually in transition. Previously, we would get to a point and change the whole plan and start again. I'm think that we are heading in the right direction - just too many dud contract to deal with in 12 months.
 
Jolls said:
True, we can't keep having transition years - but for the first time I'm actually confident that we are actually in transition. Previously, we would get to a point and change the whole plan and start again. I'm think that we are heading in the right direction - just too many dud contract to deal with in 12 months.
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100%. Just need a good consistent year. Limited outside noise. Performance on the paddock. We have turned a corner and 2026/ 2027 should be even better with more quality and depth.
 
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