Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Hopefully May becomes an option as we will struggle to compete if we have Doueihi, Toa and Faataape as our centres for 25. I would put Toa and Tureva in round 1 with Staines and Skelton on the wings as we need pace and size against the Knights who looked sharp yesterday with Ponga and Best carving up the chooks.

I hope that we can get better with drawing and passing as we looked poor in that department of Friday and had many chances to get more out of the backline. Shame about Naden as he looked set for a great start to the year.
 
cone said:
Doubt they have the cash for him, we have the cash and the connection with api, luai, terrell, turuva, taylan if he ends up coming. That’s why we’d be favourites
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you might be right...

Can't see the Roosters letting him go any time soon, especially after losing May and JWH
 
Betterdays22 said:
you might be right...

Can't see the Roosters letting him go any time soon, especially after losing May and JWH
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Nowadays if a player wants out they can do it. All he has to do is say it’s for personal reasons, mental health etc, never know but yeah it’d be crazy if we manage to grab another rooster gun
 
Betterdays22 said:
Trying to find a timeline of this but I can't see where he was signed to Melbourne before the swap?

This is all I can find: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/sh...my-but-wants-to-stay-put-20230824-p5dz9p.html
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He'd already signed for 2025 as Fulton told him he wasn't going to be resigned which was a part of the Benji/Fulton issues as Benji liked Blore. He was already gone so the swap was just making the most of a bad situation and have him leave a year earlier for at least some sort of compensation . Unfortunately Olam hasn't worked out
 
Camel2281 said:
He'd already signed for 2025 as Fulton told him he wasn't going to be resigned which was a part of the Benji/Fulton issues as Benji liked Blore. He was already gone so the swap was just making the most of a bad situation and have him leave a year earlier for at least some sort of compensation . Unfortunately Olam hasn't worked out
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Thanks. As usual, Storm don't really lose players they think have a future with them. They knew Olam was crook.
 
Camel2281 said:
He'd already signed for 2025 as Fulton told him he wasn't going to be resigned which was a part of the Benji/Fulton issues as Benji liked Blore. He was already gone so the swap was just making the most of a bad situation and have him leave a year earlier for at least some sort of compensation . Unfortunately Olam hasn't worked out
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Fair enough, still stands that the Olam signing was a poor one no matter which way you look at it.
 
Camel2281 said:
He'd already signed for 2025 as Fulton told him he wasn't going to be resigned which was a part of the Benji/Fulton issues as Benji liked Blore. He was already gone so the swap was just making the most of a bad situation and have him leave a year earlier for at least some sort of compensation . Unfortunately Olam hasn't worked out
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Fulton was clearing the decks for Schuster.
 
Demps said:
Wests Tigers centre Justin Olam is on the verge of a medical retirement as he struggles to overcome a knee injury that required surgery in the offseason.

The Papua New Guinean international is striving to get himself on the training field and the Wests Tigers are set to discuss his future with his management later this week.

There are fears the 31-year-old’s time in the NRL could be over as a result of the injury that has severely restricted his workload.

Olam wants to continue playing but is unable to get himself in a position to train with the team. A medical retirement would see him paid out the remainder of his near $600,000-a-season contract which expires at the end of 2026.

It would also mean the Wests Tigers will have his wage wiped from the salary cap, however the club is no guarantee to be granted a medical retirement exemption.

In order to qualify for the medical retirement, the club will have to successfully argue that his career has been cut short due to a one-off injury and not as the result of a chronic issue. The Wests Tigers declined to comment when contacted on Monday.

Olam has long had knee issues dating back to his time at the Melbourne Storm and has been hampered by it during his time at the Tigers.

The knee that required surgery this offseason was the opposite knee that primarily hampered him during his time at the Storm. The Tigers believe he suffered an injury in round 18 against his old club at Leichhardt that has been the major contributor to his current dire predicament.

Olam has been a strong contributor for the joint-venture club when he has been on the field, but was restricted to just 13 of the club’s 24 games in his first season at the Tigers in 2024.

There is the option of undergoing further medical procedures to try and improve his situation, but it may impact on his way of life after rugby league.

Olam was still holding out hope of being able to play for the new NRL team in Papua New Guinea in 2028 to represent his home nation in the NRL but it appears highly unlikely that his body will allow him to play this year, let alone in three years’ time.

The veteran centre’s plight is compounded by the dislocated kneecap suffered by Brent Naden in the Tigers’ 30-18 trial win over Parramatta at Leichhardt Oval that is expected to sideline him for at least the first two months of the season.
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Please explain.
If medically retired and is paid out [2 years = $1.2 mil.] who pays? the NRL?
 
So if Klemmer departs as expected and Olam is medically retired as looking likely, would we be stronger and would we be happy with Francis Molo and potentially Taylan May as their replacements ?
Yes I know we really need another back rower, but there is nobody available and nobody decent that looks like becoming available anytime soon, so you cannot buy something that is not for sale.
And yes I’d much prefer Spencer Leniu instead of Francis Molo, but I don’t think there is any chance an already struggling Roosters let go of another high quality prop.
 
AdelaideTiger said:
Centre depth now critical with Olam gone for foreseeable future. Toa and AD look to be 1st choice with Faatape first drop. Taylan May will obviously come into frame but who else out there?
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Everyone assuming Taylan May will be found not guilty? Wishful thinking maybe?
Did WT get Bryden's Lawyers advice on a "not guilty" verdict is a no brainer. So keep a top 30 spot for him?
Do we give his partner a brown paper bag to withdraw the charge? Negotiable?
Not sure how this is going end.
 
Betterdays22 said:
People acting like a jilted ex lover, trying to convince themselves that Stef's new flame isn't that hot. He is on to bigger and better things, probably a premiership this year, like it or not.

His game will go to new levels at Melbourne, doesn't change the fact he was a flop here.

Rather than death ride the guy, people would be better off trying to reflect on why we couldn't get the best out of Stef but Melbourne will. Was it down to Stef? The club? Or a bit of both?
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Yeah... The bias is very evident
 
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