Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[cktiger]

Old people like you have ruined the planet. Your kind should be shipped off to an island exile so younger people can undo the damage you've done.
Man I hate you old farts.

Entitled,eh? 🤣🤣🤣
Young people now seem to worry about Instagram and Tik Tok more than being out enjoying life and creating a future for themselves.
Every generation until the current one built on what came before them … many in this generation just whine and offer nothing .
Instead of blaming the people before you it might be a good idea to improve the standard of living … once again like previous generations did.
Sure it’s tough… it always has been

 

[Robbie's Love Child]

Bingo.

Loosing Stef, Paps, Klem and Bateman and just saying we have:

May + Hunt to replace them is a joke.


Look I get it, were coming 17th and we need changes.
but those 4 players had some output and significant output at that. Loosing 2, we would be upgrading. Loosing 3 were kinda breaking even.... Loosing all 4, it's really going to weaken us for awhile and I was hoping Luai would start with success....

It also means we may panic sign, bring someone in who we may not exactly want long term just to cover the gap. Was really hoping we were past this.

The four players that you have mentioned contributed nada in 2024, they were dogshit. Royce and May will replace their efforts in two games this season. Luai has a good pack behind him here and some terrific spine players around him, for once I see no panic buys, even Bird will provide experience and mongrel.

 

[Buttface]

We’re still going to need to pay Galvin massive money, look at what clubs have offered Dylan Brown.

Guys like him, Makasini, Da Silva will all need big upgrades next year or the year after.

Have to be careful with how many 700k+ front rowers we pay for considering we have a 7 on huge money and gaps to fill at second row, lock and centres.

It’s always a balance.

 

[user118245]

We’re still going to need to pay Galvin massive money, look at what clubs have offered Dylan Brown.

Guys like him, Makasini, Da Silva will all need big upgrades next year or the year after.

Have to be careful with how many 700k+ front rowers we pay for considering we have a 7 on huge money and gaps to fill at second row, lock and centres.

AD, Feledy, Klemmer (650k but say it’s going to Spencer if he comes), Matamua, Naden? (I’d keep him around but lower if from 300k), Olam and Tumeth all gone. Lots of cap space opens and always some moving cogs around the club with 11 players leaving last year

 

[pawsandclaws1]

AD, Feledy, Klemmer (650k but say it’s going to Spencer if he comes), Matamua, Naden? (I’d keep him around but lower if from 300k), Olam and Tumeth all gone. Lots of cap space opens and always some moving cogs around the club with 11 players leaving last year

Why would you move Feledy on? He would be on minimal wage, he has been very good in the first two games this year and continues to develop. Naden is the player to move on.

 

[kade7]

There would be absolutely no way the roosters would let spencer go. Especially without anyone to replace him. Can't see it happening.

probably would have said that about terrell also

 

[finnzo]

probably would have said that about terrell also

If some 1 disrespects roosters by not wanting to be there they get rid of them very quickly

 

[Demps]

Klem to the Roosters ?

 

[Spartan117]

If we get Taylan May and Spencer Leniu into this team, we are almost a Top 4 side! A gun centre/wing and a gun middle forward! All we need is a gun backrower and we are set for a premiership shot!

Still need to become a structured side.

We're on the way

We still lack defensive cohesion.

 

[Ron Brodrick's Spirit]

Entitled,eh? 🤣🤣🤣
Young people now seem to worry about Instagram and Tik Tok more than being out enjoying life and creating a future for themselves.
Every generation until the current one built on what came before them … many in this generation just whine and offer nothing .
Instead of blaming the people before you it might be a good idea to improve the standard of living … once again like previous generations did.
Sure it’s tough… it always has been

One more thing about old farts like you that all us reborn clocked the machine Gen Z'rs know is..........you've got no sense of humour.

 

[lathami]

My concern is that it appears Benji had a dig at the senior players that Bateman was a part of and instead taking a bit of ownership and acknowledging that he along with the other senior players needed to do more to help lift a team struggling for wins, he chucked a tantrum and made it known he was sick of the senior players being blamed.
In that situation every coach is going to be turning to and expecting more from their senior players.
When trying to get off the bottom and become more successful, we don’t need tantrum chuckers and players who don’t want to accept any extra responsibility within their own performances.

I don’t know about that, were u there??
Bit of here say, one thing I have learnt in life, two sides to every story.
In personal and professional relationships!

 

[liltiger]

Problem is he can’t do it all on his own , the rest need to really step up, would love to get a better backrower to help

Yeah, i hope we don't have our usual year with injuries, if we have a better than normal year for us injury wise, we can push a lot of teams, just not too sure how our depth can handle being tested.

 

[liltiger]

spencer
panthers dont have cap, he wants out at the roosters

may has a court hearing march 10

If we can jag Spencer, we literally in one year went from toilers and youngsters to pretty much a premiership frontrow.

 

[craigtob]

What a TEAM this would be! Very very likely as well this year:

1. Bula
2. Turuva
3. Taylan
4. AD
5. Skelton
6. Galvin
7. Luai
8. Spencer
9. Api
10. T May
11. Sam Fainu
12. Seyfarth
13. Bird
14. Latu
15. Hunt
16. Pole
17. Sione Fainu / Twal

Wow with that team they should win more games than they loose, Now that would put pressure on Benji as a coach???

 

[magpies forever]

Yeah, i hope we don't have our usual year with injuries, if we have a better than normal year for us injury wise, we can push a lot of teams, just not too sure how our depth can handle being tested.

At very least we look to be getting fitter. That's somewhat a counter balance for some of the injuries, but with tackling the way it is and players being bent back on their knees at time I expect a few knee injuries. Here's hoping not though.

 

[Buttface]

Yeah, i hope we don't have our usual year with injuries, if we have a better than normal year for us injury wise, we can push a lot of teams, just not too sure how our depth can handle being tested.

Nice avatar.

Yeah I don’t even wanna see JL’s name and the word

 

[Buttface]

Yeah, i hope we don't have our usual year with injuries, if we have a better than normal year for us injury wise, we can push a lot of teams, just not too sure how our depth can handle being tested.

injury in the same post.

😎

 

[TillLindemann]

Interesting news about Spencer Leniu.
I vaguely recall someone sharing that scoop on here a week or two ago and they got called a troll? Can't quite remember.
Anyway, he'll be a gun for us.

 

[hank37w]

If he doesn't fire up, just squirt him with the water bottle.

Works every time. 🤣

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

As some have said perhaps we can offer AD for Spencer, AD is a better player than Sandon Smith or Chad Townsend (at this stage of career) until walker gets fit.
Yes we need a centre but if we can get Taylan May then we have options for other centre, and we have latu fainu as cover for halves.