Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[tigerballs]

TB
The post is still there and you did say something like...''it was mentioned hes signed with them''

Go back and read what you wrote

"At same meeting, Galvin was mentioned as being signed to succeed certain aging halfback in two years time."
That's what I wrote, being signed, as in will be signed, not has been signed.

 

[innsaneink]

"At same meeting, Galvin was mentioned as being signed to succeed certain aging halfback in two years time."
That's what I wrote, being signed, as in will be signed, not has been signed.

'Being signed' is present tense ie: at that time

'Will be'.. is future
'Has been'... is past

 

[Buttface]

'Being signed' is present tense ie: at that time

'Will be'.. is future
'Has been'... is past

Numbers a good!!!

 

[Merlot]

Its a real dilemna with Isaac Moses managed players..
Galvin we sorta inherited that combo,so u know exactly what yr gonna get..it will be one helluva shitfight to retain him,and if it does end well,it will be be expensive.
Thats Moses job I guess..but WE made Galvin,and deserve some loyalty $$ for that rather than just an auction to maximise his 7% fee
Im resigned to losing him,which will make tonite interesting with Latu..a complete game changer for both.
Bula..who WE also made from absolutely nowhere..switched to I Moses recently Hes the next retention challenge
Think all u can do with Moses managed players is to give it yr best shot,and have a contingency plan,as there will always be desperate clubs willing to pay crazy $$ and snare them away from us
So net net...Im like Politis in that Id avoid Moses managed players at all costs.....unless were desperate or the players are elite
But if we finish mid table, this year,and on the rise,were not so desperate..can attract good players without paying a premium,and retain our best

dumb business letting 1 or any player manager try to control the clubs salary cap

 

[batboy]

'Being signed' is present tense ie: at that time

'Will be'.. is future
'Has been'... is past

'Being signed' is present tense ie: at that time

'Will be'.. is future
'Has been'... is past

So what’s being signed to replace a half in 2 years time mean?

 

[rugbygoated]

Thank you Newcastle for signing Dylan Brown.

Man makes Luai seem like an absolute bargain. I truly don't get why people are pumping the "next guns" with the "next player managers who are going to demand the next multi-million dollar contract now".

Oh but we got to re-sign Galvin because he is the "next best Issac Moses player"... Because he may not stay at our club for 10 years on 10ish million dollars. As if there won't be a next generation of Gun players around the corner!


I really don't get it. When you see Tom Brady win the NFL and when you see DCE, Hunt and co... Why spend a stack of money on a "Maybe" and next best thing.

Newie did a desperate decision.

Guys and girls, pro-tip with dating. Never look desperate.

Dylan Brown has 3 TAs in 2025 with reserve grade halfbacks volkman and hawkins. Luai has 0, less than Fainu, Galvin and Doueihi. As the halfback.

 

[Speed2burn]

Dylan Brown has 3 TAs in 2025 with reserve grade halfbacks volkman and hawkins. Luai has 0, less than Fainu, Galvin and Doueihi. As the halfback.

You’re either Jayden Sullivans dad or Luai brushed you at a fan day .. there is all the evidence in the world Luai is a superstar but you’d rather sample him from his first 4 games playing for us

 

[old_man_tiger]

Dylan Brown has 3 TAs in 2025 with reserve grade halfbacks volkman and hawkins. Luai has 0, less than Fainu, Galvin and Doueihi. As the halfback.

Oh my God really! Please tell me more

 

[rugbygoated]

You’re either Jayden Sullivans dad or Luai brushed you at a fan day .. there is all the evidence in the world Luai is a superstar but you’d rather sample him from his first 4 games playing for us

Luai was a passenger at penrith. The superstar status is largely due to being helped by a great team. He is unproven and so far he looks average outside the penrith system

 

[Speed2burn]

Luai was a passenger at penrith. The superstar status is largely due to being helped by a great team. He is unproven and so far he looks average outside the penrith system

Samoa? NSW? passenger aswell?

 

[Merlot]

Luai was a passenger at penrith. The superstar status is largely due to being helped by a great team. He is unproven and so far he looks average outside the penrith system

Luia won them the comp ,on his own ,lol, He doesn't,as of yet ,put n the work rate id expect

 

[Buttface]

Luai was a passenger at penrith. The superstar status is largely due to being helped by a great team. He is unproven and so far he looks average outside the penrith system

Seven’s boring again tonight?

 

[Needaname]

How do the Broncos sign Ben Hunt but haven't released any players, and Mam is available in 5 weeks, have I missed someone leaving???

Herbie, Flegler, Fletcher, Oates, Sailor.
Past two seasons.

 

[Needaname]

I'd love to see a rough salary breakdown for their top 30. I wonder the same thing.

The one I want to see confirmed is that Shibasaki is on at least a dev contract and not still a train and trial from the start of the season. Technically he shouldn’t be able to be picked with Mariner, Houter etc available in the 30.

 

[davey_farrell]

we all know one rule for the comp and another for brisbane its a joke

 

[hank37w]

The one I want to see confirmed is that Shibasaki is on at least a dev contract and not still a train and trial from the start of the season. Technically he shouldn’t be able to be picked with Mariner, Houter etc available in the 30.

So we should not have been able to pick Solomona Faataape all last season or earlier this season because we had Feledy in the top 30? 🤣

 

[rugbygoated]

Samoa? NSW? passenger aswell?

He had 2 bad series for nsw in 2022 and 2023. For samoa crichton sent them into the world cup final. He's not a main man

 

[rugbygoated]

Luia won them the comp ,on his own ,lol, He doesn't,as of yet ,put n the work rate id expect

He faked an injury vs warriors but realistically he is just out of form and not trying

 

[Speed2burn]

He faked an injury vs warriors but realistically he is just out of form and not trying

lol you’re a funny bugger

 

[Lukic]

You can be a good player and also be overrated. That's where Luai falls imo.

He wasn't a passenger at Penrith obviously but wasn't in their top 5 most important players of the dynasty either. To me, Cleary, Yeo, Martin, Fisher-Harris and Edwards have been their 5 most important players throughout the period. Penrith's dominance hasn't been characterised by Luai occasionally chiming in and setting up a try down the left side, it's been about the intensity they play at and consistently being 5% better at all the little things to grind other teams down. Line speed, quick play the balls, getting over the advantage line and then Cleary's kicking game. Luai doesn't really contribute to any of those things like the other guys do.

I think it's fair to say they're missing Luai now, but more so because his replacement isn't first grade standard rather than Luai being some invaluable player.

Luai is a good 5/8th. In a league where there's 34 starting halves, I'd say he's somewhere between 10th to 15th. There are a number of guys who are decisively better and then a bunch who you could argue either way, depending on team fit and role.

The reality is that with team success comes an inflated sense of value placed on an individual, and this is magnified when they're in the halves. So Luai was never going to be a guy who hit the market and would receive a contract that's reflective of his ability. It was always going to be a contract that reflected his accomplishments. That, tied in with the fact he's incredibly well known and has a large media/social-media profile means he's fallen into the "superstar" category and as a result, is overrated.

Even disregarding his performances this year, I wasn't a huge fan of the signing for a number of reasons.

It wasn't because I don't think Luai would improve our team and help revamp the culture, but because of the length of the deal and money associated with it. I would have much preferred giving him 2 years and 3 million instead of 5 years and 6 million. If he succeeds on the shorter deal, then we re-sign him and go from there. If he flops on the longer deal, we're stuck with him and realistically losing one of Galvin or Fainu, who both imo have the potential to be better players than Luai. Mega money deals like that should be reserved for the genuinely elite players. Instead, we offered a guy a huge deal who still had things to prove and his body of work hadn't suggested he was worth it.