Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Vicious]

Yes I’m sure there exists a verbal deal, maybe a couple….and from good clubs.
I don’t think it’s all about money for reasons I mentioned earlier.
Maybe it’s the cultural fit?
Maybe his arrogance has made him unlikeable?
Maybe there’s some jealousy in the group and he gets ignored a bit?
Maybe our preferential treatment of him has made teammates annoyed?
I think he was telling the truth about becoming the best he can be, even though he worded it hideously. He doesn’t trust our club to get him there. However that seems short sighted after seeing how they’re going this year. We have plenty of class and hopefully more to come.

Whatever it is, it won’t paint the club in a good light and that’s the bit that shits me off. Someone or multiples from other clubs are talking crap about WTs. Gus? Ivan? Bennett?

I think you are on the money with the cultural fit as he cannot exactly come out and say that is the reason as he would sound like a racist.
Quite a few posts on this forum have touched on how he doesn’t appear to be in the clique, but then again maybe that’s by choice as our bigger personalities within the squad do not appear hard to get along with.
Even if this is slightly correct and a factor in why he wants to leave, it’s a petty reason as it’s clear he is backed and given the freedom to pretty much do what he likes during our games, so it’s hard to work out what more he wants or expects ?
Mitchell Moses can tell him everything he wants to hear, but it’s certain he will be taking a back seat if playing alongside of him at the Eels.

 

[Tucker]

Can we get isaiya Katoa with that million dollar deal
Him and luai would be crackaaaaa

Very impressive isn’t he? Not just on the field either. He is a student of the game trying to incorporate the strengths of a host of his contemporaries into his own playing style.

 

[watersider]

Can we get isaiya Katoa with that million dollar deal
Him and luai would be crackaaaaa

He's the best young half in the game. Throwing the big contract at Galvin was a real gamble, katoa on the other hand looks rock solid. Just the fundamentals are so good.

 

[Tucker]

Mitchell Moses can tell him everything he wants to hear, but it’s certain he will be taking a back seat if playing alongside of him at the Eels.

Yeah, I really would be surprised if that’s where he ends up. It doesn’t fit his narrative of self improvement and development.

 

[Vicious]

Yeah, I really would be surprised if that’s where he ends up. It doesn’t fit his narrative of self improvement and development.

I think we will find that narrative was fabricated at the advice of his manager in the hope of obtaining an early release.
I reckon Paul Kent is on the money and the deal has already been done with the Eels who are hoping to get him there ASAP as part of their Isaac Moses backed rebuild.
If I’m right we will hear of another Isaac Moses client in Ethan Bullemore signing with the Eels shortly.

 

[ancient_magpie]

Yeah, I really would be surprised if that’s where he ends up. It doesn’t fit his narrative of self improvement and development.

 

[jrtiger]

I don't know if your joking but I've heard this too.

as have I.

 

[ancient_magpie]

Apologies for changing the subject but Asu kepoa otherwise known as flippers scored 3 tries for Penrith reserve grade.

 

[Tucker]

I think we will find that narrative was fabricated at the advice of his manager in the hope of obtaining an early release.
I reckon Paul Kent is on the money and the deal has already been done with the Eels who are hoping to get him there ASAP as part of their Isaac Moses backed rebuild.
If I’m right we will hear of another Isaac Moses client in Ethan Bullemore signing with the Eels shortly.

I also think the attack on Benji was a calculated move to gain an early release knowing the blowback could be leveraged, however I am positive others have been filling his head outside of his family and manager.
Gus has been sticking his fat head into our business for a year now. Joey has had some contact last year at the least. Freddy has had access to him after selecting him on the PMs 13 team well before he deserved it. Who else? Bennett will need a 5/8 soon as Walker is 35 now. Cleary needs one as Talagi is struggling to keep up. Manly have to replace DCE….etc etc.

 

[Vicious]

I also think the attack on Benji was a calculated move to gain an early release knowing the blowback could be leveraged, however I am positive others have been filling his head outside of his family and manager.
Gus has been sticking his fat head into our business for a year now. Joey has had some contact last year at the least. Freddy has had access to him after selecting him on the PMs 13 team well before he deserved it. Who else? Bennett will need a 5/8 soon as Walker is 35 now. Cleary needs one as Talagi is struggling to keep up. Manly have to replace DCE….etc etc.

Yes he would fit into all of those teams you have mentioned, but I don’t think too many of them would pay him a million dollars per season just yet.
Parramatta have the most cap space to fill, they could and likely would pay him above a million dollars per season.

 

[Tucker]

Yes he would fit into all of those teams you have mentioned, but I don’t think too many of them would pay him a million dollars per season just yet.
Parramatta have the most cap space to fill, they could and likely would pay him above a million dollars per season.

We’ll have to wait and see I suppose.
Why a player like him would leave a squad that’s clearly improving to go to one that is still descending towards rock bottom is puzzling.

 

[Needaname]

He can’t for 6 months anyway.

Wrong, we can sign players for next year at this current moment!

 

[Tucker]

Wrong, we can sign players for next year at this current moment!

Yes we can, sorry I was still talking Galvin.

 

[balmain boy]

'Geez, tough marker!

Just realistic.
Players need to earn contracts. Our rosters are always so weak because we fill them with average players.
If we never aim higher we'll never make the finals. We have no depth this season. We need to sign the quality before the quantity

 

[Nadz4483]

6 brothers in the same side would be wild

Plus the lualiis, and the johansens.... Imagine if we then snagged suli pole....

 

[Needaname]

Gees Dolphins beat the grand finalists from last year back to back, what beautiful memories of Easter 2005 that brings back!

Shit probs wrong thread, sorry.

Lock em in as the 2025 Premiers. Last teams to beat the previous years grandfinalist’s in one year was Melbourne, Warriors and Dragons in 2024. Not sure whether that means much.

 

[shankspony]

Lock em in as the 2025 Premiers. Last teams to beat the previous years grandfinalist’s in one year was Melbourne, Warriors and Dragons in 2024. Not sure whether that means much.

Back to back, at Easter?

 

[BalmainBoy67]

The sooner, the better....
The NRL really needs to act quickly, and FIX this blight on our game, and start to really hold managers and players accountable for their contractual obligations.
Moving forward, we should have nothing to do with Moses. IMO he should be made an example of, and a full investigation into Moses's actions. So far he seems like the Teflon Don, nothing is sticking to him....

‘Blight on the game’: NRL set for player agent crackdown as Galvin saga rolls on

‘Blight on the game’: NRL set for player agent crackdown as Galvin saga rolls on

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[tigerbenji]

Ryan Matterson wants back in I hear

He has for a while & I'm sure Benji hit it on the H

 

[weststigers]

We’ll have to wait and see I suppose.
Why a player like him would leave a squad that’s clearly improving to go to one that is still descending towards rock bottom is puzzling.

He requested 2 releases last year, so you'd think he has had a club lined up for a while.

No player asks for a release with nothing to go to.

A deal has been done elsewhere and probably was a long time ago.