Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[GNR4LIFE]

If Galvin thinks Weststigers fans have been tough on him, wait till he gets a load of the dogs fans if he drops the ball over the line and costs them the game. They’ll go feral !

Does he think that? I haven’t heard him say one word about how the fans have treated him

 

[Lestronge]

If we have 3 places left , we need to fill them by the end of June ,
so , why didn’t we ask for a player rather than $165,000 which is peanuts
I can see us given the spots to kids who will work out to be useless , Richo has been fantastic for us but , of late while other sides sign players we continue to do nothing

It’s too hard to negotiate , and seriously why would anyone leave the league leaders , unless they were guaranteed an opportunity .
The only players we would want would be players who sit at a certain level . And nearly to a man they’re win the dogs top 17 .
The player they look like letting go is Reed Mahoney . What are we going to do with him ?

 

[Jux]

Honestly, I’d offer the money earmarked for Galvin to Papenhuyzen and let him pick if he wants the 7 or 6 jersey. The guy has a high football IQ and the sort of urgency in his game we can only dream about. And he’s a wonderful goal kicker !
Sign a Tony Carroll type to ride shotgun with him in defence and we’re laughing.

 

[Tcat]

Love how Galvin has left a club that supposedly bullies players and has gone to a club that physically abuses players as form of punishment.

Hope daddy isn't late dropping little Loch Loch to twaining

 

[Milky]

What makes Galvin better than Sandon Smith? Am i missing something?

I think Sandon is a more complete player and is after less money.

Why is gus frothing over him?

 

[user118245]

Sandon Smith...bloody good player. Savala not bad either. Different styles...Depends what you're looking for

I believe Sandon was/is the one being tapped on the shoulder to leave

 

[GNR4LIFE]

What makes Galvin better than Sandon Smith? Am i missing something?

I think Sandon is a more complete player and is after less money.

Why is gus frothing over him?

Is he frothing, or are we coping?

 

[weststigers]

If we have 3 places left , we need to fill them by the end of June ,
so , why didn’t we ask for a player rather than $165,000 which is peanuts
I can see us given the spots to kids who will work out to be useless , Richo has been fantastic for us but , of late while other sides sign players we continue to do nothing

I can see it now...dogs players lining up to swap over to the Tigers as they sit on top of the ladder with a big chance of winning a premiership.

 

[Betterdays22]

I can see it now...dogs players lining up to swap over to the Tigers as they sit on top of the ladder with a big chance of winning a premiership.

are you saying clubs can't just trade players like cattle? Like contracted players have some kind of say

 

[Savvy]

Player swaps sound logical, but it's not up to the club to make decisions about swapping players. The player needs to agree. If Tracey wants to leave because he has lost his spot, and the Dogs are willing to release him, he would go on the market and make his own decision about which club he'll move to.

I still can't think of an example of a simple 2 way swap... I'm sure it's happened, but from the sounds of it, we have agreed to a release...the Dogs don't need to tap anyone to make it happen...

ON a side note, the Dogs may just be taking over his current contract for this year. It may only impact their cap by 1/3 of Galvins 2025 salary...that's like 100k

Very accurate and timely post

 

[user118245]

Think we may promote one or two internal guys to top 30 this year like:
- Krystian Mapapalangi
- Izaac Tu’itupou
- Jaxson Rahme
- Elie El-Zakhem
- Kurt Falls

Or alternatively our development guys to top 30 for these guys on a dev contract. Don’t rule out any external talent tho

 

[bptiger 0]

I can see it now...dogs players lining up to swap over to the Tigers as they sit on top of the ladder with a big chance of winning a premiership.

One player , the dogs have a surplus of backrowers and Iam sure one would rather be playing 1st grade rather nsw cup , and only 17 can win a medal

 

[teddy23]

Go all in on Mitchell Woods….

Just to add to this… this was a statement from Gus a few days ago before the Galvin news broke:

"He's still only young, but he's showing really positive signs. We're not rushing him at all, there's no need to rush him - as I always say, the career of a professional playmaker is between the ages of 25 and 35 and he's still SG Ball, he's still 19.

Do you reckon Mitchell Woods is going to be pleased reading this knowing they’re going to give his jersey to another 19 year old and build the team around him.

While other clubs like us can give him the opportunity to showcase himself like we gave to Galvin last year.

I’d be making it really clear if they want Lachie e early we scrap the transfer fee and get Woods to compensate for us losing a high quality half early in this contract.

6. Luai
7. Woods
9. TDS
13. Latu

Looks like a solid spine to build around for the future.

 

[bbobb]

Think we may promote one or two internal guys to top 30 this year like:
- Krystian Mapapalangi
- Izaac Tu’itupou
- Jaxson Rahme
- Elie El-Zakhem
- Kurt Falls

Or alternatively our development guys to top 30 for these guys on a dev contract. Don’t rule out any external talent tho

Is Tony Sukkar still on a development contract?

 

[Defiant]

Latu's current injury is a broken finger so hopfully its given the hamstring extra pyhsio time and his ready to launch. Fingers crossed.

 

[weststigerman]

Think we may promote one or two internal guys to top 30 this year like:
- Krystian Mapapalangi
- Izaac Tu’itupou
- Jaxson Rahme
- Elie El-Zakhem
- Kurt Falls

Or alternatively our development guys to top 30 for these guys on a dev contract. Don’t rule out any external talent tho

We’re 3 points away from 17th and doing that will get us a lot closer.

 

[user118245]

Is Tony Sukkar still on a development contract?

Yeh he is

 

[user118245]

We’re 3 points away from 17th and doing that will get us a lot closer.

We need to fill roster spots by June 30, don’t have much of a choice sadly

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Think we may promote one or two internal guys to top 30 this year like:
- Krystian Mapapalangi
- Izaac Tu’itupou
- Jaxson Rahme
- Elie El-Zakhem
- Kurt Falls

Or alternatively our development guys to top 30 for these guys on a dev contract. Don’t rule out any external talent tho

Richo will at the very least be working overtime to bring in a decent external recruit before June 30 not only for their immediate impact but also for club optics. Hopefully both Taylan May & KPP.

And at least 1 will be an internal promotion to highlight how we progress players from development deals or T&Ts.

I think the most likely would be ...
- Heath Mason *
- Jaxson Rahme
- Elie El Zakhem
- Krystian Mapapalangi
- Tristan Hope *

* Either of those two would mean we could add a player to a development contract for the rest of this year.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Yeh he is

No Sukkar is top 30 with a club option for 2026.