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Played one season in 2016 before going to Parra from 2017 - 2022
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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Played one season in 2016 before going to Parra from 2017 - 2022
liltiger
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I rated him, he was a tackling machine, no idea why we let him go.
He has become a great player
I've always liked him
I think the club backed a different player named Jakob Giles, who was somewhat similar to Stone so he left.
Giles never kicked on and plays grid iron now and Cenny Coast RL. Another one we got wrong, I guess. @batboy
I really think TDS is being short sighted with his stance on Api.
He has a great chance to be the future with Latu and the other brothers that are coming through.
I would let him go to the knights for 6 months to cover injuries for them if we get KPP now.
Then over the next 3 yrs Api 's minutes will reduce as his increase.
If it's a money thing surely we have $$$ to pump him up and incentives enough to stay long term.
Win win win
He has a great chance to be the future with Latu and the other brothers that are coming through.
I would let him go to the knights for 6 months to cover injuries for them if we get KPP now.
Then over the next 3 yrs Api 's minutes will reduce as his increase.
If it's a money thing surely we have $$$ to pump him up and incentives enough to stay long term.
Win win win
Speaking of Manly, they'll be fired up for us after this weekend.
Apparently, they put in an absolutely shocking performance getting out played and out muscled by the NRL Bye. 😉
How bout some fantasy land talk...
- TDS departs, signing with whoever offers him what he wants.
- Jeremy Marshall-King gets a release on passionate grounds & joins his brother, filling that #14 role for us, back up hooker/lock/utility ala Kurt Mann.
- TDS departs, signing with whoever offers him what he wants.
- Jeremy Marshall-King gets a release on passionate grounds & joins his brother, filling that #14 role for us, back up hooker/lock/utility ala Kurt Mann.
Just bad luck,
Giles was a much more likely prospect at the time - Just couldn't stay on the park...
I liked him, He was a big rangy thing.
That said, I always like Ray Stone too
- Can't keep them all, But the players we kept over Stone mostly weren't worth having.
Wouldn't have thought he'd still be here either way...
Another take on it.
Galvin leaves the club..
Everyone says how poorly the tigers are run and that Gus outsmarted us and got his man.
Then Latu Fainu gets his chance and shows us in just 30 mins at 7 (against the form team of the completion) that he is head and shoulders above Galvin...
And Gus was sitting at home last night wishing he had Latu over Galvin.
JMK would be the starting Kiwi 9 when fit you'd reckon....
Can't see him coming here to play second fiddle (No matter how much he loves his Brother)
They're in with a shot too - Building nicely.
The Chad
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I'd take Toby Sexton, if he's not promised a starting role.
Benji and the club need success in 2026... not in 2029... And success in 2026 can influence the success we have in 2029 with the impact on our ability to recruit etc
We lose a promising junior or two, so what.. we can just poach a promising junior or two from elsewhere when the time is right for us (like we did with Latu)... And Latu is better than Galvin and TDS from what I've seen.. that money we had offered Galvin, we should be offering Latu early/mid next year if he replicates what he has so far and remains injury free
Was thinking exactly the same thing last night while watching Latu in BOTH defence and attack
The kid is worth every cent
I'm OK if AD pursues other options. He doesn't look that interested, has a turning circle like the Titanic. Without his goal kicking he doesn't offer too much.
Nope, Latu any day. We shouldn't help the dogs out at all.
BlackWhiteGold
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Crossland playing #13 for the Knights against the Phins at the moment. Watching closely lol
Tucker
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To the first part, yes, thats why I said that.
I have no problem pinching juniors from other clubs but if thats the route we want to go down then we need to stop BSing that we are a development club.
As for Latu being better than Galvin as a half...lol I said this to you and many others a hell of a lot last year to a chorus of backlash everytime. Ironic that you are now telling me this, but whatever...yes it is correct.
pawsandclaws1
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Especially if it is to free up salary cap and a position for Da Silva.
BlackWhiteGold
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SHOOSH
Out-of-favour Bulldogs half Toby Sexton has been offered to the Wests Tigers as a replacement for Lachlan Galvin. We’re hearing the Tigers have other priorities at this stage but it’s one to keep an eye on. Sexton at halfback with Luai at five-eighth could possibly work. We hear the Titans might be interested in Sexton as well.
SHOOSH
More bad news for the Wests Tigers … twice deregistered agent Isaac Moses has picked up another of their players - Adam Doueihi – who previously did his own negotiations. Moses also signed fullback Jahream Bula in January from a rival agent. Moses has taken Mitchell Moses, Lachlan Galvin, Aaron Woods, Luke Brooks and James Tedesco out of the club.
BENJI SAFE - EVEN IF HE WINS ANOTHER SPOON
Wests Tigers boss Shane Richardson has declared coach Benji Marshall’s job is safe despite five straight losses and the possibility of a fourth straight wooden spoon.
Losses to Storm (64-nil), Rabbitohs (22-12), Cowboys (32-28), Penrith (18-14) and the Canberra Raiders (16-12) at Campbelltown on Friday night have left the club just two points above the bottom three clubs.
But Richardson insists: “I’ve got no issues with Benji - he’ll be our coach through to next year.
“I can guarantee he’ll be here. When you’re building from the bottom up you’ve got to have some stability. My feeling is Benji is the person to lead us to the next level.”
It’s that time of the year in an NRL season where the blowtorch is turned towards the underperforming clubs and their struggling coaches.
Benji is in a group including the Titans’ Des Hasler, Manly Anthony Seibold and Newcastle’s Adam O’Brien who are under the most pressure.
There’s no question the Wests Tigers have improved significantly on previous years.
But there are still nowhere near where they need to be.
“I still think Benji’s the best person for the job,” Richardson said, “I can make a tough decision if one needs to be made but I believe in him.
Richardson is not concerned that boom five-eighth Lachlan Galvin recently walked out on the club to join the Canterbury Bulldogs.
His agent, the twice deregistered Isaac Moses, had fronted the Wests Tigers boss with a seven-point dossier of complaints around Benji’s coaching.
“I’m not worried about that at all,” Richardson said.
“Benji’s got a great work ethos and he’s a really smart guy with great rugby league intelligence.
“I like the style of his coaching and the style of player he wants.
“He’s getting better and better. He listens and wants to learn. I genuinely believe we can build this club around him.”
