Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[davey_farrell]

Always find it funny that he criticised Benji’s coaching but he played a hell of a lot better here than under Ciraldo.

Yup so true, it gets forgotten very quickly

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Yup so true, it gets forgotten very quickly

Wonder if the reports are true that Galvin is a lot bigger this season if it affects his role at 7, didn't exactly set the world on fire last season.

 

[cqtiger]

Wonder if the reports are true that Galvin is a lot bigger this season if it affects his role at 7, didn't exactly set the world on fire last season.

Bigger and faster they reckon. We’ll see

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

Bigger and faster they reckon. We’ll see

Apparently the diameter of his head has doubled since this time last year

 

[Tucker]

Disagree. Our attack during that period was horrible.

It wasn't just a matter of finding a new #6 a quarter into the season (which involved moving our #7).. there was the sideshow that came with it..

Strange coincidence that we lost 6 in a row when all this happened - yet showed no signs of going on a losing streak like that either before or after?


No arguments from me.. But the Galvin drama was one, if not the core trigger to eveything else.

Our attack is horrible fullstop.

 

[TIGERS]

That would be a fundamental change to his game. How many players change fundamentals at 30?

It's diet and exercise, not asking him to suddenly start playing halfback lol.

 

[cktiger]

Galvin's all-round skill and speed should take the Bulldogs into the GF. Especially with their better coach?

Unlike many on here I think Galvin has a great career in front of him.
Problem here was he was pushed too early.

 

[user118245]

The army camp starts today/tomorrow I believe. Don’t expect much off socials

 

[batboy]

It's diet and exercise, not asking him to suddenly start playing halfback lol.

It may as well be asking him to start playing halfback.
What professional athlete is still trying to work that stuff out at 30?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

The army camp starts today/tomorrow I believe. Don’t expect much off socials

Well there goes my day.

 

[magpies forever]

Unlike many on here I think Galvin has a great career in front of him.
Problem here was he was pushed too early.

As long as you also note a lot of the pushing was on his behalf by family, manager and himself.

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

As long as you also note a lot of the pushing was on his behalf by family, manager and himself.

yeah, pushing to get out of WT......

 

[TheEnz]

The army camp starts today/tomorrow I believe. Don’t expect much off socials

As much as I enjoyed watching the snippets from the last camp, i would prefer they ban the cameras completely and just focus on team building.

 

[tiger_one]

As much as I enjoyed watching the snippets from the last camp, i would prefer they ban the cameras completely and just focus on team building.

I wanna see Bula pushing himself beyond almost his limits, carrying the long-time-coming contract renewal above his head ...................

 

[TIGERS]

It may as well be asking him to start playing halfback.
What professional athlete is still trying to work that stuff out at 30?

Sadly for you he hasn't spent his entire career at the Tigers. He's not trying work out anything he's qualified for the finals more times in his career than our whole club has in its history. Yea he was mixed/poor last year but the idea he's still working out the game is pretty fanciful. He looks pretty damn fit these days so hopefully he can play his part.

 

[mtd#2]

I wanna see Bula pushing himself beyond almost his limits, carrying the long-time-coming contract renewal above his head ...................

That would be one way to announce it!!

 

[batboy]

Sadly for you he hasn't spent his entire career at the Tigers. He's not trying work out anything he's qualified for the finals more times in his career than our whole club has in its history. Yea he was mixed/poor last year but the idea he's still working out the game is pretty fanciful. He looks pretty damn fit these days so hopefully he can play his part.

Why would I be sad about any of that?

I’m not among the deluded who thought he was gonna turn up here after averaging less than 20mins a game in a top 4 side, up his minutes dramatically, replace Stefano and single handedly change the dynamics of our pack.
Plenty were though, you wouldn’t have to go back far to find them, maybe talk to them about it?

I also remember the warm fuzzy stories about him coming in early last year for extra fitness - ended up with him in ressies, big help that was?

 

[TheEnz]

Wonder if the reports are true that Galvin is a lot bigger this season if it affects his role at 7, didn't exactly set the world on fire last season.

Tigers put him on a diet to add weight last off season and he came back the same size. Once I saw that and the way he joked about it I knew he was not serious about playing for us. I believe he will end up at 13 for the bulldogs before seasons end. They have some gun halves coming through and it never made sense how they blew up the place to recruit him. You will have 2 big bodied halves at 6 and 7 in Burton and Galvin and an inexperienced hooker with a middling FB. Not really a spine to get excited about. Kikau seems to have lost a bit of pace and has also become injury prone and the expectation will be on critta to carry them, you can tell he was exhausted towards the back end of the season and that probably contributed to his injury.

 

[TigerSkins05]

Tigers put him on a diet to add weight last off season and he came back the same size. Once I saw that and the way he joked about it I knew he was not serious about playing for us. I believe he will end up at 13 for the bulldogs before seasons end. They have some gun halves coming through and it never made sense how they blew up the place to recruit him. You will have 2 big bodied halves at 6 and 7 in Burton and Galvin and an inexperienced hooker with a middling FB. Not really a spine to get excited about. Kikau seems to have lost a bit of pace and has also become injury prone and the expectation will be on critta to carry them, you can tell he was exhausted towards the back end of the season and that probably contributed to his injury.

Apparently that mongrel Dog was asked by the club to put on between 5 - 10kgs during the offseason .. !! Isn't that what started his parents to have a dummy spit with us .. ?? He is now around 95kgs.

 

[innsaneink]

Unlike many on here I think Galvin has a great career in front of him.
Problem here was he was pushed too early.

I think.he'll have a good career too...but i hope he fails in everything

Id say he was promoted too early...as a way to try and.keep him... but they.were determined.to get out for whatever reason