Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Tiger_Yoshi]

Navale has rejected Manly’s latest offer.

Surely we are talking to him. He is the type of lock we need, friends with Latu & Samuela and has the Fijian connection with Api, Turuva, Solo & Josese. We have the money for a very good offer.

It makes too much sense.

It does...but, we seem to miss out on the obvious signings.....plus I hear Gus hasn't spoken Navale yet and they want a lock!

 

[Flippedy]

Few predictions
Burton will go to the bears
Fogarty to the dogs
Walker to the bunnies
Leota to the raiders
Martin to the sharks
Bostock to the chooks
Herby to stay at dolphins
Tigers miss out again on anything

Well if the Bunnies get Sam Walker, they have to drop someone. Surely we can pick up one of their scraps?

I reckon Martin will go to the Raiders also. Like for like replacement for Young. If only we could be so lucky!

 

[wstigers11]

Re Navale, Gus also said PNG are keen

https://twitter.com/x/status/2121238207631413435

 

[hank37w]

Navale has rejected Manly’s latest offer.

Surely we are talking to him. He is the type of lock we need, friends with Latu & Samuela and has the Fijian connection with Api, Turuva, Solo & Josese. We have the money for a very good offer.

It makes too much sense.

Which is most likely the reason it won't happen.

Ya' just gotta love the Wests Tigers. 🤣

 

[TigerBurnsy]

Few predictions
Burton will go to the bears
Fogarty to the dogs
Walker to the bunnies
Leota to the raiders
Martin to the sharks
Bostock to the chooks
Herby to stay at dolphins
Tigers miss out again on anything

This is so wrong, the tigers will miss out on everything AND lose a gun junior about to hit their prime to the roosters or storm

 

[batboy]

He was terrible in the grand final

One would have had to watch the game to know that…
Terrible is more than I would have given him, I’d have said almost invisible…

They seemed pretty desperate to get him back for the GF you reckon he did ‘nothing of note’ in.🤣
As for no one being convinced about how good he can be?
Drawing a long bow there.
I’d take him right now over all the blokes we are hoping will come good…. and pay good money for him.

All the blokes were waiting on are probably on about half of what he knocked back, at the premiership club.

I’m not drawing a long bow at all, it’s been the constant chat for most of the year, and continues to be.

I watched the Roosters spear a better NRL half than Sam Walker currently is - and win 2 comps. I’m also not alone in thinking their football was better in the weeks before Walkers return.

I’m sure they’d be very, very comfortable with their stance.

Im sure you would love to have him,
He’s just ghosted the most powerful man in the game - I’m pretty sure he’d have no problems in breaking your heart also

 

[wstigers11]

God the woe is me crap on this forum is boring can tell it’s off season

 

[tigertragic]

Re Navale, Gus also said PNG are keen

https://twitter.com/x/status/2121238207631413435

Well obviously Gus has not met him and has no interest 🙄

 

[gregjm87]

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An exaggerated response to some criticism. It's just about run it's course.

Don't let a joke running it's course stop you. There's still people making a 'Gus hasn't met him' joke most weeks well over 12 months after the joke had run its course.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Maybe because we have a handful of young locks coming through they’re hesitant

Surely we've learnt from our historic mistake of waiting for potentials to come through. Yes we 18yo Siotame & 19yo Van Drie coming through plus some very good 16/17yos but realistically they need to do their time which could take 3-4 years+. Navale is a now prospect.

I doubt he'd go to PNG if he receives a fair & reasonable contract offer in Sydney. He's a young bloke. Plenty of time to go to PNG later.

 

[innsaneink]

Yeah - REAL desperate…
Do you believe some of the tripe you write, or just happy to make it up?

Talk has been all year they’re not convinced he could do it in the big stage. Had a good origin game and maybe changed direction of the chat.
He told them he wanted to wait until after the season (before he was playing World Cup) then it got delayed again - maybe that’s the World Cup…
But agreeing to terms and coming back at the 11th hour for like a 7% increase is stupidity.

Fact is, they’re still not convinced - and neither is anyone else. He did nothing of note in the GF. And they’re SO ‘desperate’ they want him to leave now!!

Another fact, they bought in a 40yr old DCE to do what they knew he wasnt capable of,

Reminds.me.of your creative writing about Lomax and Melb 12 months ago

 

[Leck]

Just saw a video on FB with Javon and another youngster serving burgers at Maccas. Nice feature and well done ... BUT ... it showed Javon as a very tall, thin & inarticulate young man. He doesn't look to have bulked up at all and makes beanpole Galvin look like Hulk Hogan in comparison. But it was the way he spoke that worried me, cos after Brooks, the last thing we need is a half-5/8 who can't speak English.

Can you supply a link to this video so we can judge for ourselves? The kid's young, he might have been nervous. He was extremely articulate in the Wests Tigers Coffee Chat interview.

 

[innsaneink]

Just saw a video on FB with Javon and another youngster serving burgers at Maccas. Nice feature and well done ... BUT ... it showed Javon as a very tall, thin & inarticulate young man. He doesn't look to have bulked up at all and makes beanpole Galvin look like Hulk Hogan in comparison. But it was the way he spoke that worried me, cos after Brooks, the last thing we need is a half-5/8 who can't speak English.

MacHappy day fund-raiser.
Probably his first go at a real job even if it was only for a few hours

 

[batboy]

Reminds.me.of your creative writing about Lomax and Melb 12 months ago

Enlighten me…

 

[upthetigers]

Just saw a video on FB with Javon and another youngster serving burgers at Maccas. Nice feature and well done ... BUT ... it showed Javon as a very tall, thin & inarticulate young man. He doesn't look to have bulked up at all and makes beanpole Galvin look like Hulk Hogan in comparison. But it was the way he spoke that worried me, cos after Brooks, the last thing we need is a half-5/8 who can't speak English.

I was very awkward at his age.

Javon is bigger then Galvin.

 

[innsaneink]

Enlighten me…

Parra released Lomax in 2025 so he could join R360 competition, including a deed that barred him from signing with another NRL club before October 31, 2028, without the Eels' written consent.
When R360 failed to launch, Lomax attempted to join the Melbourne Storm. Parramatta rejected Melbourne's transfer fee offers, which reached up to $300,000.
In NSW Supreme Court documents filed in February 2026, Parramatta alleged that Storm CEO Justin Rodski texted NRL CEO Andrew Abdo asking him to "apply the blowtorch" on the Eels to get the deal done. The Eels also claimed Tripp mentioned potential NRL salary cap sanctions during a phone call with Parramatta chairman Matthew Beach.
But according to V.Parra were at fault for the whole thing