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The idea isn’t that Averillo is a better FB than Bula, reality is they are probably on par on current form. It’s more to save the 1m and re-invest it elsewhere until someone of better quality becomes available, i.e Brimson now

I think Ramsay is more dangerous than Tedesco against us

Yep, I agree. Although, I think we need to fall on our sword now and offload some of these big money contracts we hastily committed to whilst grieving the Luai loss.

Come on bro We came 13th in 2025 with basically the same roster. We are coming 14th now with two less wins. We also barely had any injuries in 2025. We have had the majority of our team back for a while and we are not even competing. We're getting smashed week in week out. We have lost twice...

I wonder if there is any internal optimism about 2027, and where that comes from? I shudder at the thought of us going into next season with the same squad as this year. I cannot believe our recruitment/retention decisions.

Reports were Dogs were after Bula before he re-signed. Wonder if they take him now and let go of Preston early. Duno if they would be willing to pay what we paid though. Preston & KPP backrow May & Samuela starting props Give Averillo the FB jersey 1. Jake Averillo 2. Sunia Turuva 3. Taylan...

Maybe he has a deal elsewhere already done, and the club have asked to keep it on the DL until season ends? Surgery now would likely be part of the deal Mere speculation on my end

The club screwed itself, who ever was involved, in allowing Moses, Tedesco and Woods to go. Instead of paying a little extra to keep them happy, we let them go and used their money towards players who inevitably failed. Keeping the big 4 together at the time could have been a major turning...

It's so hard to cop isn't it. I remember the days I would refresh the WT website an infinite amount of times to see whether Koro/Nofa were named for their debut haha

Yeah honestly, it seems no matter who is in charge, our recruitment is always terrible. It seems we have stuffed our cap again til 2030, so with that goes any glimmer of hope. If I was in charge I would be trying to flick every player we re-signed before their value depreciates and re-build...

Fun stat - not a single player plays for the WT right now that played for us at the time of this thread commencing. We have signed about 96 players since the thread started

Bet you they beat us twice next year lol Their team is not that bad. Curran, Fa'asuamaleaui, Henry, Smithies, Sorensen, Talakai, Wishart, Sexton, Shibasaki, Meaney, etc. Not a team of champions, but they may surprise a few if they can put in all together IMO. If they can land 2-3 more...

Not sure it matters tbh

Whilst it’s good the club is taking comfort in the younger generation of fans, like myself, who don’t care about the colour of the jersey, etc, I made the point on another thread that a 16 year old fan has never seen the Tigers play finals. I personally haven’t witnessed a finals series that I...

Assuming Samuela 700k + some TPA’s and Latu 500k That makes a whole lot of sense Gradual increases with cap + perhaps some bonuses, very good deal for all involved if correct

I'm not in any way, shape or form suggesting we will be competing with teams like the Roosters next year, or at least for the next 5 years lol. I am suggesting that to devote a large part of our cap to someone who is playing in the back-row, and has not performed to the level of an elite...

1.2 mil is massive for a back-rower IMO. If he wants that kind of money, he should be moving to prop to finish the year and demonstrate his worth there. We should be looking at Hudson Young/Preston to fill the backrow void, or otherwise seeking to progress the development of Ethan Roberts to a...

This 8-17 needs to be absolute priority if we are running with Javon and Latu in the halves. They need to be protected and need experience outside of them. Even if it is for one year we need to land players like Leota, Frizell, etc. Don't get me wrong, it is not a premiership winning pack, but...

Knights always had great talent, it was just about getting the best out of them. Their playing roster is premiership worthy - Ponga, Brown, Crossland, Sharpe etc. I also rate Sandon Smith highly

It's amazing how the Dolphins can build a respectable team in Redcliffe within 4 years of inception, but we cannot rebuild a team in Leichardt/Balmain/Campbelltown/Concord/Birchgrove/Australia/Planet Earth in 15 years lol