Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[yeahcaz]

Does anyone know or listen to the hello sport podcast & have any idea if they have info? I seen they said Roosters want to trade Jazz Tevaga for May which seems completely ridiculous.

Jazz is the same type of style player as cheese (not saying he is anywhere near as good) who is out for half the season but can’t see it being true

Have listened to the boys for a long time and their knowledge is in their tagline “unqualified opinion and unwavering bias”

That most recent podcast name will look ridiculous in a couple weeks to come. I didn’t even get to that trade part yet. Got a better chance of the snake coming out of retirement

 

[magpies forever]

Look it all boils down to a few points
1) we need may and Kobe , without reinforcements in the forwards , not even Bennett could get us out of trouble
2) if I was coach I would employ the best fitness coach I could find . Also employ the best defensive coach , no room for friends or ex players
3 ) with our good backline my main focus would be setting up plays once inside there 30 metre , also work on plays from the scrum , this is a area that u can score points from
4) but again it all comes down to what sire of a forward pack we put out

Id also employ a good / great sports psychologist to get in their heads and lift mental toughness and not to drop their heads / effort.

 

[Needaname]

That's what you'll notice about the Panthers: they brought through all those fantastic players like Cleary and Yeo, then they decided enough was enough on the prospects and not to bother having any more. That's why they won that one premiership then faded away when players started moving on - there wasn't anyone coming through to fill the gaps.

Pardon?

 

[Bones]

Meanwhile in Brisbane players are vomiting in between sessions.

Look, it's impossible to judge what they're doing from a few photos, but I do hope when they have the bulk of the squad together that they focus on strength and conditioning. I don't want to see Galvin smashing everyone in every fitness drill.

I did a tour of the Panthers COE earlier this year. Usually Dylan Edward’s leads all their endurance based training but they were saying they had a young bloke in SG ball that was now leading.

I don’t think Galvin being the fittest is a problem, its just making sure that individually they are all meeting higher standards.

 

[Vicious]

Could the Roosters be interested in Twal as a swap for May and also be interested in Doueihi as someone capable of playing 5/8 or centre, positions they look to be very light on heading into the 2025 season?
I’m not so sure May offers much if anything more than Twal and I’d also be keeping Doueihi unless we can find someone other than Api who can kick goals.

 

[Finger]

Our Prima Donnas complained because Madge tried to train them too hard (including our current coach),it's funny when the boot is on the other foot and now Benji wants them to train harder(which we ALWAYS should have done)

100%

 

[Juice]

Have listened to the boys for a long time and their knowledge is in their tagline “unqualified opinion and unwavering bias”

That most recent podcast name will look ridiculous in a couple weeks to come. I didn’t even get to that trade part yet. Got a better chance of the snake coming out of retirement

Yea I thought it would Dogs, Tigers & possibly Dragons in the lead for him

 

[weststigerman]

I did a tour of the Panthers COE earlier this year. Usually Dylan Edward’s leads all their endurance based training but they were saying they had a young bloke in SG ball that was now leading.

I don’t think Galvin being the fittest is a problem, its just making sure that individually they are all meeting higher standards.

Agree on Galvin. Don't mind if he's winning, but he shouldn't be winning by a landslide like last year.

 

[weststigerman]

Could the Roosters be interested in Twal as a swap for May and also be interested in Doueihi as someone capable of playing 5/8 or centre, positions they look to be very light on heading into the 2025 season?
I’m not so sure May offers much if anything more than Twal and I’d also be keeping Doueihi unless we can find someone other than Api who can kick goals.

They're not going to take our scraps. The Roosters go for bigger fish.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Could the Roosters be interested in Twal as a swap for May and also be interested in Doueihi as someone capable of playing 5/8 or centre, positions they look to be very light on heading into the 2025 season?
I’m not so sure May offers much if anything more than Twal and I’d also be keeping Doueihi unless we can find someone other than Api who can kick goals.

The Roosters apparently are one of four teams chasing Hunt.

 

[Vicious]

They're not going to take our scraps. The Roosters go for bigger fish.

I’m not opposed to us trying to sign Terrell May, but if you break things down, what does he actually do that is any better than Alex Twal ?
Amongst some highly physical and aggressive forwards Twal’s reliability and workrate becomes very valuable.
Of course the Roosters will throw their hat in the ring to try and sign Leo Thompson, but with nearly every NRLclub lining up for his services, they nor any other club will get him for under his market value like they generally expect.

 

[Kelce68]

Could the Roosters be interested in Twal as a swap for May and also be interested in Doueihi as someone capable of playing 5/8 or centre, positions they look to be very light on heading into the 2025 season?
I’m not so sure May offers much if anything more than Twal and I’d also be keeping Doueihi unless we can find someone other than Api who can kick goals.

The Doueihi to the Roosters thing isn't ridiculous.

They had a crack at him in the past.
He'll come cheap.
They've lost their 5/8th to SL and their halfback to an ACL for half the season.
They've lost their strike centre to Rugby.

Not saying they will seriously look at him, but I've heard sillier ideas....

....such as them swapping him for May.

An independent purchase though, meh, maybe.

 

[Kaito]

They're not going to take our scraps. The Roosters go for bigger fish.

With the exception of Junior Pauga haha

 

[liltiger]

Man you can’t maintain the rage for 6 months . To train that hard , that early , is not proven to work . It burns people out .
If anyone has ever done the training for the barrier test / carter course , it builds up over a 16 week training program , so you’re peaking just before the carter course / sas selection begins (the nrl season) .
I get what Madge is doing , but he will need to back off in a few weeks , or he will lose the dressing room , real quick.
Each to their own , but just from my own personal experience , I watched guys go hell for leather doing the pre selection training , and by week 12 they were done . Either injured , or mentally burnt out . It builds for a reason .
Our issue at the tigers is I don’t think we started from a strong base , so I think we did build but not to a good enough standard . We need to lift standards . I’m not convinced that’s achieved by burning everyone out in week 1 .

More than likely Maguire is just trying to show them there's a new sheriff in town

 

[Kelce68]

With the exception of Junior Pauga haha

Exactly.

Townsend will start at half for them Round 1.

He couldn't even get a start at the Cows at the end of this year.

The 'scraps' thing is a bit silly.

 

[Kaito]

@Kelce68 Walker gone for half the year, JWH gone,
now Terrell May & Brandon Smith shown the door smh

 

[crazycat]

Agreed. Somewhere around that $400k a year range I'd imagine, even for an 'aging' player.

re JAC...

I would imagine that the Dolphins will pick him up OR whatever new club is starting in WA.

A good highly experienced back who can help teach wing's/Fullback a few tricks of the game.

 

[Vicious]

re JAC...

I would imagine that the Dolphins will pick him up OR whatever new club is starting in WA.

A good highly experienced back who can help teach wing's/Fullback a few tricks of the game.

Dolphins are the last club that would need JAC, they already have Isaako, Bostock and Junior Tupou.
The only possible landing spots for JAC are Parramatta where it is highly likely he will be in 2025.
The Panthers might have a look at him if he comes cheap enough for them, otherwise Wests Tigers if we believe he is a better option than Charlie Staines.
I’ve always been a Charlie Staines fan, but was disappointed with his lack of impact last season. If we could sign JAC for no more than 350k for 2025 and was able to offload Staines to accomodate him, than why not.

 

[Ecto-1]

Front runner for JAC is Parramatta. Apparently he had a meeting with Ryles over the weekend.

 

[Vicious]

Front runner for JAC is Parramatta. Apparently he had a meeting with Ryles over the weekend.

You would hope our outside back recruitment strategy would involve targeting big, tall, fast, athletic athletes who can bust tackles, have the speed to make line breaks and score long range tries.
Yes it’s good we have retained Makasini, but we cannot think that’s enough, we need more athletes to combat the successful clubs.
Looking at what is currently available for 2026, Grant Anderson and Sam Stonestreet are stand outs, we should be trying to sign one or both of them and then trying to get them here for 2025 if possible.
With strategy like that JAC would not be required.