Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[KingRobbie]

Isn’t Galvin like 16? The kid won’t play first grade for a long time. Fair suck of the sav.

Galvin is 18 now, joins the Top 30 next year as an 18/19-year-old.

 

[GCfan]

@kade7 or @teddy23 have you lads got any mail for us desperates

Well I’m sure some people have mail but the berating many cop has sent them to the hills, but hey, at least we’re not getting fed untruths right!

 

[Coastie_Tiger]

So Gus was spotted with Fulton at Organica and a couple of days later Gus and Ciraldo meet with Twal. Guess we know what Fulton was doing now.

 

[Moh]

Twal is a much better player than a lot give him credit for. His form this year was really strong.

If he goes, I hope his spot is used well.

 

[426Tlgerland]

Ladies night tonight , not sure where this should go but we need to cover them as they were great first year In , plenty NEW singing of players this year 😁

 

[AdelaideTiger]

I just can't accept the line that Twal is getting paid too much and moving off his contract is a good move when we still have nofa contracted on the same money for 2 more years...
"Shedding" Twals contract for that reason is a bandaid for a gun shot

 

[Tucker]

Ladies night tonight , not sure where this should go but we need to cover them as they were great first year In , plenty NEW singing of players this year 😁

I’m not sure great is the correct adjective.

 

[426Tlgerland]

I’m not sure great is the correct adjective.

I’m all in on them first year up and again GREAT , give them the support they deserve , they went ok against stacked teams

 

[Needaname]

They couldn't? Why was that?

Yes, because they were disqualified.
Even still they had enough wins that season to finish top 6.

 

[balmain boy]

100%. We can always cut fainu earlier if Galvin leapfrogs him

Sullivan far more likely to get the chop imo. Galvin and Fainu in the halves will be tasty, but Galvin will probably ease in via the centres

 

[Telltails]

Twal is a much better player than a lot give him credit for. His form this year was really strong.

If he goes, I hope his spot is used well.

We gave Klemmer a 4 year deal at 29 and we'll past his best. Twal at 27 offers more upside it's no surprise the Bulldogs are wasting no time.

 

[balmain boy]

We gave Klemmer a 4 year deal at 29 and we'll past his best. Twal at 27 offers more upside it's no surprise the Bulldogs are wasting no time.

Klemmer is on less than Twal next season. Even the subsequent years are only just more than Twal, and klemmers defence this year was equal to Twals, and his attack is far superior. Twals lack of agility costs us, we can't really afford him, klem and Stef, we need more speed in the middle

 

[tony soprano]

@Yossarian from a few months ago, have you had an update on Willison? If Twal goes, could allow us to up the ante on Xavier.

Last I saw him was being carried off the field.ay have picked up a bad injury

 

[crazycat]

In order for a team to come from last place to near the top, you need a couple of superstars.
Proven superstars are not available to be recruited, so the only way is to find some potential superstars and that’s exactly what Wests Tigers are doing. Anyone who is a fair dinkum supporter cannot ask for anymore than that and should be riding the wave in anticipation the glory days from 2005 - 2012 will return, not forgetting we were also in a big struggle prior to finding a couple of emerging stars in Marshall and Farah in the lead up to 2005.
Of course there is no 100% guarantee some of the young players we are banking on will develop into the NRL stars we are hoping they will become and of course there is no 100% guarantee they will remain in Wests Tigers colours, but you need a plan and hope. That is what has been put in place by Wests Tigers and that’s all you can ask for in our current predicament.
Marshall and Farah have gone through this exact same process as young emerging players at a struggling club that nobody predicted would be successful, both went on to have long established NRL careers and played under some of the best coaches in the business, so I’m highly confident they have the expertise, have the club at heart and know what it takes to guide these young emerging players and the Wests Tigers as a club in the right direction.
Don’t expect miracles for another season or two, but if we stick to the plan and let Marshall and Farah develop and build the team they want, it’s a massive chance they will produce the on field results all Wests Tigers supporters have long been craving for.

Look, we need to spend our cap on players that take the field. I 100% agree. Which is why I scream against depth signing, Depth for us means no Superstars.

That said we have always signed for Superstar potential.
What we haven't done is what Cronulla did and focus for a whole year on getting basics right and building a very Gritty side. Ricky loosing so many games because he had no attack, but got the defense right. Then all you need do is sign a Ben Barba (star, perhaps not superstar) and you are in the finals.

 

[Curly_Tiger]

Based on this latest info:

Dean Hawkins, could it be Souths v Tigers for a T&T contract?
Bayley Sironen, I'm sure we'd be in talks.
Moga, H Hunt or B Burns, NSW Cup contract for depth & experience?
Corey Allen, centre & backup fullback option?
Ofahiki Ogden, NSW Cup contract for prop depth & experience?

Not much in the off-contact market for top 30 deals, only possibly Sironen.

So we'll be doing our best to secure an on-contract outside back me thinks - one who can be a leader for our outside backs & only chew up 2 seasons to allow progress of our youngsters in '26. Dane Gagai, Reimis Smith & Paul Momirovoski are the ones that to me seem the most gettable.

People bagged him but I reckon Momo was probably our best centre in the dark ages since 2011

 

[Vicious]

We gave Klemmer a 4 year deal at 29 and we'll past his best. Twal at 27 offers more upside it's no surprise the Bulldogs are wasting no time.

I agree that Twal has much better leg speed and much more upside than Klemmer.

 

[Vicious]

I read the Train & Trial players for 2024 do not have to wait until round 11 to play NRL like in previous seasons.
Does anyone know if there is a cap on the contract money Train & Trial players can be paid, or can they potentially be paid as much or more than the minimum wage top 30 contracted players ?

 

[Nonotmeagain]

Agree we typically happy to let them go to free up cash no playe

 

[Tucker]

I’m all in on them first year up and again GREAT , give them the support they deserve , they went ok against stacked teams

Easily pleased.
2 wins from 9 starts is awful.

 

[Vicious]

I can understand is offloading Joffa if he was earning big money as he doesn’t have any x-factor in attack to warrant a big money deal.
Twal more often than not pokes his head head through the other side of the defenders and gets us on the front foot due to his good leg speed and has this season started to pass the ball and offload.
He looked our forward most likely to make half or full line breaks, so cannot understand why we are considering letting him go elsewhere why he’s still under contract.
I’d be happy for Klemmer or Bateman to leave early.