Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[jrtiger]

Egan Butcher would walk into our side imo, kid is immensely skilful. small for a back rower at 96kg but holds his own in defence, very elusive, good footwork and acceleration off the mark, which none of our back rowers have. unsure whether he's a 13 long term but he would add plenty to our side. Billy Smith wouldn't go astray either.

 

[The_Patriot]

People’s thoughts on this guy
Off contract at the end of the year
Good replacement for BJ and Roberts

Sharks fans call him "Shitroti".

Yep rubbish. Slow as a pregnant wombat. We are eyeing up Okunbor

Just as bad. He’s shite

Surely no truth to Okunbor. Bulldogs have the worst backline in the competition and he can hardly make the FG side.

The only signings we’re likely to sign will be other clubs discards, so Okunbor makes sense (unless another club shows mild interest)

You do realise TPJ is another club's discard right? As is Corey Allan, as well as Kyle Flanagan.

So what did I say was wrong?

Well aren't you criticising the club for getting other club's discards but also saying how awesome the dogs recruitment plan is?

JAC and Burton aren’t discards. And TPJ wants out (and the Broncos are obliging).

Dogs recruitment has been proactive and Gould is an excellent appointment. If the signings gel they’ll be a vastly superior team to this year.

We’re more of a known quantity. With the exception of a couple of ESL players we’ve signed no one. We can go into another season without any expectation.

TPJ doesn't want out, Broncos are so happy for him to leave, they'll be paying part of his salary next year.

They will need to be vastly superior because as bad as we're going, they are EIGHT points behind us.

We're not finished yet. Laurie signed with us in November. AD signed in January. Be Patient.

Patient is a word that needs to be banned. We’ve been waiting since 2011. Stick your patience.

Cool, that's the Bulldogs plan and our plan in 2017. Lets see how it works for the Bulldogs.

How do you think our plan of signing no NRL players will work out?

When we signed Stefano and Laurie they weren’t NRL players either. The approach we have taken is far lower risk than the Bulldogs, but will also take time to pay dividends.

The only real class signings they have is Burton and JAC who is a winger. They are spending lots of money on guys with big question marks over them, much like we did a few seasons back. It might work, it might not, but what we are building will funnel players to our NRL squad for years to come.

Laurie and Stefano are solid hands, no doubt. But they aren’t players that are going to catapult us into contenders. When you are reduced to having to buy players at pauper prices, you are always bound to find a diamond. The only problem is, they aren’t good enough to do it on theor own

No they aren’t, but you pick up 2 or 3 of those guys every year and you build the squad and work your way up the ladder. It’s pretty much the way the Panthers got to where they are. It’s not the fast route but it’s more sustainable than spending big $.

I understand why people are over waiting, but the last thing I want to see is the club end up crippled again by panic buying.

Well said.

That's the truth of the issue. Emotion removed.

It's a long road but the only road we have. Unless we get lucky and someone falls into our lap.

Why is it the only road we have , why should we rely on luck . It’s about this clubs inability to recruit quality players

Its the only road because previous coaches not only ruined our reputation but they also favoured paying overs for ageing recruits over building our junior pathways.

We are now in a position where junior development is the most realistic way back to the finals. Luck is required to convince a quality player to join what from the outside looking in appears a very poorly run club.

If either Cleary or Taylor had taken a long term approach we wouldnt be in this position. We would be a year or two ahead of ourselves on this rebuild and would be a more attractive proposition for players who come on to the market like JAC and TPJ.

Its just the reality of where this club is at.

Im not about to blame the recruitment team for not being able to sign players. That blame falls on Cleary and Taylor.

 

[Pascoes_barber]

Rumours of an offer made to Lachlan Lewis in an effort to bolster the Tigers' tackling?

 

[Batmans Parents]

Rumours of an offer made to Lachlan Lewis in an effort to bolster the Tigers' tackling?

Christ I hope not :face_palm:

Guy is about as useful as Anne Frank's drum kit.

 

[bathursttiger1]

People’s thoughts on this guy
Off contract at the end of the year
Good replacement for BJ and Roberts

Sharks fans call him "Shitroti".

Yep rubbish. Slow as a pregnant wombat. We are eyeing up Okunbor

Just as bad. He’s shite

Surely no truth to Okunbor. Bulldogs have the worst backline in the competition and he can hardly make the FG side.

The only signings we’re likely to sign will be other clubs discards, so Okunbor makes sense (unless another club shows mild interest)

You do realise TPJ is another club's discard right? As is Corey Allan, as well as Kyle Flanagan.

So what did I say was wrong?

Well aren't you criticising the club for getting other club's discards but also saying how awesome the dogs recruitment plan is?

JAC and Burton aren’t discards. And TPJ wants out (and the Broncos are obliging).

Dogs recruitment has been proactive and Gould is an excellent appointment. If the signings gel they’ll be a vastly superior team to this year.

We’re more of a known quantity. With the exception of a couple of ESL players we’ve signed no one. We can go into another season without any expectation.

TPJ doesn't want out, Broncos are so happy for him to leave, they'll be paying part of his salary next year.

They will need to be vastly superior because as bad as we're going, they are EIGHT points behind us.

We're not finished yet. Laurie signed with us in November. AD signed in January. Be Patient.

Patient is a word that needs to be banned. We’ve been waiting since 2011. Stick your patience.

Cool, that's the Bulldogs plan and our plan in 2017. Lets see how it works for the Bulldogs.

How do you think our plan of signing no NRL players will work out?

When we signed Stefano and Laurie they weren’t NRL players either. The approach we have taken is far lower risk than the Bulldogs, but will also take time to pay dividends.

The only real class signings they have is Burton and JAC who is a winger. They are spending lots of money on guys with big question marks over them, much like we did a few seasons back. It might work, it might not, but what we are building will funnel players to our NRL squad for years to come.

Laurie and Stefano are solid hands, no doubt. But they aren’t players that are going to catapult us into contenders. When you are reduced to having to buy players at pauper prices, you are always bound to find a diamond. The only problem is, they aren’t good enough to do it on theor own

No they aren’t, but you pick up 2 or 3 of those guys every year and you build the squad and work your way up the ladder. It’s pretty much the way the Panthers got to where they are. It’s not the fast route but it’s more sustainable than spending big $.

I understand why people are over waiting, but the last thing I want to see is the club end up crippled again by panic buying.

Well said.

That's the truth of the issue. Emotion removed.

It's a long road but the only road we have. Unless we get lucky and someone falls into our lap.

Why is it the only road we have , why should we rely on luck . It’s about this clubs inability to recruit quality players



Its the only road because previous coaches not only ruined our reputation but they also favoured paying overs for ageing recruits over building our junior pathways.

We are now in a position where junior development is the most realistic way back to the finals. Luck is required to convince a quality player to join what from the outside looking in appears a very poorly run club.

If either Cleary or Taylor had taken a long term approach we wouldnt be in this position. We would be a year or two ahead of ourselves on this rebuild and would be a more attractive proposition for players who come on to the market like JAC and TPJ.

Its just the reality of where this club is at.

Im not about to blame the recruitment team for not being able to sign players. That blame falls on Cleary and Taylor.

Good post

 

[bathursttiger1]

Rumours of an offer made to Lachlan Lewis in an effort to bolster the Tigers' tackling?

Christ I hope not :face_palm:

Guy is about as useful as Anne Frank's drum kit.

He did a great job of tackling Cody Walker.
There was a lot of sarcasm in that post.

 

[tigertuff]

People’s thoughts on this guy
Off contract at the end of the year
Good replacement for BJ and Roberts

Sharks fans call him "Shitroti".

Yep rubbish. Slow as a pregnant wombat. We are eyeing up Okunbor

Just as bad. He’s shite

Surely no truth to Okunbor. Bulldogs have the worst backline in the competition and he can hardly make the FG side.

The only signings we’re likely to sign will be other clubs discards, so Okunbor makes sense (unless another club shows mild interest)

You do realise TPJ is another club's discard right? As is Corey Allan, as well as Kyle Flanagan.

So what did I say was wrong?

Well aren't you criticising the club for getting other club's discards but also saying how awesome the dogs recruitment plan is?

JAC and Burton aren’t discards. And TPJ wants out (and the Broncos are obliging).

Dogs recruitment has been proactive and Gould is an excellent appointment. If the signings gel they’ll be a vastly superior team to this year.

We’re more of a known quantity. With the exception of a couple of ESL players we’ve signed no one. We can go into another season without any expectation.

TPJ doesn't want out, Broncos are so happy for him to leave, they'll be paying part of his salary next year.

They will need to be vastly superior because as bad as we're going, they are EIGHT points behind us.

We're not finished yet. Laurie signed with us in November. AD signed in January. Be Patient.

Patient is a word that needs to be banned. We’ve been waiting since 2011. Stick your patience.

Cool, that's the Bulldogs plan and our plan in 2017. Lets see how it works for the Bulldogs.

How do you think our plan of signing no NRL players will work out?

When we signed Stefano and Laurie they weren’t NRL players either. The approach we have taken is far lower risk than the Bulldogs, but will also take time to pay dividends.

The only real class signings they have is Burton and JAC who is a winger. They are spending lots of money on guys with big question marks over them, much like we did a few seasons back. It might work, it might not, but what we are building will funnel players to our NRL squad for years to come.

Laurie and Stefano are solid hands, no doubt. But they aren’t players that are going to catapult us into contenders. When you are reduced to having to buy players at pauper prices, you are always bound to find a diamond. The only problem is, they aren’t good enough to do it on theor own

No they aren’t, but you pick up 2 or 3 of those guys every year and you build the squad and work your way up the ladder. It’s pretty much the way the Panthers got to where they are. It’s not the fast route but it’s more sustainable than spending big $.

I understand why people are over waiting, but the last thing I want to see is the club end up crippled again by panic buying.

Well said.

That's the truth of the issue. Emotion removed.

It's a long road but the only road we have. Unless we get lucky and someone falls into our lap.

Why is it the only road we have , why should we rely on luck . It’s about this clubs inability to recruit quality players



Its the only road because previous coaches not only ruined our reputation but they also favoured paying overs for ageing recruits over building our junior pathways.

We are now in a position where junior development is the most realistic way back to the finals. Luck is required to convince a quality player to join what from the outside looking in appears a very poorly run club.

If either Cleary or Taylor had taken a long term approach we wouldnt be in this position. We would be a year or two ahead of ourselves on this rebuild and would be a more attractive proposition for players who come on to the market like JAC and TPJ.

Its just the reality of where this club is at.

Im not about to blame the recruitment team for not being able to sign players. That blame falls on Cleary and Taylor.

That is what this club needs to focus on. Junior development is the only way. Our Jersey flegg are undefeated so the talent is coming through, we just need to be patient. Buying other clubs waste for massive amounts of dollars is a sure sign to failure. Just keep drip feeding these young guys in to first grade and keep the faith with our own.

 

[Goanna57]

People’s thoughts on this guy
Off contract at the end of the year
Good replacement for BJ and Roberts

Sharks fans call him "Shitroti".

Yep rubbish. Slow as a pregnant wombat. We are eyeing up Okunbor

Just as bad. He’s shite

Surely no truth to Okunbor. Bulldogs have the worst backline in the competition and he can hardly make the FG side.

The only signings we’re likely to sign will be other clubs discards, so Okunbor makes sense (unless another club shows mild interest)

You do realise TPJ is another club's discard right? As is Corey Allan, as well as Kyle Flanagan.

So what did I say was wrong?

Well aren't you criticising the club for getting other club's discards but also saying how awesome the dogs recruitment plan is?

JAC and Burton aren’t discards. And TPJ wants out (and the Broncos are obliging).

Dogs recruitment has been proactive and Gould is an excellent appointment. If the signings gel they’ll be a vastly superior team to this year.

We’re more of a known quantity. With the exception of a couple of ESL players we’ve signed no one. We can go into another season without any expectation.

TPJ doesn't want out, Broncos are so happy for him to leave, they'll be paying part of his salary next year.

They will need to be vastly superior because as bad as we're going, they are EIGHT points behind us.

We're not finished yet. Laurie signed with us in November. AD signed in January. Be Patient.

Patient is a word that needs to be banned. We’ve been waiting since 2011. Stick your patience.

Cool, that's the Bulldogs plan and our plan in 2017. Lets see how it works for the Bulldogs.

How do you think our plan of signing no NRL players will work out?

When we signed Stefano and Laurie they weren’t NRL players either. The approach we have taken is far lower risk than the Bulldogs, but will also take time to pay dividends.

The only real class signings they have is Burton and JAC who is a winger. They are spending lots of money on guys with big question marks over them, much like we did a few seasons back. It might work, it might not, but what we are building will funnel players to our NRL squad for years to come.

Laurie and Stefano are solid hands, no doubt. But they aren’t players that are going to catapult us into contenders. When you are reduced to having to buy players at pauper prices, you are always bound to find a diamond. The only problem is, they aren’t good enough to do it on theor own

No they aren’t, but you pick up 2 or 3 of those guys every year and you build the squad and work your way up the ladder. It’s pretty much the way the Panthers got to where they are. It’s not the fast route but it’s more sustainable than spending big $.

I understand why people are over waiting, but the last thing I want to see is the club end up crippled again by panic buying.

Well said.

That's the truth of the issue. Emotion removed.

It's a long road but the only road we have. Unless we get lucky and someone falls into our lap.

We got one option. It's an option that can work really well.

The thing that will stuff us is panic buying.

I don’t see to much panic buying

 

[Goanna57]

People’s thoughts on this guy
Off contract at the end of the year
Good replacement for BJ and Roberts

Sharks fans call him "Shitroti".

Yep rubbish. Slow as a pregnant wombat. We are eyeing up Okunbor

Just as bad. He’s shite

Surely no truth to Okunbor. Bulldogs have the worst backline in the competition and he can hardly make the FG side.

The only signings we’re likely to sign will be other clubs discards, so Okunbor makes sense (unless another club shows mild interest)

You do realise TPJ is another club's discard right? As is Corey Allan, as well as Kyle Flanagan.

So what did I say was wrong?

Well aren't you criticising the club for getting other club's discards but also saying how awesome the dogs recruitment plan is?

JAC and Burton aren’t discards. And TPJ wants out (and the Broncos are obliging).

Dogs recruitment has been proactive and Gould is an excellent appointment. If the signings gel they’ll be a vastly superior team to this year.

We’re more of a known quantity. With the exception of a couple of ESL players we’ve signed no one. We can go into another season without any expectation.

TPJ doesn't want out, Broncos are so happy for him to leave, they'll be paying part of his salary next year.

They will need to be vastly superior because as bad as we're going, they are EIGHT points behind us.

We're not finished yet. Laurie signed with us in November. AD signed in January. Be Patient.

Patient is a word that needs to be banned. We’ve been waiting since 2011. Stick your patience.

Cool, that's the Bulldogs plan and our plan in 2017. Lets see how it works for the Bulldogs.

How do you think our plan of signing no NRL players will work out?

When we signed Stefano and Laurie they weren’t NRL players either. The approach we have taken is far lower risk than the Bulldogs, but will also take time to pay dividends.

The only real class signings they have is Burton and JAC who is a winger. They are spending lots of money on guys with big question marks over them, much like we did a few seasons back. It might work, it might not, but what we are building will funnel players to our NRL squad for years to come.

Laurie and Stefano are solid hands, no doubt. But they aren’t players that are going to catapult us into contenders. When you are reduced to having to buy players at pauper prices, you are always bound to find a diamond. The only problem is, they aren’t good enough to do it on theor own

No they aren’t, but you pick up 2 or 3 of those guys every year and you build the squad and work your way up the ladder. It’s pretty much the way the Panthers got to where they are. It’s not the fast route but it’s more sustainable than spending big $.

I understand why people are over waiting, but the last thing I want to see is the club end up crippled again by panic buying.

Well said.

That's the truth of the issue. Emotion removed.

It's a long road but the only road we have. Unless we get lucky and someone falls into our lap.

Why is it the only road we have , why should we rely on luck . It’s about this clubs inability to recruit quality players



Its the only road because previous coaches not only ruined our reputation but they also favoured paying overs for ageing recruits over building our junior pathways.

We are now in a position where junior development is the most realistic way back to the finals. Luck is required to convince a quality player to join what from the outside looking in appears a very poorly run club.

If either Cleary or Taylor had taken a long term approach we wouldnt be in this position. We would be a year or two ahead of ourselves on this rebuild and would be a more attractive proposition for players who come on to the market like JAC and TPJ.

Its just the reality of where this club is at.

Im not about to blame the recruitment team for not being able to sign players. That blame falls on Cleary and Taylor.

So in 2021 it’s still the 2 previous coaches fault we couldn’t land Latrell, JAC, TPJ even though we made 2 of them good offers

 

[teddy23]

Egan Butcher would walk into our side imo, kid is immensely skilful. small for a back rower at 96kg but holds his own in defence, very elusive, good footwork and acceleration off the mark, which none of our back rowers have. unsure whether he's a 13 long term but he would add plenty to our side. Billy Smith wouldn't go astray either.

I’d take both for sure

 

[The_Patriot]

People’s thoughts on this guy
Off contract at the end of the year
Good replacement for BJ and Roberts

Sharks fans call him "Shitroti".

Yep rubbish. Slow as a pregnant wombat. We are eyeing up Okunbor

Just as bad. He’s shite

Surely no truth to Okunbor. Bulldogs have the worst backline in the competition and he can hardly make the FG side.

The only signings we’re likely to sign will be other clubs discards, so Okunbor makes sense (unless another club shows mild interest)

You do realise TPJ is another club's discard right? As is Corey Allan, as well as Kyle Flanagan.

So what did I say was wrong?

Well aren't you criticising the club for getting other club's discards but also saying how awesome the dogs recruitment plan is?

JAC and Burton aren’t discards. And TPJ wants out (and the Broncos are obliging).

Dogs recruitment has been proactive and Gould is an excellent appointment. If the signings gel they’ll be a vastly superior team to this year.

We’re more of a known quantity. With the exception of a couple of ESL players we’ve signed no one. We can go into another season without any expectation.

TPJ doesn't want out, Broncos are so happy for him to leave, they'll be paying part of his salary next year.

They will need to be vastly superior because as bad as we're going, they are EIGHT points behind us.

We're not finished yet. Laurie signed with us in November. AD signed in January. Be Patient.

Patient is a word that needs to be banned. We’ve been waiting since 2011. Stick your patience.

Cool, that's the Bulldogs plan and our plan in 2017. Lets see how it works for the Bulldogs.

How do you think our plan of signing no NRL players will work out?

When we signed Stefano and Laurie they weren’t NRL players either. The approach we have taken is far lower risk than the Bulldogs, but will also take time to pay dividends.

The only real class signings they have is Burton and JAC who is a winger. They are spending lots of money on guys with big question marks over them, much like we did a few seasons back. It might work, it might not, but what we are building will funnel players to our NRL squad for years to come.

Laurie and Stefano are solid hands, no doubt. But they aren’t players that are going to catapult us into contenders. When you are reduced to having to buy players at pauper prices, you are always bound to find a diamond. The only problem is, they aren’t good enough to do it on theor own

No they aren’t, but you pick up 2 or 3 of those guys every year and you build the squad and work your way up the ladder. It’s pretty much the way the Panthers got to where they are. It’s not the fast route but it’s more sustainable than spending big $.

I understand why people are over waiting, but the last thing I want to see is the club end up crippled again by panic buying.

Well said.

That's the truth of the issue. Emotion removed.

It's a long road but the only road we have. Unless we get lucky and someone falls into our lap.

Why is it the only road we have , why should we rely on luck . It’s about this clubs inability to recruit quality players



Its the only road because previous coaches not only ruined our reputation but they also favoured paying overs for ageing recruits over building our junior pathways.

We are now in a position where junior development is the most realistic way back to the finals. Luck is required to convince a quality player to join what from the outside looking in appears a very poorly run club.

If either Cleary or Taylor had taken a long term approach we wouldnt be in this position. We would be a year or two ahead of ourselves on this rebuild and would be a more attractive proposition for players who come on to the market like JAC and TPJ.

Its just the reality of where this club is at.

Im not about to blame the recruitment team for not being able to sign players. That blame falls on Cleary and Taylor.

So in 2021 it’s still the 2 previous coaches fault we couldn’t land Latrell, JAC, TPJ even though we made 2 of them good offers

Yes it is.

Those players are making judgment calls based on our previous and current efforts.

You said it yourself, they were good deals, Fair offers, Good offers.

 

[innsaneink]

Righto... Jnr dev is the way to go.... We just need to be able to be in
a position to keep them when the big guns start to take an interest.

We.need to become a big gun

 

[SeanT]

Bulldogs forum going on about how were in depression about TPJ and that we are a shit club. I hope they continue saying that at the end of the season with the wooden spoon in one hand ????

Jokes on them. They’ve just pissed away the best part of a million bucks a year on an unpredictable hack of a forward. We could spend the equivalent amount of money on poaching Lewis, Waddell and Okunbor from under their noses.

We will have the last laugh in this saga.

Keep telling yourself that mate

Mate Bulldogs have won less games in the last two seasons than Tigers have won in 2021 alone, and the consensus is Tigers are having a bad year.

Bulldogs have no position to be crowing or carrying on; they've been an absolute shambles on and off field for several seasons now.

Whatever you think about the Bulldogs for 2022, there hasn't been a ball kicked or tackle made yet, so you can only crow after the results have actually come in. I am sure Titans fans were tempted to crow last year about their 2021 fortunes, and they've done bugger-all with the huge signings they pulled off.

How do you think the Tigers are looking for 2022?

Personally we should all be basing on our outlook on the Storm. I look at the Bulldogs next year and they are still so far away from the Storm it ain't funny as we will be too.

Top 4 is years away yet.

 

[GCfan]

People’s thoughts on this guy
Off contract at the end of the year
Good replacement for BJ and Roberts

Sharks fans call him "Shitroti".

Yep rubbish. Slow as a pregnant wombat. We are eyeing up Okunbor

Just as bad. He’s shite

Surely no truth to Okunbor. Bulldogs have the worst backline in the competition and he can hardly make the FG side.

The only signings we’re likely to sign will be other clubs discards, so Okunbor makes sense (unless another club shows mild interest)

You do realise TPJ is another club's discard right? As is Corey Allan, as well as Kyle Flanagan.

So what did I say was wrong?

Well aren't you criticising the club for getting other club's discards but also saying how awesome the dogs recruitment plan is?

JAC and Burton aren’t discards. And TPJ wants out (and the Broncos are obliging).

Dogs recruitment has been proactive and Gould is an excellent appointment. If the signings gel they’ll be a vastly superior team to this year.

We’re more of a known quantity. With the exception of a couple of ESL players we’ve signed no one. We can go into another season without any expectation.

TPJ doesn't want out, Broncos are so happy for him to leave, they'll be paying part of his salary next year.

They will need to be vastly superior because as bad as we're going, they are EIGHT points behind us.

We're not finished yet. Laurie signed with us in November. AD signed in January. Be Patient.

Patient is a word that needs to be banned. We’ve been waiting since 2011. Stick your patience.

Cool, that's the Bulldogs plan and our plan in 2017. Lets see how it works for the Bulldogs.

How do you think our plan of signing no NRL players will work out?

When we signed Stefano and Laurie they weren’t NRL players either. The approach we have taken is far lower risk than the Bulldogs, but will also take time to pay dividends.

The only real class signings they have is Burton and JAC who is a winger. They are spending lots of money on guys with big question marks over them, much like we did a few seasons back. It might work, it might not, but what we are building will funnel players to our NRL squad for years to come.

Laurie and Stefano are solid hands, no doubt. But they aren’t players that are going to catapult us into contenders. When you are reduced to having to buy players at pauper prices, you are always bound to find a diamond. The only problem is, they aren’t good enough to do it on theor own

No they aren’t, but you pick up 2 or 3 of those guys every year and you build the squad and work your way up the ladder. It’s pretty much the way the Panthers got to where they are. It’s not the fast route but it’s more sustainable than spending big $.

I understand why people are over waiting, but the last thing I want to see is the club end up crippled again by panic buying.

Well said.

That's the truth of the issue. Emotion removed.

It's a long road but the only road we have. Unless we get lucky and someone falls into our lap.

Why is it the only road we have , why should we rely on luck . It’s about this clubs inability to recruit quality players



Its the only road because previous coaches not only ruined our reputation but they also favoured paying overs for ageing recruits over building our junior pathways.

We are now in a position where junior development is the most realistic way back to the finals. Luck is required to convince a quality player to join what from the outside looking in appears a very poorly run club.

If either Cleary or Taylor had taken a long term approach we wouldnt be in this position. We would be a year or two ahead of ourselves on this rebuild and would be a more attractive proposition for players who come on to the market like JAC and TPJ.

Its just the reality of where this club is at.

Im not about to blame the recruitment team for not being able to sign players. That blame falls on Cleary and Taylor.

That is what this club needs to focus on. Junior development is the only way. Our Jersey flegg are undefeated so the talent is coming through, we just need to be patient. Buying other clubs waste for massive amounts of dollars is a sure sign to failure. Just keep drip feeding these young guys in to first grade and keep the faith with our own.

And hang onto them too. I think losing juniors was part of the reason we went away from development in the past.

 

[Goldust]

I’d be offering 1.2 to the cheese and give em Liddle.

 

[Snake]

Egan Butcher would walk into our side imo, kid is immensely skilful. small for a back rower at 96kg but holds his own in defence, very elusive, good footwork and acceleration off the mark, which none of our back rowers have. unsure whether he's a 13 long term but he would add plenty to our side. Billy Smith wouldn't go astray either.

These are the signings that need to be made these guys can play from a winning culture and looking to cement a future for themselves 2 or 3 of these signings would be a better deal than TPJ IMO!

 

[TigerTone]

There are players off contract we can make a play for now and I think we should. They might not be big names , but being stuck behind The Big Name Players at their current respective clubs , will have them hungry to get a contract away from that club and join a club where they can show their worth and play NRL Footy more than what they are now.

Juddah Turahui Melbourne Storm
Darryn Schonig Melbourne Storm
Jack Gosieswski Manly Seaeagles
Billy Smith Roosters
Egan Butcher Roosters
Murray Taulagi Cowboys
Enari Tuala Newcastle Knights
Gehamat Shibasaki Newcastle Knights
Isaac Lumelume Melbourne Storm
Dean Ieremia Melbourne Storm
Max King Melbourne Storm

Interested to see what people think.

 

[compensate]

Look at Joffa’s comment
 

 

[Newtown]

Rumours of an offer made to Lachlan Lewis in an effort to bolster the Tigers' tackling?

He tackles well during the half time break.

 

[jrtiger]

Egan Butcher would walk into our side imo, kid is immensely skilful. small for a back rower at 96kg but holds his own in defence, very elusive, good footwork and acceleration off the mark, which none of our back rowers have. unsure whether he's a 13 long term but he would add plenty to our side. Billy Smith wouldn't go astray either.

These are the signings that need to be made these guys can play from a winning culture and looking to cement a future for themselves 2 or 3 of these signings would be a better deal than TPJ IMO!

we've had success picking the eyes out of young players in elite juniors systems, no reason to deviate. even back to Matterson and Momirovski. Harry as well. Blore & Simpkin will do similar with increased time in firsts. I have no doubt Butcher have an impact akin to Laurie and Stefano if he heads over here.