Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

thegbone said:
Alomoti aint that good, was just bigger then everyone else as a junior

Kelly was shopping himself around but apparently agreed to a new deal at the GC
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I know Alamoti and his family pretty well - very very humble kid who works hard and doesn’t drink or do anything. All he does is train and wants to improve himself, he definitely has a winning mentality that you would want in your squad for someone his age.

Killed it in the juniors not just cause of his size but he’s actually quite quick on his feet and is hard to contain was a tackling busting machine from memory. He’s still only 19 so he’s only going to get bigger and more agile imo.

Only issue is defensively but I believe he can definitely clean up that area. He’s just still adapting to defending in the NRL and can get there overtime, I personally feel like he was rushed into the league and maybe needs more time in reserve grade or another pre-season. He has the talent for sure to be an elite NRL centre people forget about his age and just think juniors should adapt instantly when in reality it is quite challenging to make that switch so smoothly so quickly.

He’ll be cheap (which is surprising given his high wraps) and he’s in a position we need depth in quite significantly imo - I would definitely consider bringing him in on a cheap 2 year deal to see what he can do. Worth a crack… the perfect low risk high reward kinda signing imo.
 
teddy23 said:
I know Alamoti and his family pretty well - very very humble kid who works hard and doesn’t drink or do anything. All he does is train and wants to improve himself, he definitely has a winning mentality that you would want in your squad for someone his age.

Killed it in the juniors not just cause of his size but he’s actually quite quick on his feet and is hard to contain was a tackling busting machine from memory. He’s still only 19 so he’s only going to get bigger and more agile imo.

Only issue is defensively but I believe he can definitely clean up that area. He’s just still adapting to defending in the NRL and can get there overtime, I personally feel like he was rushed into the league and maybe needs more time in reserve grade or another pre-season. He has the talent for sure to be an elite NRL centre people forget about his age and just think juniors should adapt instantly when in reality it is quite challenging to make that switch so smoothly so quickly.

He’ll be cheap (which is surprising given his high wraps) and he’s in a position we need depth in quite significantly imo - I would definitely consider bringing him in on a cheap 2 year deal to see what he can do. Worth a crack imo.
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Everyone all year has been saying he is slow.......

Doesn't set up his winger either.
 
king_sirro said:
I would rather Sullivan at 7 in KOE cup to fine tune his organising game. I feel playing 14 will be a detriment to his progression as a 7. A season purely playing halfback is what he needs.
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The problem with Sullivan at 14 is that you can't play him as an Api sub so where does that leave TDS? It would be the smallest bench 4 ever with Sully & TDS.
 
teddy23 said:
I know Alamoti and his family pretty well - very very humble kid who works hard and doesn’t drink or do anything. All he does is train and wants to improve himself, he definitely has a winning mentality that you would want in your squad for someone his age.

Killed it in the juniors not just cause of his size but he’s actually quite quick on his feet and is hard to contain was a tackling busting machine from memory. He’s still only 19 so he’s only going to get bigger and more agile imo.

Only issue is defensively but I believe he can definitely clean up that area. He’s just still adapting to defending in the NRL and can get there overtime, I personally feel like he was rushed into the league and maybe needs more time in reserve grade or another pre-season. He has the talent for sure to be an elite NRL centre people forget about his age and just think juniors should adapt instantly when in reality it is quite challenging to make that switch so smoothly so quickly.

He’ll be cheap (which is surprising given his high wraps) and he’s in a position we need depth in quite significantly imo - I would definitely consider bringing him in on a cheap 2 year deal to see what he can do. Worth a crack … the perfect low risk high reward kinda signing imo.
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Hard to say of its the player or the club system. He needs to go to an established club like Panthers.
 
Tucker said:
I laugh how people keep saying “Fulton is against this signing”, or “ Fulton disagrees with Marshal on that player”…etc.
As recruitment manager, it is his job to provide advice on what’s out there, develop strong relationships with external stakeholders, I.e. player agents and recruitment managers from other clubs and act on the decisions made by the coach, delivering a targeted player.
He is not some oracle, certainly not some grand poobah who people approach with suggestions that he has the power to veto. He is a middle management resource at the disposal of the higher management head coach.
Of course he has a say and should be included in every discussion around recruitment and retention, however his opinions do not carry the weight that many attribute to them.
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He may have connections within the media or the media are doing what they always do and write an article about our club waiting for our success starved fans to click. which we do, only to be disappointed by the dribble tabloid trash that only qualifies as journalism because it’s on a DT or SMH webpage.
 
Demps said:
Everyone all year has been saying he is slow.......

Doesn't set up his winger either.
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He isn’t lightning quick in terms of pace but he has light feet with his stepping and tackle breaking ability.

Small things like setting up your winger can be taught. I guess I just see the potential and think a 2 year deal on min $ could be worth a go.
 
teddy23 said:
He isn’t lightning quick in terms of pace but he has light feet with his stepping and tackle breaking ability.

Small things like setting up your winger can be taught. I guess I just see the potential and think a 2 year deal on min $ could be worth a go.
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It's interesting feedback I've read on other forums and socials.

He was the future at the Dogs, then being mentioned as being told to look elsewhere.
 
BAGNF05 said:
I think the club already has a young centre coming through in Feledy. We have enough kids and projects, the challenge is filling the first grade side with older pros.
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Feledy and Alamoti as our centre projects could be dangerous and also puts some pressure on To’a to keep pulling his weight and develop into the player we know he can turn into.
 
BAGNF05 said:
Fainu and Sullivan haven't proven anything in the NRL (yet), they may do in our jersey I understand that, but we could very well be looking at a mess.
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How many NRL sides have 3 proven halves on their books? Tigers will have 1 next year in Sezer plus a couple promising young juniors. Compared this year to Brooks (A 6 playing 7), Wakeham (Someone who had no team a week before the season started), Doueihi (A centre who has played 1 and 6 the last couple years coming off and ACL).

I don't know how anyone can say with a straight face that
1) We haven't done good considering what's on the market
2) We are going backwards with our halves
 
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