Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Buttface said:
Thanks for that das, I love this kind of info, great stuff, thanks for posting it.
My only problem is you spoke to him 3 weeks ago and you’re only letting us know now??!!🤷‍♂️😁👍🏻
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Yeah I was going to post something when I got back from holidays in the Olam Thread.
I saw some comments and was like nah maybe later.
Spoke for a fair bit while the our kids were swimming. Happy to chat,they're very proud of
Justin.
I sold the tigers hard lol,it was up in the air at that stage.They all live in melbourne and love it
there.Spoke about the olakau'atu hit.Benji going down to see him.
Glad Justin signed with us, we needed a centre.
 
If the cowboys do release Taumololo after 2024 wouldn't surprise me he signs with the dolphins cause Bromwich is retiring end of 24
 
das tigers said:
Yeah I was going to post something when I got back from holidays in the Olam Thread.
I saw some comments and was like nah maybe later.
Spoke for a fair bit while the our kids were swimming. Happy to chat,they're very proud of
Justin.
I sold the tigers hard lol,it was up in the air at that stage.They all live in melbourne and love it
there.Spoke about the olakau'atu hit.Benji going down to see him.
Glad Justin signed with us, we needed a centre.
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That’s kool. Some people won’t give you the time of day.
I ran into Steve Waugh at the cricket this year and he brushed me big time, my mate videod it. I asked him, politely, we had already said g’day, if he would sign my hat and he said “No, not today mate”. And walked off. My mate loved it.
What did he say about the Olakuatu tackle? There's been a lot of talk on there like it nearly killed Justin, but it was just a good hit when i looked at it.
I like him I hope he goes well.
 
TheKhan said:
I know our off season has been "turbulent" like the article said, but gees it feels like the best off season in for ever. The supporter base is actually optimistic for the first time in a decade
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There's probably a fair case to argue that it has been our best off season ever.

Objectively.
 
crazycat said:
I am also not sure how we got GI in??

GI as a player mentor, awesome. As a fullback mentor, he was more of a Barge style fullback and would lack some of the techniques that Minichello or Slater would have. I realise we had Brett Hodgson here before and I think Brett was able to play fullback more tactfully, ofcourse he did not have GI's physical frame or speed.
I expect a much fitter Bula, I expect him to be training harder and crossing the line. It's good to see melbourne culture coming here.

We need mentors with these young players so very glad GI is doing that here.
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Bula hasn’t filled out yet. Inglis debuted at 85kg and ended up being around 102kg at Souths
 
Go_You_Good_Things said:
An aside . . . last night at dinner, we were talking about Inglis' mentoring role.
I said to my son that the media seems to be finally giving us a bit of respect and not heaping shit on us at every chance.
He said " did you think it might be because this is the first time you ain't doing shit things ?"
He is a stupid Roosters supporter, and so his opinion on this subject is useless . . . but funny how we see things differently.
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Season hasn’t started yet and most journos are just starting to come back this week. But I get your point.
 
I do think combinations and structure will start slow and basic and hopefully as the season moves along we start to get more confident/understanding of players roles and play more expansive style of football.
 
Buttface said:
That’s kool. Some people won’t give you the time of day.
I ran into Steve Waugh at the cricket this year and he brushed me big time, my mate videod it. I asked him, politely, we had already said g’day, if he would sign my hat and he said “No, not today mate”. And walked off. My mate loved it.
What did he say about the Olakuatu tackle? There's been a lot of talk on there like it nearly killed Justin, but it was just a good hit when i looked at it.
I like him I hope he goes well.
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Ive heard similar things about Steve Waugh.
Sounds like a self-important knob.
Doesn’t seem like my kinda guy
 
Buttface said:
That’s kool. Some people won’t give you the time of day.
I ran into Steve Waugh at the cricket this year and he brushed me big time, my mate videod it. I asked him, politely, we had already said g’day, if he would sign my hat and he said “No, not today mate”. And walked off. My mate loved it.
What did he say about the Olakuatu tackle? There's been a lot of talk on there like it nearly killed Justin, but it was just a good hit when i looked at it.
I like him I hope he goes well.
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Yeah he was happy to talk. Even my missus said geez he really came across like he wanted to
keep chatting. He could be his twin,very fit.
He laughed off that tackle from Olakau'atu .It's footy.
To be honest he was really talking more about him getting his speed back and trimming down 4kgs
to get there.Also prolonging his career at the tigers.
I said leaving the storm worked ok for Nicko Hynes. lol
Sucks about Steve Waugh, lol,I bet your mate loved it.
 
The Mole is saying Sullivan and Fainu are both injured and the 5/8 position is Galvins to lose to start the year… obviously don’t take it too serious coming from that guy, but has anyone heard about the injuries?

Quote from Mole
‘But the youngster, labelled by those in the know as the next Nathan Cleary, has been fast-tracked into the top side at five-eighth following injuries to new signings Latu Fainu and Jayden Sullivan.’
 
tigerman 0 said:
Ive heard similar things about Steve Waugh.
Sounds like a self-important knob.
Doesn’t seem like my kinda guy
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I remember when I was 12, I was at a golf tournament with my uncle. We were walking through the car park, when suddenly here’s Greg Norman and his security guard walking towards us. I had a cap and texta and approached him. To which his bodyguard promptly ushered me away, while Norman didn’t even acknowledge my existence. That same day mind you, Gary Player was there, surrounded by about 20-30 people, signing autographs and having a laugh. His son kept telling him they had to leave to catch their flight and Player kept ignoring him. Class act of a man and 10 times the player Norman ever was. Yet Norman is the arrogant one. Go figure.
 
crazycat said:
Ok move ON.

Look you are right, and also wrong. As one commentator said re Nofa "he scored 2 tries but possibly costed his side 3."... Nofa is like a car a friend had. 3 cylinder 5 speed manual snot mobile. In it's own way awesome, in all ways best left in the past. *

Let Nofa go to whatever NRL journey he wants now. If people wish, he can have a plaque at ashfield Wests or something and we can just forget the bad stuff.

* my car was a 4 speed. I was semi envious of the 5 speed. Till a friend brought me a Redback spider gearstick knob. it had a redback spider set in the middle of the knob. Loved it and loved the car, even though it was slow felt like you were doing 90 when you were doing 60. Man best cars are the cars you can die in.
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What are you going on about, I never once said we made the wrong call to punt Nofa, what I have said a number of times is that he is not the worst winger in NRL history as one poster keeps saying.
It was the right move to release him, but don't just make crap up and rewrite history to support a flawed argument
 
851 said:
As far as wingers go, Jackson Kaufusi, Mark O'Halloran, Trent Clayton, Luke Duffy, Lee Murphy, Makasini Richter, Jordan Rankin to name a few
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Jackson Kaufusi Wow what a name from the past wasn't a lower grade superstar because he was bigger then the other kids ?

And Rankin Taylor's love child you know it's the reason why Addo Car played for NSW and Australia it's because of the kind words of wisdom from Jordan and something else but i just don't remember
 
851 said:
As far as wingers go, Jackson Kaufusi, Mark O'Halloran, Trent Clayton, Luke Duffy, Lee Murphy, Makasini Richter, Jordan Rankin to name a few
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Gee there are some names in that bunch that have you drawing parallels with the great wingers of the past e.g.
Ken Irvine, Johnny King, Eric Grothe, Kerry Boustead, etc.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
I remember when I was 12, I was at a golf tournament with my uncle. We were walking through the car park, when suddenly here’s Greg Norman and his security guard walking towards us. I had a cap and texta and approached him. To which his bodyguard promptly ushered me away, while Norman didn’t even acknowledge my existence. That same day mind you, Gary Player was there, surrounded by about 20-30 people, signing autographs and having a laugh. His son kept telling him they had to leave to catch their flight and Player kept ignoring him. Class act of a man and 10 times the player Norman ever was. Yet Norman is the arrogant one. Go figure.
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Worked in the airline industry for forty years and had dealings with most top line sportsmen/ women, actors and musicians. Greg Norman was close to the biggest knob to deal with, absolute tosser. Steve Waugh was always pretty tense and never dropped his guard. On the whole most were very nice people who must of got hammered by the general public. My favourite experience, one day I had to escort Robin Williams to his aircraft, such a nice guy, and he just rattled off joke after joke. When we left the lounge it was just him and me, by the time we got to the aircraft there were a 200 people In fits of laughter.
 
Juice said:
The Mole is saying Sullivan and Fainu are both injured and the 5/8 position is Galvins to lose to start the year… obviously don’t take it too serious coming from that guy, but has anyone heard about the injuries?

Quote from Mole
‘But the youngster, labelled by those in the know as the next Nathan Cleary, has been fast-tracked into the top side at five-eighth following injuries to new signings Latu Fainu and Jayden Sullivan.’
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Another thing about young fellas, will they handle the rigours of NRL, come back Bwooksy hahahaha
 
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