Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Mighty_Tiger said:
Mate he is 18, I don’t know too many 18yr olds that would get on the front foot and say get stuffed to their parents / manager etc.

If he wants to stay & we extend his deal then he will stay. I doubt he will get a release anytime soon though.

Maybe this whole activity is about $$$ rather than wanting out.
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Hope you are right …

Would be curios if there is another source to verify if he said he wanted out in the dressing room after the game .. that would indicate to me that he really wants out and the money probably won’t matter …
 
Tom Shines said:
And what will the penalty be for the other clubs that get caught doing this ?

Can’t read the article if it is explained there …
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Sorry I'm too tight to pay for a subscription. But if he has threatened to go to the N.R.L then it's about time. In truth it's what our leadership should have done when Moses and Tedesco were still with us. Iv no idea about who's behind Galvin wanting out but iv no doubt his scumbag manager Issac Moses is there about doing something dodgy.
 
liltiger said:
Sorry I'm too tight to pay for a subscription. But if he has threatened to go to the N.R.L then it's about time. In truth it's what our leadership should have done when Moses and Tedesco were still with us. Iv no idea about who's behind Galvin wanting out but iv no doubt his scumbag manager Issac Moses is there about doing something dodgy.
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sounds like the outcome will be the same when you threaten to call the police on the neighbours that are still partying on at 3am…

good luck getting the cops to care …
 
watersider said:
Yep, but what are we holding onto? A very weak pack that lacks physicality and gets knocked back in defense and has no agro.

I'm not talking about big signings like Willison and Hunt, I'm talking about experienced, hungry players who enjoy the physicality and have something to prove.

Look at the production of players like Josh Curran, J'maine hopgood, tom eisenhuth, scott Sorensen, max King, mitch Nicholls. None of those are big name players but they provide starch. These sort of players are around.

Rather than a massive 5 year contract at 800k for Stef, let's buy two grizzled props who have actually played physically already on short term contracts at 400k each.

Two decent props instead of one who looks great but plays weak.

Same with Klemmer, big contract but only a below average prop, let's get two plodder props who aren't just content to cruise and still want to prove themselves instead of him.

We're holding onto and paying for hope and potential with no production. And they've got us to last place. Rather than adding 1 or 2 players to a disinterested squad we need to blow it up and replace them with honest workers. Stef and Klemmer aren't that, they've led nothing in changing the attitude of the squad. The problem with our pack isn't talent, it's their lack of competitiveness and sense of entitlement. We need to blow this up, and create a squad of players who compete and want to prove.

Our present squad make-up has big money wrapped up at the top on underperforming players. We need to change to a squad where there is genuine competition. No team would carry the performances of Klemmer and Stef without change, yet we do because our strategy of big name buying leaves us with no depth.
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Finally, somebody that can express my thoughts. If only those in control could listen now.
 
Tigerdazz2 said:
Unfortunately we can't have a draft like the AFL.

You can thank the recently departed Terry Hill (& a few others) backed by the RLPA for challenging the draft in court, citing " restriction of trade" and they won.

Funnily enough Terry Hil actually wanted to play for Western Suburbs though he had been drafted to the Roosters.

Yes, that is difficult to believe, but actually really happened!!😆😂
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And after all that fighting left the Magpies after 2 years to go the Manly!

This part is less difficult to believe
 
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Juice said:
Hey I’m not a instagram person but a mate sent me this screenshot which looks like Galvin liking a post about him leaving the club. Can anyone confirm if this is real or fake ? Cheers. Disgusting if it’s real tbh, wouldn’t want someone in your club acting like that
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Before this gets blown out of proportion, the 1st image in this Insta post is this one below. Lachie was probably just scrolling as young people do, saw the 1st pic and liked. Probably didn't even go to the next pic which was the one your mate sent you. Context!

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Tigerdazz2 said:
Unfortunately we can't have a draft like the AFL.

You can thank the recently departed Terry Hill (& a few others) backed by the RLPA for challenging the draft in court, citing " restriction of trade" and they won.

Funnily enough Terry Hil actually wanted to play for Western Suburbs though he had been drafted to the Roosters.

Yes, that is difficult to believe, but actually really happened!!😆😂
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Unless there is a complete revamp of the junior systems with state rl or nrl funding then a draft just isn't viable. Clubs invest in junior pathways. The reward of which is that it is largely easier, and more cap beneficial, to retain the junior you have invested in then recruit externally.

I also tend to agree that players shouldn't be sent to a club they do not want to play for, though there are measures that can be introduced around a draft that ensures this does not happen. On a whole though I'm not really pro a draft as there are just to many hurdles to overcome to make it viable.
 
Tigerdazz2 said:
Unfortunately we can't have a draft like the AFL.

You can thank the recently departed Terry Hill (& a few others) backed by the RLPA for challenging the draft in court, citing " restriction of trade" and they won.

Funnily enough Terry Hil actually wanted to play for Western Suburbs though he had been drafted to the Roosters.

Yes, that is difficult to believe, but actually really happened!!😆😂
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It only survives in the AFL because no player or club challenges it …any legal action would have the same result as the Hill case ..

It shows a key difference between the sports … the “whats best for me” in the NRL versus “good of the game “ in the AFL …

Not saying AFL is right and NRL wrong … their drugs policy is wrong in my view …
 
king_sirro said:
My son is 17 and in a situation where he is building towards a career in sport, not league. He is in a spot where we could see him on TV in a couple of years or he could walk away from the game all together, could go either way. He has made it very clear to me that he does all the talking to the senior people at the club he is at and I'm to stay away. While we are seeing evidence of parent influence, he refuses to do the same. Not that I could influence, and not that I'd want to, but he is old enough to know it's not how he wants it done.
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AFL???
 
Nothing will happen to any of the top side on poaching weaker clubs juniors. Manly and Roosters got away in 80's 90's and Penrith will get away with it know.

We have waited 20 years for this joint venture to get it's act together.
 
Tom Shines said:
It’s a little easy to me to blame injuries for our problems …yes they certainly don’t help.. but they do expose the lack of depth in the squad as a whole … which has been brought about through a strategy of having an over reliance on juniors in the Top 30 who are not first grade ready …. Besides ..they have won 10 of their last 65 games …so they lose even with their best players available …

They need another winger and Center in addition to Turuva … I don’t see a lot of solutions who are at the club now … they will probably be forced into continuing with Olam given this lack of depth …. But he was one of the worst players on the field last start ..which is saying a lot ..

Yeah ..it’s easier said than done to find other guys .. I don’t know what options are available…I have mentioned trying to get a guy like Brad Parker here who is seemingly stuck in reserve grade at Manly… its interesting to me though that a player like Tommy Talau is keeping him in reserve grade and he is playing pretty good football now when he was beyond terrible his years playing here …

At the end of the day ..it’s up to Richo to find the players to improve the team …Im sure he is being paid amongst the top CEO’s…so he has gotta start showing why …
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100% on Brad Parker, Tom. We don't need a team full of superstars or promising juniors. Right now we need job-ready 1st graders who have proven their attitude. A few signings like Parker will help to stabilise the team/club and win a few more games. Give us a bit more credibility in the free market & allows us to introduce talented juniors when they are ready.
 
stephen said:
100% on Brad Parker, Tom. We don't need a team full of superstars or promising juniors. Right now we need job-ready 1st graders who have proven their attitude. A few signings like Parker will help to stabilise the team/club and win a few more games. Give us a bit more credibility in the free market & allows us to introduce talented juniors when they are ready.
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Unlike a lot of guys that get thrown up here … Parker is still only 27 and has played over a 100 NRL games I believe ..

He is an unspectacular but solid player who at least can defend ok and doesn’t have brain explosions ..

Sign him up for 2 years … surely in that time they can find the next Jason Saab in their junior system
 
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