Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Kelce68]

So you agree he shouldn't play first grade for another 2 years and is a wasted spot in the top 30. Good.

No.

Was that what I said?

Try ACTUALLY reading. I said that he is best to, if we want him in the middle longer term, spend a couple of years playing Cup to perfect it. He is not also in the Top 17 in my opinion. You do realise that a decent chunk of your Top 30 play reserves most weeks, right?

Such a sloppy, lazy retort 🤣

I also disputed like 5 or 6 of your comments in my previous post, no follow up on that?

That effort for Lindsay Smith's try last week was pitiful.

Yeh, cool. Any contributing factors? Latu shooting up and breaking formation? No?

Ok, sweet. So you half-ass analysis to suit your narrative too. Cool.

Seriously 😂

 

[Buttface]

BREAKING: Jerome Luai had given his strongest indication yet that he is going to see out the full length of his contract at the Wests Tigers. Full story @9NewsSyd

that’s Danny Wielder so god knows what he’s talking abt

His manager probably just got the quotes back from all the other clubs and doesn’t wanna give up half a mil a year.

 

[Kelce68]

I would be targeting Pezet and Jett Cleary.
We need a halfback.
Luai to lock perhaps to help look after Latus body

Sign the talent then figure out who goes where. The cream will rise to the top and the rest will still get offers

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You're a great poster BB, genuinely.

But sometimes your comic relief posts are just exceptional value. Thank you.

 

[balmain boy]

Geez if you're correct Parra are on a build along Canterbury lines while we just lag along behind. Parra will be top 8 bound next year while we look for our spot in the bottom 4. We should be in the race for this type of player and pay overs for the right player if we have to. People on here like to have a shot at HBG for all our woes but recruitment is purely down to WT staff.

The lack of funding that HBG provides the club makes us a much less attray option than most clubs.
Going to a club run on a shoestring bare minimum budget or a cashed up club investing in it's people. It's why we lose out so often to other clubs.
We are seen as the poorest club in the comp, which we are. HBG need to double or triple their financial contributions or sell the club to someone who will actually invest in the club.

 

[Buttface]

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You're a great poster BB, genuinely.

But sometimes your comic relief posts are just exceptional value. Thank you.

Yeah, nah, but an actual halfback would be nice.
Not one who thinks he is, or wants to be, but someone who has only ever and will only ever play halfback.

 

[balmain boy]

Dolphins have Katoa, they don't need another 7

He won't be there much longer though. It's only a matter of time.

 

[Kelce68]

He won't be there much longer though. It's only a matter of time.

Says who?

 

[Wezt]

Katoa will never leave the Dolphins

 

[balmain boy]

Ok over to you Benji, Shannon & Richo ...

Parramatta have distanced themselves from luring Queensland State of Origin backrower Beau Fermor from the Titans.

Fermor’s future on the Gold Coast has been the subject of uncertainty in recent weeks with the 26-year-old believed to be frustrated at the club’s lack of on-field excellence.

There have been suggestions across the game that Fermor had requested a release from the final year of his Titans deal, or had at least asked for permission to talk with rival clubs before November 1, however Gold Coast management have denied that is the case to this masthead.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-market-watch-eels-dismiss-interest-in-titans-forward-beau-fermor-amid-gold-coast-cleanout/news-story/9458ed07f93015e95fbc0aee2287de2c

If he frustrated with their lack of excellence then we have no chance ..

 

[tigahhh]

Jarome Luai says there’s no bad blood between him and Lachlan Galvin ahead of Sunday.

“I did everything in my power to help him… there wasn’t any beef. He made his call, good on him, all the best.”

 

[balmain boy]

Says who?

He's wanted out for a while. Family all in Sydney.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Gee up.

I that it was a gee up too as I heard it was for 4 years.

 

[Tom Shines]

Who has become available that will make sure our forwards don’t get bullied ?
Trey Mooney is a good young player and he’s probably as good as we might be able to get, but he’s is yet to show he’s an NRL forward leader.
The others such as Beau Fermor is an edge back rowers, but I reckon Richo and Benji are of the same opinion as you and are satisfied with Samuela and KPP.
As I’ve agreed they are both.goid players, but neither have the explosive speed that every other club has with at least one of their edge back rowers. My solution is to give Ssmuela and KPP every opportunity to make the edge back row positions their own, but bring in a versatile, faster, more explosive edge back row option as our 15 and to keep the pressure on them to perform. Someone like Fermor is not coming here to be a number 15, however players such as Simi Sasagi might providing they do get a starting spot if their form demands it.

The discussions were around better forwards ,,.not a high bar for us…

It’s now been 72 hrs and an option has become available

Do you think others will not become available in the next 8 months before Round 1 next season ?

 

[craigtob]

It's really weird to me. We signed Luai, May (prop), Skelton, Turuva and May (centre) plus a bunch of others.

Next year we have signed KPP and have spots open with cash to spend and we are supposedly 2-3 steps behind?

We are about 3 players off a total roster overhaul. Go back and look at our team list in 2024 and compare to now. It's a big change.

Not sure what more you expect.

It's not just about a total overhaul, it should be about have we improved over the years .... we are still in the running for the wonderful spoon again so going by the players above you have listed we are still going backwards or maybe its the players we are bringing in that are really not up to scratch ??

 

[philgood]

You don't PHILGOOD today, bwahahahaaaaaaaa hahahaaaaaaaaaaa

Hard to feel good following this club mate

 

[tonza]

I think this next game with our best forward pack on paper selected all season is going to tell us just where the pack is at and how many we need to upgrade.

You might have to use two hands.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

I trust ur opinion do you think fermor is a good addition ? I worry abt titans players they just don’t put the effort in to defend and a lot of inconsistency

I reckon he would be. Fermor would bring a lot of qualities we lack. If he does want out, not sure many other clubs need a left backrower so surely we'd be a chance. And the likes of Souths have cap constraints.

 

[Coastie_Tiger]

According to Buzz (Triple M NRL podcast), Beau Fermor & Alofiana Khan-Pereira being shopped by their agents.

We'd be stupid not to investigate Fermor if this has legs.

I'd take both I wouldn't resign Staines or Naden open a spot for Khan-Periera and Femor although nothing special is better than Seyfarth and Sukkar.

 

[TheEnz]

The coach is the last piece of the puzzle in my opinion. We have sacked so many coaches and kept playing with mediocre sides expecting better results.

The coach needs the players first and foremost. Any team in the top 4 aren't trotting out sides like we've had in the past.

Our recruitment has been pretty good and Benji will either have them winning or he'll be replaced. At least we will have a team capable of winning games off the bat instead of having to wait 3 years for the new coach to rebuild the squad which is going to be infinitely harder with a 19 team competition.

Not that I want Benji to go, however we also have more chance of getting a top notch replacement if we have a roster where most of the heavy lifting is already done. My personal view is keep Benji and get better/more assistants.

 

[Coastie_Tiger]

Today from Jarome Luai: "I'm staying, don't worry - for life. I think when things get hard, people are sort of expecting you to change and I'm not that type of guy. I'm here for the long run and I'm here to change this club around."

'Not that type of guy': Luai drops hint over contract loophole

'People are expecting you to change'

www.nine.com.au

Api's comments after resigning this has been held back for a rainy day imo, dunno if that means the clauses are gone but Api urging him to remove them seemed odd at the time if it was much to do about nothing.