Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[hank37w]

Royce looks good but seriously what are those shoes??? Wearing a couple sandwich boxes on his feet or something.

Richo will be clapping his hands with glee after seeing those shoes.

Royce is bound to fall out of a tree while he's wearing them. 🤣

 

[Tcat]

Another of the NRL great mysteries is how Parramatta and St George and to a lesser extent Canterbury get linked with every available player on the market, yet we get linked with hardly anyone …

We only get linked with our star players wanting out.

 

[Tom Shines]

I remember Richo saying something along the lines of if it is leaked to the press the deal is pulled

I'm not really fussed about not being more fodder for journalists and agents to drive up contracts to be honest

So how you enjoying the off-season then? Plenty of time to focus on Bula ..

 

[hank37w]

Bird’s now wife is extremely hot.

sorry,lol, but this is the dumbest comment i have heard on here since day dot

Precisely, where is the photo to back up this outlandish claim. 🤣

 

[jrtiger]

is it your gut feel he’ll re-sign with us?

not in the predictions business after being burned so many times. you know this club, genuinely anything can happen, even when the opposite looks certain.

 

[Tom Shines]

We signed a few ourselves last off season. Neither of them have many gains that will change their landscape next season.

Then we’ll see how we go compared with Parramatta next year … I think they have gone from on par with us to the next level above us

 

[hank37w]

Another of the NRL great mysteries is how Parramatta and St George and to a lesser extent Canterbury get linked with every available player on the market, yet we get linked with hardly anyone …

Must be Richo's cone of silence that keeps us under the radar. 🤣

 

[tigahhh]

Then we’ll see how we go compared with Parramatta next year … I think they have gone from on par with us to the next level above us

you’re getting fomo because they signed a half for a year to hand over to brisbane, jack de belin and possibly nas? 😂

 

[Tom Shines]

you’re getting fomo because they signed a half for a year to hand over to brisbane, jack de belin and possibly nas? 😂

Dylan Walker, Zac Lomax ,Longi, Addo Carr, Da Silva … they continued to upgrade the squad throughout the last season

 

[Wiz]

sorry,lol, but this is the dumbest comment i have heard on here since day dot

It’s a fact, which must mean it’s better than most other comments on here since day dot. 😆

 

[tigahhh]

Dylan Walker, Zac Lomax ,Longi, Addo Carr, Da Silva … they continued to upgrade the squad throughout the last season

ah sorry i thought you meant for next year.

 

[Tom Shines]

ah sorry i thought you meant for next year.

Honest question here - do you expect to finish in front of them in 2026 ?

 

[jrtiger]

Dylan Walker, Zac Lomax ,Longi, Addo Carr, Da Silva … they continued to upgrade the squad throughout the last season

their key is Moses, he stays fit they'll run top 6. he's the best half in the comp, he'll drag them there on his own if he has to.

I'd argue our squad is actually better man for man but Moses is genuinely that good that he makes them a better side than us, as much as it pains me to say it.

 

[Tom Shines]

their key is Moses, he stays fit they'll run top 6. he's the best half in the comp, he'll drag them there on his own if he has to.

I'd argue our squad is actually better man for man but Moses is genuinely that good that he makes them a better side than us, as much as it pains me to say it.

I agree that he is critical to their success …. But any team will struggle without their best player …

Parramatta is always looking to improve their roster..whether it’s off season , mid season ..whenever …it’s about the churn and burn… we are the set and forget …. Guys like Matamua, Feledy, Tumeth should have been moved on at the end of 24 at the latest

 

[tigahhh]

Honest question here - do you expect to finish in front of them in 2026 ?

all depends on the fitness of mitch tbh but i think parra & us will both be pushing for the top 8.

 

[Tom Shines]

all depends on the fitness of mitch tbh but i think parra & us will both be pushing for the top 8.

Any team in the competition will struggle without their best player …including us

 

[magpies forever]

I agree that he is critical to their success …. But any team will struggle without their best player …

Parramatta is always looking to improve their roster..whether it’s off season , mid season ..whenever …it’s about the churn and burn… we are the set and forget …. Guys like Matamua, Feledy, Tumeth should have been moved on at the end of 24 at the latest

Agree but the issue of moving them on to someone who wants them or having to pay out contract at an agreed amount. I think identification of deadwood and moving them on instead of taking up roster spots is a tricky business but some clubs seem a lot more ruthless at that than WT

 

[jrtiger]

I agree that he is critical to their success …. But any team will struggle without their best player …

Parramatta is always looking to improve their roster..whether it’s off season , mid season ..whenever …it’s about the churn and burn… we are the set and forget …. Guys like Matamua, Feledy, Tumeth should have been moved on at the end of 24 at the latest

Matamua, Feledy and Tumeth were impossible to move on realistically. terrible decisions made by a different football department. look at Parramatta with Matterson, they’ve had some failures themselves in terms of moving players on.

Ryles did a great job building the roster in his image so quickly, but just because he did it faster than us doesn’t necessarily mean it is better. I’d take our forward pack over theirs every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

 

[Tom Shines]

Agree but the issue of moving them on to someone who wants them or having to pay out contract at an agreed amount. I think identification of deadwood and moving them on instead of taking up roster spots is a tricky business but some clubs seem a lot more ruthless at that than WT

This is my issue ..other teams can move on their deadwood but we can’t … there still seems an environment that players are comfortable to turn up punch a clock and collect a pay check …but not at other clubs …those three guys I mentioned account for 10 percent of the squad in number .. but were never even considered for selection throughout the year that I can recall…

Ryles did a great job building the roster in his image so quickly, but just because he did it faster than us doesn’t necessarily mean it is better. I’d take our forward pack over theirs every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

I’m going to benchmark ourselves against them for 2026 ,,,they are one of our biggest rivals and we have been pretty much on par with them last 2 seasons … there is no reason I can think of why they should be getting better any quicker than we are

 

[batboy]

Then we’ll see how we go compared with Parramatta next year … I think they have gone from on par with us to the next level above us

Last year it came to the last game for them to best us.

This year they bested us (won more games - and loss by less)
with a new coaching staff and without their best Player for most of the year (And the Brown stuff)
While we're here blaming a 19 year old for derailing our season?

They're a better team than us (As much as that pains me), Even watching them play they looked more likely than we do. There's more to like about their game than ours atm
- And I'll think they'll best us again next year.