Rumours and Stuff

[84 Baby]

The last thing the Eels should be doing is trying to recruit a big money import off the back of potential ie Lachlan Galvin. Patience is a virtue and you need to be patient either waiting for something come thing thru your junior pathways or a low cost kid with talent from another club. If you throw huge money at the likes of young Galvin, as yet unproven, you will be no better off than you are now. There is plenty of hugely talented kids coming thru the junior pathways of all NRL clubs, you just have to find the right one at a fraction of the initial outlay.

Didn’t Smugs attempt to sign Galvin?

 

[Kilkenny]

Didn’t Smugs attempt to sign Galvin?

Not as far as I know.

The only point I make is you shouldn’t throw ridiculous money at a largely unproven youngster who is not necessarily going to improve your roster guaranteed.

 

[Soto]

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/canberra-raiders-enter-final-stages-of-negotiations-with-newcastle-knights-hooker-jayden-brailey/news-story/ce0aaa5e3043503b0eeb0235c2e51f76

Rawalawa to Soufs and Jayden Brailey to Roiders

 

[T-Boon]

I agree with you there is no rush to be honest.
On Galvin we have a whole season to watch how he goes next to Luia if he doesn't improve I doubt we will throw crazy money at him.

We have Volkman and Hawkins as possible replacements for next year.

On juniors we have a few have some ok ones in Flegg as well as CUP not long term I don't think but they will be ok while one of the 3 in Ball and Matt's come through.

We've got Michael Witt coming through the ranks.

 

[Chipmunk]

Gutherson and RCG have gone also and not been replaced.
Dare I say it. WE HAVE A f**kING WAR CHEST

You'd have to think the Roosters have a larger war chest.

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

We've got Michael Witt coming through the ranks.

And Steve Witt....the next Johns brothers

 

[Kilkenny]

I agree with you there is no rush to be honest.
On Galvin we have a whole season to watch how he goes next to Luia if he doesn't improve I doubt we will throw crazy money at him.

We have Volkman and Hawkins as possible replacements for next year.

On juniors we have a few have some ok ones in Flegg as well as CUP not long term I don't think but they will be ok while one of the 3 in Ball and Matt's come through.

It’s about being patient, you guys may not have the next Nathan Cleary in your junior pathways, but other clubs may have. The Dolphins got Isaiah Katoa out of the Panthers SG Ball and he is an emerging talent at a young age. Your recruitment team needs to do the same, unearth a quality half either from within or elsewhere. Paying over the odds for young Galvin or Wishart just won’t work out the way you would like.

 

[JokerEel]

You'd have to think the Roosters have a larger war chest.

Roosters have 25-26 contracted NRL players for 2026 we have 17

 

[Soto]

We've got Michael Witt coming through the ranks.

I've heard good things about him

 

[JokerEel]

It’s about being patient, you guys may not have the next Nathan Cleary in your junior pathways, but other clubs may have. The Dolphins got Isaiah Katoa out of the Panthers SG Ball and he is an emerging talent at a young age. Your recruitment team needs to do the same, unearth a quality half either from within or elsewhere. Paying over the odds for young Galvin or Wishart just won’t work out the way you would like.

We have some decent kids in Ball and Matt's.

They will be NRL players.

We do need to be patient and a 5/8 isn't on the top of the recruitment list.

 

[Incorrect]

We've got Michael Witt coming through the ranks.

And he's a half.... A HalfWitt.... Sounds like an ideal replacement for Drown....

 

[Pazza]

when we lured Moses over he had already played 67 fg games

 

[T-Boon]

The halves that debut as teenagers and look decent always get projected to be great but they rarely end up better than okay. Sam Walker, Braith Anasta, Tim Smith, that ugly rang with Newcastle now, Crofts, McFadyn, McLinden, Mick Witt, Lamb, Brown, Hodkinson, Kris Keating, Garen Casey (2 tries on debut in about 1995 then fell off a cliff) the list goes on.
I think the ones who do go on to be great usually have the advantage of being in a very good team.

 

[84 Baby]

Not as far as I know.

The only point I make is you shouldn’t throw ridiculous money at a largely unproven youngster who is not necessarily going to improve your roster guaranteed.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...k=455d9971dfbf26e6377c302e94cd7461-1741773985

Ritchie thinks you were

 

[King-Gutho94]

Galvin has something in his eye that makes him different to other young players.

He hates losing and has that cocky smirk that he is better then you.

A controlled healthy arrogance.

 

[lucablight]

Apparently he doesn’t care about the money, it was just the security of a 10 year deal. Didn’t ever want to leave and is sad.

we should have offered him a 10 year deal at $400k a year and by his comments, he would have stayed…… all about the years….

 

[lucablight]

The last thing the Eels should be doing is trying to recruit a big money import off the back of potential ie Lachlan Galvin. Patience is a virtue and you need to be patient either waiting for something come thing thru your junior pathways or a low cost kid with talent from another club. If you throw huge money at the likes of young Galvin, as yet unproven, you will be no better off than you are now. There is plenty of hugely talented kids coming thru the junior pathways of all NRL clubs, you just have to find the right one at a fraction of the initial outlay.

Disagree. When it’s obvious they’re going to be something special you have to go for it.

 

[Chipmunk]

Roosters have 25-26 contracted NRL players for 2026 we have 17

Wow, what's going on there.

 

[JokerEel]

Wow, what's going on there.

Brave Roosters..

But in saying that we may have a war chest but no one is available for 2026 that I would use that way chest on...

 

[JohnStoppafarty]

And Steve Witt....the next Johns brothers

Newcastle juniors too weren't they?