Wouldn’t be my choice but the club are obviously struggling financially, the reality of that financial mess is that we have to sign players that simply won’t get contracts anywhere else. I’d still sooner take a gamble on an unknown (You’d hope with Myler and Cartwright we’d be in a better position to judge these players) but you can understand after the likes of Okunbor and Pele why the club are swinging the other way and going for experience. I just hope Adam is confident that we’ll still have a licence for 2026 even if we wooden spoon and that the money we save on players will get us back on track financially and quickly. I’m not sure the fanbase will last for 2025 but it’s obviously a calculated risk I hope they’ve got the sums right.

Yeah thought so,well done for admitting it

I’ve always said a season pass hinges on the rest of the recruitment we don’t know about, this isn’t a good start.

sezer stats for this season. He'll fit in well in another losing side

rlhttps://www.weststigers.com.au/teams/nrl-premiership/wests-tigers/aidan-sezer/rl

Great,

Sullivan is going to Hull and Naden is going with him. (if I read correctly).

Sullivan was a risk, a gamble signing. A total spare tyre once we signed Latu/Galvin/Sezer/etc.
I don't get how we sign a guy like that on BIG money for 4 years.

Maybe it was that if Sullivan proved to be a 800k+ player, we have him for 4 years.
Instead we seem to sign far too many unproven players on "potential". This isn't working and has to stop.

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That was the post on 18th August in the Jayden ‘Bud’ Sullivan thread on their forum.

We had tentative talks with Sullivan, he doesn’t want to come to SL

Found and posted the quote for you clever clogs

Just passing on a post for those asking. Not said it’s gospel

clever clogs…well done,did he mention anything about Sezer?

We need a running full back for me if we're getting Sezer. Was really hoping for a ball running 6.

God this recruitment has gotten painful.

What a disaster Myler's recruitment is turning out to be.

Loaded with risk, short on quality and devoid of inspiration.

Cust has been a shadow of the player he was since his arm injury at the Challenge Cup Final.

Abdull is injury prone and overweight.

Hardaker's disciplinary record is too long to recall.

Holmes flopped at Warrington and now can't get into.the Leigh team.

Asiata worth the risk but again big injury and disciplinary concerns there.

Sezer couldn't stay fit and looked demotivated the last time he was in SL.

If anything Amir Borough looks the best signing - a decent young hooker with potential.

A halfback partnership with no pace is a recipe for disaster - remember Reynolds and Gale?

Depressing signing if it happens, Better than Drinkwater, that's about it, although he hasn't been that bad this year in a really poor sign, but at his age, you just can't get excited by this.

Better because one year deal, with a plan to replace him with real quality the year after.

Always said last two quota places where make or break for our recruitment.

Hope I wrong about him.

Unless we are still looking at a fullback. But agreed recruitment has so far been awful.

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A bit of an overreaction and you ha e focused only on negatives which you could do with every signing.

Last year was a diaster, this year is no where near as bad, I'd call it mediocre.