Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Cobarcats said:
Yep look at the players that he had to work with.
Packer, only good for pissing on Broncos oval and sat on the sidelines for most of his contract.
Grub, how many games did he play?
Moses Mbye, he'll be in NSWRL soon, overrated and overpaid.
Packers mate who retired injured.
Who else, can't think with my teeth out.
Point is, when Madge won GF coaching at Souths, have a look at the roster.
He can coach, needs a good roster and a good football director. The club only has to support them.
We are starting to do this and get support. [Sheens]
The trouble is it's coming in drips and drabs.
Covid has slowed down the COE.
I said in one of the predictions topics that it is better that we come come home strong this year and get momentum going in 2023 because we'll have a better roster and the COE will be up and running and the club structure will be better.
We will sign more players, that I'm confident in. They will join Api and Kori, Stef and the other players we keep.
Add the pathway players who will push through.
Lets put some more positive topics up instead of repetitive negative stuff over and over in slight name change topics.
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What topics do you suggest mate? Gildarts tattoos. Noffa’s Instagram life. Musgrove’s take on law and order. Madges cooking lessons.. what Brooksy could buy with his marquee money..
 
Give me a second, I've just got to go and check all the different topics that are all about the same thing, or do you want to do it.
My point is, if someone has a gripe, why start a new thread, put it in a generic topic.
By the way I don't have to read all that's written in the topic to respond to one post.
If you have a fascination with Gildarts tattoos that fine, put it in Gildarts topic so people know who your talking about.
 
Cobarcats said:
Give me a second, I've just got to go and check all the different topics that are all about the same thing, or do you want to do it.
My point is, if someone has a gripe, why start a new thread, put it in a generic topic.
By the way I don't have to read all that's written in the topic to respond to one post.
If you have a fascination with Gildarts tattoos that fine, put it in Gildarts topic so people know who your talking about.
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Just having a joke mate, not much positive about this club. It’s one disaster after another.
 
BAGNF05 said:
What topics do you suggest mate? Gildarts tattoos. Noffa’s Instagram life. Musgrove’s take on law and order. Madges cooking lessons.. what Brooksy could buy with his marquee money..
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This thread is almost 6000 pages old. It’s bound to go off topic sooner or later. No one should take this thread seriously anyway.
 
BAGNF05 said:
Just having a joke mate, not much positive about this club. It’s one disaster after another.
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Na it's my error, this is a signings and suggestions topic and I must have read something off topic that got me going.
I've since found my teeth and settled down.
Been looking through all the posts and there are some beauties.
I'm just feeling the pinch with us being negative.
Our opinions really aren't going to determine who plays next week but it's good to let steam off.
Having said that if To'a doesn't play this week I'm handing in my sheet of bubble wrap in and head north 🤜🤛
 
Telltails said:
Andrew Johns ripping into Wayne Bennett for meeting with Kalyn Pongha while he is contracted to Newcastle is interesting. Wasn't he trying to lure Brooks to Newcastle promising to fix his game while he was contracted to the WTs?
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I came on to raise this point . Glad someone else picked up on it .
Atleast with ponga he has get out clause so there is nothing bad being done . Brooks has two years and he is using his media profile to place pressure on club to get a player for a club he is consulting with and used to play .

In all honesty what the tigers really need is explayers or consultants in the media . Basically all the ex footy heads in fox and nine have association with a club and they all get favourable coverage and ripped by the media less as what is said on Tv ends up being the narrative run by others .
 
Rugba said:
I came on to raise this point . Glad someone else picked up on it .
Atleast with ponga he has get out clause so there is nothing bad being done . Brooks has two years and he is using his media profile to place pressure on club to get a player for a club he is consulting with and used to play .

In all honesty what the tigers really need is explayers or consultants in the media . Basically all the ex footy heads in fox and nine have association with a club and they all get favourable coverage and ripped by the media less as what is said on Tv ends up being the narrative run by others .
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Interesting point mate
 
Cobarcats said:
Na it's my error, this is a signings and suggestions topic and I must have read something off topic that got me going.
I've since found my teeth and settled down.
Been looking through all the posts and there are some beauties.
I'm just feeling the pinch with us being negative.
Our opinions really aren't going to determine who plays next week but it's good to let steam off.
Having said that if To'a doesn't play this week I'm handing in my sheet of bubble wrap in and head north 🤜🤛
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We only sign a handful of guys each year so in reality this page should lie dormant most of the year. So most of the time it’s just the diehards coming here to lament another day without a signing that will change the club’s fortunes. Sack Pascoe, sign Bellamy and Munster and give them an “ambassador” role for life with Meriton. That’s my suggestion.
 
I understand what your saying.
The problem is everything on one player is starting to get scattered all over the place.
If it's a similar topic to a previous one then put it in there so archives can be regenerated and we all could be educated going through the topic.
I have gone back to some of my earlier threads and said to myself,
'my god what dribble' or 'yeh that's cool' instead now we seem to have two or three posts on one and a couple on another but combined with the same topic theme it becomes good reading, imo.
love your work BTW
 
Demps said:
100%

He's a gun.
Plays with high confidence too.

Massive upgrade on Laurie.
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Then where does Laurie go?
I like him, and I get it it's business. Yet we don't want it to be business.

Thinking about our team pics, we have picked the moneyball style players except the top shelf (who we cannot attract). Guys like Tamou, Twal, Leulia's, Hastings, even Adam D (who does have character)

What we don't pick is culture and attitude*.

* Tamou and Doueini are an exception when picked).
 
crazycat said:
Then where does Laurie go?
I like him, and I get it it's business. Yet we don't want it to be business.

Thinking about our team pics, we have picked the moneyball style players except the top shelf (who we cannot attract). Guys like Tamou, Twal, Leulia's, Hastings, even Adam D (who does have character)

What we don't pick is culture and attitude*.

* Tamou and Doueini are an exception when picked).
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Laurie can go play for Windsor Wolves.
 
Mighty_Tiger said:
He is a unit, perfect bash and barge style player.
We haven't had that since really Marty was with us.
He would become a crowd fav very quickly.
We need some impact from the bench and he could do that instantly for us.
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What do we have to do then to get him in to nrl side
 
boonboon said:
All the excitement around Franklin Pele - He is playing off the bench in NSW Cup at 21. Not saying he can't make it but if NSW Cup bench players get us excited then no wonder we never get anywhere
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Durability is his biggest issue. In the NRL players have to be able to play more than 10mins at a consistent level - I don't see him doing that anytime soon. For us if Madge stays, well getting 4-10mins out of a bench rotation even when injuries hit would fit, at least we would get some meters from a forward.

Side note the Sharks also have a huge forward rotation fully fit ahead of him, he is 21 going on 22 - Tolman, Fafita, Finucane, Uele, Rudolf, Hunt, Williams, Talakai, Nikora and Wilton.
 
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Mighty_Tiger said:
Durability is his biggest issue. In the NRL players have to be able to play more than 10mins at a consistent level - I don't see him doing that anytime soon. For us if Madge stays, well getting 4-10mins out of a bench rotation even when injuries hit would fit, at least we would get some meters from a forward.

Side note the Sharks also have a huge forward rotation fully fit ahead of him, he is 21 going on 22 - Tolman, Fafita, Finucane, Uele, Rudolf, Hunt, Williams, Talakai, Nikora and Wilton.
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Isn't Teig Wilton a relation of John Morris?
 
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