Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[tigerap]

Indeed.
He needs to get fit.

He looked rinsed from round 1.
In pain after any contact.

Low pain tolerance….always seemed cooked

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Hooper warning

The Wests Tigers have made an inquiry with Wigan about the prospect of bringing 2019 Dally M Backrower of the Year John Bateman back to the NRL in 2023.

In a move unrelated to Isaiah Papali’i having second thoughts about switching from Parramatta to Concord next year, Tigers director of football Tim Sheens has confirmed the club has made the approach.

The catch is going to be Bateman is under contract with Wigan until at least the end of 2024 and for now the Warriors have blocked the Tigers move.

Bateman was one of the standout backrowers in the NRL the year the Canberra Raiders made the grand final in 2019 before his tenure in the national capital soured over a contract stalemate with the Green Machine.

Bateman then returned home to the UK at the end of the 2020 NRL season after inking a four-year deal with Wigan through until the end of 2024.

The Raiders were forced to pay a $250,000 transfer fee to Bradford to bring Bateman to the NRL the first time around but the one bonus with transfer fees to English clubs is they aren’t included in the NRL clubs salary cap.

The Bateman approach is creative thinking from Sheens trying to look outside the square and devise recruitment ploys aimed at overhauling the Wests Tigers roster.

The Tigers have made some recruitment moves this week by re-signing Brent Naden, Asu Kepoa and Starford To’a but the real recruitment space where they need to get busy is the re-signing of Adam Doueihi.

Doueihi is easily the Tigers best player, a local junior and the type of leader the Wests Tigers need to build the club around.

With Sheens and Benji Marshall now having control of the steering wheel at least it won’t be left to dithering management types to make another misguided mistake.

The issue with Doueihi is he’s going to be a free agent as of November 1 and you can guarantee rival clubs are going to be getting the queue to try and convince the five-eighth to switch allegiances.

The Tigers need to sharpen their pencil and try and get a long-term deal done now prior to the stronger clubs being able to table a deal.

The Melbourne Storm have already had one crack at getting Doueihi on loan for the remainder of this year and with uncertainty surrounding the future of Cameron Munster the Tigers five-eighth would make an ideal replacement.

Wonder if he has to pay $70 to meet the tigers board.

 

[finnzo]

Low pain tolerance….always seemed cooked

Low pain tolerance? he’s been playing on 1 leg the hole year and pushed though taking more hit ups then our forwards?

 

[tigerap]

Munster would laugh at a Tigers contract

Keep dreaming

Munsters agent is Bwaith…there is no way Bwaith would endorse a proposed move to the Tigers

 

[tigerap]

Low pain tolerance? he’s been playing on 1 leg the hole year and pushed though taking more hit ups then our forwards?

so he’s been compromising the side by playing injured all year…

 

[finnzo]

so he’s been compromising the side by playing injured all year…

Only cause the coaches have been picking him and the team needed him

 

[Cobarcats]

Indeed.
He needs to get fit.

He looked rinsed from round 1.
In pain after any contact.

Rest him. Arthroscopy for knee and come back fitter, faster and rearin to go for next year.

 

[Alltheway]

Kepoa owes us.

An overhauled back line of;

1 Laurie
2 Starford
3 Naden
4 AJ
5 Staines

Definitely has some strike to it.
Defence is questionable but there's points in that...

Warming to the idea,
However I don't think we'll land Staines.
We'll see though.

Please starford, nice guy but that’s your best?? Give me the Nofa any day.

 

[Demps]

Please starford, nice guy but that’s your best?? Give me the Nofa any day.

Nofo sleeps in a bed that looks like this:

 

[Garrry]

2GB sports show tonight heard Brad fittler say, papalii signed a contract before the season started he should honor it, tigers have allowed 3 2nd rowers to sign elsewhere for next year, honor what you signed or your reputation not good, if the tigers give in to papalii I don't care who else tigers sign, the club hasn't done anything wrong, time to stand up Pascoe for the fukn members and fans, if the official's don't we'll be a joke to any player we sign and easily backflip.

 

[Alltheway]

Nofo sleeps in a bed that looks like this:

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Trust u to have that photo ready to go!! Or is that a photo of your room??

 

[LeichhardtTiger]

Arrgh! Arrgh! Arrgh! Garrry! Gooddd reporttt🤣👍

 

[LeichhardtTiger]

Trust u to have that photo ready to go!! Or is that a photo of your room??

What are those white stains?

 

[Demps]

Trust u to have that photo ready to go!! Or is that a photo of your room??

Nah, classy only for me 😉

 

[Alltheway]

Nofo sleeps in a bed that looks like this:

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You will change your tune if he wins the grandfinal for the drizzle!

 

[Merlot]

the only 3 players i wouldn't sacrifice as a sweetener for Bates.is Hastings n J O n Steffano

 

[Demps]

You will change your tune if he wins the grandfinal for the drizzle!

Takes more than 1 sideways running winger to win a grand final.

 

[Alltheway]

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Nah, classy only for me 😉

She doesn’t seem your type!! And I thought you’d have a red car or fire truck bed!

 

[Demps]

She doesn’t seem your type!! And I thought you’d have a red car or fire truck bed!

Right by the Nofoluma posters

🤣

 

[Alltheway]

Takes more than 1 sideways running winger to win a grand final.

Mate u can already see the drizzle get him and are running off his runs in one game. Wait until they get used to him, and him them.