Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

pawsandclaws1 said:
The best attribute of Martin's is his spirit. I think he's a very loyal type so it wiould be difficult to get him away from the Panthers.
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Martin would be a great signing and he's always having a dig as you point out.

I think it will be far easier to snag players that have won a comp.

Once they tick that off the bucket list, I'm sure they are more open to move clubs in exchange for a good payday. Martin fits that bill, but we have plenty of competition.

On a diffent note:
For 2023, we may need to sign some one year veteran contracts to keep us competetive and alternate them with the young guys coming through as both the rookies and the vets will need a break at some stage during the season. Unless some horse trading happens over the off-season, we are realistically looking at 2024 before anyone decent comes up so we might have to think short term.

I'm not against signings like Fifita and/or Graham for 1 year on the right money until better players come onto the market.

I think the issue with veteran players is when you expect them to turn your team around based on form from 5 or 6 years ago. Like when we signed Anasta or Reynolds. Did we think they would magically recapture their form from their youth when they put on a Tigers jersey?

If we just sign them to get a job done rather than carry the team on their back, then they can be useful as wider squad members on relatively low salaries.
 
Stevec said:
I Like Kenny but he played 58 mins against Newcastle and could barely move right from kick off check the replays he should have ruled himself out
Then he was out against Sharks but back in against Roosters and played 31 mins and hobbled off . He has injuries and needs to get everything fixed once and for all
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Players can't rule themselves out!!

He's not Ben Simmons!!
 
Cobarcats said:
Mate have you watched any Sharks games? He's not a dud and can bring a lot to the table. Someone like Pole and Stefano would benefit from him being around.
Listening to Sharks players say Fafita is a great club man who puts in.
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A great club man for the Sharks. Like Tamou, both achieved a lot in their respective careers, both the same age, both looking to bump up their super then return to their clubs where they have bonded. We are like a hot vindaloo, tasty until you wake up the next day.
 
twentyforty said:
A great club man for the Sharks. Like Tamou, both achieved a lot in their respective careers, both the same age, both looking to bump up their super then return to their clubs where they have bonded. We are like a hot vindaloo, tasty until you wake up the next day.
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Good stuff mate.
I think his signing would be a masterstroke actually.
He has a lot of pride and if he felt that he could offer some experience and energy to a club that's rebuilding and has young fellas he would jump on it and do a good job IMO.
A Cameo at the right price would be just what the doctor ordered.
He would have a full preseason with us too.
 

Tigers’ shock $7m Munster play to blow NRL rivals away​

James Hooper from Fox Sports
August 25th, 2022 6:45 am

You’ve got to hand it to the Wests Tigers for trying to think outside the square. In line to get the club’s first-ever wooden spoon, the Wests Tigers have hatched a plan to make an audacious play aimed at signing the NRL’s best player – Cameron Munster.

Yes, you read that correctly, the Tigers are going to try and throw their hat in the ring with the Queensland and Australian five-eighth.

The way we’ve heard it the Tigers are talking about making Munster a five-year, $7 million offer aimed at blowing the Melbourne Storm and the Dolphins out of the water.

Fresh off the back of being flogged by 70 by the Sydney Roosters, it’s clear the ailing club needs a circuit breaker signature.

Sure Api Korisau and possibly Isaiah Papali’i will arrive next year but the Tigers are going to need to get a hell of a lot busier in the open market to fix the current plight of the club.

Munster, 27, is precisely the type of key signing who could help stop the rot at Concord.

You can’t blame them for dreaming – remember the Tigers also sounded out Sydney Roosters captain James Tedesco recently – but the chances of it happening are in all likelihood Buckley’s and very little.

The Tigers virtually have an open cheque book to spend for 2024 with a host of top 30 players including Adam Doueihi, Luke Brooks, Jackson Hastings, Daine Laurie, Shawn Blore, Joe Ofahengaue, Alex Seyfarth and Tuki Simpkins all off contract.

Tigers incoming coach Tim Sheens has arguably the greatest challenge of his decorated rugby league career in trying to fix the bun fight that is Concord.

At least the club’s succession plan of Benji Marshall taking over as head coach in 2025 is guaranteed to give the Wests Tigers some pulling power in terms of current players who are off contract.

The last five-year deal the Tigers floated was to incoming Canterbury-Bankstown head coach Cameron Ciraldo.

The risk with this Munster play is it will end with a similar result.
 
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Cobarcats said:
Good stuff mate.
I think his signing would be a masterstroke actually.
He has a lot of pride and if he felt that he could offer some experience and energy to a club that's rebuilding and has young fellas he would jump on it and do a good job IMO.
A Cameo at the right price would be just what the doctor ordered.
He would have a full preseason with us too.
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brother David unsigned in pommy land,a package deal?,be good for morale
 
TigerSkins said:

Tigers’ shock $7m Munster play to blow NRL rivals away​

James Hooper from Fox Sports
August 25th, 2022 6:45 am

You’ve got to hand it to the Wests Tigers for trying to think outside the square. In line to get the club’s first-ever wooden spoon, the Wests Tigers have hatched a plan to make an audacious play aimed at signing the NRL’s best player – Cameron Munster.

Yes, you read that correctly, the Tigers are going to try and throw their hat in the ring with the Queensland and Australian five-eighth.

The way we’ve heard it the Tigers are talking about making Munster a five-year, $7 million offer aimed at blowing the Melbourne Storm and the Dolphins out of the water.

Fresh off the back of being flogged by 70 by the Sydney Roosters, it’s clear the ailing club needs a circuit breaker signature.

Sure Api Korisau and possibly Isaiah Papali’i will arrive next year but the Tigers are going to need to get a hell of a lot busier in the open market to fix the current plight of the club.

Munster, 27, is precisely the type of key signing who could help stop the rot at Concord.

You can’t blame them for dreaming – remember the Tigers also sounded out Sydney Roosters captain James Tedesco recently – but the chances of it happening are in all likelihood Buckley’s and very little.

The Tigers virtually have an open cheque book to spend for 2024 with a host of top 30 players including Adam Doueihi, Luke Brooks, Jackson Hastings, Daine Laurie, Shawn Blore, Joe Ofahengaue, Alex Seyfarth and Tuki Simpkins all off contract.

Tigers incoming coach Tim Sheens has arguably the greatest challenge of his decorated rugby league career in trying to fix the bun fight that is Concord.

At least the club’s succession plan of Benji Marshall taking over as head coach in 2025 is guaranteed to give the Wests Tigers some pulling power in terms of current players who are off contract.

The last five-year deal the Tigers floated was to incoming Canterbury-Bankstown head coach Cameron Ciraldo.

The risk with this Munster play is it will end with a similar result.
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Ya gotta be in it to win it!!!
 
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