Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[jadtiger]

Over last few seasons I watched bit of ESL with Bateman playing. Was not impressed. Not sure he is anymore the player he was at the Raiders. .

I am all in favour of getting good forwards from the ESL but i completely agree with you Bateman is not one i would even consider.He would want far more money than he is worth and he has been the living definition of a "Pommie Plodder" since he returned there,to be perfectly honest Mikaele would be a better buy than him and i am not suggesting we get Mikaele either.
Bateman's form has diasappeared as quickly as the english sun in winter

 

[Tcat]

the sad truth is currently no one wants to stay at or come to the Tigers.

Can't really blame them. The place is losertown and it will hard to shake the terrible vibe the club has.

 

[TheDaBoss]

What happened to our mad mon

 

[KH1988]

What happened to our mad mon

If you don't hear about it - it went well!

 

[Tcat]

If the reports about the Turbos being unhappy at Manly are even somewhat true we should try and offer them an out. $2.5 mill for the three of them. Give Jake the captaincy.

Then go all in on family groups. Get both Butchers from Easts. Get the Walker brothers to coach with young Sam Walker at 7. Morris brothers to run the water and be trainers. Saifiti twins to top it off

Bring in the Gallagher brother too. Maybe they can be our Superleague scouts. ✌️

 

[The Chad]

In relation to the rumoured signing of Charlie Staines.

One thing this adds is speed to the backline- something we don't really have. Naden is pretty quick, but more in a 'long strider' kind of way. Additionally, I think he's a better centre than winger. Nofa & Maumalo are not 'quick'. Talau, Kepaoa & To'a are not 'quick'. So having a winger with genuine speed helps.

He also is the obvious back-up at fullback as well- so dual purpose.

This leaves are options at centre as Naden, Talau, Kepaoa, To'a, Junior Tupou, Triston Reilly & potentially....Doueihi. If Sheens can't find a combination out of those guys, he's not trying hard enough. Naden & Talau for mine.

What the addition of Staines does is give depth & options so that the 'answer' isn't Starford To'a who was forced into more 1st grade than he was probably ready for.

Wingers- Staines, Nofa, Maumalo- Kepaoa/To'a/Tupou/Naden (options)
Centres- Naden, Talau, Kepaoa, To'a, Tupou, Reilly- Doueihi (option)

This additionally allows the Fullback position to read:

Laurie/Staines/To'a/Camroux

Anything that moves To'a down one rung on the ladder means strengthening of the overall squad.

Staines would be a useful-good signing if this goes ahead.

 

[oldschooltiger]

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What happened to our mad mon

I heard they booked the cruise back in May for mad Monday.

 

[Cobarcats]

Have we signed anyone new yet? What are the rumours, how long before kickoff? 😩

 

[Stevec]

the sad truth is currently no one wants to stay at or come to the Tigers.

Yes that is exactly the truth .Meanwhile Tim can't front the cameras and say he made approaches to many players and got no takers
And this thread keeps on making recruitment suggestions by the hundreds
I think we are struggling to keep Joffa ,Douehi and Hastings and are keeping IPaps and Api only because of contractual obligations
Point im making this is not just a dip or slump which we can climb out of No its a crisis almost to the point of club survival
We need a quantum shift in our image and don't see how that can be achieved with same old formula .Wests Ashfield to Lee to Pascoe to Tim to players .last 5 years we've got worse every year.
How long will Nrl carry odd no of teams if one is so uncompetitive
If Wests Ashfield agree to sale and we relocate to say Central Coast I think Nrl and some moguls would support . Central Coast Tigers easy to attract stars ,huge junior pool ,great home ground .Huge Leagues club next door .I'm only dreaming but don't want to get punted or sent to Perth

 

[Camel2281]

Can't really blame them. The place is losertown and it will hard to shake the terrible vibe the club has.

I honestly believe that if the club made 1 strong decisive action the impression of the club could change.

For me that is getting rid of Luke Brooks.

Having a bloke on that huge huge coin in the most key position perform so poorly for so long without repercussion or him being held accountable is a huge reason why we have this losertown reputation.

 

[coivtny]

What happened to our mad mon

I hope the club did not put one cent into the team's Mad Monday activities. With the exception of one or two they don't deserve it.

 

[stevo133]

Have we signed anyone new yet? What are the rumours, how long before kickoff? 😩

Apparently they signed some English players

 

[Champ1]

I honestly believe that if the club made 1 strong decisive action the impression of the club could change.

For me that is getting rid of Luke Brooks.

Having a bloke on that huge huge coin in the most key position perform so poorly for so long without repercussion or him being held accountable is a huge reason why we have this losertown reputation.

Wrong. Get rid of “Lay down Lee” & put someone in with the courage to stand up to the NRL & back the Tigs players. If the chairman won’t stick up for the club & players, why do you expect the players to? Strength & integrity of a club starts at the front office.

 

[stevo133]

Apparently they signed some English players

Some front rowers and middle forwards

 

[Camel2281]

Wrong. Get rid of “Lay down Lee” & put someone in with the courage to stand up to the NRL & back the Tigs players. If the chairman won’t stick up for the club & players, why do you expect the players to? Strength & integrity of a club starts at the front office.

The club continually backs the players. That's our biggest problem. We have blokes like Brooks who don't perform and the club backs them by never dropping them and paying them more than double what any other club would

 

[Cobarcats]

Apparently they signed some English players

Can we bold part of the sentence that's rumoured and not fact 😁

 

[stevo133]

Can we bold part of the sentence that's rumoured and not fact 😁

Hence why I said apparently I’m not stating it as fact

 

[Cobarcats]

Hence why I said apparently I’m not stating it as fact

An attempt of humour mate.

 

[The Chad]

Obviously Bateman will come up as one of the English targets. Can anyone hazard a guess at who else might be targetted? Any players with history to Sheens/Marshall or even Hastings?

 

[Hbom]

I reckon CCTW might have tipped us off.