Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[cktiger]

How good would it be to see Brooksy lead us to a premiership.

Be great … in reserve grade.

 

[hank37w]

And the good players around him that took the Broncos from 4th to out of semi final contention are ????

You would have to agree that there is way more quality at the Broncos at the moment than what is currently at the Wests Tigers.

At least they were in a position to contest for the top 4 and the top 8 at various stages, we won the spoon.

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Didn’t realise Brooks picked the team

Tigers always lose the better, and always keep the shit one

Such a WT specialty

 

[BAGNF05]

I give Papali'i half a season before he succumbs to Wests Tigers syndrome (getting worse the more you play for WT).

My guess is a couple of injury interrupted seasons before going back to a top 8 club. Or he’ll find a backflip loophole.

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Jock Madden, who was farewelled last Sunday and at the Kelly-Barnes Medal presentation night, will join the Broncos on a two year deal to boost their half depth (Courier Mail)

 

[Tigerbenb]

Curious to read some opinions on Xerri.

Good, decent sized centre, very fast (on the juice anyway!), but seemed like a bit of a tool to me.

I believe he'll have served his time, (so clean slate) and he'd be very cheap.

But in saying a clean slate, I think you'd have to be an absolute fool to use PEDs in this day and age (so wouldn't think about it) but interested to hear others' opinions.

I would take a punt on xerri

 

[dazza65]

My guess is a couple of injury interrupted seasons before going back to a top 8 club. Or he’ll find a backflip loophole.

Yeah, he’ll probably do a Mo-Mat-oiai…..that’s what it’s called I believe

 

[Tim Sheens]

Aloiai is like one of those guys on the highway that only starts doing the speed limit when you go to overtake him....
He's OK (Not worth what he's getting paid) But he really turns it on against us.

He doesn't play that well the majority of the time.

Love the analogy.

 

[batboy]

Sky's the limit though....

Broncos is a great place for him to develop and prove himself.

Have guys like Walters, Ikin and maybe even Lockyer around showing him the way... Renno even, he's no slouch... despite his body letting him down.

IMO, albeit may be a strange move - It makes so much sense. Penrith lads are locked in and rarely miss games... Renno though, is a regular on the injury list.

Their forward back and a spine of Walsh, Mam, Madden and whoever plays 9...
I can see it working.

Like they did with Tom Deardon?

 

[WT2K]

Titans are trying to offload a player so they can try and re-sign ese ese

 

[TSP]

Yeah 100% I’d take 1million a year playing Japanese rugby over 400k a year traveling up and down the east coast getting belted every week but thank Christ players choose to do it it’s easily the most entertaining sport in my opinion

Yeah, it’s got a lot going for it over other sports.

Very few sports can squeeze out so much drama and excitement into 80 minutes.

It’s a bit tongue in cheek at times, it’s full throttle and there’s simply nowhere to hide.

One of my favourite plays is second phase followed by that perfect inside pass and old mate runs into a gap. Then the pursuit.

Any movement can find its way into being a knife edges opportunity.

Defence has its own features and benefits. The mighty one on one to save the game. The little ‘un bringing down Goliath.

And allow me a few indulgences, Jwh pulling off 3 or 4 offences in a single tackle. Completely mad. Psychopath but gentle as a kitten in real life. I don’t mind a bit of tackle drama where no one gets hurt etc. not like Latrell, what he did to Manu was low gutted Dog 101.

Yeah it’s hard to think of another sport with so many attributes.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

I would take a punt on xerri

Only way I would look at Xerri is a train and trial deal with a club option for a NRL contract. With condition he has to work his way into NRL via NSW Cup form.

He has been out of the game for years and not on supplements is a large shift for him.
It's great to take punts on players in this category but it must be the right deal/terms for us.

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

You would have to agree that there is way more quality at the Broncos at the moment than what is currently at the Wests Tigers.

At least they were in a position to contest for the top 4 and the top 8 at various stages, we won the spoon.

It all depends which way you look at it WT'S beat Broncos ?????

 

[colinbh]

There'd be half a dozen clubs interested if he was given permission to look elsewhere. Including us.

He is hopeless. No thanks.

 

[earl]

Be great … in reserve grade.

I'd prefer to see us win the comp in first grade but hey that's me.

 

[ElleryHanley]

Anyone who followed Xeri's brother's trial would not want anything to do with him.

Zero remorse and they mocked the victim's family during the trial. Xeri in there with them.

The lowest of the low.

The only skill he stood out for was explosive speed off the mark...his hands and passing were poor and his D worse than Nofa.

That one elite skill was incredible speed off the mark...and, now, we all know why he had that skill. Which he won't have in the future.

Huge no.

Sheens is smart enough to not go anywhere near him.

 

[Spartan117]

Jock Madden, who was farewelled last Sunday and at the Kelly-Barnes Medal presentation night, will join the Broncos on a two year deal to boost their half depth (Courier Mail)

We're goanna regret this one.

I can see the articles now.

They chose to stick with Brooks

 

[Buttface]

We're goanna regret this one.

I can see the articles now.

They chose to stick with Brooks

Hopefully it will be Tim and Benji finally turn Brooks into a gun.

 

[Tito Santana]

He played at a minimum contract level

Agreed - Mby on $70k on the way he played

 

[Lauren]

Further evidence of blaming all our woes (if you can count losing Madden as a woe) on Brooks. You can have the opinion of Madden being better than Brooks and that Brooks should have been dropped to reggies to accommodate him (i'd disagree but that is the coaches call not Brooks). But Brooks signed his contract before Madden was even at the club, so he has not forced him out and his exit is in no way "all on Luke Brooks".

Until Madden becomes the new Thurston, I'm happy with this decision. Good luck to him. Like others have said he'll get to work on his game under Reynolds.