Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Fingers83 said:
I think adding players like Klemmer, Bateman and Papali'i is working on the defence, no?
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Not enough.
We need everyone in the 17 defending.
What Klemmer +Papalii + Stefano mean is we dont get Stomped.

Yet AD, Nofo, etc need to prove themselves and put their bodies on the line.
weststigerman said:
Looks like we lost the 3 way battle:

Moses => Re-signing with Parra
Crichton => Bulldogs
WT => Plan B

I'll wait until it all comes out but it's looking that way.
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That is FINE.
We have enough team changes that we need to see what our team is like and where our weaknesses are.

No good signing Moses if Brooks fires behind the stronger pack. No good signing Crichton if Laurie fires.

IMHO I would target Olam to strenthen our backline. But lets see how we go in 2023.
 
crazycat said:
Not enough.
We need everyone in the 17 defending.
What Klemmer +Papalii + Stefano mean is we dont get Stomped.

Yet AD, Nofo, etc need to prove themselves and put their bodies on the line.

That is FINE.
We have enough team changes that we need to see what our team is like and where our weaknesses are.

No good signing Moses if Brooks fires behind the stronger pack. No good signing Crichton if Laurie fires.

IMHO I would target Olam to strenthen our backline. But lets see how we go in 2023.
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Tim would have olam up front. Wouldn’t that be destructive
 
Dennisspicer1 said:
Well looks like we are in a position of apparently being used by Moses, we offered him about $1-4 ML
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And not for the first time! He left us in the same manner, taking us for a ride. Honestly, I don’t know why the club or anyone on here would want him back. Like taking back your narcissistic ex.

I know we need a good half option, we can’t go into the season with what we have now, so if Williams is plan B then please just forget the arrogant tanker and bring on plan B.
 
sleeve said:
Teddy and Manu have great passing games, probably two of the best in the game. Why would you pay big dollars for another player, when you have Stains, Laurie, and Bula in the mix ? Give the side 6 mths, before jumping into that fire.
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Tedesco hardly passed in his earlier years. Even now he still is run first. I like a player like Dylan Edwards who goes hard but it is not known for a passing game.

When did the fullback become the playmakers anyway? Why aren't the halves doing the passing. The fullback should be getting on the outside of a defender drawing and pass..nothing complicated about it.

Be interesting to see how/if Stains goes there.
 
Flippedy said:
And not for the first time! He left us in the same manner, taking us for a ride. Honestly, I don’t know why the club or anyone on here would want him back. Like taking back your narcissistic ex.

I know we need a good half option, we can’t go into the season with what we have now, so if Williams is plan B then please just forget the arrogant tanker and bring on plan B.
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Can't get plan B until 2025 with Williams.

Moses is the best halfback with the best kicking game available right now. We need a halfback with a good kicking game. Like him or not if you want to see them play finals then people will have to suck it up
 
crazycat said:
Not enough.
We need everyone in the 17 defending.
What Klemmer +Papalii + Stefano mean is we dont get Stomped.

Yet AD, Nofo, etc need to prove themselves and put their bodies on the line.

That is FINE.
We have enough team changes that we need to see what our team is like and where our weaknesses are.

No good signing Moses if Brooks fires behind the stronger pack. No good signing Crichton if Laurie fires.

IMHO I would target Olam to strenthen our backline. But lets see how we go in 2023.
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I've given up waiting on Brooks to fire. It's not just about Brooks, Doueihi also needs to improve massively.
 
SeanT said:
Can't get plan B until 2025 with Williams.

Moses is the best halfback with the best kicking game available right now. We need a halfback with a good kicking game. Like him or not if you want to see them play finals then people will have to suck it up
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Some people think their personal vendetta is more important than getting the best player available in his position to help the team win more games.

Those same people will come back on this forum and everywhere else sooking about how bad we are.

I don't know about others, but I don't care what happened 5 years ago, a little dummy spit. I want to see Wests Tigers winning football games and being competitive.

Go and watch 2005 highlights and tell me you don't want those kinds of feelings back in your life! It's a hell of a lot better than choosing to be miserable about the way in which a player left the club previously.
 
sleeve said:
Being used by Moses, tends to imply we are dumb. What happens with Moses , has been happening for years, between players and clubs. We tried hard, that's the main thing.
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Klemmar,API,Papalii,Bateman signatures suggest that's not the case.

Even if we don't get Moses, Parra will have to fork out 10-20% more on thier offer which can't hurt us with future signings. Especially an up and coming Parra player who we can steal due to Parra overpaying their halves and fullback.
 
weststigerman said:
Looks like we lost the 3 way battle:

Moses => Re-signing with Parra
Crichton => Bulldogs
WT => Plan B

I'll wait until it all comes out but it's looking that way.
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Me, I'm happy with our recruitment. Best we've ever done. You can't sign everyone, especially when you're holding the wooden spoon. I don't see that we lost any battles.
But I guess that you can't please everyone.
 
We have the following players who can play centre;-
Naden- a first class centre.
Kepoa;- has plenty of upside, is young and learning.
Feledy ;- shows great promise.
Topou ;- exciting and talented.
TT ; not sure if the forwards are his future, but impressive at training.
AD ;- has played centre with some ability.
Reilly ;- not much known about, but signed for a reason.
To'a ;- exciting and talented.
Bula ;- great wraps on ths kid, not in top 30, but can play 1,2,3, and 4.

Yet people are screaming to buy $700,000 players who may be no better.
Naden, is a very good centre, and we only need one of the above to have a pair, i like our chances.
 
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Fingers83 said:
Some people think their personal vendetta is more important than getting the best player available in his position to help the team win more games.

Those same people will come back on this forum and everywhere else sooking about how bad we are.

I don't know about others, but I don't care what happened 5 years ago, a little dummy spit. I want to see Wests Tigers winning football games and being competitive.

Go and watch 2005 highlights and tell me you don't want those kinds of feelings back in your life! It's a hell of a lot better than choosing to be miserable about the way in which a player left the club previously.
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Yea ah Nah.

Parramatta got the best players Available.
Moses
Gutho
Matterson

Heck they almost got a Premiereship.

But see the problem with the above. Money hungry GRUBS!

Good players, but good players alone do not make a team!
 
crazycat said:
Yea ah Nah.

Parramatta got the best players Available.
Moses
Gutho
Matterson

Heck they almost got a Premiereship.

But see the problem with the above. Money hungry GRUBS!

Good players, but good players alone do not make a team!
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I'm not really sure what you're getting at here.

Moses would make our team better. Nothing else matters.

Comments like this are why opposing fans say we enjoy mediocrity. "Glad we didn't get the best players on the market, they would cost too much money".

That is not a consolation prize. The best teams with the best players win football games.
 
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