Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Tigerwould said:
good NRL halfbacks are very hard to come by. Moses is at least a top 8 halfback, we haven’t had one of those for some time. If we signed him for 5 years (which I think is too long) after a couple of years I think there will be other bottom feeding teams desperate enough to take him off our hands at full freight (Or close enough to full freight).
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At 1.4 million?
 
The way I see it, we win if he signs and we win if he doesn’t.

My logic is..We need to finally land a high profile signing, we have been bridesmaids to many times. So MM would fit the bill.

On the other hand if we don’t we save a truck load of cash and can focus on maybe a young 7 being road blocked for a quarter of the dollars.

Win Win
 
Not a rumoured signing but I spent a couple of years coaching as a development coach at Panthers (only 13s & 14s) but we had an induction every year and Gus would spit out the same stuff. “Premierships are bred and built not brought. At Panthers we demand our success is from within our system.” Dogs have some very good talent in the ages 18-21. Their path is being blocked with this buy mentality. It’s going to implode amongst junior rep managers. Funny how Gus has changed his tuned. It will bite them hard imo. Sheens has told our elite 18-21 get stuck into training and you will get a shot at Tigers NRL.
 
Spidercam said:
I’m pretty sure MM would be keen on playing Sheens/Benji “flare football” brand rather than stuck behind boring Brad Arthur type… he’s gone as far as he could with the eels, times change and the Tiges are on the up 🤙
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I agree, As a player they love to score and have the flair game and this suit Moses to a Tee IMO.
If he was going to stay, why is it not done yet is the big question.
 
Needaname said:
The point is more Moses performance in the GF. 17 kicks for 611 kick meters is a huge contribution for a HB. And as you said the team was dominated from the start so he was clearly kicking off the back foot.
This we do not have, we do not have a half that can play for territory off the back of a dominated pack.
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He clearly hates Moses and his opinion is clouded and not worth responding too
 
batboy said:
If you were there, You would remember he imported mostly when he got to the Panthers as well.....
Whatever his reasoning - It's worked, And they're now set for 20 years.

Gus won't lose anyone from the dogs he doesn't want to....
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His 5 year plan was all based around cleary and co when they where playing Matts and Ball. I don’t want to sound disrespectful to Gus but if he didn’t have certain business contacts he wouldn’t be in the game (in his position) They will lose some outstanding junior talent in the next year or 2.
 
Tiger_claws said:
His 5 year plan was all based around cleary and co when they where playing Matts and Ball. I don’t want to sound disrespectful to Gus but if he didn’t have certain business contacts he wouldn’t be in the game (in his position) They will lose some outstanding junior talent in the next year or 2.
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I hope you are right, the media suck up to him like he is the messiah
 
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Tigerwould said:
good NRL halfbacks are very hard to come by. Moses is at least a top 8 halfback, we haven’t had one of those for some time. If we signed him for 5 years (which I think is too long) after a couple of years I think there will be other bottom feeding teams desperate enough to take him off our hands at full freight (Or close enough to full freight).
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a few good signing and all of sudden we are not a bottom feeder anymore. we are still at the bottom until we win some games. still no to moses never the less
 
Tiger_claws said:
His 5 year plan was all based around cleary and co when they where playing Matts and Ball. I don’t want to sound disrespectful to Gus but if he didn’t have certain business contacts he wouldn’t be in the game (in his position) They will lose some outstanding junior talent in the next year or 2.
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Would it be fair to say he plays out of the nick politis handbook?
 
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batboy said:
If you were there, You would remember he imported mostly when he got to the Panthers as well.....
Whatever his reasoning - It's worked, And they're now set for 20 years.

Gus won't lose anyone from the dogs he doesn't want to....
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Gus’s vision for the panthers was Moylan, Blake, DWZ, Mansour, CHN, Cartwright, Peachey, RCG etc on massive back ended contracts. The panthers only came good once they sold them all (whilst fitting a huge part of the bill).

He may have done great things with their juniours, I don’t know, but he also had a Junior base which is roughly 3 times the size of the second largest Sydney one. Basically it’s like crediting the guy In charge of USA Olympics for them getting more medals than Australia.

Meanwhile the Dogs Flegg, Ball and Matt’s teams all finished below one of ours in 2022.
 
tony soprano said:
Would it be fair to say he plays out of the nick politis handbook?
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Looks that way doesn’t it. Nick and Gus are very close. I know Tim Grant got offered a “restructured” contract which Tim made the same money but less on the books when at Panthers. Creative accounting or a good TPA came in but to TGs credit he said no. Thats just one example I know of Gus tactics. I believe our approach is good. Trust me I wasn’t totally convinced on Sheens return at first but he has the junior reps onside and pumping to play for us
 
pawsandclaws1 said:
Then you have to consider if he would be blocking the progression of younger players such as Matamua and Faagutu. Clearly the answer is he would be and that is before you consider the salary cap implications. There is a lot of work balancing a squad.
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I thought Douehi and Moses were a really good combination for Lebanon. I think they'd compliment each other perfectly, as long as AD gets back to his 2021 form and uses that as a baseline performance. Last year for the Tigers he wasn't good enough
 
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