Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[earl]

That is fake news, he is not expected to sign anything with the Tigers on Thursday.

Well clearly people are going to get it wrong but I'm not sure it's fake news. It's news from someone who tends to provide good info.

 

[Tom Brbyb]

Informal talks with RTS have been ongoing. Tigers offer will essentially be a straight swap for what was offered to Moses.

 

[fainty]

Maybe MM will cancel the meeting before Thursday. I guess there’s still time for that.

 

[Fingers83]

You mean like Jonah Pezet?

He has recently extended his stay in Melbourne. I think Sanders is probably our best bet from an 'almost ready to go' stand point, and we know Sheens isn't shy of handing a young guy a debut.

Aside from Moses though, there are no week in week out 1st grade standard halfbacks on the market.

I think Sheen's getting Moses sped up his initial timeline of 3 or so years to be competitive, which I commend him for, he really has gone on the attack and been on the front foot. But failing his signature, we should temper our excitment and expect to be waiting a couple more years for finals football.

I don't think a halves combo of AD and Brooks can take us there, worse if one of them gets injured, and Wakeham steps in.

 

[Fingers83]

Informal talks with RTS have been ongoing. Tigers offer will essentially be a straight swap for what was offered to Moses.

With all due respect man, leave this forum.

 

[SeanT]

Informal talks with RTS have been ongoing. Tigers offer will essentially be a straight swap for what was offered to Moses.

1.4 mill for RTS? Get off the turps mate haha

 

[earl]

With all due respect man, leave this forum.

I'd like that story to be true though.

 

[TillLindemann]

With all due respect man, leave this forum.

He's a deadset pest.

 

[old_man_tiger]

Sheens was played by Ciraldo only last year.

I think Sheens got exactly what he wanted and called it as soon as Madge was sacked.
I have a growing fear that the B in plan B stands for Benji if our halves need a shake up or fill in at some point, and the Moses bluster will again be used to say "we tried our best". If you look at the depth we've recruited it makes it very easy to slot Benji in above Will Smith and the angry looking little guy from the dirty dogs.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Think it might be more complicated Earl.
If the knights were willing to pay Brooks full contract would he still be a Tiger. We will never know the truth. Personally I believe we couldn't reach an agreement on how much of Brooks contract the Knights would cover so we released Hastings instead because he was just easier to move on.

Hastings was considered a 13 at WTs, not a half.

Brooks considered leaving but changed his mind with the new coaching team and after discussion with Marshall. Marshall wants Brooks clearly post 2023. That is in the article posted yesterday.

Just my view but I expect Doueihi to follow Hastings out the door. This suggests the club has a plan.

 

[liltiger]

I agree with this. The initial comment was related to pairing Brooks with Moses as if there was some underhand deal to get Moses.

I think Brooks was close to leaving simply because the Knights were after him. I think the money he is on this season was too high to do a deal with Newcastle and by that I mean the Tigers weren't prepared to pay Brooks a chunk of salary to play in Newcastle.

Couldn't agree more, though if Moses does come it changes things again

 

[liltiger]

Hastings was considered a 13 at WTs, not a half.

Brooks considered leaving but changed his mind with the new coaching team and after discussion with Marshall. Marshall wants Brooks clearly post 2023. That is in the article posted yesterday.

Just my view but I expect Doueihi to follow Hastings out the door. This suggests the club has a plan.

I can't see Douhi staying either, just can't see him in our halves in the long term or see him settling to play centre

 

[pawsandclaws1]

I can't see Douhi staying either, just can't see him in our halves in the long term or see him settling to play centre

Agreed. He kept his options open with his comments in that article.

 

[Bones]

Face to face meetings not resulting in contracts are pretty standard aren't they? If he wants to milk a bit more money out of the Eels he would need the Tigers option to look credible.

If the Tigers offer is already more than the Eels and they won’t budge as suggested, there is no need to get a bigger offer from us. It doesn’t achieve anything.

 

[Bones]

I assumed a personal phone call would do.

You don’t even get that from Cam Munster

 

[Bob]

I think Sheens got exactly what he wanted and called it as soon as Madge was sacked.
I have a growing fear that the B in plan B stands for Benji if our halves need a shake up or fill in at some point, and the Moses bluster will again be used to say "we tried our best". If you look at the depth we've recruited it makes it very easy to slot Benji in above Will Smith and the angry looking little guy from the dirty dogs.

I can see a Benji comeback too. Pushing Sheens into a 3 year stint.

 

[Bob]

I can see a Benji comeback too. Pushing Sheens into a 3 year stint.

Should clarify.. don’t think it will be good

 

[balmain boy]

Moses was always going to stay at Parra as long as Parra could get close to our offer. Also Issac Moses has used the negotiations to get inflated deals for a couple of his other clients. It’s been a big win for the Moses clan.

Now we have to have a crack at a kid, like the one at Parra who is now a bridesmaid for a long time if he stays at Parra

But they didnt get close. They're barely offering him any more than what he's on now. Our offer would be ~1.5 million more than theirs is the numbers floated on here are ballpark accurate.

 

[Westsboi2019]

Bateman set to arrive next week

 

[diedpretty]

Reading between the lines, there is mail that Moses will re-sign with Parra but also meet with WT on Thursday.

Can't see an in-person meeting happening for a simple rejection and goodbye.

I suspect Moses and co will come to the meeting to say they will sign with Parra unless their latest demand is met. Maybe the potential for a 5th year the Pom alluded to.

There was a guy on the parra forum who seems to be pretty cluey with their reccruitment. He suggested Moses would walk if the tigers got their offer to 7mill over 5 years.