Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Earl said:
I don't think you can say that especially based on our results last season with him here.

You make really good points though.
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We had them on the ropes, but we let them off because we were unable to capitalise on our opportunities. We had Api and Brooks running across field without any runners running off them, either as an option to receive or as a decoy, or a support player. Both Brooks and Api should have been shouting and berating their team mates for not doing this. All it would have taken is a couple of half breaks generated by people running the lines they should have been running, and we would have put 20 more points on the Knights.
Hastings didn't offer much, but he did bark orders and point and tell people what to do. Brooks complete failure to ever do this is why he will never be an NRL standard halfback. He will never be the general, a Hunt, DCE type. He's a sidekick. And we don't need a sidekick.
 
balmain boy said:
We had them on the ropes, but we let them off because we were unable to capitalise on our opportunities. We had Api and Brooks running across field without any runners running off them, either as an option to receive or as a decoy, or a support player. Both Brooks and Api should have been shouting and berating their team mates for not doing this. All it would have taken is a couple of half breaks generated by people running the lines they should have been running, and we would have put 20 more points on the Knights.
Hastings didn't offer much, but he did bark orders and point and tell people what to do. Brooks complete failure to ever do this is why he will never be an NRL standard halfback. He will never be the general, a Hunt, DCE type. He's a sidekick. And we don't need a sidekick.
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It was the most start stop poor quality game ive been too.

Drop ball, drop ball, penalties, conceding tries, captain reviews, injuries. Terrible

Dopes just had to have some continuous play and prob would of won
 
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The Wests Tigers are privately fuming over losing one of their brightest young stars to the Bulldogs.

Kitione Kautoga, who made his one and only NRL appearance for the Tigers against the Dragons in round 24 last year, is on his way to Belmore.

The Fijian forward, who scored three tries in NSW Cup in the opening round, was brought to the Tigers by former general manager Adam Hartigan. Hartigan is now at the Bulldogs working with Phil Gould.

The pair organised for Kautoga to meet with coach Cameron Ciraldo and his idol Viliame Kikau. It was enough to get him over the line.

The Tigers requested a $160,000 transfer fee from the Bulldogs to release him this year, but that doesn’t look like happening.

Unfortunately big raps on the kid

(SMH)
 
balmain boy said:
We had them on the ropes, but we let them off because we were unable to capitalise on our opportunities. We had Api and Brooks running across field without any runners running off them, either as an option to receive or as a decoy, or a support player. Both Brooks and Api should have been shouting and berating their team mates for not doing this. All it would have taken is a couple of half breaks generated by people running the lines they should have been running, and we would have put 20 more points on the Knights.
Hastings didn't offer much, but he did bark orders and point and tell people what to do. Brooks complete failure to ever do this is why he will never be an NRL standard halfback. He will never be the general, a Hunt, DCE type. He's a sidekick. And we don't need a sidekick.
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Actually brooksy very late in 2nd half run towards the left wing and created an overlap he had positioned himself where our centre and winger were outside him and in front of brooks there was newcastles centre, so if he draws in there centre offloads to our centre, then he draws there winger, and passes ball to our winger, TRY TIME.

But our brilliant half Brooks elects a different way, he grubber kicks and the newcastle centre turns and punches the ball dead. We could have won the game right there.

THANKS AGAIN BROOKSY FOR 10 YEARS OF IT.
 
DJG said:
Hey @LeichhardtTiger ,

What are your thoughts of Leichardt oval now?

Once a fortress, now rubble...

What are your fondest memories there?

Assuming you were there during the 2009 Sharks vs Tigers.. Robbies last game.. I feel like that's when we started losing the "fortress"
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I Loved going to the Hill then my eyesight weakened and staring into the sun made it worse. We ended up getting Season tickets in the Latchem & I took to taking binoculars. We moved to Adelaide in April 2005 and I flew back to LO games throughout 2005. Then came back for the GF cos my mate had Olympic Stadium membership seats.

Favourite memories abound.

AMCO Cup win in 1976 against The Bears then the Panasonic win vs Sharks in 85.

One year I got to sit in the Press box with my old schoolmate Tony Brassel and we did the tackle counts - he was a cub reporter! Mostly guesses!

Larry Corowa in full flight was a blessing from God!

The day Mario was sent off was tremendous his impression of being crucified was priceless.

The last, last night vs The Roosters, Sirros last game, in the pouring rain was gut-wrenching.

The first last time at LO before moving to Parra stadium I dug up some turf from the Hill and planted it in my backyard in Concord and it took off - I swear you could hear the Tigers Tigers Tigers Chant and smell the hotdogs - a few beers helped! 🏉 🍻🐯
 
LeichhardtTiger said:
I Loved going to the Hill then my eyesight weakened and staring into the sun made it worse. We ended up getting Season tickets in the Latchem & I took to taking binoculars. We moved to Adelaide in April 2005 and I flew back to LO games throughout 2005. Then came back for the GF cos my mate had Olympic Stadium membership seats.

Favourite memories abound.

AMCO Cup win in 1976 against The Bears then the Panasonic win vs Sharks in 85.

One year I got to sit in the Press box with my old schoolmate Tony Brassel and we did the tackle counts - he was a cub reporter! Mostly guesses!

Larry Corowa in full flight was a blessing from God!

The day Mario was sent off was tremendous his impression of being crucified was priceless.

The last, last night vs The Roosters, Sirros last game, in the pouring rain was gut-wrenching.

The first last time at LO before moving to Parra stadium I dug up some turf from the Hill and planted it in my backyard in Concord and it took off - I swear you could hear the Tigers Tigers Tigers Chant and smell the hotdogs - a few beers helped! 🏉 🍻🐯
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LT, what about 88 and 89. Wiz kicks it into touch 1 metre out from the opposition goal line, Latcham Robinson end. In those days, we were a 60% chance of winning against the feed because scrums were fair dinkum. Crowd on their feet. Noise was 1000 decibels. We'd win the scrum and poor old Mick Neill would be bashed senseless as he set up a backline sweep for the opposite corner. OR, we'd lose the scrum and because we were set deep to attack, they'd come at us wide and Wayne Pearce would ankle tackle the outside centre on the halfway. That's when blokes knew how to play footy.
 

ARL Commission boss Peter V’landys says the NRL integrity unit will launch a salary-cap investigation if there is evidence of illegal rorting involving Roosters recruit Brandon Smith.

Speaking exclusively to News Corp last week, Smith’s manager Stan Martin made the explosive claim that at least one NRL club had offered an illegal payment outside the salary cap to sign the Kiwi Test star.

Martin made it clear the Roosters’ successful offer to sign Smith was completely legal under NRL salary-cap rules.

But V’landys urged Martin to come forward with evidence of salary-cap cheating if he has any correspondence that could uncover any proposed illegal transaction involving an NRL club or official.

“We won’t tolerate salary-cap cheating,” V’landys told Sport Confidential.

“If Brandon Smith’s manager has some information, I encourage him to make that information available to the NRL integrity unit.”

New Zealand-based Martin said last week he was shocked by one club’s offer of an under-the-table payment and rejected any impropriety.

“No brown paper bags,” he said. “Everything we do must be above board.

“There was one club that offered me a backhander, but I had no interest in anything dodgy like that.”

The NRL has only had two major salary-cap scandals in the past 13 years. The Storm produced the worst rort in history in 2010, stripped of two premierships after cheating the salary cap by $1.7 million, while Parramatta had 12 competition points deducted for their breach in 2016.

There is no suggestion those clubs are involved in any wrongdoing in relation to Smith’s eventual move to the Roosters.

V’landys has put the 17 clubs on notice, saying any allegation or information of salary-cap cheating will trigger an immediate NRL integrity-unit probe.

“It’s a serious allegation,” he said of Martin’s revelation.

“If he has evidence of some club trying to cheat the system, he should immediately hand it to the integrity unit for them to investigate.

“If he can provide some evidence, we will certainly be taking action, no fear or favour.”
 
balmain boy said:
We had them on the ropes, but we let them off because we were unable to capitalise on our opportunities. We had Api and Brooks running across field without any runners running off them, either as an option to receive or as a decoy, or a support player. Both Brooks and Api should have been shouting and berating their team mates for not doing this. All it would have taken is a couple of half breaks generated by people running the lines they should have been running, and we would have put 20 more points on the Knights.
Hastings didn't offer much, but he did bark orders and point and tell people what to do. Brooks complete failure to ever do this is why he will never be an NRL standard halfback. He will never be the general, a Hunt, DCE type. He's a sidekick. And we don't need a sidekick.
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Welsby. We need a bloke who's going to make something out of nothing and just compete all the time.
 
Luke Brooks #1 Fan said:

ARL Commission boss Peter V’landys says the NRL integrity unit will launch a salary-cap investigation if there is evidence of illegal rorting involving Roosters recruit Brandon Smith.

Speaking exclusively to News Corp last week, Smith’s manager Stan Martin made the explosive claim that at least one NRL club had offered an illegal payment outside the salary cap to sign the Kiwi Test star.

Martin made it clear the Roosters’ successful offer to sign Smith was completely legal under NRL salary-cap rules.

But V’landys urged Martin to come forward with evidence of salary-cap cheating if he has any correspondence that could uncover any proposed illegal transaction involving an NRL club or official.

“We won’t tolerate salary-cap cheating,” V’landys told Sport Confidential.

“If Brandon Smith’s manager has some information, I encourage him to make that information available to the NRL integrity unit.”

New Zealand-based Martin said last week he was shocked by one club’s offer of an under-the-table payment and rejected any impropriety.

“No brown paper bags,” he said. “Everything we do must be above board.

“There was one club that offered me a backhander, but I had no interest in anything dodgy like that.”

The NRL has only had two major salary-cap scandals in the past 13 years. The Storm produced the worst rort in history in 2010, stripped of two premierships after cheating the salary cap by $1.7 million, while Parramatta had 12 competition points deducted for their breach in 2016.

There is no suggestion those clubs are involved in any wrongdoing in relation to Smith’s eventual move to the Roosters.

V’landys has put the 17 clubs on notice, saying any allegation or information of salary-cap cheating will trigger an immediate NRL integrity-unit probe.

“It’s a serious allegation,” he said of Martin’s revelation.

“If he has evidence of some club trying to cheat the system, he should immediately hand it to the integrity unit for them to investigate.

“If he can provide some evidence, we will certainly be taking action, no fear or favour.”
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Smith needs a new manager.
 
Luke Brooks #1 Fan said:

ARL Commission boss Peter V’landys says the NRL integrity unit will launch a salary-cap investigation if there is evidence of illegal rorting involving Roosters recruit Brandon Smith.

Speaking exclusively to News Corp last week, Smith’s manager Stan Martin made the explosive claim that at least one NRL club had offered an illegal payment outside the salary cap to sign the Kiwi Test star.

Martin made it clear the Roosters’ successful offer to sign Smith was completely legal under NRL salary-cap rules.

But V’landys urged Martin to come forward with evidence of salary-cap cheating if he has any correspondence that could uncover any proposed illegal transaction involving an NRL club or official.

“We won’t tolerate salary-cap cheating,” V’landys told Sport Confidential.

“If Brandon Smith’s manager has some information, I encourage him to make that information available to the NRL integrity unit.”

New Zealand-based Martin said last week he was shocked by one club’s offer of an under-the-table payment and rejected any impropriety.

“No brown paper bags,” he said. “Everything we do must be above board.

“There was one club that offered me a backhander, but I had no interest in anything dodgy like that.”

The NRL has only had two major salary-cap scandals in the past 13 years. The Storm produced the worst rort in history in 2010, stripped of two premierships after cheating the salary cap by $1.7 million, while Parramatta had 12 competition points deducted for their breach in 2016.

There is no suggestion those clubs are involved in any wrongdoing in relation to Smith’s eventual move to the Roosters.

V’landys has put the 17 clubs on notice, saying any allegation or information of salary-cap cheating will trigger an immediate NRL integrity-unit probe.

“It’s a serious allegation,” he said of Martin’s revelation.

“If he has evidence of some club trying to cheat the system, he should immediately hand it to the integrity unit for them to investigate.

“If he can provide some evidence, we will certainly be taking action, no fear or favour.”
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What a laugh this is..
“We won’t tolerate salary-cap cheating,” V’landys told Sport Confidential.

If he was serious, he would be looking into the Roosters, Souths and Dogs right now and also needs to attend some of their so-called Golf games, check player partners jobs and salaries.. It's an ongoing laugh from past players..

NRL has their Heads in the sand IMO and needs to stop TPA or cap them so all teams are on the same playing field.
 
hsvjones said:
What a laugh this is..
“We won’t tolerate salary-cap cheating,” V’landys told Sport Confidential.

If he was serious, he would be looking into the Roosters, Souths and Dogs right now and also needs to attend some of their so-called Golf games, check player partners jobs and salaries.. It's an ongoing laugh from past players..

NRL has their Heads in the sand IMO and needs to stop TPA or cap them so all teams are on the same playing field.
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No we will help to cover it up
 
liltiger said:
I know right, if 10 years hasn't been enough what will it take 100
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But does he? When I watch the game Im seething at forwards dropping simple passes, defenders rushing in and creating overlaps passes being pushed that simply aren’t there.

You get on here and people are like “ it’s been 10 years - brooks isn’t up to it! As if none of those things above should have any effect on the scoreline whatsoever and brooks should of scored 5 individual tries.

It’s crazy talk.
 
LeichhardtTiger said:
I Loved going to the Hill then my eyesight weakened and staring into the sun made it worse. We ended up getting Season tickets in the Latchem & I took to taking binoculars. We moved to Adelaide in April 2005 and I flew back to LO games throughout 2005. Then came back for the GF cos my mate had Olympic Stadium membership seats.

Favourite memories abound.

AMCO Cup win in 1976 against The Bears then the Panasonic win vs Sharks in 85.

One year I got to sit in the Press box with my old schoolmate Tony Brassel and we did the tackle counts - he was a cub reporter! Mostly guesses!

Larry Corowa in full flight was a blessing from God!

The day Mario was sent off was tremendous his impression of being crucified was priceless.

The last, last night vs The Roosters, Sirros last game, in the pouring rain was gut-wrenching.

The first last time at LO before moving to Parra stadium I dug up some turf from the Hill and planted it in my backyard in Concord and it took off - I swear you could hear the Tigers Tigers Tigers Chant and smell the hotdogs - a few beers helped! 🏉 🍻🐯
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The Amco Cup was great…all the blokes on the hill at half time standing in a line and pissing over the back. Watching the Black Flash was something special. Was there for Wayne Pearce’s last game.
 
Bob said:
But does he? When I watch the game Im seething at forwards dropping simple passes, defenders rushing in and creating overlaps passes being pushed that simply aren’t there.

You get on here and people are like “ it’s been 10 years - brooks isn’t up to it! As if none of those things above should have any effect on the scoreline whatsoever and brooks should of scored 5 individual tries.

It’s crazy talk.
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Yeah, it‘s crazy. Blaming 1 player for all of our misfortunes or thinking that 1 player will change our fortunes.
Despite the handicap that is our board and management, I think we are nearly there. Our pack is good and vastly improved, our halves need better outside backs with pace and ability to run into a hole and we need a fullback wiith better positioning and support running.
 
TCL said:
Yeah, it‘s crazy. Blaming 1 player for all of our misfortunes or thinking that 1 player will change our fortunes.
Despite the handicap that is our board and management, I think we are nearly there. Our pack is good and vastly improved, our halves need better outside backs with pace and ability to run into a hole and we need a fullback wiith better positioning and support running.
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And we need better halves.
 
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