Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[426Tlgerland]

I agree, I would have chosen Flanno in a heartbeat but there are plenty on this forum who would have had a coronary if he’d been chosen.

The coronary would have only lasted a few games , We win all 4 under Flanno I feel , and then the love turns up , the real problem now is if they sacked sheens and Benji no one will come hear , so we are stuck , the 9nly change can be Sheens drops off and Benji steps up now , he could then add to the staff if required , Sheens to do his job and stay well out of the football team and training , Sheens I think if we go 0/6 or 0/8 would have to move out of the way , Give Benji the rest of this season to sort out and fix what needs doing , 1,6,7
1 , RTS
7 ,
6 Brooks , with extra coaching from outside

 

[Demps]

The coronary would have only lasted a few games , We win all 4 under Flanno I feel , and then the love turns up , the real problem now is if they sacked sheens and Benji no one will come hear , so we are stuck , the 9nly change can be Sheens drops off and Benji steps up now , he could then add to the staff if required , Sheens to do his job and stay well out of the football team and training , Sheens I think if we go 0/6 or 0/8 would have to move out of the way , Give Benji the rest of this season to sort out and fix what needs doing , 1,6,7
1 , RTS
7 ,
6 Brooks , with extra coaching from outside

No to Brooks....

We cannot move forward with him a part of the club.

Good bye.

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Veteran forward Aaron Woods will leave the Dragons to join the Sea Eagles effective immediately in a player swap deal that will see two of Manly’s best young forwards Viliame Fifita & Alec Tuitavake wear the Red V.
Two hulking props still yet to make their NRL debut.

 

[coivtny]

No to Brooks....

We cannot move forward with him a part of the club.

Good bye.

Yeh, I agree with most of what you’ve written Tigerland but not Brooks. It’s best for him and the club if he leaves immediately.

 

[earl]

Hope does not cut it for us anymore. Surely you can see that?

I agree with you but the only appealing options are those ESL players. We have dud players trying to fill key roles and that is an issue but we need to replace them with good players at worst.

I said Bateman was a high risk signing but look how good he has been.

 

[earl]

But dont make a play for players who are as bad as the one we want to get rid of.

We need improvement. We can't pick up guys that we know aren't going to cut it.

 

[earl]

Give Benji the rest of this season to sort out and fix what needs doing , 1,6,7
1 , RTS
7 ,
6 Brooks , with extra coaching from outside

I'm okay with it but Brooks has to be on minimal dollars to enable us to sign 2 good players. If he isn't okay with that then see you.

 

[balmain boy]

Do we bring in bula or da Silva to the 30?

No, we recruit players ready and able to play NRL

 

[madgey76]

I thought I would never say this but I would be chasing Junior Pearce for the rest of this year wherever he is playing give them douhie or brooks or both, we need a 7 who knows how to run a side around

 

[balmain boy]

We simply have to sign a halfback with Our remaining top 30 spot. Dump Brooks to NSW Cup and see if he can re-find some confidence. He's been a shot duck for seasons nothing has changed.

Sign a halfback they can kick. That's all we need to focus on. Anyone 18 and over that can kick. It's embarrassing that our NRL halves are so shit but even moreso that we literally have no one busting a gut to get a shot and work their way through the grades.

Everyone in our recruitment team should get the flick. Such utter incompetence

 

[tiger_one]

Brooks position in the team seems to have always been about the Salary Cap cost and never about the talent required of a half.
We've had ample opportunity to move him on, but the club refused to "lose money" in any proposed deal.
Business is always the bottom line.
But now the rot is untenable.
Come on Coach Sheens - continue the draining of our swamp - and the "cost" will pay dividends.

 

[Coastie_Tiger]

Just pay the transfer fee and get Williams, try and throw in Brooks as part of any deal and then go and get Welsby. We can't carry on with Brooks i get we clung onto him in hope of Moses thats not happening so we need to pivot.Teams can cope with one mediocre half but not both and no real FB, 3 of the 4 spine players are rubbish.

 

[tiger_one]

Just pay the transfer fee and get Williams, try and throw in Brooks as part of any deal and then go and get Welsby. We can't carry on with Brooks i get we clung onto him in hope of Moses thats not happening so we need to pivot.

And do it yesterday.

 

[The Chad]

If we are moving on from Brooks, I think it's VERY important we don't simply replace him for another 'running halfback'.

The team needs direction. I think whoever takes on the role needs to offer that, or we are just going in circles.

Mitchell Pearce is definately a short term option. Cezar is similar as is Josh Drinkwater who has really developed in the UK. But they are all 30+

George Williams....I'm a little concerned he is like Brooks.

Tom Dearden perhaps?

Ideally- the Roosters will need to shave their cap somewhere next season. Manu should/could move to 5/8. Luke Keary would be ideal....

Taafe would be the other name I'd look at.

You could realistically put any of them next to Douiehi, who i think is redeemable. That leaves fullback. RTS obviously would be amazing. Will Kennedy wouldn't hurt either. But there has to be a progression for Bula, so RTS for 2 years might be the best move.

 

[liltiger]

The only problem is we've had a dud set of halves and fullback for a long time.

Our 9 has been terrible as well and now we have a gun so at least there is one positive.

As things stand Normally we would be stuffed. We would have no hope of signing a decent half because noone would be willing to sacrifice 3 - 4 years of a 10 - 12 year career before experiencing any success. Atm we desperatly need a decent half. Noone special just someone who can finish a set of 6. The positive is we have the squad, a half decent half wouldn't need to wait for success as its pretty much all were missing to win games.
We need a fullback as well but I reckon we can jag wins as long as we have a half that knows how to finish a set.
I'd be on the hooter with Leeds, offering an early release for Brooks for how ever much Williams team want for a transfer fee. Williams may not be the answer but we need a half bad. Until we get one who can lead the team around, bark orders, keep a cool head and just be consistent by doing the 1 percenters we are going nowhere fast. The other problem is morale, I ask myself if I'm in the pack killing myself so Brooks can keep butchering things how long before I either tell him to wake up, tell the coach to get stuffed or think bugger it ill just turn up for my pay cheque.

 

[earl]

I can't see Brooks being trade bait especially in relation to going to England. He may have too though because no club will offer him a contract at this point.

 

[liltiger]

I can't see Brooks being trade bait especially in relation to going to England. He may have too though because no club will offer him a contract at this point.

The way things stand Earl, his 1.1 million this year could cost him a contract worth 1.6 - 2 million over the next 3 - 4 overseas.

 

[tonza]

The coronary would have only lasted a few games , We win all 4 under Flanno I feel , and then the love turns up , the real problem now is if they sacked sheens and Benji no one will come hear , so we are stuck , the 9nly change can be Sheens drops off and Benji steps up now , he could then add to the staff if required , Sheens to do his job and stay well out of the football team and training , Sheens I think if we go 0/6 or 0/8 would have to move out of the way , Give Benji the rest of this season to sort out and fix what needs doing , 1,6,7
1 , RTS
7 ,
6 Brooks , with extra coaching from outside

It appears to me Benji has taken over already. He seems to be calling the shots from above. He obviously learnt a bit from Madge as we only used one player for 8 mins. Our halves were going so well.
Brooks appears shot and needs to regain his confidence in 2nds. I have never seen him as bad. AD defence is schoolboy stuff. We are really running with one assistant coach down as Tim appears more like Football Manager role. Maybe we are two down as Robbie does not seem to add much. Got his mind on the CEO job ?

 

[earl]

The way things stand Earl, his 1.1 million this year could cost him a contract worth 1.6 - 2 million over the next 3 - 4 overseas.

How much is he worth ? 350k per season would be absolutely huge for him. In all seriousness is he even worth a 150k contract ?

He got so lucky with his last contract but that isn't happening again. He must know his career is about to be over.

 

[liltiger]

How much is he worth ? 350k per season would be absolutely huge for him. In all seriousness is he even worth a 150k contract ?

He got so lucky with his last contract but that isn't happening again. He must know his career is about to be over.

100 percent, I cannot fathom another NRL team apart from us offering him anything other than minimum wage as a depth signing.
Scary thing is Sheens said he was going to sit down with the guys and start talking contracts in the first bye round.