Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[tigerbenji]

Jake arthur to make a mid season transfer I've been told its done.

Where to.

 

[eyewondertoo]

gunna be an awfully hard sell to get players to come to the tigers in the near future- how could any recruitment team sell the tigers to entice new players for 23 -24?

 

[BirchgroveTigers]

Junior Amone? assault charge isn't ideal though....

 

[innsaneink]

Send Sheens back over to England to secure players
leave the team to Benji and Robbie as I don’t think we will get near the top 8 this year but will give him time to put a line through a few duds and test some players in different positions like AD ( Centre or Fullback etc ) Benji should be on the phone to RTS , put it to him to come join the challenge of lifting a team from last to top 8 , come this year and 2 more years , this would sort out fullback , then leave Sheens to grab a centre and a Half .
my outs would be
Seafarts , Laurie , Noffa ,
if we secure Williams I would ask him who he wants beside him , Brooks or Wakeman ( Williams and Brooks could be a very good combo as opposition would be watching Williams leaving Brooks to run , Maybe

Haha sheens backed Brooks... And you wanna trust him again?

 

[innsaneink]

He used to when I was nice.

I have met Justin on probably 6 occasions.

I think he thought I would put in money or help the club… that’s going back since teddy and the others left.

I was a big moses fan… he and Kelly Egan took me to lunch and told me Luke Brooks was better and that Mitch was a loose cannon.

I also got the club to extend Stef and emailed Justin then.

Justin won’t respond any more whilst I am hammering him. What’s he going to say?

I just can’t be bothered being nice because he won’t think there’s a problem if all fans are nice to him.

Generally people will always be nice to your face and behind your back say how rubbish you are.

I think it’s best he hears the truth.

He knows I’ll go mental if they resign brooks. Will he care about me? Probably not.

Could I use my mates in the media to discredit him and Lee - yes… but it’d take up a lot of my time and once I start I’d have to go through with it which would be ongoing for months.

Not sure I can be bothered unless like 1000 core fans wanted to get behind me so I’m not walking the plank alone

So who are you?

 

[coivtny]

Can everyone pile into Justin as the CEO

His email is ceo@weststigers.com.AJ

I send him an email every week

Would be good if everyone does

Strength in numbers - he can’t ignore us all forever

Does he reply to you? He doesn’t reply to me and I’m never rude or disparaging. I’m very forthright but don’t cross the line.

 

[hsvjones]

If Anyone thinks we don't need a 7 just watch the Sharks game. Deadset Nicho Hynes is giving a halfback lesson and Sheen's need to make Brooks watch him.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Unfortunately Sheens has no skin in the game,with a short 2 year contract which if paid out suits him perfectly so he can go back home early to UK.And neither does Benji,who resumes his media career in a heartbeat if things go askew
So results are not "career threatening" for either..in fact its rewarding to Sheens particularly if it all turns to mush.
And it will continue to do so because of his pig-headedness and his overconfidence in incumbent backs and incoming coach,despite years of mediority which he chose to mostly ignore..still does.
Punted the only 2 backs in Hastings and Kenny who had a crack every week last year,healthy otr not..perpetuating the culture
So sit back and "enjoy" the ride...unless our Board has been smart enough to learn from numerous previous mistakes by building in KPIs for both coach's contracts, . so we can start again in 2024 rather than waste yet another 5 years.
Dont hold yr breath on this one

Well said CK. 👍🏻

 

[BirchgroveTigers]

Khaled Rajab another option at 5/8

 

[Eternal Tiger]

Jake arthur to make a mid season transfer I've been told its done.

Yeah, nobody's biting Champ 😴😴

 

[851]

No it would have been 2 years, so up to a million dollars for Knights to take Brooks off us, and that's assuming it is a deal the Knights agreed to.

Don't forget Brooks' salary is reported to be back-ended, so whatever he's earning now, he earned less in the first years of the deal.

Why would it be 2 years, he is off contract this year, would only have ben 1 year

 

[Tito Santana]

Gutho must leave. I’d take him.

Paul Crawley made a good point - Moses isn’t worth $500k more than Gutho per season

 

[tony soprano]

If Anyone thinks we don't need a 7 just watch the Sharks game. Deadset Nicho Hynes is giving a halfback lesson and Sheen's need to make Brooks watch him.

Also note Hunt had a shocker

 

[ToddSanchez]

Prefer Will Kennedy and / or Kaeo Weekes

Will Kennedy would be great but Sharks are just about to announce his resigning apparently

 

[earl]

If Anyone thinks we don't need a 7 just watch the Sharks game. Deadset Nicho Hynes is giving a halfback lesson and Sheen's need to make Brooks watch him.

Is Hynes an organising halfback or just a quality player with the ability to create in the attacking zone. I'd love him here but I don't think we need someone like Hastings to tell everyone what to do.

 

[earl]

I just read Dylan Edwards was is off contract in November. He is an absolute gun. The problem is he would only be here come 25.

I think we really need 2 gun spine players now and ideally 3.

 

[Glenji95]

Is Hynes an organising halfback or just a quality player with the ability to create in the attacking zone. I'd love him here but I don't think we need someone like Hastings to tell everyone what to do.

We lack direction from our halves. We need a voice and someone to direct. The 3 times we had a 7 who did that, we made the finals and won the comp. Course it wasn’t just them alone, but we need a director.

 

[tonza]

Throw a Moses type offer at Hynes.

 

[Glenji95]

I just read Dylan Edwards was is off contract in November. He is an absolute gun. The problem is he would only be here come 25.

I think we really need 2 gun spine players now and ideally 3.

Edwards won’t leave Panthers unless he’d got a ridiculous offer. He’s good but we’re talking big big money to have a crack at him. We really need a whole new spine. A 1 and 7 I would prioritise first.

 

[earl]

We lack direction from our halves. We need a voice and someone to direct. The 3 times we had a 7 who did that, we made the finals and won the comp. Course it wasn’t just them alone, but we need a director.

Honestly I think if we had someone like Hynes we'd be a different team. I think we just lack someone who can create in the attacking zone.