king_sirro
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It would take at least 600k, maybe even 700k for him to consider it IMO
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liltiger
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100 percent, they were all carrying on about how they felt really bad for the Bulldogs because of their injurys. Yet last year our injury crisis was worse and not one sound. It's all because they're scared 💩less of Phil Gould.
liltiger
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I'd offer 600k first 2 years then 750 - 800k the following 2. So about 2.75 million for 4 years to be our marquee half and general on the pitch. I'd let him know I see him as our 10 - 15 year franchise player, as long as he can take the opportunity given to him. He would jump at it.
Totally disagree
Staying in the right system will ensure his value for many years to come.
Maybe my recollection gets hazier as I get older but I recall the Sharks being in a similar position to us quite a few years ago. They started their move forward by taking quite a few of our cast-offs and slowly improving their team with other players and their quality juniors.
Fast forward to today and they have won a premiership and are a constant lock on a top 8 spot. If they keep renewing the team with quality players e.g Nicho Hynes, they’ll stay there much like the Storm and Roosters.
We need to do the same. Move Brooks on and pay Trindall what we must to get him across. Then keep building. Once a bit of success comes, better players will come and we’ll lose the perennial losers tag.
I admire what Cronulla have done excluding the peptide rubbish. We should emulate them.
Fast forward to today and they have won a premiership and are a constant lock on a top 8 spot. If they keep renewing the team with quality players e.g Nicho Hynes, they’ll stay there much like the Storm and Roosters.
We need to do the same. Move Brooks on and pay Trindall what we must to get him across. Then keep building. Once a bit of success comes, better players will come and we’ll lose the perennial losers tag.
I admire what Cronulla have done excluding the peptide rubbish. We should emulate them.
I would be surprised if Charlie Staines extends
If we dont start winning, there wont be any good signings and ICE, Klem ad Papi will be an exception
jrtiger
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don't see us going after him given our pack is not the issue and Matamua is next man up.
I've never understood any of the chat around Mooney as a 13. he would've been a 13 a decade ago but the game's moved on. have a look at his stats, he's lucky to throw more than two passes a game. he's a very good front rower but not a position we require strengthening within.
jrtiger
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Why? I can't see him getting close to the 1 jersey anywhere other than here.
liltiger
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That's not something that's on the coaches, that's all heart, hunger and desire. It should be ingrained in them they've been doing it since they were 5 years old, if Sheens needs to tell them to do it they shouldn't be in an A grade side. It's just attitude. No idea why but it always seems to fall off a cliff when players come here. One thing that is doing my head in, is all this B.S community engagement crap were always doing, every second day the players are running around doing some crap representing the club. I get it's good p.r for the N.R.L and club but can they just put the brakes on it and focus on training with more intensity and restart all the community stuff once we actually put a few wins togeather.
whys that? I definitely think he's worth a couple years extension even if just as a winger, perhaps this club and its atrocious roster management see's otherwise, i.e. prioritizing blokes in top 30 who will probably never play first grade
Viva_Zapata
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He is worth extending that is for certain BUT he has probably got enough intelligence to realise the shit show here will not help him in the long run.The administration and coaching are manure
Mighty Mouse
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Tell you what, sheens and co better be cooking something interesting up this week because if it’s brooks at 7 and wakeham at 6 I may very well hit the roof!
Bring back Olaf Prattl
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A lot being written on Brooks getting $300K next season which means a cost of around $100K to the club with the long term player allowance. I just don't think the NRL would accept $300K as his value, it would be more like $600 - 750 K . At the moment he is not worth that to the club and other clubs except in the Super League may baulk at that figure. If he resigns it will be above $500K but it would be only one season, if he wants longer Super League would be his only option. There's been no news about other clubs having any interest in him .
I doubt if any other NRL club would have the slightest interest in Luke,for whatever reason he has just not hit the level of what is required from a half back in the NRL.A change of club and a stint in the ESL could be just the thing for him to develop
old_man_tiger
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Let's give him 8 to make sure haha
They should make them sit through days of watching Spud Elfords early chase in the 05 GF...
Makes me giggle that one of the 3 things Sheens wanted the team to do in the 05 season
was Kick Chase... Ours has been non existent for decades almost....
Trot down and wait on the 20-30m line for them to return the ball....
Lazy C**nts.
NRL Agenda: Wests Tigers’ history of woe and the young guns who can turn it around
Two rising playmakers have landed on the Tigers’ recruitment radar but will they have the talent to turn around a club in seemingly terminal decline?Don't miss out on the headlines from NRL. Followed categories will be added to My News.
Manly’s Josh Schuster and St George Illawarra’s Junior Amone have landed on the recruitment radar of Wests Tigers as the club moves to shore up its halves stocks.
Sunday’s match against the Sea Eagles will mark a bitter milestone for maligned halfback
Luke Brooks, it’s exactly one year to the day since he last played in an NRL winning side.
In that time the Tigers have tried Brooks, Adam Doueihi, Jackson Hastings, Jock Madden and Brandon Wakeham in the halves but still the search continues, and now Schuster and Amone have entered the frame.
Both Schuster and Amone are contracted until the end of 2024 and won’t be able to field any formal offers from the Tigers until November 1.
It’s understood the Tigers have been meeting with leading player agents to piece together their halves puzzle, both immediately and into the future.
Doueihi is the only playmaker signed at the Tigers beyond this season with Brooks and Brandon Wakeham without deals for 2024.
The club was already on the lookout for a playmaker to finalise this year’s roster. Those endeavours have been amplified after an ACL injury to five-eighth Doueihi, leaving the club scouring for an immediate fix.
New Zealand’s Shaun Johnson and Canterbury duo Kyle Flanagan and Jake Averillo headline a very short list of playmakers still available for next season.
Canterbury supremo Phil Gould believes part of the solution to the halves‘ woes could be right under the Tigers’ noses in fullback Daine Laurie, who Gould recruited to Penrith.
“I believe he’s a 6. He was always going to be a 6. If you watched his junior rep football, he needed to be developed and given the tools to play 6. He’s never been comfortable at fullback. They just played him (at fullback) because they had plenty of halves” Gould tweeted.
The Tigers made major plays for Parramatta’s Mitchell Moses and Melbourne’s Cameron Munster but both opted to stay put.
A turnaround in form will no doubt make the Tigers a more enticing proposition for their recruitment targets.
Highlighting their plight is the stunning fact that Brooks’ last win for the Tigers came on April 23 last year when he kicked a 79th-minute field goal to beat Parramatta.
He was injured for the Tigers’ last victory, a 32-18 victory over Brisbane on July 30.
Since them, it’s been 267 days of hell for Tigers fans.
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