Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Mistymuzzle said:
You are right, my apologies. Here are the details...

The Wests Tigers are paying 0% of Joe Ofahengue's future contract at the Parramatta Eels. This equates to a sum of $0.00 to be paid over an undisclosed period. you have caught me out and I was hoping you wouldnt ask for details but I am not sure if the $0.00 will be not paid monthly, or if it will not be paid as a lump sum on 01 November.
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Get your facts right next time. This was sloppy.
 
To complete the squad I'd like 2 forwards, a back & a half.

Frizzel or Wilton would be nice to play back row. Bateman to 13. Pole off the bench for impact similar to Lenui at the Panthers.

A young strong front rower, either upgrade James or similar.

Half is the big question. Taafe maybe as a 6, are we happy with Brooks at 7?

Alternatively I really think we get a Sharks or Warriors player. Sharks have just resigned Atkinson who is a half, they have Trindall & Dykes plus obviously Hynes & Moylan. Warriors have Johnson who would have to be resigned based on current form, then Martin, Metcalfe, Walker, Volkman & Harris-Tevita.

Surely one of them wants to be a regular 1st grader.

In saying that I think if Wakeham will accept a deal of $200K we resign him as our back up half.
 
JB9918 said:
To complete the squad I'd like 2 forwards, a back & a half.

Frizzel or Wilton would be nice to play back row. Bateman to 13. Pole off the bench for impact similar to Lenui at the Panthers.

A young strong front rower, either upgrade James or similar.

Half is the big question. Taafe maybe as a 6, are we happy with Brooks at 7?

Alternatively I really think we get a Sharks or Warriors player. Sharks have just resigned Atkinson who is a half, they have Trindall & Dykes plus obviously Hynes & Moylan. Warriors have Johnson who would have to be resigned based on current form, then Martin, Metcalfe, Walker, Volkman & Harris-Tevita.

Surely one of them wants to be a regular 1st grader.

In saying that I think if Wakeham will accept a deal of $200K we resign him as our back up half.
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Taafe would be a great 6 with Brooks
 
JB9918 said:
To complete the squad I'd like 2 forwards, a back & a half.

Frizzel or Wilton would be nice to play back row. Bateman to 13. Pole off the bench for impact similar to Lenui at the Panthers.

A young strong front rower, either upgrade James or similar.

Half is the big question. Taafe maybe as a 6, are we happy with Brooks at 7?

Alternatively I really think we get a Sharks or Warriors player. Sharks have just resigned Atkinson who is a half, they have Trindall & Dykes plus obviously Hynes & Moylan. Warriors have Johnson who would have to be resigned based on current form, then Martin, Metcalfe, Walker, Volkman & Harris-Tevita.

Surely one of them wants to be a regular 1st grader.

In saying that I think if Wakeham will accept a deal of $200K we resign him as our back up half.
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A half pairing of Trindall and Taafe would be good
 
Camel2281 said:
To'a is going great at right centre. Left side we definitely need someone if Tommy is indeed going
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Correct. My mistake. To'a right. Averillo left. Naden & Kepaoa back up backline players. Kepaoa on the bench is very handy. Unfortunately maybe Naden 18th man. I just think his discipline isn't the same as the rest of the current squad. Our D is great & completions have been high except for last night. Errors cost us the 18-0 start they had. Gifted field position which allowed the opportunities for them to score.
 
If there is any truth to Fainu coming over, I don't see much point in investing in another young half from reserve grade.

Brooks & Wakeham could hold the spots until Fainu & Large become ready to take the roles fulltime.

I agree with Blake Taaffe- have mentioned him for a while. His opportunities are only going to dry up further once Wighton joins.

But again, if Fainu is the target (and can actually be gotten) then I wouldn't want to start accumulating roadblocks to his path into the first grade. The young 5/8 at the Dolphins shows that you can play young guys with some success- the process of waiting until they are 20-21 etc is old school thinking. Fainu would be in line to get on the field at some point next season.

I agree that centre could be a target. Feledy will likely get his opportunity soon enough too, but adding someone like Bradman Best out wide would take advantage of the hole running required. Plus, we lack that 'big body' out wide with Kepoua playing back row.

A good hole running backrower wouldn't hurt. Losing Luciano & Garner has really taken away that player for us. Bateman just isn't THAT type of player (and might be better served at #13). A mobile back row option would be very valuable. He's not my favourite player, but Jack Bird on a short contract?
 
Dennisspicer1 said:
Most teams put up a bomb, and maybe 3 or 4 players follow it to the possible catcher with at least one going up to contest the ball, our players maybe 2 run toward the catcher with an occasional 1 player contesting.

Also we have a terrible team when it comes to backing up our own runners, yesterday one of our forwards breaks the line and runs 50 looking for support and only finds one player near him,
he spots him but 5 mtrs behind and he gets tackled an loses ball, and that player trying to support him was another forward, where was any of our fast backs to try and finish the move off.

AND WE HAVE THIS HAPPEN REGULARLY, FORWARDS MAKE THE BIG BUST AND OUR SPEEDSTERS ARE NOT IN THE PICTURE.
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Sometimes where you make the break is not planned and it’s difficult for players to cover 30-50 metres in 2-3 seconds to get into position to take the last pass.
 
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