Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Jedi_Tiger]

100% - if people are just regurgitating a twitter rumour they should attribute the source instead of framing it as though it is their own personal inside info!!

if you check I have said weeks ago we are after Koula got told that from someone close to Fulton. Will see how that plays out but as yet 6 weeks from being offered an extension with manly koula hasn't taken it up.

 

[Dennisspicer1]

I can't stand Brooks' play the last few years and 'am probably one his biggest 'haters' on here, but over this recent month/month and a half, he's gone complete 180 on his atrocious form over the first 6 weeks, maybe that coincides with the form of a few other guys around him but definitely keen to see how he goes the rest of the season. I just wish he would bring the grubber kick to his play more because whenever I see him use it, usually is to good effect and a far more effective end to the set as opposed to a coinflip bomb to the winger..

Yep, little Luke is playing for a new contract now thats why he is playing better he has been resting on his contracts for a few years now.

 

[851]

You'd expect Sheens is not happy with this.

Who cares, some of Sheens decisions over the years caused us a tonne of grief

 

[softlaw]

Is that the 3rd time we've had to sack McDonnell?
And let's be honest if the best the telecrap can come up with for him is 2 signings from over 20 years ago then it's not saying much

 

[Tucker]

Halves are not a generic homogeneous commodity to which you can slap on an average market price!!

And you are ignoring the shortage of quality halves in the current market creates an inflationary premium for those positions (which is compounded by desperation and ambition of struggling clubs trying to turn a corner)!

$700K is massive unders for any proven NRL quality half/five-eighth in 2023/24!!

I agree.
Brooks will attract interest outside this club.
Our reported offer, if it is accurate, is almost humiliating for an entrenched half with 200 games experience.

 

[batboy]

Yep, little Luke is playing for a new contract now thats why he is playing better he has been resting on his contracts for a few years now.

Yeah..... Of course he is....
Has nothing to do with better quality coaching or better quality team mates.

 

[batboy]

I agree.
Brooks will attract interest outside this club.
Our reported offer, if it is accurate, is almost humiliating for an entrenched half with 200 games experience.

For $500k....
- People will try to convince themselves he won't end up at the Roosters in a heartbeat.

 

[SeanT]

I can't see Brooks manager agreeing to anything less than 700k. Given the lack of halves available to replace him and Sheens desire to keep him he now finds himself in a great bargaining position.

If he thinks that then we are in trouble. Should get paid for hitting KPIs.

Just not enough for him over the last 3 years.

 

[weststigerman]

He wasn't out of the game for ages, he has been at a few clubs recently, I think Canterbury and maybe Parra, but I agree, why bring him back, one of Sheens job for the boys signing

I'm pretty sure he was a real estate agent for a few years prior to joining us.

https://www.facebook.com/mypropertyconsultants/photos/a.213400289071388/1066248187119923

 

[Roar_Power]

Good to see McDonnell gone. Onwards and upwards with Fulton. Admin starting to make some decent moves.

 

[851]

Not Wests Tigers, but Dylan Brown stood down until his court case under the no fault stand down policy, which will mean a minimum 3 weeks, suck it hard Parra, hopefully karma is just starting to bite

 

[851]

I'm pretty sure he was a real estate agent for a few years prior to joining us.

https://www.facebook.com/mypropertyconsultants/photos/a.213400289071388/1066248187119923

He was at Canterbury from November 2016 until May 2019

 

[tony soprano]

Not Wests Tigers, but Dylan Brown stood down until his court case under the no fault stand down policy, which will mean a minimum 3 weeks, suck it hard Parra, hopefully karma is just starting to bite

Good

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Not Wests Tigers, but Dylan Brown stood down until his court case under the no fault stand down policy, which will mean a minimum 3 weeks, suck it hard Parra, hopefully karma is just starting to bite

I wonder if they'd contemplate taking Daine Laurie on full freight before 30 June if they have any top 30 spots available?

 

[tony soprano]

I wonder if they'd contemplate taking Daine Laurie on full freight before 30 June if they have any top 30 spots available?

Give them nothing

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

I wonder if they'd contemplate taking Daine Laurie on full freight before 30 June if they have any top 30 spots available?

send Laurie to Parramatta paying full freight and then use the balance of Laurie's salary to front load Brooks 2024 deal

 

[851]

I wonder if they'd contemplate taking Daine Laurie on full freight before 30 June if they have any top 30 spots available?

Well he goes court to court before June 30, so maybe they might look at it if he gets another adjournment or a conviction.

 

[liltiger]

I honestly think 500k is a fair deal for Brooks and the club. I'd give him an extra year rather than increase the amount we are offering too much.

I suppose you go up to 600k but not much more if anything.

I think that's fair, iv been and still am a huge Brooks critic, but on 600k a year for say 3 years I could live with that, he's not going to have our cap out of shape and if his performances remain like the bulk of his career at 600k we could still find a better replacement in time.

 

[liltiger]

You'd expect Sheens is not happy with this.

I'm assuming it's an innuendo piece because it says it results from internal differences in regard to re-signing Brooks. But Sheens and Marshall are the ones who want to re-sign him. So if McDonall is gone then that would suggest he is against it even though he is only in pathways now, suggesting he had some kind of falling out with Sheens or Marshall. Something doesn't make sense. The only logical person who could've been against it is Fulton now hes in charge of the top 30 , yet he is still there, and why would that push McDonnell out. 2 and 2 aren't adding up.

 

[bptiger 0]

McDonnell gone. And lots of theatrics from the Telecrap.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/sports-confidential-turmoil-at-wests-tigers-claims-key-scalp/news-story/eb7d74b9cecd912d0a0ba56533c16125

Wests Tigers have parted ways with one of Tim Sheens most loyal lieutenants, recruitment manager Warren McDonnell.
His departure comes amid rumours that the club was split over the decision to offer Luke Brooks a new contract.

McDonnell, who has spent more than three decades at Wests and the Tigers across two stints, is believed to have split with the club on Wednesday morning.

Wests tigers coach Tim Sheens. Picture: NRL Images
Sheens was the driver behind his return to the club last year but his position has been under a cloud since the Tigers secured Scott Fulton from Manly.

McDonnell was responsible for signing some of the club’s most renowned players including Benji Marshall and Scott Prince.

Club officials privately dismissed those claims on Wednesday after it was put to them that Sheens and Marshall were responsible for the decision to offer Brooks a new two-year-deal when others were less than convinced.

I don’t care about him leaving , UNLESS Mr Fulton doesn’t deliver us some class recruits, starting NOW would be good 👍