Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

My tip is Brooks to the Raiders -
we are going to need to find a half, a five eighth, a centre, a prop, a lock and another edge forward (if we lose Blore). If we want to upgrade that’s a lot of quality NRL players to find and 6 roster spots - I suppose that’s why rebuilding your squad takes a few years.
As for spots - We have a few off contract - maybe we lose Brooks, Wakeham, Laurie, Talau, Simpkin, Seyfarth, Tuki Simpkins, to start with.
 
Bob said:
Genuinely think brooks would be a big loss. Isn’t a good enough player to do it all on his own but certainly better than what we currently are able to attract to the club.

Sheens said that he played better as a six in a roundabout way when Wakeham played well on debut and we were chasing Moses.

Unfortunately I now believe tigers will be a disaster until we are purchased by a private ownership.

It’s obvious that the board and CEO believe that they should be making football decisions, Pascoe was held in high regard at panthers when he was thier commercial manager. He shouldn’t be any higher than that.

The team was starting to come together and play positive football and commentators were remarking on our improvement, in the space of two weeks the board and management signed a new recruitment manager whilst not informing the previous/ current head of football and current coach and also moved on a contracted current player in a mid season transfer. What a way to disrupt team harmony and put your head coach offside.
It oozes pathetic managment.

Why would any player sign here knowing that you will be moved on if they reconsider your deal as no longer making financial sense a mere 3 months after you sign.

Why would a coach come here if you know there is a possibility that your appointees will be replaced without you having notice?

The deal to brooks offered was “fair market” as they “no longer want to overpay players” I get that, but what is the incentive to come here? You won’t be playing with a quality side, you aren’t treated well by management, you won’t be paid above market, team harmony is poor, the supporters are fed up with the teams mediocre ability and there is no stability whatsoever.

The brutal honesty is Benji and Farah stayed with the tigers because they were on big money to stay here. When the weren’t they left and when the lost all other options they came back. Whilst there isn’t any changes in policy if we don’t overpay for a handful of good players we will only attract those without other options.
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Utter bullshit - this is actually defamatory to Farah and Marshall!!

Both Benji and Robbie were under contract - but pushed out by shit coaches/CEOs!!!

They NEVER tested the market and went for the highest offer!!!

- Pascoe and the club were famously sanctioned for a salary cap breach due to an empty PR promise for a job after football when Robbie was pissed off to Souths by JT!!!

Why do clowns think they can re-write history in this forum?? Check your fricking facts!!!
 
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Dennisspicer1 said:
Alright, Do you have a thought in your head about one team that might see value in Luke.

Please hazard a guess at one club that might see value in him,
and tell me what you think.

There are rumours going around about he is going here and he is going there, at least I based my comments on an element of fact from my side of things.

The super league team was asking about the availability of Brooks about 6 weeks ago.
No further questions asked since,
This reported by the press.
And TCN 9.

The Raiders it was reported in the press were possibly interested in Luke. But they have apparently by reports from the Press signed Lamb so they wont need Brooks.

Then the News reported Cowboys interested, Cows denied that they had an interest, a few Days later Todd Payten also denied any interest.

How am I going so far, everything I said was reported in newspapers and on NRL 360 also the TV news.
Nothing I stated came out of my imagination,

And even if I made it all up,

This article is now appearing on Suggestions and RUMOURS. ????????
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The one that has signed him dennis!!

I don't need to guess which team - I watch enough NRL and ESL to know he won't have trouble finding a suitor and a "fair" contract!

You can't even name the ESL team - so how do you know it has gone quiet??

At 77 you should have a better sense of reality!

PS - the ESL club was Leeds!!
 
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cktiger said:
Actually we have heard directly from those clubs… they don’t want him.
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Sorry - I missed the forum teleconference with all those club CEOS "DIRECTLY" confirming this....

OR - did you read/hear it via the normal News Ltd f-wits???

Learn the meaning of DIRECTLY!!
 

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Bob said:
Genuinely think brooks would be a big loss. Isn’t a good enough player to do it all on his own but certainly better than what we currently are able to attract to the club.

Sheens said that he played better as a six in a roundabout way when Wakeham played well on debut and we were chasing Moses.

Unfortunately I now believe tigers will be a disaster until we are purchased by a private ownership.

It’s obvious that the board and CEO believe that they should be making football decisions, Pascoe was held in high regard at panthers when he was thier commercial manager. He shouldn’t be any higher than that.

The team was starting to come together and play positive football and commentators were remarking on our improvement, in the space of two weeks the board and management signed a new recruitment manager whilst not informing the previous/ current head of football and current coach and also moved on a contracted current player in a mid season transfer. What a way to disrupt team harmony and put your head coach offside.
It oozes pathetic managment.

Why would any player sign here knowing that you will be moved on if they reconsider your deal as no longer making financial sense a mere 3 months after you sign.

Why would a coach come here if you know there is a possibility that your appointees will be replaced without you having notice?

The deal to brooks offered was “fair market” as they “no longer want to overpay players” I get that, but what is the incentive to come here? You won’t be playing with a quality side, you aren’t treated well by management, you won’t be paid above market, team harmony is poor, the supporters are fed up with the teams mediocre ability and there is no stability whatsoever.

The brutal honesty is Benji and Farah stayed with the tigers because they were on big money to stay here. When the weren’t they left and when the lost all other options they came back. Whilst there isn’t any changes in policy if we don’t overpay for a handful of good players we will only attract those without other options.
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A couple weeks ago I had asked a question on this forum along the lines of, do we think that we have improved as Pascoe seemingly took a step back when Sheens came in as head of football? or do we just think Pascoe is more experienced in the role and just better for it?

Now it seems like it was the former choice.. it sucks too because he really is good for our club financially, but he tries to play head of football and wants a say in it all. Feels like he is pissy that sheens had a bit of power (Head of football, Head coach, Recruitment, even the next coach and assistants are all his boys) and wanted to balance it out.
 
Odessa said:
Mate we need someone with a background in Real estate someone who can sell the dream API PAPA KLEM BATEMAN all purchased the Promise I wonder if there is anyone available you never know
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Why are people down on our recruitment?
Why?

Hey Penrith guys, you played with Api?
Parra, come play with Papa...
Newcastle, Klem is here.

What's the common factor here? All our forwards have grunt and muscle. Take the squad last year "hey come play beside Joe O and Stefano. You can be a third Pillow!".

We haven't clicked yet. We do however have Marshall on staff and many halves coming in know Marshall can come up with some freak on attack. Yes as fans us not having a win sucks. Players though won't be liking us, but we won't suck as much as say the Dragons.
 
Hey I have a signing suggestion/Rumour.

We actually do some defensive training?
WOW
What a rumour.

Seriously. that game us vs Melbourne showed that we have serious defensive gaps. It also shows we can't adapt after 4 tries were scored against us on the wing.

This is Basics Football 101.
We cannot recruit a teams defense. Sure we can recruit a defensive centre, but if the team doesn't combine and follow a defensive strategy. Were done.

Could be Greg Ingles at Centre, were done if we are not training hard, doing the wressle and prepping for defense.
 
Snidest 0 said:
Utter bullshit - this is actually defamatory to Farah and Marshall!!

Both Benji and Robbie were under contract - but pushed out by shit coaches/CEOs!!!

They NEVER tested the market and went for the highest offer!!!

FFS - Pascoe and the club were famously sanctioned for a salary cap breach due to an empty PR promise for a job after football when Robbie was pissed off to Souths by JT!!!

Why do clowns think they can re-write history in this forum?? Check your fricking facts!!!
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I think you’ve taken it wrong. I wasn’t saying they went for the highest offer and put themselves out to market each contract.

More that they were always treated well and payed very well. It was when that management changed that that Benji went to rugby after his verbally promised contract was not given, and Farah was equally treated crap that they left.

But I don’t for a second believe that they would of hung around if in their prime years they were low balled at every contract like what the current muppets are doing.

I don’t remember either Benji or Robbie being publicly chased ala Moses. I know they certainly would of been if they weren’t on good money.
 
FrodoTBagin said:
A couple weeks ago I had asked a question on this forum along the lines of, do we think that we have improved as Pascoe seemingly took a step back when Sheens came in as head of football? or do we just think Pascoe is more experienced in the role and just better for it?

Now it seems like it was the former choice.. it sucks too because he really is good for our club financially, but he tries to play head of football and wants a say in it all. Feels like he is pissy that sheens had a bit of power (Head of football, Head coach, Recruitment, even the next coach and assistants are all his boys) and wanted to balance it out.
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Besides ensuring the business has the capability to spend the cap and setting the budget for non salary cap departments he shouldn’t be in any sort of football prientated business. It’s wierd that both Lee and Pascoe said “we don’t know about football operations and are taking a step back from that” are also the ones saying “we saw an opportunity to add a great recruitment manager and didn’t feel we needed to discuss this with Tim” and also “ we hold weekly recruitment meetings around players that include our coaches” and don’t see how pathetic it makes them look.

Guys are Clowns 🤡 think they are playing fantasy football.
 
FrodoTBagin said:
A couple weeks ago I had asked a question on this forum along the lines of, do we think that we have improved as Pascoe seemingly took a step back when Sheens came in as head of football? or do we just think Pascoe is more experienced in the role and just better for it?

Now it seems like it was the former choice.. it sucks too because he really is good for our club financially, but he tries to play head of football and wants a say in it all. Feels like he is pissy that sheens had a bit of power (Head of football, Head coach, Recruitment, even the next coach and assistants are all his boys) and wanted to balance it out.
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His behaviour seems to support your theory.
Lounging on the bench playing with his cell phone, looking disinterested, while Sheens is trying to get the boys up for the challenge.
Kicking balls on field pregame to show he’s a hands on CEO.
Having a petulant squabble with Magpies’ chairman and pulling his WT membership, so he needs to pay at the gate.
He’s a CEO who hasn’t been able to get the club into finals footy, after 8 years.
 
kade7 said:
with sheens saying we are looking at the UK who are you taking at 7

- cade cust
- aiden sezer
- jai feld
- harry smith
- lewis dodd (doubtful)
- george williams (doubtful)
- brodie croft
- mitch pearce
- blake austin
- aiden sezer
- mason lino
- jake clifford

nsw cup / qld cup
- ronald volkman
- sandon smith
- jack cogger
- kurt falls
- toby sexton
- adam clune
- jock madden
- kyle flanagan
- braydon trindall
- connor tracey
- blake taafe
- dean hawkins
- jonah pezet

personally
im offering george williams 800k a season for 2 years
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You left out the best half in Super League, Jordan Abdull.
He's out with a torn quad at the moment but if Vince McMahon can recover from 2 torn quads then so can Jordan.
 
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twentyforty said:
They’re making space for someone.
Brooks is definitely a 7 though.
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As I've said, It's too quiet for there to be nothing happening....
Even the likes of Kyle Flanagan maintain some form of discussion...

I think at the risk of looking stupid (Again), Wherever he's going isn't announcing it...
Or
Not being a fan of the noise, The Player has requested his signing not be released.

The mouth pieces trying to justify their opinion by claiming that he has no offers wouldn't know their arse from their elbow...

I thought the change in his demeanor in the last few months meant he'd has his future sorted one way or the other... He's looked like a bloke who's dropped the baggage.
 
Bob said:
The team was starting to come together and play positive football and commentators were remarking on our improvement, in the space of two weeks the board and management signed a new recruitment manager whilst not informing the previous/ current head of football and current coach and also moved on a contracted current player in a mid season transfer. What a way to disrupt team harmony and put your head coach offside.
It oozes pathetic managment.
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This is so over the top. Firstly I am really confident that Sheens and the coaching staff were heavily involved in moving on Joe O. Secondly if the team start playing poorly because there is a new recruitment manager we basically have to sack all our players because if a player's form drops that easily he is useless to any club.
 
crazycat said:
Hey I have a signing suggestion/Rumour.

We actually do some defensive training?
WOW
What a rumour.

Seriously. that game us vs Melbourne showed that we have serious defensive gaps. It also shows we can't adapt after 4 tries were scored against us on the wing.

This is Basics Football 101.
We cannot recruit a teams defense. Sure we can recruit a defensive centre, but if the team doesn't combine and follow a defensive strategy. Were done.

Could be Greg Ingles at Centre, were done if we are not training hard, doing the wressle and prepping for defense.
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Our defence will improve when Brooks returns
 
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