Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[InBenjiWeTrust]

1 Bula
2 Tupou
3 Myers
4 Feledy
5 Staines / Toa
6 Latu
7 Holding auditions

Wow

ATM our best 1-5 are (IMHO 😉 ) and are good enough:
1 Bula
2 Tupou
3 Naden
4 To'a
5 Staines

FOCUS
6 Audition
7 Audition

our focus must be on hb and 5/8 ONLY -> MUST HAVE players,
and everything else is "it would be be NICE TO HAVE, if enough money is left' players,
until we cover our halves we MUST not spend money on unnecessary, "luxury" players!

 

[Moh]

If they bring back madden that will do it for me , he is 10 times worse than wakeham

Wow, this forum has changed its tune. Madden was the answer before he left....

Brooks hate blinds so many.

Also, Madden is a much better footballer than Wakeham. But yah, both trash.

 

[barnzee]

Sexton woukd be preferable over Madden even Schneider over Madden. Jock is a deadset turnstyle in defence

At least Jock has speed Sexton has none at all , don’t think you have watched much of Jock if you think he’s a turnstyle

 

[tigerap]

In our current position, I'd be disappointed if Benj hadn't reached out to every single possibility.

He has believe me....he has even contemplating coming out of retirement for 1 year

 

[Goldust]

Manly letting Latu Fainu go would be the most Wests Tigers thing I’ve ever seen.
From all accounts he’s a generational talent.

 

[Roar_Power]

He has believe me....he has even contemplating coming out of retirement for 1 year

Goes to show his pulling power if he has to come out of retirement to cover the position

 

[liltiger]

Someone on the Manly forum reckons an insider is saying Latu Fainu heading to St George with Flannaghan to cover the loss of Hunt. 🤷‍♂️

 

[Dennisspicer1]

Brooks > Cows
Townsend > Tigers
Fainu > Tigers

WIN WIN WIN

We’ll need an experienced halfback to mentor Fainu. With Chad and Benji there I think it works.

No confidence in the club to execute it.

Townsend not worth a pinch of sh??.

 

[Spidercam]

1 Bula
2 Tupou
3 Myers
4 Feledy
5 Staines / Toa
6 Latu
7 Holding auditions

Wow

Best post I’ve seen in years
I pray to all the Gods it’s comes to fruition

 

[tony soprano]

Someone on the Manly forum reckons an insider is saying Latu Fainu heading to St George with Flannaghan to cover the loss of Hunt. 🤷‍♂️

That would be our luck

 

[Roar_Power]

Someone on the Manly forum reckons an insider is saying Latu Fainu heading to St George with Flannaghan to cover the loss of Hunt. 🤷‍♂️

Surely Flanagan hasn't built a rapport with him that quickly

 

[Eternal Tiger]

If Fulton cannot convince one of his own discoveries, who he's mentored for 5 years to join us, then he's Warren Mac MkII

 

[TopTiger]

Someone on the Manly forum reckons an insider is saying Latu Fainu heading to St George with Flannaghan to cover the loss of Hunt. 🤷‍♂️

Anything is possible but you would think that with his brother playing for us, the Tigers needing halves, his association with Fulton and the opportunity to be coached by Benji (could be a positive or a negative) that we would have a decent chance of securing him. As usual the Tigers could still manage to stuff this up!!

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

That would be our luck

I'd say they are all in on Sullivan & I can't see them giving up Amone either. I would say Flanagan would be wanting experience in the spine if Hunt leaves. There spine already looks pretty raw with hunt.

1. Sloan
6. Fainu
7. Sullivan
9. Liddle

There is potential there on paper but I doubt that is what happens, there's barely even 100 games of NRL experience between them.
I have seen a lot of acknowledgement on this forum that we would probably need an experienced 7 if we wanted to get the best out of our young players, even though we have Api who has played more games than that entire Dragons spine has played. (I agree with this, Hunt & L.Fainu would probably be our best case scenario atm).

So I can't see the Dragons making a serious play for him and even if they do I can see us being the better offer to him (Western Sydney family, relationship with Fulton, basically walks into the first team atm on paper, good pack and can learn from Benji)

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

At least Jock has speed Sexton has none at all , don’t think you have watched much of Jock if you think he’s a turnstyle

Yeah he has a bloody took tackle efficiency in his 6 QRL games … 90+% … better than most halves.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

That would be our luck

And should spell the end of Scott Fulton if that happened!

 

[Mystery]

ATM our best 1-5 are (IMHO 😉 ) and are good enough:
1 Bula
2 Tupou
3 Naden
4 To'a
5 Staines

FOCUS
6 Audition
7 Audition

our focus must be on hb and 5/8 ONLY -> MUST HAVE players,
and everything else is "it would be be NICE TO HAVE, if enough money is left' players,
until we cover our halves we MUST not spend money on unnecessary, "luxury" players!

This post is bang on. Halves are the missing piece of the puzzle. Fainu at 5/8 and an experienced half to get the team around the park. Only problem is it seems the Hunt is probably the only option on the market that fits that role.

This is how I think it’s going to go down. Hunt goes back to the Broncos and Reynolds to the Tigers

 

[Red88_Tiger]

You would think Flanagan would sign junior first

 

[bptiger 0]

This post is bang on. Halves are the missing piece of the puzzle. Fainu at 5/8 and an experienced half to get the team around the park. Only problem is it seems the Hunt is probably the only option on the market that fits that role.

This is how I think it’s going to go down. Hunt goes back to the Broncos and Reynolds to the Tigers

Is the Easter bunny or Santa clause bring this , for ur sack I hope ur on the good list 🤔🤪

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

So many theories from Manly forum insiders about the Fainu brothers:

a) it's a manager beat up
b) they are coming to the Tigers with the Fulton link
c) they are going to the Dragon with the Flanagan link
d) they are going to the Titans with the Hasler link
e) If it's b, c or d, it's because Manly happy to see them go (bad eggs from Guildford)