Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Jedi_Tiger said:
no news mate just going off the article that we are looking at Croft as he has the nrl clause where we need to pay a 100k plus transfer fee if we want him.
Honestly we are scraping the barrel with Croft let alone having to pay for the privilege of getting a release.
If we can't get Trindall then try again for mitchell pearce or Dodd
Croft couldn't play well in the storm system or the Broncos he will not be the answer here.
Would look at Sezer before Croft
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I would rather go blind than look at either Sezer or Croft.

We will probably take Sezer. 100k+ is a lot of hat and scarf packages
 
coivtny said:
I'm not looking for words of comfort from forum members but I can't recall being at a lower ebb in terms of how I feel about this football club. I've followed Wests and Wests Tigers since 1960 and have seen plenty of lows and the odd high. I recall feeling quite low just prior to the merger but getting a boost from the thought of two old clubs with great histories and similar cultures coming together to form a new club that would take the best from both clubs. The truth is WT are nothing like either the old Balmain or Wests.
Fast forward to 2023 and things have never been worse. We are headed towards the second successive spoon. We find it very difficult to sign quality players. Our administration and leadership is woeful and appears to be locked in place. Our ownership seems totally disinterested in bringing about the type of change we need to get us out of this rut.
The only plus is we have a few juniors coming through who show huge potential. But I've seen two things happen to quality juniors over the years - either they don't go on with it, which happens quite a lot, or they get poached by the bigger and stronger clubs, which we have seen happen to us so many times.
We need change and we need it now.
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I felt worse with Balmain 1993-1995 - 1 wooden spoon, a second-last (only saved by Gold Coast) and 15th out of 20 teams on the brink of Super League. We only won a few matches because there were some other horrendous teams, and not many years after the Balmain 80s golden era.

Then 2001 with the club wasting all the merger money, Hopoate's finger and the cocaine bust.

Then 2017 when Tedesco, Moses and Woods all left and then the coach jumped ship.

2023 feels better than those, to me. Not good, but not as bad as those.
 
liltiger said:
This boggles my mind, if I was wealthy and the Tigers never hit me up for a sponsorship I still wouldn't do bugger all for any of the other teams. How could I call myself a Wests Tigers supporter yet pump massive resources into other teams. Like Lee, he is our chair and major sponsor, but also is a minor sponsor for other clubs aswell. All that cash should be left with us not helping other teams.
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Tells you what kind of fan Laundy was.
 
bptiger 0 said:
I see lodge has joined manly , NOW I know some hate this man , but gee he would have been a great signing for us as a prop or even as a ball playing lock but again we don’t even try ( I don’t actually know if we tried ) but I doubt we did
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He'll last a few months and then be on the nose. It's a pattern wherever he goes. Only a team desperate enough to sign 2023 Aaron Woods would also pick up Lodge on a T&T.
 
Kaito said:
Mate I think they'll play him at FB given how bad
Hayze Perham has peformed for them there.
But having said that, they signed Chricton on
big coin saying he will play there. Gus is doing
what he does best. Lying & blowing up the cap
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Gus said that a club can’t buy themselves out of trouble you have to build from within like pathway’s.
So he’s gone out and bought every player that is breathing.
 
bptiger 0 said:
I see lodge has joined manly , NOW I know some hate this man , but gee he would have been a great signing for us as a prop or even as a ball playing lock but again we don’t even try ( I don’t actually know if we tried ) but I doubt we did
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He has been paid a fortune by multiple clubs to play elsewhere. He’s quite clearly not someone that players want alongside them.
 
Kaito said:
If they're fair dinkum they would mate %100
Gus has walked with impunity for a while now.
Inadvertently stuck his foot in it by calling out
Buzz. He's taken this personally and has been
very critical of Gus from the panthers days lol.
Who's to say they haven't offered similar deals
to current players or signed players already mate?
Don't think we've heard the end of this, I dunno
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Buzz versus Gus goes back way before Penrith, Gus sued and won a defamation case against Buzz and that started their dislike for each other.
Who do you believe in a situation like this where they are both lose with the truth.
 
Todd Packer said:
Buzz exposed Phil the liar as a liar.
Who would believe it hey?
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Gus was only just telling anyone who would listen that they would be focusing on juniors and promoting from within. They have since signed Katauga, Sexton, Sullivan and have spoken to Taaffe and Tino. Can't begrudge him that but it's another example of Gus lying through his teeth.

Sad thing is I would take just about all the players from above at the Tigers at the moment. Tigers management are getting totally outmanoeuvred by Gus.
 
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