Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[hank37w]

..it buys us time and saves us from total embarassment of three consecutive spoons
...until a totally new coaching roster is sorted in 2025..without Benji Im thinking

Just curious, but what are you thinking?

Benji walking away or Benji sacked?

I don't know if he will be here or not but jeez he must be feeling the heat even with Sheens being the one fronting the media at the moment.

The way things are currently going, I'm thinking that 3 spoons in a row is pretty much on the cards unless something pretty dramatic happens and believe me I've never wanted to be more wrong.

Pretty sure that Benji thought he was going to be a big recruitment magnet and things were all going to fall into place and he would have a team of super stars by the time he took over in 2025 backed up by a stack of quality juniors closely following, but that looks to be a dream that has turned into a nightmare.

I guess our big hope now is that some of these juniors are able to come through and step up and then of course we have the problem that if any of them look like fulfilling their potential, staving off the opposition to retain them.

 

[hank37w]

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

He hates us after the fall out from that New York episode when we showed him the door and I don't think there is any way that he would come back here.

 

[hank37w]

Bet are recruiting team have ever heard of him 🥴🤔

He doesn't currently play for Manly or Blacktown.

 

[hank37w]

Taaffe can do what he likes. But he's about 6th in line at the Rabbitohs next season with Wighton coming in. And possibly moves up to 5th in line at the Bulldogs.

Or he can win a wooden spoon with us. 🤔

 

[426Tlgerland]

Yes Benji is in a spot unless we start to grab some players
Croft , if we have to may as well , better than what we have coming
Taafe , same again , better than what’s hear and he has a go
Brothers , get it done or move on , they are Fkkk us around , give them till Friday as they won’t leave Sydney .
Centre , buy one now to play beside Toa , must a be a centre who has played nrl not just seconds , a bit of experience
so
Croft , Taafe , Hiroti , Parker , Herbert , Brothers ,

 

[hank37w]

Are we sure Fittler hasn’t worked at WT before?

There'd be a walk up start here for him if he's ever at a loose end.

 

[hank37w]

I wish millions could hear me use blasphemous language about the WT.

I'm hearin' ya.

 

[Moh]

I'm loving this Gus vs Rothfield thing.

Someone is lying, and they're both good at doing that.

 

[tony soprano]

I'm loving this Gus vs Rothfield thing.

Someone is lying, and they're both good at doing that.

Sounds like buzz has receipts.

 

[bptiger 0]

Yes Benji is in a spot unless we start to grab some players
Croft , if we have to may as well , better than what we have coming
Taafe , same again , better than what’s hear and he has a go
Brothers , get it done or move on , they are Fkkk us around , give them till Friday as they won’t leave Sydney .
Centre , buy one now to play beside Toa , must a be a centre who has played nrl not just seconds , a bit of experience
so
Croft , Taafe , Hiroti , Parker , Herbert , Brothers ,

WestsLife pod said our monetary offer for the Fainus was competitive but it’s about the clubs vision. I know that info isn’t trusted by all on here just sharing the oil.

I am with u give them brothers a deadline because every time we drag out trying to sign players we get screwed , but our best offer up and say u got 48 hours or piss off

 

[earl]

the club vision is all smoke, they want $$, they understand the club needs them not the other way around

I assume that this is correct. The only question is how much do you pay for unproven NRL players.

These guys could end up getting their best contracts now if they don't actually develop into top tier players.

 

[liltiger]

Let’s see mate, we have a war chest and need to spend up to 95% of the cap.

And there’s bugger all on the market 🥹

This is a huge problem for us and smaller teams in general. Being obligated to spend 95 percent of your cap every year. For a Roosters or Penrith it's understandable but for our roster it's criminal. Clubs should be allowed to bank coin so at some point a club like us can go to market with millions of saved previous cap dollars to pry some talent our way to help get us off the bottom of the ladder. It would make thing more cyclical imo instead of now where clubs anchored to the bottom are anchored there for 5 years because the clubs above nab the talent for less. If you could throw huge money at 3 or 4 top players in one off-season, you could transform your club overnight.

 

[liltiger]

Let’s hope Buzz blows the whistle on Gus, then some other clubs might fall victim too, we can only hope

At some point the Tigers need to realise we're the only ones following the rules, look where that's gotten us

 

[tony soprano]

At some point the Tigers need to realise we're the only ones following the rules, look where that's gotten us

Pretty gross by the nrl that everyone just expects it now.

What do they use all their funds for?

 

[Kelce68]

I am with u give them brothers a deadline because every time we drag out trying to sign players we get screwed , but our best offer up and say u got 48 hours or piss off

Can you point me to an example where placing a deadline on a player has resulted in them signing?

 

[liltiger]

Can you point me to an example where placing a deadline on a player has resulted in them signing?

Doesn't work, though not pulling the contract just let's them use us as a bargaining chip. Lose, lose till a contract is signed.

 

[Kelce68]

This is a huge problem for us and smaller teams in general. Being obligated to spend 95 percent of your cap every year. For a Roosters or Penrith it's understandable but for our roster it's criminal. Clubs should be allowed to bank coin so at some point a club like us can go to market with millions of saved previous cap dollars to pry some talent our way to help get us off the bottom of the ladder. It would make thing more cyclical imo instead of now where clubs anchored to the bottom are anchored there for 5 years because the clubs above nab the talent for less. If you could throw huge money at 3 or 4 top players in one off-season, you could transform your club overnight.

Problem is, that would also induce clubs to tank by releasing players towards the end of unsuccessful seasons in order to load up for upcoming years.

Tanking is a big problem for draft picks in the NBA and NFL, but it's so commonplace that it's weirdly just kind of accepted in those leagues.

I can't imagine there'd be anything much more demoralising knowing that your team and club is deliberately tanking to recoup funds.

(I recognise that people will draw the Luciano and Ofahengaue release comparisons, but there is a very big difference).

 

[Siberian Kitten]

Lomax goes against the bad culture at the Dragons. He is one of the committed non party ones. I believe he has played poorly due to being an outsider in a very grubby culture. I was against signing him until I found this out, now I think he would be a good signing.

I'm not too sure WY would be good for Lomax. I agree with the comment that he probably needs a Bellamy or Bennett to bring out his best. It's hard for any player to be at their best with the WT ATM, unfortunately, with our engrained losing culture, often playing off the back foot. I can't remember the last time Tigers won four in a row.

 

[tiger_one]

Still no leaks.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

I am not a big Taafe fan but as a 7 he is lengths better than Brodie Croft if it came down to Croft or Taafe for 7