Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[crazycat]

Lol.. everyone is findin the positive in us signing an unproven kid who nobody else wanted, with a bad reputation for 4 years on $550K.

The ONLY good thing about this is that we can throw more mud at lee and justin when we all realise next year that we signed another lemon for 4 years.

has Mmbye, Packer, Reynolds taught us nothing?

Wait, just pointing something out.

Packer, 28ish year old, last contract before retirement at 4 years.
Reynolds, signed with us at 27 after playing SOO.. While not his last contract, could have been.
Mbye, younger then both but around 25 years from memory. Unlike the two above had "potential" and showed such great work eithic in a side coming 16th! *sic*.

None of these players are anything like Jayden Sullivan, 21 years of age and a player who has played maybe 1 year of first grade. The only commonality is Jayden is coming from a bottom of the table team like Mbye did (except arguably the dogs had made the finals a few years before, and blown the cap).

I do worry about this signing. I also worry that while Benji can coach "tricks" he may not be able to coach "halfbacks". No idea how Jayden will pair with Aiden Sezer.

 

[balmain boy]

Luke Thompson- I like him. Hard worker. I assume he'd be 13. The Wests Tigers cannot be 'too professional' after so many years of...let's call it enigmatic behaviour on field.

Has to be over his injuries of course. And if it was a choice between Thompson & Aitasi James + Seyfarth...Thompson is the better player.

If this is true, it tells me that some of our current roster are not as locked in as thought.

If this happens it shows the lunatics are running the asylum

 

[weststigers]

I wonder if he'll even get that amount but hopefully we get a deal done. The thing is we have Nofo on 500k as well. That is a massive investment in wingers who aren't top tier.

I guess the point is that he can play fullback at a decent standard, therefore increasing his value slightly.

I think the rest of our cap is in decent shape to carry Nofa for 2 seasons. All clubs carry dead wood. Considering you might pay $300k for a winger, he is only taking up an extra $200k - $300k.

 

[Snidest 0]

I'd take Kenny Maumalo back in a second if it meant we would never see the Chairman's pet "Ferrari Dave" in first grade every again!

 

[Telltails]

If this happens it shows the lunatics are running the asylum

It means that we are being manipulated by Tartak who is taking advantage of a club who can't recruit and is using that to get deals for his clients that other clubs want off their books.

 

[twentyforty]

think he may have a new job in sales.

If it is who I think, he has a huge following on LinkedIn.

 

[twentyforty]

Did he get to use Pascoe's private Chair or just a regular one I heard that Pascoe's chair goes all the way back

So there’s no need to leave the office for therapy?

 

[tony soprano]

It means that we are being manipulated by Tartak who is taking advantage of a club who can't recruit and is using that to get deals for his clients that other clubs want off their books.

Taken advantage of what?

Have you seen where the club is at before his arrival?

 

[Telltails]

Taken advantage of what?

Have you seen where the club is at before his arrival?

A club with money to spend who has trouble recruiting. Why we would be interested in Luke Thompson when he has offered absolutely no value to the Bulldogs on a big money contract and is now on the outer. This is one rumour that should remain nothing more than that.

 

[Tom Shines]

Thompson is the pay back for the Fainu boys.

This is how the NRL is in 2023..

Even apart from the fact that he is always injured he is ANOTHER forward when they have a backline of low confidence , slow , low IQ outside backs .. they will never get off the foot of the ladder if this doesn’t change..

Off the back of picking Kepaoa in the NRL team… what an ordinary 24 hours… just when you think they are at rock bottom they keep digging

 

[Spartan117]

This is not worthy of rumour.

We don't need forwards on big dollars.

This guy is a dud

 

[Telltails]

Thompson is the pay back for the Fainu boys.

This is how the NRL is in 2023..

Even apart from the fact that he is always injured he is ANOTHER forward when they have a backline of low confidence , slow , low IQ outside backs .. they will never get off the foot of the ladder if this doesn’t change..

Off the back of picking Kepaoa in the NRL team… what an ordinary 24 hours… just when you think they are at rock bottom they keep digging

Sullivan on potential - 4 years - should be payback enough.

 

[Moh]

So frustrating that we've long wanted a decent pack for our then decent backs, now its flipped.

Good pack, horrible backs.

Talent seems to have decreased. There's just not many backs on the market worth signing. Sure, there are some you can take gamble on, but no one that's going to make an immediate impact.

 

[Bubba]

As Bon Jovi said: "He's calf-way there!" 😉

Oh Oh, he can't walk up a stair.
He's calf-way there.

 

[tiger_one]

Oh Oh, he can't walk up a stair.
He's calf-way there.

Sounds like Bubba Jovi! 🤣

 

[tony soprano]

A club with money to spend who has trouble recruiting. Why we would be interested in Luke Thompson when he has offered absolutely no value to the Bulldogs on a big money contract and is now on the outer. This is one rumour that should remain nothing more than that.

Ow no we might come tripple last.

 

[Telltails]

Ow no we might come tripple last.

Poor salary cap management will guarantee that.

 

[Todd Packer]

I'd like to see livai sauķaru given a run in fg I think he shows some promise he's only young

I'd like that too, but the way he gets shuffled between KOE, sitting on the bench, to wing, to centre, to Flegg I get the impression the club doesn't have an opinion of him.
That's aa shame because despite his errors when you watch the reserve grade backs he's the only one that shows out as a potential NRL player.

 

[weststigerman]

Thompson should be headed back to ESL unless some silly NRL club offers him a contract.

Hopefully we are not that club.

 

[JRDee]

Thompson should be headed back to ESL unless some silly NRL club offers him a contract.

Hopefully we are not that club.

Thompson is one head knock away from retirement