Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Tiger_Yoshi]

just to add
- sullivan absolutely done , paperwork with a tigers logo seen on tartaks instagram

- blore extension for a year to 2025 with a club option for 26

- staines wants to stay, really likes benji, dolphins sniffing though

- heard nothing about moylan

- luke thompson little to chance now TPJ is done, will resign at the dogs for less

If Wayne is in need of a winger...Hello Nofo....I would so much want to see him gone from the WT...

 

[Littlebittipsy]

just to add
- sullivan absolutely done , paperwork with a tigers logo seen on tartaks instagram

- blore extension for a year to 2025 with a club option for 26

- staines wants to stay, really likes benji, dolphins sniffing though

- heard nothing about moylan

- luke thompson little to chance now TPJ is done, will resign at the dogs for less

Cheers Kade. What’s your mail on Sezer?

 

[Krammy]

Question

Who would people pick over bula or Nick meaney to play fullback?

Bula

 

[Krammy]

I just think for years we were trying to copy other teams cultures because ours wasn’t built around intestinal fortitude . It just didn’t work , and the players who signed early in 10s like teddy and Moses and co thought they were getting flamboyant , do what you want tigers . But it was poor man’s roosters , and poor man’s Melbourne with a sprinkling of Cleary and potter pissing off our captain at the time .
I know we are losing , but the team seems to actually have harmony , and for the most part want to be here . Most didn’t sign for the money , ala , Canterbury , as Canterbury outbid us on just about every player .
Seriously , with a half who could find in the in goal , and another who could attract defenders , with their running game , we would have won more games than we lost .
Teams just slide off us on their own line , because they don’t believe the ball players are going to offer much . Which is why there’s been so much space for Daine Laurie lately .
They will have to compress a little , of which I bet the dolphins do , and we will have joy on the edge this week .
If that happens I feel it proves my point . Brooks is great in the mid field coming back into tired defenders retreating off a quick play the ball . But close to the line he has zero deception , and is very predictable . And this is from someone who rates brooks .
Even guys like Laurie , cogger , madden offer more deception close to the line . None of which are better footy players , I’m 💯 just taking red zone attack . Which with the way we get down field so quickly and easily , we have to fix . We fix that and this team honestly could be a huge Bolter next year . We repeat this year and it’s spoon time . It’s really that simple IMO .

Intelligent post

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

Maybe we will make him Captain like Api

Quite a few experts on this forum wanted to swap Moylan for Tedesco? 🤔

 

[Tucker]

Quite a few experts on this forum wanted to swap Moylan for Tedesco? 🤔

🤣🤣🤣 yeah?
Name and shame them

 

[Oldman]

Bellamy’s dilemma on Storm’s Mr Fix It as superstar fullback closes in on NRL return

Bellamy’s dilemma on Storm’s Mr Fix It as superstar fullback closes in on NRL return

www.foxsports.com.au

Might to be tough to pry Meaney away from the Storm. We'd have to come in with a vastly superior offer & not sure whether that is viable for for a winger / backup fullback.

Totally agree
Meaney is the backup winger/fullback at the Storm if he doesn’t get a run in the centre’s in front of Olam I think he will end up there 18th man as he doesn’t cover the half’s or hooker like young Wishart.
If we keep Staines I don’t see the need for Meaney but if Staines moves on I would offer him the same $ that we were prepared to pay Staines as a backup.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Sullivan is signed sealed and delivered. Seizer I’m not 100% on but by all reports he’s pretty much done too.

Having lunch with one of my sources tomorrow, I’ll try see if I can get some Xavier Wilson mail too as he’s a person I’d love to see at the club.

Unsure of who I want instead of him, but hope the Sezer talk is nothing more than that. Especially if the contract is for more than a single season, and without any further being a club option.

 

[Lestronge]

It's almost certainly dodgy, but I'm so impressed by Gould's ability to get rid of dud players on big contracts. He did the same at Penrith. The incompetents at our club can't get close to that sort of mastery.

Only thing about Gould is his signings for the dogs continue to be terrible. They've spent big again this year, and I still don't see a winning team in them next year. He recruited much more wisely at Penrith. His approach at the Bulldogs seems desperate and impatient which is weird for a person who seems so cluey about footy.

Hey we did it last year , and even into this one . We med retired Matulino somehow , moved on ken … seriously how ? That was a bad contract . Managed to sell the biggest lemon to the dragons in multiple players . I think we are going alright lately in the shonky ways to get players off our books .
we aren’t quite roosters alumni level shonks , to which Gus was one of the originators , but we aren’t just getting hosed like we used to . Thank god the dragons and titans still exist .

 

[Vicious]

If we want a superstar centre in the making, do whatever it takes to sign Mason Peut.

 

[Yossarian]

I wonder if TPJ still counts as a big fish we missed out on?

Can you imagine the headlines/articles if we had him on our books and he did this?

 

[TurnStyle]

Daine Laurie now is 2009 Daine Lauries' nephew....
Both from up North....
Sheens spotted 2009 Daine Laurie at a carnival or some such and got him down to Sydney
the big smoke wasn't for him.

He was let go with some off field issues and went to Panthers, Then went to Knights
Fantastic talent - Didn't have the desire and never kicked on....
Had his issues but was a nice enough bloke.

He was one of my favourite players.

Shame he didn't play longer, but sometimes I guess there are people who are just naturally really good at things but don't have the desire for everything else that comes with professional sport at that level.

Tough as nails and such an exciting player. Hope he's well. 😊

 

[TurnStyle]

Totally agree
Meaney is the backup winger/fullback at the Storm if he doesn’t get a run in the centre’s in front of Olam I think he will end up there 18th man as he doesn’t cover the half’s or hooker like young Wishart.
If we keep Staines I don’t see the need for Meaney but if Staines moves on I would offer him the same $ that we were prepared to pay Staines as a backup.

I'd sign him regardless. He's a good player at wing and fullback - don't recall him at centre, but he'd probably be one of the tigers' best there too! - and an awesome goal kicker.

I think the value of a good goal kicker is often forgotten. In 05, Hodgson was top point scorer and his conversions and penalties contributed immensely to the success of the team. Richards was the last really good one they had - interestingly behind Hodgo in 05.

 

[Sully]

Riccio believes Haas will receive an upgrade on his contract for next year, with a 2 year extension afterwards.

got everything crossed that Yoss’ mail is correct and Xavier Willison ends up at WT as part of Brisbane managing their cap.

He will need the cash to pay lawyers as his brother just got arrested for allegedly bringing 1.8kg of the drug Ice into NSW. He also has to deal with his mother’s issue also ,which would be difficult to concentrate on football with all this in the background.

 

[tony soprano]

Bellamy’s dilemma on Storm’s Mr Fix It as superstar fullback closes in on NRL return

Bellamy’s dilemma on Storm’s Mr Fix It as superstar fullback closes in on NRL return

www.foxsports.com.au

Might to be tough to pry Meaney away from the Storm. We'd have to come in with a vastly superior offer & not sure whether that is viable for for a winger / backup fullback.

I'd consider meaney at 1 and bula at centre.

Meaney would be a great addition to our back line

 

[BrissieTiger67]

I'd consider meaney at 1 and bula at centre.

Meaney would be a great addition to our back line

No way...I think Meaney outside of the Storm system would be crap again. He wasn't doing much at the bulldogs. I like watching how well he is competing at Storm with Pap out.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Comparing a rookie fullback playing in a side at the bottom of the competition with a far more experienced fullback playing in a very strong Storm team only serves to highlight Bula's talent.

 

[Spartan117]

Settle down Big Fella!!!

Little fella and getting old..

I'm sick of celebrating mediocrity and being left for another club.

No fanfare IMO for players being let go or moving on.

Celebrate the squad choosing to stay and fight

 

[Goldust]

Bula has a few things to work on ,but for a kid who’s 12 games into his career playing a with a constantly changing spine who have won 3 games this season he’s been amazing.
Playing any one else in the 1 jersey in front of him sends a really bad message.

 

[tony soprano]

Comparing a rookie fullback playing in a side at the bottom of the competition with a far more experienced fullback playing in a very strong Storm team only serves to highlight Bula's talent.

Fullback is still very new to him. Unsure if it's his best position. Just because WT play him there doesn't mean he will ace it there.