Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Demps]

I'd look at Weekes in the centres if he was a target. Outstanding speed.

That'd be the go.

 

[The Chad]

That'd be the go.

As opposed to the wing. I don't think he'd be a lot of help on the dummy half runs. I could be wrong though.

 

[Demps]

As opposed to the wing. I don't think he'd be a lot of help on the dummy half runs. I could be wrong though.

We need centres
Makes sense.

He could do a job there.

 

[Spartan117]

One man won't change it here either.

Depends on the Man,

Imaging if Craig Bellamy walked into Concord.

 

[boonboon]

Weekes hasn't every played anything but fullback or Five eight and is only 90kgs. Like him as a player but don't think a litweight five eight/fullback is what we need in the centres

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Addo-Carr is favourite with the fans .. but Josh said some nasty things about the Tigers and Club whilst he knocked our offer back and then signed with the Kennel. Im not a 100% sure that our hierarchy would even entertain the idea of having the Fox back ..

Kaeo Weeks on the other hand is a real chance of coming to the club .. a favourite of Scott Fulton so there is a connection between these two. Kaeo is a former NSW State athletic sprint champion he has a real turn of speed. He's just over 6 foot and weighs in at around 94kgs.

Alexander Lobb - winger from the Dragoons is an interesting one .. scored heaps out on the wing (best position) and in the centres for the Dragoons this year in the lower grades. Local junior of the Illawarra he's a big tall kid (6'3" around 98kgs) with plenty of confidence under the high ball .. and he has decent speed.

Illawarra has a good track record of producing goalkicking wingers. Rueben Garrick is a handy winger/fullback and goalkicker.

 

[Tiger Tarl]

Weekes hasn't every played anything but fullback or Five eight and is only 90kgs. Like him as a player but don't think a litweight five eight/fullback is what we need in the centres

Whatever happened to the centre/three-quarter? Ie. A ball-playing second 5/8th that can create for the fullback and winger but also has the defensive capabilities as a centre. Like the second five-eighth in rugby.

Or has that version of the position been replaced by bigger bodies?

 

[KCtiger]

The so called Tiger supporter that signed with the dogs.

Pretty sure the deal was done then we refused to trade Tommy Talau to Melbourne

 

[Stevec]

That’s not true at all . We have taken them to the wire for the last few years with thier A team. This implication that we are coming last means we are the worst team is not living in reality .
Our team is ultra competitive to the frustration of many , we can’t seem to close out wins . If it’s not us screwing ourselves , it’s blatant incompetent ref decisions , luck , or skullduggery from the opposition .
We have the yips in regards to winning . But if we can find a way to get over the top of the tips there’s a very very competitive football team at the club .
It’s soo close to turning , honestly I believe 1-2 players with class could be all the difference .
Hopefully that’s Fainu and Sullivan , or even Galvin . We could have a Fainu / Galvin halves pairing as soon as 2025 , even with Sullivan in the squad .
Or it could be Galvin Sullivan , who knows .

Love the optimism not sure how much realism but my main point im trying to make is that Storm have about 14 good players to cover positions 1-7 .I'm always amazed how they keep finding relative unknowns . I just wonder if we could do some deal to get a couple of them on our roster . For 2024 we've got one Quality center in Toa . Would like to see Olam and Jimmy Ngatlik in our backline

 

[Demps]

Whatever happened to the centre/three-quarter? Ie. A ball-playing second 5/8th that can create for the fullback and winger but also has the defensive capabilities as a centre. Like the second five-eighth in rugby.

Or has that version of the position been replaced by bigger bodies?

Jamie Lyon aye

What Burton should be.

 

[Tucker]

That’s not true at all . We have taken them to the wire for the last few years with thier A team. This implication that we are coming last means we are the worst team is not living in reality .
Our team is ultra competitive to the frustration of many , we can’t seem to close out wins . If it’s not us screwing ourselves , it’s blatant incompetent ref decisions , luck , or skullduggery from the opposition .
We have the yips in regards to winning . But if we can find a way to get over the top of the tips there’s a very very competitive football team at the club .

Just because we occasionally play well against a top side, doesn’t mean we are in any way comparable to them.
They play at a competitively high level week after week, after month, after year, after decade.
They churn and burn yearly and replace them with great players they’ve mostly developed. The debutants they had last night are better than any we’ve debuted since Tedesco. They do this regularly.
If our club was half as professional, effective and efficient as Storm we’d be heading in the right direction. Hopefully that happens soon.

 

[426Tlgerland]

Pretty sure the deal was done then we refused to trade Tommy Talau to Melbourne

I think that is correct , what a dumb move by us , getting rid of Tommy for the fox , no brainer. But not us

 

[jirskyr]

official now : Kaeo weekes free to negotiate with other clubs

I'm about to pause my Kayo in a few weeks.

 

[jirskyr]

This is obviously another example of our "agressive" recruitment,every other club will be running scared now.We sign a bloke who can't make first grade at a club that is barely above where we are

We just signed the most touted junior half in the country. Depth and youth signings out wide are definitely necessary for Tigers current roster deficits.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Whatever happened to the centre/three-quarter? Ie. A ball-playing second 5/8th that can create for the fullback and winger but also has the defensive capabilities as a centre. Like the second five-eighth in rugby.

Or has that version of the position been replaced by bigger bodies?

I always think back to the pacey centre three quarter of moderate dimensions such as Michael O'Connor and Andrew Ettinghausen. Both were dynamic backs.

 

[jirskyr]

Would say meaney services will no longer be required after seeing papz last night.

You haven't been paying attention to Paps' injury history? I would not be in a hurry to thin out the fullback backup options.

 

[Stevec]

Addo-Carr is favourite with the fans .. but Josh said some nasty things about the Tigers and Club whilst he knocked our offer back and then signed with the Kennel. Im not a 100% sure that our hierarchy would even entertain the idea of having the Fox back ..

Kaeo Weeks on the other hand is a real chance of coming to the club .. a favourite of Scott Fulton so there is a connection between these two. Kaeo is a former NSW State athletic sprint champion he has a real turn of speed. He's just over 6 foot and weighs in at around 94kgs.

Alexander Lobb - winger from the Dragoons is an interesting one .. scored heaps out on the wing (best position) and in the centres for the Dragoons this year in the lower grades. Local junior of the Illawarra he's a big tall kid (6'3" around 98kgs) with plenty of confidence under the high ball .. and he has decent speed.

Does Scott Fulton have any recruitment ability anywhere other than Manly
Seems only time his name comes up is in relation to players he likes at Brooky
Would like if he had good inside connections at Storm .
PS please no Shuster - Manly won't even pick him

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Weekes has speed & agility but just comes across as a stock standard 14 to me. He looks undersized on the park to be a center and isn’t a fulltime fullback. He misses tackles front on as well. You wouldn’t sign him as a half as he is very much like for like but not as skilled as what we just grabbed & would cost more than a backup option should.

Re JAC would prefer Staines. JAC has been ordinary by a mile at the bulldogs he picks and chooses his effort moments and doesn’t do the hard yards. Multiple games under 100mtrs this year & only cracked 150+ 4 times this year. His 4 games is the same amount as Staines on half the games (Staines cracked 200mtrs for a game as well). Staines is 22 and aligns to our young setup & salary alot less than JAC. He is a culture glue guy and speaks up which with some of our squad could work as feel we have alot of silent types in the squad backline but that’s the main positive for me.

 

[Roar_Power]

If we had the chance to sign JAC, we do it….every day of the week. He is effort personified with plenty left in the tank. Come home big fella!

 

[Halbrowne61]

I always think back to the pacey centre three quarter of moderate dimensions such as Michael O'Connor and Andrew Ettinghausen. Both were dynamic backs.

Interestingly both ran on the balls of their feet, always the sign of a good athlete !