Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Bob said:
Depends on his ego - reserve grader here or marquee recruit in England.

Personally I think he will be in and out of firsts here always doing just enough to make the team with injuries.

I think the team will start with

bula
Nofa
Olam
Staines
Naden
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Nofa won't start ahead of Tupou, nor should he
 
Ecto-1 said:
We wouldn’t be offering it. He is already on a contract for 3 more years so we would be taking it over. If he does come it has to be for 3 years.
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Contracts can be negotiated. 2 years feels right, but the question is - who’s being released?
 
On signing Staines, how did Peter Peters know about it? Was it common knowledge within league circles or is he getting word from someone in the club and leaking it on radio? The obvious suspect then is Fulton. Has Peters ever had any inside knowledge or interest in us before he arrived?

And then you look at the criticisms Peters offers of Benji and that all sounds like inside knowledge as well. And not just inside knowledge but also obviously pissed off about how it is going.

So if someone is leaking to Peters, and that person is obviously unhappy about the club, how can we possibly keep that person at the club?

Peters' opinion is dribble, the only thing interesting is that he had knowledge of the signing and the person talking to him has an axe to grind. If it's Fulton, he should go.

For me it's not a Benji v Fulton issue. Who knows if Benji is on the right path and fair enough to have disagreements and to raise issues within the club, but as soon as you go having a sook to the media or start leaking you can't be considered competent or professional.
 
watersider said:
So much noise around our attempts to sign Luai. Just feels like the same old routine and surely it's a bit of amateur hour again that all this information gets fed to the media when there's been no signature.

And then cue the 'basketcase' and 'tigers rejected again' when we don't get them.

Sorry to be negative, I just wish the club actually learnt how to handle negotiations to avoid this.
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To be fair to the club. Officially there hasn’t been any mention of it; no Leigh saying we are interested. The only comment was from Benji saying we are keeping our recruitment and retention plans in house.
It’s mostly speculation garnered by the sheer likelihood that the Tigers A have the money available and B have a need for the player.
The spotting of Luai and or Marshall at each others home hasn’t been confirmed on speculated on.
Whilst I’d love that the first time it is mentioned is when he accepts an offer but the media love the Tigers. Even Arron woods was saying there is too much noise surrounding the Tigers but he is just as guilty as all the other media knobs that just want to talk about it.
On another note. If all the talk was about the Bulldogs and Luai joining them you can be guaranteed that it would be a done deal there.
The club we have to look out for is the Sharks that and Penrith.
 
watersider said:
On signing Staines, how did Peter Peters know about it? Was it common knowledge within league circles or is he getting word from someone in the club and leaking it on radio? The obvious suspect then is Fulton. Has Peters ever had any inside knowledge or interest in us before he arrived?

And then you look at the criticisms Peters offers of Benji and that all sounds like inside knowledge as well. And not just inside knowledge but also obviously pissed off about how it is going.

So if someone is leaking to Peters, and that person is obviously unhappy about the club, how can we possibly keep that person at the club?

Peters' opinion is dribble, the only thing interesting is that he had knowledge of the signing and the person talking to him has an axe to grind. If it's Fulton, he should go.

For me it's not a Benji v Fulton issue. Who knows if Benji is on the right path and fair enough to have disagreements and to raise issues within the club, but as soon as you go having a sook to the media or start leaking you can't be considered competent or professional.
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Not saying you're wrong but people were saying that Staines was already training with us last week so I think it was common knowledge that he was staying
 
GNR4LIFE said:
Then he’s losing a year’s salary. Would be a dumb move on his part.
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It really wasn't the point. I'm just refuting that you "must" take on the full contract. Maybe being stuck in reserves for 3 years is motivation enough to forego the extra year? That's up to Olam, but my point stands.

The reality is all contracts require a release to move to another club. You don't "take over" the existing contract.
 
weststigers said:
It really wasn't the point. I'm just refuting that you "must" take on the full contract. Maybe being stuck in reserves for 3 years is motivation enough to forego the extra year? That's up to Olam, but my point stands.

The reality is all contracts require a release to move to another club. You don't "take over" the existing contract.
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No, because Wests would no doubt be expecting the Storm to cover some of the freight.
 
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