Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[pawsandclaws1]

Why sign him effectively for 4 years a year ago only to turn around and tell him he can leave? What’s changed? He didn’t play any worse this year than he did last year which prompted us to give him said 4 year contract.

Perhaps it has got to do with confidence in our front row stocks or the amount the club wants to pay for a prop. It seems roster management is fluid and that is why it is crucial to have a good coach, recruitment guy and football manager. I think what we have now is pretty good.

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

It isn't......

Klemmer being 29 still blows my mind as well - he still has a lot of value both on and off the field.

If anyone was to make space it would unfortunately probably be AD.

Nofoaluma must be the first to go!

 

[gregjm87]

If we land olam and luai, it would be a terrible time to offload Klemmer. We might finally have a finals chance and we lose our best prop.

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

I can't believe we are that stupid unless we have a replacement pending. There's no way cash is an issue, we were going hard for Moses with a reported 1.4m figure, which included brooks in the plans. We must have a sizable chunk still there.

Agree with the first paragraph.
The 2nd however... i dont think the reported Moses figure ever reached 1.4M.
The included Brooks in the plans part we don't know what value they were factoring in for Brooks in that plan. Weve already spent over 1.5M of next years cap on players that likely weren't part of the Moses plan as well as given out sizeable upgrades that were not being budgeted for at the time.
As I said before I think we can afford Luai without letting Klemmer go, but depending on your idea of 'sizeable chunk' im not so sure there is that much remaining.

 

[Bones]

Who is leaking all this stuff? More holes in this joint then a collander.

It’s funny how every flog and his dog has reported exactly what the Panthers have offered to Luai, and not one comment has been made about it. When the shoe is on the other foot and people “claim” to know what’s being offered by Wests Tigers it’s suddenly a huge pile on.

In a game where people stand to make millions of dollars you can almost guarantee that there are plenty of people looking to line their own pockets. That’s why things leak. It doesn’t just happen at our club, it’s just that it suits the narrative to point it out.

 

[240z]

Shaun Blore back at training today - first day back with the team and looks pretty fit

 

[gregjm87]

Shaun Blore back at training today - first day back with the team and looks pretty fit

I'm hopeful this means the Olam deal falls through and we extend Blore.
I know others disagree, as they are entitled to do.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Shaun Blore back at training today - first day back with the team and looks pretty fit

Is he supposed to look unfit? Really don’t understand when people say this. What does it even mean. He’s an athletes. Of course he’s fit.

 

[240z]

Is he supposed to look unfit? Really don’t understand when people say this. What does it even mean. He’s an athletes. Of course he’s fit.

It means that he hasn't trained on the field with the team since last season and this is his first session on the field and he looked fit, nothing more nothing less

 

[WestsEffTheRest]

Imagine our club being portrayed in a poor light by rumour! Who would have thought. Some of us need to have more faith in our club. I am pretty happy Betsy is in charge of Football Operations as communication seems to be one of his strengths. Thanks for the information.

Lee is that you? #keepthefaith Lol

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Re Klemmer , Adrian Proszenko on Sen just said the tigers aren’t shopping him but another club has approached them asking if they’d release him .

It’s clearly the bulldogs whose current starting props are Max King & Liam Knight .

The Tigers at this stage have said they aren’t interested in letting Klem go & it’s not a requirement to fit Luai in

Couldn’t see us offloading him we need experience in the forwards and he isn’t costing us a bucket load anyway.

Thought it was the Dragons who had interest in him.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

I'm hopeful this means the Olam deal falls through and we extend Blore.
I know others disagree, as they are entitled to do.

Wouldn’t be surprised if Olam happens but without a player swap. Storm want him off the books and don’t need a player in return to close it out if someone takes full freight.

 

[hammertime]

Agree with the first paragraph.
The 2nd however... i dont think the reported Moses figure ever reached 1.4M.
The included Brooks in the plans part we don't know what value they were factoring in for Brooks in that plan. Weve already spent over 1.5M of next years cap on players that likely weren't part of the Moses plan as well as given out sizeable upgrades that were not being budgeted for at the time.
As I said before I think we can afford Luai without letting Klemmer go, but depending on your idea of 'sizeable chunk' im not so sure there is that much remaining.

Even if Moses was 1.2m, there were talks about Brooks partnering that at 700k. There was also a comment, by pascoe I think, that this year will be the first without subsiding other contracts.

The ins of the Fainus, Sezar and Sullivan, should be offset by Laurie, Kenny M, Offa and Talau. These are the movements post-moses.

Bateman was post-moses, but negotiating at the same time so I assume we had that cap space.

I think we've still got a decent amount there. Maybe "Sizable chunk" was the wrong language, but there should be a good amount of $$$. Especially with the new cap.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Re Klemmer , Adrian Proszenko on Sen just said the tigers aren’t shopping him but another club has approached them asking if they’d release him .

It’s clearly the bulldogs whose current starting props are Max King & Liam Knight .

The Tigers at this stage have said they aren’t interested in letting Klem go & it’s not a requirement to fit Luai in

The only possible scenario for any of this Klemmer rumour to have legs is if Fonua-Blake wants to come to the Tigers. Would not happen unless we've got a decent experienced middle lined up.

Klemmer would attract interest from Bulldogs and being a Moses client would have a great chance of being picked up by Manly (especially if Aloiai departs) lol

 

[WestsEffTheRest]

Klemmer would attract interest from Bulldogs and being a Moses client would have a great chance of being picked up by Manly (especially if Aloiai departs) lol

Also close mates with Brooks & Woods

 

[Go_You_Good_Things]

Another good move to try and move on spaghetti arms Klemmer.
He's cooked.

So do we call him Al now ?
Al Dente ?
I'll see myself out

 

[earl]

Nofoaluma must be the first to go!

In a perfect world but that contract is a killer.

 

[tigerman 0]

Been over an hour.
Have we got JFH yet?

 

[dazza65]

As a source with knowledge of the situation, not authorised to speak publicly about the matter, RL journalists suck. Take no notice.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Got a tip these young fellows are pretty useful on the field. Great performance and honour for them!

Wouldn’t want to bump into them at the pub late on a Friday evening!
Could get real ugly !!

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

A third party informed me of the player that is being floated as a swap for Olam. He hasn't played a game yet but is one of the highest rated juniors we've had in years, hence why Melbourne want him. I personally think the club are crazy, but if it means we can keep a spot open for Kepaoa, then we gotta do what we gotta do.