Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[tiger05premier]

I'd honestly rather we just go out and try to get a gun centre like Lomax.Know he's not as popular due to his price range and what's currently happening with him seeking a release from the Dragons, but he and Olam would be a great pairing - the latter has shown he's still quite capable - until our juniors come through/up to grade.
Another second rower ofc. is the other essential requirement IMO.

Lomax under Benji would be great

Just can't see it happening unfortunately

 

[Buttface]

Benji would get the best out of Josh. The question is price.

It’s always about the price.

 

[Buttface]

That guy always makes me think of the old late 1950's TV series, "Broken Arrow," probably because he is always broken.

Ironically one of the characters in the series was Cochise.

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He’s overrated.

 

[Moh]

Benji would get the best out of Josh. The question is price.

This blunder from Manly really needs more attention.

Great call by us to not sign him, Manly gifting him an extension on good coin when he was in terrible form was truly madness.

 

[tiger_one]

Reading The Play on Twitter saying that Turuva in talks with Newcastle.

 

[Leck]

This blunder from Manly really needs more attention.

Great call by us to not sign him, Manly gifting him an extension on good coin when he was in terrible form was truly madness.

Only if the price is right

 

[Moh]

Only if the price is right

Tbh, wouldn't be opposed - at the right price only.

Need a bit of spark on our edges, and with a point to prove he could provide that.

 

[weststigerman]

Man I disagree with this. Penriths hobbit wingers are a massive reason for their success in my opinion. The metres they and Dylan Edwards make coming from their own end consistently put penrith in good field position, while giving the forwards a break. I rarely see him out jumped or out muscled and he is an excellent finisher. Perfect modern day winger.

Very easy to look good on that right wing for Penrith, their wingers get the ball with so much space.

I can count on one hand the amount of time our wingers have received the ball in space so far this year.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Man I disagree with this. Penriths hobbit wingers are a massive reason for their success in my opinion. The metres they and Dylan Edwards make coming from their own end consistently put penrith in good field position, while giving the forwards a break. I rarely see him out jumped or out muscled and he is an excellent finisher. Perfect modern day winger.

Turuva is also 21, at 19 he was carving up nsw cup & he has been very good at NRL level since making the jump up.

The kid has a high work rate and knows how to finish at nrl level. He is a walk up starter everyday of the week for us.

 

[Vicious]

Turuva is also 21, at 19 he was carving up nsw cup & he has been very good at NRL level since making the jump up.

The kid has a high work rate and knows how to finish at nrl level. He is a walk up starter everyday of the week for us.

No doubt he can play, but it appears he’s asking for centre type money and ideally wanting to play as a centre if he cannot play in his favoured fullback position.
He’d know there are next to no clubs looking for a fullback, so playing as a centre would be his best option to maximise his salary.
I don’t doubt his attacking ability if he played as a centre, I do have doubts how he’d go defensively up against much bigger and stronger centres such as his current Panthers team mates in Tago and May.
Andrew Johns has mentioned a few times recently that the current role of a centre is like a battering ram who is fast enough to hit holes, make line breaks and score tries.
Much like an edge forward only they defend wider of the ruck, so don’t have to do as much tackling.

 

[GCfan]

Schuster is a hell of a better risk than Bud Sullivan

Not at $800k s year he’s not-in my opinion

 

[weststigerman]

Speaking of centres. The Roosters are currently running with Pauga (struggled in NSW cup when at WT) and 35 year old Michael Jennings.

If you have a good spine and decent forwards you can get by with almost any centres.

 

[GCfan]

It cracks me up the whole “insert current Wests Tigers coach name here” would get the best out of said player comment that you see here.

 

[Camel2281]

3 players is what Richardson has suggested.

Liam Knight, Isaiah Tass & Tesi Niu

Knight is useless. I like Tass

 

[weststigerman]

It cracks me up the whole “insert current Wests Tigers coach name here” would get the best out of said player comment that you see here.

I mean historically we’ve brought the worst out of players like Blair, Packer, Reynolds, BJ, Robert’s etc so I used to think the opposite.

Hopefully times are changing.

 

[Camel2281]

Angus Crichton is playing the house down again for the Chooks. Shown he's back to his best. Sign him up Benji

 

[Todd Packer]

Not at $800k s year he’s not-in my opinion

It wouldn't be at 800k.
Manly will probably try to have a revised price placed on him by the NRL so a potential suitor could get him at a cut price and they wouldn't have to contribute anything.

 

[Tito Santana]

Knight is useless. I like Tass

I saw Knight the other week with Danika Mason. That was at Centennial Park so I hope he’s prepared to travel.

 

[AdelaideTiger]

Man I disagree with this. Penriths hobbit wingers are a massive reason for their success in my opinion. The metres they and Dylan Edwards make coming from their own end consistently put penrith in good field position, while giving the forwards a break. I rarely see him out jumped or out muscled and he is an excellent finisher. Perfect modern day winger.

Penriths back 3 benefit MASSIVELY from Penrith brutal defensive structure. They force teams to kick long from inside their own half and whoever gets it just sprints it back for an easy 30m.
Don't get me wrong I think Edwards is an incredible player, so smart and likely one of the fittest blokes in the league. To'o is a gun, and Turuva can certainly play too. But I think the success these guys have is a symptom of their success, not the cause of it. Their defence is relentless, everything else feeds off that.

 

[jrtiger]

Angus Crichton is playing the house down again for the Chooks. Shown he's back to his best. Sign him up Benji

super impressive. unfortunately though the better he plays the more likely he is to stay in the East.