Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Lebanese_Coach_aspiration said:
1. yallah you know Cotric is 25?
2. Olam we have, yes, but firstly, I dont trust the guy. I think he will be vulnerable to slip into lazy or just expire. But even so, we need depth, because of injuries. So let's say we have a Iro and Olam combo, Aitken can be on the bench to cover back row and slot into centre when needed or if they are out long term he comes in as starting centre. Depth has been our issue.
3. Nathan yes a one year deal, Manly gave him a train and trial and upgraded him and he is playing well. He is a good moneyball signing.
4. Back row are going to be a critical issue next year. There are a few out there to buy though, Give Angus the million. I'd still keep Bateman too.
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WOw, he is 25. For some reason I thought he was heaps old...

Olam, I kinda put it down to the coach. I had hoped Benji would get him firing, because if he is firing he is an utter gun. ...

Nathan Brown, agreed. We can make up some of the slack in the forward pack. Our big mistake in the past was pushing 1 or 2 top level forwards... we need 6.

Now, there is one player I would give a Million to, Jason Tomolomo! Cowboys don't want him. His form is down. I reckon he can improve. Angus honestly seems like Contract is due, play hard now for an upgrade and then take it easy.... (this has never worked for us).
 
Vicious said:
So they don’t improve our top 30 ?
For players who would only be on the bare minimum contracts, they would both add valuable depth and genuine competition for NRL positions, something we don’t currently have.
I will say it again in case you didn’t hear the first time, any decent NRL team needs genuine competition for NRL positions and when injuries occur, need to be promoting players that are dominating at NSW Cuo level, not just throwing anybody in the side to make up the numbers.
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Would it make you feel better if I told you Doorey, Webster-Mansfield + 6 no name reserve grade nuffies I've never heard of are the answer and saviour?
 
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Vicious said:
Out of all our current players who are earning more than 500k per season, not many of them are earning their pay cheques, are they ?
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Don't change the goalposts. You said when we aim high, we shoot blanks. I gave you 4 examples of aiming high, yet you're still arguing?

I'm starting ti think you're one of those blokes that has to be right all the time, even in the face of evidence. I believe the psychological term is belief persistence.
 
What bothers me with watching some ex- players
like Tuilagi, Pauga, Mikaele, McIntyre etc. They either
up their game when they leave or you don't see the
Stand-out glaring errors in their game like at our
club. We need a football mastermind as director
of football. Nobody biz related, just a real footy head!
 
crazycat said:
WOw, he is 25. For some reason I thought he was heaps old...

Olam, I kinda put it down to the coach. I had hoped Benji would get him firing, because if he is firing he is an utter gun. ...

Nathan Brown, agreed. We can make up some of the slack in the forward pack. Our big mistake in the past was pushing 1 or 2 top level forwards... we need 6.

Now, there is one player I would give a Million to, Jason Tomolomo! Cowboys don't want him. His form is down. I reckon he can improve. Angus honestly seems like Contract is due, play hard now for an upgrade and then take it easy.... (this has never worked for us).
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From what i have read, JT has a degenerative knee condition, and his numbers over the last two seasons are way down, and he is having reduced minutes.
It made me think why doesnt he medically retire then?
i looked up that his million dollar contract expires end of 2027.
As far as i understand, a medical retirement only pays out two years in advance.

It is my belief he is just hanging in there till end of 2025, then he retires and takes the medical retirement.

We should only consider him if he wants to come and cowboys pay half, otherwise he will be very much that stereotypical Tigerpie has been signing, I believe.
 
Lebanese_Coach_aspiration said:
From what i have read, JT has a degenerative knee condition, and his numbers over the last two seasons are way down, and he is having reduced minutes.
It made me think why doesnt he medically retire then?
i looked up that his million dollar contract expires end of 2027.
As far as i understand, a medical retirement only pays out two years in advance.

It is my belief he is just hanging in there till end of 2025, then he retires and takes the medical retirement.

We should only consider him if he wants to come and cowboys pay half, otherwise he will be very much that stereotypical Tigerpie has been signing, I believe.
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He’d be absolutely terrible. He’s a shadow of what he was.
 
Kaito said:
What bothers me with watching some ex- players
like Tuilagi, Pauga, Mikaele, McIntyre etc. They either
up their game when they leave or you don't see the
Stand-out glaring errors in their game like at our
club. We need a football mastermind as director
of football. Nobody biz related, just a real footy head!
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I personally believe we have too many pacific islanders.
I know that comes across badly to read, but i hope peop;e dont see it that way, i'll explain.
The reason I say that as a negative is because they play the 'power' game and i think that only works in smaller amounts.
Notice that when england played tonga they thumped them 3-0, when tonga had an NRL studded lineup, and england had injuries and a couple of nrl players only. Their team were more the hard headed worker type.

Also, when Bennet built the dolphins, a top 4 team, I noticed he targeted the exact same type of player as a nucleus. he did similar at Saints and newcastle.

A third example is dogs team last year and this year. I truly believe that if you look who exited and who came in, CC made a conscious decision to limit the power poly game, and replace with high IQ versatile footy players that are the opposite of the poly power game.

Fourth, I know one player who we targeted that i wont name who said he did not sign with the tigers because of this.
 
Vicious said:
You must be watching ping pong,
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I swear you don’t actually watch NRL - all you bang on about is kids and washed up reserve graders….

Doorey went to Parra on the back of them being runners up - they didn’t make the 8…

If he’s not improving the runners up, how’s he improving the wooden spooners?

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Lebanese_Coach_aspiration said:
I personally believe we have too many pacific islanders.
I know that comes across badly to read, but i hope peop;e dont see it that way, i'll explain.
The reason I say that as a negative is because they play the 'power' game and i think that only works in smaller amounts.
Notice that when england played tonga they thumped them 3-0, when tonga had an NRL studded lineup, and england had injuries and a couple of nrl players only. Their team were more the hard headed worker type.

Also, when Bennet built the dolphins, a top 4 team, I noticed he targeted the exact same type of player as a nucleus. he did similar at Saints and newcastle.

A third example is dogs team last year and this year. I truly believe that if you look who exited and who came in, CC made a conscious decision to limit the power poly game, and replace with high IQ versatile footy players that are the opposite of the poly power game.

Fourth, I know one player who we targeted that i wont name who said he did not sign with the tigers because of this.
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That's crazy talk, we're just disjointed at the moment
but still united most importantly despite the loses...
 
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