Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Vicious said:
I believe the Roosters would be very tempted to release Teddy and Brandon Smith for 2025 in return for Galvin and Bula as they don’t want Teddy past 2025 and they don’t want Brandon Smith full stop.
As it currently stands they have no choice in where Angus Crichton decides to play in 2025. Crichton would not be the slightest bit tempted in signing for Wests Tigers at the moment, go to him with a package that includes Tedesco, Brandon Smith, Royce Hunt etc if could be a very different story.
Likewise Stefano is definitely not staying with the team we currently have, add a few experienced top class players and he would likely change his mind.
Likewise in trying to sign players such as Royce Hunt, we are not currently an attractive proposition, we need to somehow add some experienced top class players to show we are capable of making a massive improvement straight away in 2025.
Only way we can possibly keep Onitoni Large is to parachute him into our top 30 on a decent contract and show him he will potentially come into a team filtered with experienced top class players.
One common denominator get Teddy to give us a realistic chance of success in 2025.
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What a desperate and fanciful load of BS!!

Did you watch Origin?

Teddy is not only well past his best before date - but he is a non-effort liability when not playing in a dominant side!

He would only set the WORST POSSIBLE example for the team culture!

And how would he attract any players - when he has one foot halfway out the retirement door?

Such short-term thinking would be hugely damaging to our longer term prospects - and I am extremely happy that there is no way that Richo or Benji would share your skewed vision of this supposed shortcut to "success"!
 
Snidest 0 said:
What a desperate and fanciful load of BS!!

Did you watch Origin?

Teddy is not only well past his best before date - but he is a non-effort liability when not playing in a dominant side!

He would only set the WORST POSSIBLE example for the team culture!

And how would he attract any players - when he has one foot halfway out the retirement door?

Such short-term thinking would be hugely damaging to our longer term prospects - and I am extremely happy that there is no way that Richo or Benji would share your skewed vision of this supposed shortcut to "success"!
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Are you not seeing all our up and coming players wanting out at all costs ?
If we don’t get results fast, there will not be a future, there will not be a Wests Tigers.
 
Vicious said:
Really ?
I assume you have a Wests Tigers team for 2025 that is better ?
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Yeah - I can also put together a hypothetical team of players in the NRL who are zero chance of playing at the Tigers next year too - that certainly would not include TEDESCO!!

But as it is all just imaginary bullshit - and "trading" players doesn't happen in the NRL - I'll leave the fan fiction to teenagers and the feeble minded!
 
Snidest 0 said:
Yeah - I can also put together a hypothetical team of players in the NRL who are zero chance of playing at the Tigers next year too - that certainly would not include TEDESCO!!

But as it is all just imaginary bullshit - and "trading" players doesn't happen in the NRL - I'll leave the fan fiction to teenagers and the feeble minded!
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I gave genuine reasons as to how we could potentially persuade Stefano tn stay and how we could potentially persuade 5 genuine quality players to sign with us and it’s certainly not because they want to play alongside Bula and Galvin,
And not saying those 2 cannot be top quality players down the track, hence the reason I believe they could potentially be used as trade bait, but they are not even close to being good enough to retain or attract other top quality players at the moment.
 
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Vicious said:
Are you not seeing all our up and coming players wanting out at all costs ?
If we don’t get results fast, there will not be a future, there will not be a Wests Tigers.
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Oh bullshit Chicken Little!

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The club is not going anywhere.

We survived 10 years of Pascoe etc - and to get out of this hole we need a strategic focus on long-term development and targeted recruitment - NOT more panic buying of "veteran" players whose reputations far exceed their ability and contemporary form!
 
Vicious said:
Are you not seeing all our up and coming players wanting out at all costs ?
If we don’t get results fast, there will not be a future, there will not be a Wests Tigers.
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Galvin and Stef aren't "all our up and coming players"!!

But your ironic solution to this is to actually offer up two of our best young players (ONE who is happy to be loyal and signed long term) for a disloyal former Tiger at the end of his career - to TRY to keep Stef who even you acknowledged played like a fricking powder-puff last game!

All in on Stef and Teddy???

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Bulldogs currently 7th spot having last played finals in 2016.

They appear to be the closest team to WT situation.

Besides landing the best Centre in the game Critchton and players like Tracey, Mahoney and Burton last couple of season is there anything else WT could learn from the bulldogs so team can be challenging for top 8 spot on 2025/2026.

Thoughts?
 
Magpies1969 said:
Bulldogs currently 7th spot having last played finals in 2016.

They appear to be the closest team to WT situation.

Besides landing the best Centre in the game Critchton and players like Tracey, Mahoney and Burton last couple of season is there anything else WT could learn from the bulldogs so team can be challenging for top 8 spot on 2025/2026.

Thoughts?
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yeah been mentioned a ton here already….

I’m a little reluctant to compare our situation to any other club… I think the Tigers are their own unique situation…

How would you compare our roster to the Bulldogs ? Who is our Kikau and Creighton equivalents? Both these guys are amongst the best in the game at their positions… Burton goes ok… I don’t rate him as highly as the other two but is probably a better player than anyone we have …

How is our roster rebuild going compared to theirs ..? Very slowly wouldnt you say? They pretty much turned over their entire squad in 2-3 years… things need to start happening here quick for things to change next season ..it’s probably looking like 2026 to even get off the bottom
 
Vicious said:
Using Galvin and Bula as trade bait, this team could be achievable for 2025.
Much more experienced and looks a genuine top 8 team to me.

  1. James Tedesco / Heath Mason
  2. Samuel Stonestreet / Charlie Staines
  3. Taylan May / Starford To’a
  4. Justin Olam / Onitoni Large
  5. Sunia Turuva / Heamasi Makasini
  6. Jerome Luai
  7. Jayden Sullivan
  8. Stefano Utoikamanu / Peter Hola
  9. Api Korisau / Talyn Da Silva
  10. David Klemmer / Tim Johanssen
  11. Samuela Fainu / Billy Burns
  12. Angus Crichton
  13. Brandon Smith
  14. Latu Fainu / Adam Doueihi
  15. Fonua Pole / Alex Seyfarth
  16. Alex Twal / Sione Fainu
  17. Royce Hunt / Jordan Miller
Development Contracts
Kit Laulilli
Chris Faagatu
Luke Laulilli
Tony Sukkar
Solomon Saukuru
Zac Clarke

** You would think Stef would be much more keen to stay playing in this type of team and it’s clear the Roosters don’t want Teddy past 2025. I know he’s ageing and slowing down, but I still think his presence would be of great benefit and in addition Luai would be a magnet to help sign others such as Angus Crichton and Royce Hunt etc
I think the Roosters would be very tempted to release Teddy early in return for Bula and Galvin.
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Without doubt one of your worst ever posts mate. And it also ignores existing contracts
 
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