Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Roar_Power]

Lobb and Casey are hardly juniors.
Both looked pretty out of their depth at first grade...

Willing to give Lobb a few more chances tho...

Think Blaize would be a centre/back up fullback.
Which would look like;

1 Bula
2 Available *
3 Blaize Talagi
4 Olam
5 Turuva

* Would prefer a new recruit

I imagine To'a will be in the backline somewhere....

 

[Demps]

Does anyone know who Hunt is managed by?

Pulse Talent Management according to Google

 

[lathami]

I imagine To'a will be in the backline somewhere....

Hopefully managed right out. One good game a year ain’t quite cutting it!

 

[Tito Santana]

There's that. And the fact that benji or richo would
have to do a deal with Fulton. 1 had beef with him,
the other sacked him haha. Probably won't happen

Good. Moses Suli like player. Needs to get his head straight and be less fat.

 

[supercoach]

I think Schuster is a good chance of coming here, no inside info but for the right price he woukd add that x factor

Don’t see him as a player we need at present. We need a couple of proven hard heads who will deliver week in and week out to help cover for our younger brigade of players who form tends to be all over the place.

He would be a good buy at the right club, but not ours at present as we have to many project players already

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I actually wouldn’t mind Schuster on an edge. If he can genuinely straighten himself out and work on his discipline in and out of footy my god he would be a dangerous player. There is no doubt on his potential so if we sign him on minimum with a few target clauses I wouldn’t be to opposed to it tbh.

We aren’t the kind of club who is going to unlock Schuster and his laziness. If Ice can come here as one of the most damaging backrowers in the game and turn into a powderpuff, what hope does Schuster have?

 

[426Tlgerland]

Tallis Duncan > Shuster

I take Duncan , adding both would also be good , Shust with a solid pre season and a few kg Lighter could be a good buy , need a smart contract 3 years maybe as a centre

 

[mikey]

Benji is a fan of his, called his game against him the
'greatest debut' he's ever seen a few years ago. I
don't think it's out if the question, if he got his mind
right he would be an asset to any team. Just rifling.
Benji probably didn't want to do the deal with Fulton
because it was for 800k a year for 3/4 years and
knew he had some issues with himself & Manly.
He would go good in a young dynamic team like
ours for 500k. Provided we move some cattle along

Brookes all over again here. The Sea Buzzards couldn't get him to fire - what chance do we have?

 

[Nonotmeagain]

I think Buzz posted….payback to the Wests Tigers Forum….be cause of how we feel about him. Probably having a laugh reading our posts whilst sipping out of 4 litre cask!

What's wrong with 4 litre casks ? They save you a lot of trips to the refrigerator

 

[Roar_Power]

Hopefully managed right out. One good game a year ain’t quite cutting it!

Yep agree - I would prefer he is moved on.

 

[Buttface]

AFB has a signed contract with the sharks, cooling off period finished roughly before kick off round 1, Abdo should do his job and have a meeting with all CEO's, if it keeps happening a 1 million dollar fine to both the club and player manager that will very quickly stop it from happening

Playera need to be penalised too.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Playera need to be penalised too.

Don't players leave it up to their managers😁. Plausible deniability is always beneficial.

 

[Buttface]

Don't players leave it up to their managers😁. Plausible deniability is always beneficial.

I love that BS line. As if anyone believes that.
“I don’t know what’s going on, I leave it all up to my manager.”
Then next minute it’s “I have do what’s right for my Family”
The players drive this shite just as much as anyone else.

 

[swag_tiger]

What's the Blaze rumour?

 

[supercoach]

What's the Blaze rumour?

Someone’s fantasy

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

I love that BS line. As if anyone believes that.
“I don’t know what’s going on, I leave it all up to my manager.”
Then next minute it’s “I have do what’s right for my Family”
The players drive this shite just as much as anyone else.

Add “ummm, I gotta check with the misses”….made famous by Woods

 

[Tom Shines]

1)Brandon smith or shuster both big buys and probably for bargain less than 400k to play 13. clauses in our favour about fitness and behaviour. Both kiwi and may be lured by benji. I’d prefer smith because of experience!

2)We need to go hard for Royce hunt

3)if this blaze rumour is true where does he play? Wing? Ideally we need to buy another back that’s seasoned and will make a difference. I’d be willing to lose one of the juniors (LOBB or Casey) for a run at the top 8 next year.

Few more big buys and we could be on for next year!

Where is the Blaize rumour coming from ?

If it’s the guy that mentioned it here “quoting Rothfield” .. he then went on to say he was joking…. Let’s put this one too bed hey if that’s all there is to it ..,

 

[The Chad]

Before we buy the entire competition and insert them into our line-up..

1. Bula 1. Mason
2. To'a 2. Staines
3. Doueihi 3. Faataape
4. Olam 4. Feledy
5. Turuva 5. Lobb
6. Galvin 6. Latu Fainu
7. Luai 7. Sullivan
13. Bateman 13. Matamua
12. Sam Fainu 12. Sukkar
11. Pole 11. Kit Lualilii'
10. Klemmer 10. Miller
9. Koroisau 9. Da Silva
8. Utoikamanu 8. Porter

Twal/Sione Fainu/Seyfarth/Luke Lualili'i/Naden/Alaimalo/Fa'agutu/Saukuru/Broederlow/Johannssen...

At full fitness we are looking pretty solid next season.

And that isn't even contemplating Aiden Sezar staying.

 

[Kelce68]

Before we buy the entire competition and insert them into our line-up..

1. Bula 1. Mason
2. To'a 2. Staines
3. Doueihi 3. Faataape
4. Olam 4. Feledy
5. Turuva 5. Lobb
6. Galvin 6. Latu Fainu
7. Luai 7. Sullivan
13. Bateman 13. Matamua
12. Sam Fainu 12. Sukkar
11. Pole 11. Kit Lualilii'
10. Klemmer 10. Miller
9. Koroisau 9. Da Silva
8. Utoikamanu 8. Porter

Twal/Sione Fainu/Seyfarth/Luke Lualili'i/Naden/Alaimalo/Fa'agutu/Saukuru/Broederlow/Johannssen...

At full fitness we are looking pretty solid next season.

And that isn't even contemplating Aiden Sezar staying.

There's a few in there that are off, but overall, good job laying this out.

One point I'd like to raise is, in my opinion, Sione Fainu has surpassed Matamua as a lock option. I think he's a lot more dynamic, more of an offload threat, hits harder in defence, is a better mover laterally and from marker and has a comparable passing game (if not quite as good as Matamua who's a former half).

I acknowledge it's a small sample size on both so far though.

 

[WestsTigers4VR]

Before we buy the entire competition and insert them into our line-up..

1. Bula 1. Mason
2. To'a 2. Staines
3. Doueihi 3. Faataape
4. Olam 4. Feledy
5. Turuva 5. Lobb
6. Galvin 6. Latu Fainu
7. Luai 7. Sullivan
13. Bateman 13. Matamua
12. Sam Fainu 12. Sukkar
11. Pole 11. Kit Lualilii'
10. Klemmer 10. Miller
9. Koroisau 9. Da Silva
8. Utoikamanu 8. Porter

Twal/Sione Fainu/Seyfarth/Luke Lualili'i/Naden/Alaimalo/Fa'agutu/Saukuru/Broederlow/Johannssen...

At full fitness we are looking pretty solid next season.

And that isn't even contemplating Aiden Sezar staying.

Couple things I’d change there, assuming that tigers are true to their word then Turuva will probably be playing centre when he arrives (though things can change). I’d have Lobb over Toa just purely for his aerial ability, Turuva and Toa are both smaller backs so someone with height and size is probably a better option.

Some rumours are saying that Feledy is on the out so someone else may fill in that spot. Also Pole is probably more off an impact forward, in the same mould of a Spencer Leniu with less psycho, also highly doubt Kit would ever be a backup for an edge purely based off optics but he is quite small for a forward and even smaller for an edge player. I would probably either have Matamua on an edge or switch him to lock and have Bateman back on an edge. But overall really good looking team.