Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[balmain boy]

Looks alright but he's 25 not that, that is old but the fact he's 25 and hasn't played very much top grade stuff at what was a poor dogs team up until this year. Is he just a KOE cup hero or can he comfortably play NRL week in week out, deffo has the size we are lacking on the flanks though.

Sign him to a top 30 deal for the rest of the season and see what he can do. That's exactly what these spots are for. If he excels he gets an extensive, if he's awful, he stays a cup hero.
A much better prospect than Alaimalo

 

[king_sirro]

Who’s Poulo?

Parramatta's Junior.

 

[Tigerdazz2]

I expect our pack next year to be

8. Poulo
9. Koroisau
10.Klemmer
11.Bateman
12.Fainu
13. Matamua

14. Pole
15. Twal
16. Seyfarth

4 spoons in a row

Bateman is as good as gone, Super League teams are already lining up to sign him for 2025.

There's no way WT sign Junior, he's a depth signing only & would probably take the big dollars in the UK over reserve grade $$ in the NRL. Klemmer hasn't lived up to expectations (much like Papalii) and I suspect he will go rather than play NSW Cup.

Unfortunately WT management have form on the board for buying "Star Forwards" that mysteriously turn into "Toothless Tigers" who can't make decent metres & put in pathetic defensive efforts when other clubs like Melbourne are turning discards into champion players.

The club is better off going for hungry young forwards (as they did with Stef) who are out to prove a point. If they can get them from our juniors, all the better but if not there are plenty of good props & second rowers at some of the top clubs, playing NSW or Qld Cup who WOULD be playing 1st grade somewhere elsewhere.

We got a hungry raw Stef a few years back & look at him now!!
His best footy is ahead of him as most forwards hit their peak & 28-29.
We should be targetting good young forwards aged around 24-25 and signing them up to long term contracts with performance incentives built in.

 

[king_sirro]

Bateman is as good as gone, Super League teams are already lining up to sign him for 2025.

There's no way WT sign Junior, he's a depth signing only & would probably take the big dollars in the UK over reserve grade $$ in the NRL. Klemmer hasn't lived up to expectations (much like Papalii) and I suspect he will go rather than play NSW Cup.

Unfortunately WT management have form on the board for buying "Star Forwards" that mysteriously turn into "Toothless Tigers" who can't make decent metres & put in pathetic defensive efforts when other clubs like Melbourne are turning discards into champion players.

The club is better off going for hungry young forwards (as they did with Stef) who are out to prove a point. If they can get them from our juniors, all the better but if not there are plenty of good props & second rowers at some of the top clubs, playing NSW or Qld Cup who WOULD be playing 1st grade somewhere elsewhere.

We got a hungry raw Stef a few years back & look at him now!!
His best footy is ahead of him as most forwards hit their peak & 28-29.
We should be targetting good young forwards aged around 24-25 and signing them up to long term contracts with performance incentives built in.

I'm far from saying that's the pack I want. Quite the opposite. I've heard a whisper about Junior that's why I put him in there.

I hope your right that Bateman is gone.

Hungry players like Jack Williams, Trey Mooney, Tallis Duncan will do me

 

[Tigerdazz2]

Current forum favourite Royce Hunt.

Unfortunately it looks like Hunt will be at Bennett's Bunnies next year. The Bennett factor means players will sign up to the Bunnies for much less coin than WT can dangle in front of them.

Sadly, even with the many good young players out there who idolised Benji back in the day, even with Luai & Sonny coming next year the club still has trouble attracting good players as WT are seen as a basket case.

Until the club gets its act together, starts getting results on the field, stop being cannon fodder for the media & stop taking crap from unscrupulous player managers I don't see things improving too much in the player recruitment & retention area.

 

[Tigerdazz2]

I'm far from saying that's the pack I want. Quite the opposite. I've heard a whisper about Junior that's why I put him in there.

I hope your right that Bateman is gone.

Hungry players like Jack Williams, Trey Mooney, Tallis Duncan will do me

I haven't seen much of him, but Tallis Duncan certainly has a lot of tongues wagging. I dare say WT wouldn't be the only club looking at him.

If Bennett thinks he's any good there's no way he's going to let him go.

 

[Flippedy]

Unfortunately it looks like Hunt will be at Bennett's Bunnies next year. The Bennett factor means players will sign up to the Bunnies for much less coin than WT can dangle in front of them.

Sadly, even with the many good young players out there who idolised Benji back in the day, even with Luai & Sonny coming next year the club still has trouble attracting good players as WT are seen as a basket case.

Until the club gets its act together, starts getting results on the field, stop being cannon fodder for the media & stop taking crap from unscrupulous player managers I don't see things improving too much in the player recruitment & retention area.

Sadly I think this is true. You would think the presence of Luai would be a carrot for some, but I think many players are expecting him to fall from grace once he dons our jersey. Thankfully he doesn’t think so, well not yet anyway.

 

[Tigerdazz2]

I'm far from saying that's the pack I want. Quite the opposite. I've heard a whisper about Junior that's why I put him in there.

I hope your right that Bateman is gone.

Hungry players like Jack Williams, Trey Mooney, Tallis Duncan will do me

Bateman reminds me of Darren Senter.

Whilst being a good player, Senter cost WT more games than I care to remember with his ill discipline & brain explosions.

I got abused on this forum (in a previous life) for criticising Senter, but the truth was WT ended up winning more close games when he wasn't playing.

 

[king_sirro]

Bateman reminds me of Darren Senter.

Whilst being a good player, Senter cost WT more games than I care to remember with his ill discipline & brain explosions.

I got abused on this forum (in a previous life) for criticising Senter, but the truth was WT ended up winning more close games when he wasn't playing.

Hahaha...good old Darren Senter. I agree. He was a player all opposition supporters hated and even some Tigers supporters hated.

I remember we upset the Bulldogs one day and he played on with a broken hand. Tough player but a goose.

 

[The Chad]

Sione Mata'utia & Trey Mooney/Jack Williams transform our forward pack.

 

[Tigerdazz2]

Hahaha...good old Darren Senter. I agree. He was a player all opposition supporters hated and even some Tigers supporters hated.

I remember we upset the Bulldogs one day and he played on with a broken hand. Tough player but a goose.

Hahaha...good old Darren Senter. I agree. He was a player all opposition supporters hated and even some Tigers supporters hated.

I remember we upset the Bulldogs one day and he played on with a broken hand. Tough player but a goose.

He was the Reed Mahoney & Michael Ennis of the day, with a dose of James Graham's temper.😄😆😂

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

Sione Mata'utia & Trey Mooney/Jack Williams transform our forward pack.

Dude Mata'utia is hopeless. He captained that knights team to more spoons than we have.

 

[851]

Bateman reminds me of Darren Senter.

Whilst being a good player, Senter cost WT more games than I care to remember with his ill discipline & brain explosions.

I got abused on this forum (in a previous life) for criticising Senter, but the truth was WT ended up winning more close games when he wasn't playing.

I was on the same page as you with Senter, a penalty magnet

 

[momo_amp_medo]

I think if we look all this realistically we may perhaps agree that this was always going to be another difficult year. Particularly with or average roster, couple of very average preseason performances and even after getting those two early wins I was never really confident.

With current NRL rules in place we live in very difficult game environment where teams ….. looking to reset, rebuild and/ or play with inadequate experienced roster backup ….. have very little chance to succeed. Particularly if you add to that the hostility and manipulation from the media and player managers that’s relentlessly directed our way.

I know in the past it’s been said over and over that we need to be patient ….. and as supporters of WT club ….. that message is wearing rather thin. I don’t expect short term miracles but believe success will come as long as we continue to focus resources on local junior pathways as major road to improvement.

So I can understand and support approach currently taken by the Club ….. clean out our roster and move on the underperformed, uninspired and unwilling and use our historic knowledge of failure to turn it into success.

 

[The Chad]

Dude Mata'utia is hopeless. He captained that knights team to more spoons than we have.

That doesn't make him hopeless. They were terrible Knights teams.

 

[Telltails]

I think the notion that Bateman gives away too many penalties compared to others is over exaggerated.

 

[Tigerdazz2]

I was on the same page as you with Senter, a penalty magnet

His reputation with the refs got so bad he copped penalties when he didn't do anything at times😂😆.

Eventually it didn't matter if the opposition player dropped the ball cold or had a loose carry, if Senter was involved in the tackle he copped a penalty for a strip.......all because of his past transgressions, and his willingness to give away penalties in illegal tackles/strips.

 

[Tigerdazz2]

I think the notion that Bateman gives away too many penalties compared to others is over exaggerated.

I don't know about that 😂 he's a bit of a loose cannon. To be fair though, I think Naden is just as bad if not worse.

 

[Vicious]

His reputation with the refs got so bad he copped penalties when he didn't do anything at times😂😆.

Eventually it didn't matter if the opposition player dropped the ball cold or had a loose carry, if Senter was involved in the tackle he copped a penalty for a strip.......all because of his past transgressions, and his willingness to give away penalties in illegal tackles/strips.

If he ran the ball with the same purpose he did back when playing for the Raiders, giving away a penalty here and there wouldn’t be an issue.
Similar with Naden, when was the last time he broke a tackle from running the ball hard and when was the first time he tackled someone hard enough to force an error ?
If both Bateman and Naden were demonstrating these qualities, I’m sure the odd penalty from them could be forgiven.

 

[Odessa]

Who can we go after Stefano is gone