Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

This Bateman stuff is beyond bizarre, I can't see the benefit in it unless we are sending him off as a try before you buy deal. Or its a makeweight for another deal for someone else from the ESL.
 
Stevec said:
Stephano to Storm (probably ) Papalii to Penrith and now Bateman to ESL !
I could pick a great team out of all those who have left in last 2 years plus those who are going . Seems we are still a basket case with 1 step forward and 2 steps backward
Cant make sense out of our Master Plan !!
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If that's the case send him now

He is part of the problem not the solution

We need players with the balls to solve the problem

Not players with no balls who rely on the bloke next to him to get to where they want to

Real men are hard to find
 
Stevec said:
Stephano to Storm (probably ) Papalii to Penrith and now Bateman to ESL !
I could pick a great team out of all those who have left in last 2 years plus those who are going . Seems we are still a basket case with 1 step forward and 2 steps backward
Cant make sense out of our Master Plan !!
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Ahhhh, Master Plan, what Master Plan ?
Apart from not being able to get our coaches, roster and home grounds sorted, we’re right on track to future success !!! Aren’t we ????
 
We need to take a leaf out of the Dogs recruitment book and buy two no frills hard nosed forwards who produce the goods in defence and have big engines.

Yes it would be great to snag a couple of elite players, but that’s not going to happen. We have for next year a great nine seven and six and a pretty good one, we need to get some workers to support them
 
Tigerdave said:
Bateman has been crap for us.

Who knows what will happen, maybe the club is hoping he'll want to stay, maybe they are hoping he'll return with some renewed vigour. At the moment he's garbage and contributing costing us games. His type of experience is not something we want to see passed on.
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His form was bad before he arrived. A number of people here were cynical about his ability to turn it around. Was cooked then and he's cooked now.
 
BAGNF05 said:
He inherited a turd on fire. Give him time to get to a hose.
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Make sure it is not connected to a bowser.

There is always a saviour that just needs enough time to implement their 5 year plan. Richo is the latest in a long line of invisible or inept administrators.
 
Halbrowne61 said:
Ahhhh, Master Plan, what Master Plan ?
Apart from not being able to get our coaches, roster and home grounds sorted, we’re right on track to future success !!! Aren’t we ????
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I like the dogs plan
They were in the pits
Got rid of almost whole squad ( kept a handful select few eg Kiraz )
Recruited about a dozen quality players from various clubs
Hire a good coach who had a long apprenticeship
Fire them up and maybe make the finals
Gus seems to know what he's doing
Not sure we do !
 
Harvey said:
Make sure it is not connected to a bowser.

There is always a saviour that just needs enough time to implement their 5 year plan. Richo is the latest in a long line of invisible or inept administrators.
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Unlike the other admins though he has done it 3 times before coming to the Tigers. First at the Sharks they made a grand final. Penrith in 03 won the comp and obviously Souths with Madge. Unlike the others he has the runs on the board. He has the experience the weak link imo is Benji who doesn't.
 
KCTiger2 said:
Batemans main problem right now is making silly mistakes

I think a move back home for the year will do him the world of good then we will see him back at his best with us
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geez … that’s optimistic mate …

I’m hoping it’s more about showcasing him in front of the Pommy clubs and he gets a new deal to stay there … with the Tigers paying half freight no doubt
 
liltiger said:
Bateman going is imo Richo starting to clear the bad deals in our cap.
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Exactly mate. Seriously i jump on this forum and sometimes just dont know if im seeing a different team play than some. Is there people actually worried we are losing Bateman. I hope they make him as comfortable as they possibly can, id rather us pay for a 5 star hotel whiles hes over there than see him do absolutely nothing except take up wages we could spend on many other players that are better than him. He has zero impact. We have enough of them . Richo is spot on getting these type of players out anyway he can.
 
BAGNF05 said:
I get the impatience. Even a glance across at the Bulldogs will show you it’s taken them 3-4 years to reshape their roster.

Think people.
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ok ..thinking …

the Bulldogs actually turn over about 10 players a year ..and it’s still taken them 3-4 years to move up to a mid table team …

Meanwhile we got 2 new players coming next year …
 
No wonder this club is the laughing stock of the nrl . We let big JOE go , no replacement.
We don’t BLORE, trade him for a leg player .
We release PAPA , no replacement.
We let BATEMAN go home , no replacement
And they wonder why stepho and Galvin want to leave
Richo was hailed as our saviour, but at present he is just showing the kids we will get rid of players without getting anyone in , I am sure that will go down well ,
The team they have picked this week is CRAP 💩 , warriors will run up a massive score , can’t believe I still support this rabble , the people who run this farce don’t have any respect for us supporters
 
BAGNF05 said:
Nothing happens in July, most players/teams are still thinking about 2024.
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Come on mate …. Surely you don’t believe that …many players have already been signed across the league for next year..

Stefs got time to check out all the teams.. how many times he spoke to the Storm again?
 
I see people saying it’s a smart move because it opens up salary for the rest of the year. Hypothetically that sounds good but surely the NRL wouldn’t be allowing this… what’s to stop a team that can’t make the 8 from loaning their top 5 highest earners to other teams & taking advantage of this by becoming the richest team??
 
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