Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

jrtiger said:
we’ll miss Papali’i but moving him on was opportunistic. Samuela does twice the job on half the cash and ultimately it was the right call from that point of view.

our back row depth is shocking and it’s worse now that Bateman is gone, but his actions on and off field have been atrocious. you can’t have a player openly undermining the coach with younger players within earshot. we’ll find value in the market somewhere. Shaun Lane for instance is a player that may be sold by Parramatta to free up cap space. it’s just a matter of waiting for the opportunity to rear it’s head.

don’t lose faith in Richo mate. silence is golden. he would be working incredibly hard to turn this around, and doing it in quiet allows him to move
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I appreciate you putting forward ideas and names …

Is Shaun Lane much chop these days ? I would probably rather start Seyfarth…. And I’m not his biggest fan ..
 
WestsTigers4VR said:
I don’t know where the Brian To’o chat is coming from that he wants out but it’s absolute BS. If any common sense was applied to the thought it would shut the speculation down.

For 1 who is the source? Is it your mothers brothers uncles cousins little nieces bestfriends cat owner? If so well then might as well be written in stone.
The second things is he is committed to Panthers for the next few seasons and I can’t think of the last time they let someone go early, especially someone of such high importance. And finally I’d trust the media to get a hold of a story this large relatively quickly.
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I also don't think Bizza is the sort of guy to walk out on a contract like that. He's no Ivan Cleary
 
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rugbygoated said:
Love this, although he's a left-handed left second rower, of which we have a great one already in Sam Fainu, if he was right-sided I'd agree, unless Sam Fainu can switch?
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Good point, but can you suggest any good right sided edge back rowers that could potentially like the sound of joining Wests Tigers ?
 
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bptiger 0 said:
U sure ur not a politician,.
On a serious note , is it not better to have a replacement lined up before u move someone on , big joe , blore , papa and I will include Bateman . Put blore in even though we got olam , we needed a forward replacement
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The sad part with Blore is that nobody in the club could see what stood out like dogs balls until well after he had been let go, being that Papali'i was a middle and Shawn the edge player for WT.
 
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Vicious said:
Good point, but can you suggest any good right sided edge back rowers that could potentially like the sound of joining Wests Tigers ?
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Another option for a backrower with right side preference is Sione Mata'uita from St Helens (ex Newcastle Knights), off contract this season I understand, 28yo, wouldn't cost the earth, rated as one of the best backrowers in ESL.

Has a defence highlights reel on Youtube -
 
The Chad said:
When we have been smashed this year, it's the bullying of our forwards that has been the most frustrating part. Weak in contact, meek in defence, no dominance.

The Dolphins prove you don't need forwards to play like Haas to win games. Nobody on their list regularly tops 100m in the middle. But they don't let you beat up on them either.

Add in The Hammer & Isaako etc out wide & they beat you with a little bit of skill mixed with hard work.

We just need our forwards to not get us beaten up to give Luia, Bula, Api etc enough field position to lay in a couple of blows of our own.
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I agree wholeheartedly. I think our biggest issue, beyond a very obvious lack of quality in the roster plus a lack of discipline, is the fact that our back five are terrible out of yardage and constantly put us on the back foot.

you’re right about the Dolphins, their back five is elite. tall, speedy and with size to bend the line. Hamiso, Isaako, Herbie, Bostock and now Tupou going to join them. they’ll be the envy of the league very soon.

we’re going to have to try and emulate that in some form in the short term, with not a whole lot on the market. thankfully Turuva has been locked up already.

Skelton is the quick fix. you can foreseeably throw him a 2-3 year deal on small dollars and he’ll instantly get our sets off to strong starts. ideally you start there. Vunivalu and Ravalawa are worth an enquiry, but there are worries with each. I can’t see Reimis Smith coming here unfortunately, his Dad has steered his clients away from us for decades. there’s a lot of love for Sam Stonestreet out there but I think that’s a tough deal to get done, as much as I’d love him.

if we were to hypothetically run a backline of

1. Bula
2. Skelton
3. Turuva
4. Olam
5. Laulili’i

there’s enough there in my view to remedy some (not all) of our issues in regards to working the ball out of our end. Laulili’i needs to bulk up a little and Bula needs to get out of third gear, but it is a place to start.
 
No way Stefano stays.

Why would he agree to those current contract terms unless he wanted to leave. He was never going to be picked for two SOO games geez how did even dumb dumb Freddy pick him for one?

…and how did he or his manager think we would make finals in such a short time?

Just another snowflake who doesn’t want to get into the trenches with his mates to turn things around.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
Another option for a backrower with right side preference is Sione Mata'uita from St Helens (ex Newcastle Knights), off contract this season I understand, 28yo, wouldn't cost the earth, rated as one of the best backrowers in ESL.

Has a defence highlights reel on Youtube -
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Some great suggestions BlackWhiteGold, how do we get you on Wests Tigers recruitment and retention team.
 
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