Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[weststigers]

Look I agree with what @tigermate is saying but what you’ve said here is what I stated last night.
For better or worse, we are stuck with him as removing yet another head coach will really put us backwards in the player market and seal our fate as the most ridiculed club around. It may even cause NRL intervention.

Just to add, you can't keep going on about 5 year plans and scrap them after 1 or 2. I truly believe you need to give him the full term. For better or worse. The club needs some integrity amongst the NRL and keeping your word is top of the list. What player or coach is going to join us if we continue backing out of agreed plans?

I think we are removing the underperformers and buying astutely, albeit with not much on the market.

Some decent additions will change results while the young guys get up to standard. We really have no depth this year and that's a large part of the problem.

 

[Demps]

Stefano
Bateman
Papalii

All likely gone.
Replacements needed.
Cannot rely on youth.

Richo, Benji... get to work.
I hope Benji had some chats whilst away in NZ with some potential targets.
As he's a NZ legend.

 

[tigermate]

lol you’re funny

We’re here to give our honest opinions to make the team BETTER

I personally don’t think that the team will do better if I pretend to believe they do with optimism and hopeful words.

I only give my opinion because I am a fan

If I wasn’t a tigers fan I would be a happier person

I blame my dad for making me follow them as a kid

No I can’t get rid of them.

Believe me !!! I wish I wasn’t a fan lol

Spending 22 weeks of the year shitty bc we lost is not fun

We’re all fckd bc of this club!!!! Look at us! Spending time arguing with each other bc this club sucks but we love it. It’s the worst

 

[BirchgroveTigers]

Look I agree with what @tigermate is saying but what you’ve said here is what I stated last night.
For better or worse, we are stuck with him as removing yet another head coach will really put us backwards in the player market and seal our fate as the most ridiculed club around. It may even cause NRL intervention.

Agree. It's honestly just not even remotely realistic to consider it. We have some great talent in our spine for next year, hopefully he can get the team on an upward trajectory. We simply can't afford for Benji to not work.

 

[king_sirro]

Stefano
Bateman
Papalii

All likely gone.
Replacements needed.
Cannot rely on youth.

Richo, Benji... get to work.
I hope Benji had some chats whilst away in NZ with some potential targets.
As he's a NZ legend.

I wonder who Arthur could entice

 

[Demps]

I wonder who Arthur could entice

Hopgood
Bunty Afoa
Jack Williams

Few suggestions
Benji needs to use his networking and legend status, get an S.O.S call out... we're in the market and we need help.
Our main requirement is we don't need stars, we need workers who turn up and keep turning up.

 

[Buttface]

I get it’s a lot but Val is on almost 900,000 and now playing on the wing. $600,000 for RM isn’t horrible but I get what you mean it’s still a lot of a back that isn’t a 1.

Val got lucky and suckered the cowgirls into marque FB money off the back of the NFL failure so that doesn’t count.
Still no.

 

[TigerNeddyK]

lol.

He coached last year when sheens was here.

I’m mates with Robbie’s brother. He told me.

Two wooden spoons in a row…

Ciraldo is a defensive minded coach. Benji is play what you see.

Look at the sharks under fitzy

Good coaches come from good apprenticeships at good clubs

Let’s see if you’re right

I wouldn’t take the risk bc we can’t afford to lose our juniors

And yes Stef left because he has won 3 wooden spoons in a row. He was looking for green shoots and to see that we could be a premiership threat. Even if we came 12th this year he probably would’ve stayed.

We suck man. Benji is not a coach

But I love your optimism - wish I had it

FFS Steph is half the reason this last 2 months have been as bad . He has been dominated by every other pack and has been tackling like a new age sex therapist

 

[Demps]

FFS Steph is half the reason this last 2 months have been as bad . He has been dominated by every other pack and has been tackling like a new age sex therapist

Stef has displayed some very poor qualities this past year.

Off him, completely.

Talked a big game but gets folded regularly.

 

[TigerNeddyK]

Letting Papalii go is insane .. we need hard hitting, tough running forwards and he is on his prime .. who can we get that is better ?

 

[boonboon]

Hopgood
Bunty Afoa
Jack Williams

Few suggestions
Benji needs to use his networking and legend status, get an S.O.S call out... we're in the market and we need help.
Our main requirement is we don't need stars, we need workers who turn up and keep turning up.

At the moment if everyone takes up their options we have zero free spots in our top 30 for next year so no one can attract anyone till we create some room

 

[twentyforty]

Stefano
Bateman
Papalii

All likely gone.
Replacements needed.
Cannot rely on youth.

Richo, Benji... get to work.
I hope Benji had some chats whilst away in NZ with some potential targets.
As he's a NZ legend.

Stefano
Bateman
Papali’i
Those 3 players have one thing in common, leadership potential.
There lies our problem, for years the club has discouraged leadership, but why?

 

[Coastie_Tiger]

Letting Papalii go is insane .. we need hard hitting, tough running forwards and he is on his prime .. who can we get that is better ?

He doesnt and never wanted to be here the remaining rounds that are left he'll probably put in to make it look better on him. Then next season the obligatory backhand swipe will come about the training and culture (probably cant argue with that upon reflection)

 

[Tucker]

At the moment if everyone takes up their options we have zero free spots in our top 30 for next year so no one can attract anyone till we create some room

It’s going to be an interesting off season.

 

[tigertragic]

The use of nrl quality player may be a lose term here but
At best we have 12-15 nrl quality players in our squad of 30
When we lose Bateman, ice and Steph and gain turuva and Jerome we will still only have 12- 15 nrl quality players in 2025

Solomon Alaimalo no experience in NRL gamble
JohnBateman overpriced nrl experienced player (1)

Jareme Bula nrl player chance signing (2)

Tallyn Da Silva junior inexperienced

AdamDoueihi nrl experienced injury plagued (3)

Chris Faagutu junior

Latu Fainu star junior

Samuela Fainu star junior

Sione Fainu fringe nrl player

Josh Feledy star junior

Lachlan Galvin star junior

David Klemmer overpriced experienced nrl player (4)

Apisai Koroisau (c) experienced rep player (5)

Kit Laulilii junior

Luke Laulilii junior

Justin Matamua fringe nrl player

Jordan Miller junior

Brent Naden fringe nrl player

Justin Olam rep nrl player (6)

Isaiah Papali'i rep nrl player (7)

Fonua Pole nrl player (8)

Justin Saukuru junior

Alex Seyfarth fringe nrl player

Aidan Sezer experienced nrl player (9)

Charlie Staines nrl player (10)

Tony Sukkar junior

Jayden Sullivan fringe nrl player

Starford To'a fringe nrl player

Brandon Tumeth junior

Junior Tupou fringe nrl player

Alex Twal nrl player (11)

Stefano Utoikamanu nrl player (12)

 

[rugbygoated]

Galvin won’t be a 5/8 long term.

Here’s a big call… we won’t see him at 5/8 again this year.

Benji will see it this week. Our centres and second row will look so much better once they are not crowded.

Benji doesn't have the balls to do it I think

 

[Tigerdrew]

Benji might not be the best coach but he is the first coach we have had in a while that can attract players if he wasn't coach there is no way we would have got the 2 signings from Penrith I think our best bet is to put a really good assistant coach beside him and give him some time just remember ciraldo also struggled in his first year.

 

[Tucker]

Benji might not be the best coach but he is the first coach we have had in a while that can attract players if he wasn't coach there is no way we would have got the 2 signings from Penrith I think our best bet is to put a really good assistant coach beside him and give him some time just remember ciraldo also struggled in his first year.

I’m not happy with our squad being compared so readily with the Bulldogs. Our situations are similar on paper but miles apart in reality.

 

[Squater]

Just to add, you can't keep going on about 5 year plans and scrap them after 1 or 2. I truly believe you need to give him the full term. For better or worse. The club needs some integrity amongst the NRL and keeping your word is top of the list. What player or coach is going to join us if we continue backing out of agreed plans?

I think we are removing the underperformers and buying astutely, albeit with not much on the market.

Some decent additions will change results while the young guys get up to standard. We really have no depth this year and that's a large part of the problem.

Let's not forget benji is the first one to draw the line in the sand with experienced under performing players. He gets my support for that.

 

[weststigerman]

Sorry, but calls to sack Benji now is mad. You think players don’t want to come here now? Sack another coach and then see how we go in the player market. Not saying he is a good coach but we have two options. Sack Benji or keep Benji. Extremely easy decision - for now.

I don’t think we can possibly tarnish our reputation more than we already have.