Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Ecto-1]

He would dive on it , there is no Perth yet and Arthur’s would take on the tigers job and bring his son wit( him

He would dive on it , there is no Perth yet and Arthur’s would take on the tigers job and bring his son wit( him

I didn’t say he wouldn’t want the job if it was available but it’s not. Tigers are sticking with Benji for at least another season and by that time Arthur would have to move to Perth where his wife’s family is from and start recruiting for 2027.

 

[Tom Shines]

He would dive on it , there is no Perth yet and Arthur’s would take on the tigers job and bring his son wit( him

Arthur odds on favourite for the Perth job … he also gets paid two cruisy years setting up the team before they come in 2027 … better than getting flogged here

 

[KCTiger2]

Anyone know of any truth to Meriton becoming the major sponsor of 2025? Some guy on Facebook sprouting it as gospel

Where abouts on Facebook?

 

[Eternal Tiger]

Balmains area never gets any players unfortunately so it’s always expected that they will be shit with 1 or 2 genuine prospects

Wests HM went undefeated and got done in the gf unfortunately
Wests SG ball was missing all their players to higher grades

NSW cup has its best players injured or in first grade
Flegg has all their best players in cup cause injury’s and shit

NRLW are 1 game in hardly a fair representation of them
Harvey Norman girls are only a couple rounds in as well and a very young team
If you wanna do that stuff out Lisa Fiola girls made the GF
So give it a rest

You're right, were flying. Thanks for the advice though.

 

[Moh]

- Sign Brad Arthur for 3 Years starting for next season
- club to issue an apology to Benji for rushing him into the head coach role without the necessary support
- Move Benji into the attacking coach role and have him serve his apprenticeship under BA

I mean, it can't possibly get any more embarassing...

 

[razor7]

The fox commentary said Kleese Haas is off contract .Has more of a go than stephanie. Would be a lot cheaper as well

 

[Tucker]

I mean, it can't possibly get any more embarassing...

Lol it can when the young guns leave en masse.

 

[Moh]

How are we going to sign 4-5 players in one off-season, let alone good players?

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

How are we going to sign 4-5 players in one off-season, let alone good players?

DW….we won’t

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

Lol it can when the young guns leave en masse.

And watch them go….one by one

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

When Lee H got punted, he had a whinge about Richo calling other potential sponsors to see if they could fill the void if Brydon Lawyers pulled the pin early.

I wouldn't be surprised if Richo did chat with Harry and potentially lined something up for 2025.

Ahhh Meriton, our backup sponsor when we can’t sign anyone else…..good ole H

 

[Tigrr2]

No just 5 will get us into the top 8.
Two of NAS, Daniel Saifiti and Royce Hunt.
Valentine Holmes a must and either Reimis Smith or Jeral Skelton.
Plus a good second rower. I cannot see any proven good quality second rowers available so maybe Jack Williams would do as a 13 and hope Fohna Poke can turn into a quality right edge back rower, I think he could.

Are you Milky?

 

[Needaname]

It’s a great question.

When I was told about this I questioned the fit and my source corrected me pretty quickly.

The culture Benji introduced this preseason is very family oriented focussed and for all the boys to be together extremely similar to Penrith. Benji continuously promotes all the players family members to all meet each other and to form a togetherness within the squad. He also apparently frequently organises a lot of club events to help push this.

Very similar to what the Bulldogs have done this year and it’s paying dividens with Critta and Ciraldo pushing a top 4 charge. Their effort areas and ability to play for each other is so evident and it’s winning them games.

The formula works, you just need the right players to build it.

The reason Luai was thrown the serious money he was even before his latest form push which has silenced a lot of people questioning his price tag was to be the face of this vision Benji is trying to push. Look at the impact Critta has made at the Dogs, by all accounts Luai is the face of that culture and can provide x2 of what Critta is from a leadership perspective.

Now to answer your question more directly, even though Taylan off the field may have made mistakes which I’m not looking past or accepting. But he’s also reportedly a very local leader and big on family and not letting the boys down which is probably why Benji likes the fit and thinks it might work. He’s also a serious serious talent.

I’m not saying it’s right but one of May’s incident crossed my brain when a couple of seasons ago the Penrith boys were out and Cleary was getting harassed at some bar. From all reports this bloke wouldn’t leave Nathan alone pestering him all night and was told politely to bugger off. The bloke kept grabbing Cleary and May come from behind and pulled him off. Protective instincts with his team mate kicked in and he got charged for that from memory. I’m not saying it’s right and May should be more publicly aware, however I can definitely see Taylan being the type of player that would fit into what Benji is trying to push and could take his game to another level with more responsibility.

What exactly has he been charged with? You mention family over and over isn’t it a DV charge?

 

[426Tlgerland]

Arthur odds on favourite for the Perth job … he also gets paid two cruisy years setting up the team before they come in 2027 … better than getting flogged here

Sorry I didn’t realise they were in for 2027 and I didn’t know he had the job prior to them com8ng in , I missed all that

 

[Needaname]

Jeez Turuva looked bad yesterday when asked to cover fullback. Looked like he had no idea where to stand.

I don't see him making a massive difference at our club.

Took me a while to get this post. I thought wait a second we didn’t sign Jazz Tevaga and why the f was he playing fullback.

 

[Tigrr2]

- Sign Brad Arthur for 3 Years starting for next season
- club to issue an apology to Benji for rushing him into the head coach role without the necessary support
- Move Benji into the attacking coach role and have him serve his apprenticeship under BA

I think Benji is gone!

 

[Qwertyrick]

Of course he hasn’t done anything in the game, he’s played one game. What he does in the game is up to him, all I did was point out that he’s one to watch.
He played in a Rebels team that were forwards dominant and had a fly-half that couldn’t run straight. The outside backs got no ball.
I wouldn’t be surprised his he’s picked in tri-nations squad, and very likely to be picked in European tour for later this year.
He played first grade for Easts in Shute Shield as an 18 year old.

He gets all these wraps and he’s done nothing, over hyped kid. Let him prove him self before use wanna go giving him all these big wraps. He played dog shit on that wallabies game, looked outta place!! He won’t play again this year! Thats the truth

 

[Halbrowne61]

Just thinking, we’ve offloaded Blore, Bateman, Stef and Ice, which must make Luai feel good ( NOT), so now looking ahead to see who we get to bolster the forward pack in 25 and beyond.

 

[851]

How are we going to sign 4-5 players in one off-season, let alone good players?

We have to put our faith in Richo, unlike the previous muppets he has done this a few times before, so it’s not blind faith like it was before .

 

[Vicious]

How are we going to sign 4-5 players in one off-season, let alone good players?

Quite easily when Wests Tigers are one of only a few clubs who can potentially fit them in their salary cap.