Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[BalmainJnr]

The way Jack Williams has played tonight, he might be too good for WT.

 

[jadtiger]

The way Jack Williams has played tonight, he might be too good for WT.

He had a very solid game

 

[Tito Santana]

I will chip in to keep him in the UK, he’s a walking disaster.
I don’t know who limps around more him or Olam, but at least Olam runs and tackles hard a couple of times per season.

And runs straight and can cop criticism like a man, not a bich

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Is there a limit to how many T&T contracts can be given to players per team?
Second to that do the 3k NRL match payments for T&T and Supplementary contracts apply to the Top 30 salary cap?

Good questions @Needaname . Not sure on either but I’d guess the Supp cap is in addition to the NRL top 30 cap. Wish the NRL would make the entire Salary Cap rules publicly available rather than just some key dot points.

 

[Eca]

Maybe mentioned before, Nelson to us starting to gain some traction..

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

I misspoke. I should NOT have said Benji indicated. Rather, the little whisper is we have or are confident of securing a certain lock that isn't getting the minutes he should. Apologies for miss speaking

Jack Williams or Dylan Walker (best case options)
Corey Horsburgh
Tallis Duncan
Jazz Tevaga
Liam Knight 😱

 

[TSP]

Yep and they’re leaving

Yeah, I don’t think he’ll be back either.

I think Garner left with dignity, but normally they are pretty grouchy upon departure.

 

[Tom Shines]

And every now and then someone actually has heard something and it’s all worthwhile 👍

nah … someone just guesses right once every 500 pages…

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Maybe mentioned before, Nelson to us starting to gain some traction..

To accommodate Stefano, surely one of NAS or Kakakamica or Welsh has to go.

For Sharks with AFB incoming, then Royce Hunt or Kaufusi (mutual option for 25) would be the most likely to go.

Then with Daniel Saifiti & Horsburgh being able to look elsewhere, surely we can land one of the above.

An off contract ‘money ball’ smokey could be Bunty Afoa but priority would have to be the others.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

having the physical attributes is one thing, being a footballer is another. you need both to play NRL, whereas you can get away with one or the other in Cup.

Shane Richardson isn’t going to go out and sign a handful of reserve graders from the Dogs that are clear and obvious projects. he might go after a guy like Sam Stonestreet hypothetically who is ready for week to week first grade and actually possesses the talent required, but with guys like Willett, Laulili’i, Makasini, Goodfield etc in the pipeline, why would he bother with the other suggestions?

Fitzgibbon is in reserve grade for a reason. any half worth their salt in the NRL will just bait him and hit short or over the top. he can’t make the defensive reads required.

as for Ravalawa, you’re not looking at it from all angles. do you think he, much like Leilua, possesses the discipline to be what we need? in a side that is about to set the record for the most sin bins in a season? do you think we need a player that abuses match officials?

like I said, pursue Reimis Smith and Jeral Skelton. if there’s unrest elsewhere, you try and take advantage. the market is bare, but let’s not take brainless risks and give full time deals to project players.

Stonestreet is too good to be a backup winger.

I wonder whether Sharks would release one of Katoa, Mulitalo or Stonestreet??

Similar wing depth at the Dogs with Kiraz, JAC, Wilson & Skelton. We’d have to be sniffing & fair chance one of them is in the ‘couple’ of players we’ve secured from Dogs according to Willie Mason in his podcast.

 

[BrendonWT]

unfortunately every player we have signed all are for their offensive traits, wont help if we continue to concede 40 a game

 

[Coastie_Tiger]

We don't have a great deal of slots left next season do we?
I know theres a post somewhere i could find it after a quick scan, but i wonder whether we have signed a player or 3 but need to offload some dead wood the Tumeth's ect to free up the spots.

 

[Tito Santana]

Yeah.....not like the real hard men on this forum.

That’s right. I’m tough as nails.

 

[weststigerman]

Well well well.

Another week of disappointment.

Don’t sell it short. There is still more disappointment to come. Our last placed NRL, last placed NRLW and last placed NSW cup sides all playing on the weekend.

 

[Tigers_Wests]

Stonestreet is too good to be a backup winger.

I wonder whether Sharks would release one of Katoa, Mulitalo or Stonestreet??

Similar wing depth at the Dogs with Kiraz, JAC, Wilson & Skelton. We’d have to be sniffing & fair chance one of them is in the ‘couple’ of players we’ve secured from Dogs according to Willie Mason in his podcast.

Do you know when Mason was speaking about this? Wouldn't mind having a listen, but don't want to go through the whole podcast trying to find it.

 

[tigerballs]

He's not a regular first grader for storm yet. They know how to develop players. He's better than any backs at our club in any grade.
X factor is something we literally have nothing of. Someone that can beat an opponent and make something happen out of nothing.

They're letting him go.

 

[Demps]

They're letting him go.

Serious ?

 

[bbobb]

FWIW I think the Dogs are on to something with their forward buys in 2024. Size seems to be a secondary consideration to leg speed and overall fitness. They don’t make many metres being ranked 15th offensively but first defensively with an average of 2.6 tries conceded.
Small busy packs may be the way the game is heading with a strong back 5 to start the sets

 

[Buttface]

Serious ?

Get ya left nut out Demps.

 

[Buttface]

FWIW I think the Dogs are on to something with their forward buys in 2024. Size seems to be a secondary consideration to leg speed and overall fitness. They don’t make many metres being ranked 15th offensively but first defensively with an average of 2.6 tries conceded.
Small busy packs may be the way the game is heading with a strong back 5 to start the sets

Yeah they could do with a big guy though.
What am I saying, who cares, they could do with a baited bone.