Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Spacecub]

Dennis burgess. HBG/WT Board member.

Didn't we sack the board that Muppet included that totally oversaw the totally F..king of this club why bring any of those peanuts back

 

[Buttface]

So silly questino for this thread.

Would you rather sign Jack Bird or Dane Gagai?

Depending If you need a centre/winger or a centre/ lock. As centres, I reckon Gagai, but he would want bucket loads, and he needs his opponents to be wearing a sky blue or black/white/orange jersey to play great footy. He’s not as broken as bird.
Both are on the decline though.
Both would be in the run on side to though, but that’s a reflection of our roster and recruitment.

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

Frizell would prefer to remain in Newcastle however I think he understands in order to play consistent football these next 2-3 years he’d probably have to go elsewhere with Lucas and Pearce-Paul’s rise.

Newcastle have made both him and Dane Gagai available due to salary cap restrictions as well.

Gagai looking likely to go to the Roosters.

Id rather Kobie Hetherington

 

[yeti]

It’s what I’m hearing.

Frizell is a serious chance of being at the club by next year.

I personally like it - has the experience and is a leader, you can never question his effort he’s the perfect role model you’d want who’ll lead by action. He’d go really good next to Luai with that mindset.

He still is playing great football and won’t be on an overpaid or long deal as well.

I wonder if he'd be able to cover prop if needed as well?

 

[Nonotmeagain]

So he didn’t play for the dogs then?
Balmain is closer to the entrance?
I can’t understand what would stop him.
Seriously though this is the sort of signing I’d rather see than Bird.
Although I do know we could do with some experience.

Probably personal preferences.

 

[InBulaWeTrust]

Ok fair enough I see your point

Tyson Frizell vs Sharks
75mins played
123 Tackle Breaks

I wanna piece of them tackle breaks 😂
probs more than tigers have had in their last two seasons 🤣

 

[Canadian Club]

Gagai on a 2 year deal would be a good signing with a plan for Ontoni Large to take over the right centre position in 2027.

 

[teddy23]

Id rather Kobie Hetherington

Who’s to say we can’t have both?

Horsbrough, Frizell and Kobie Hetherington would be great additions to our pack in 2025.

Bit of youth, potential and experience.

 

[Tigrr2]

I would throw Stefs money at Leo Thompson and also sign Gagai

 

[dazza65]

I don't know if it's in the realms of possibility, but it would be a big yes for me on Thompson.

 

[Lestronge]

Who’s to say we can’t have both?

Horsbrough, Frizell and Kobie Hetherington would be great additions to our pack in 2025.

Bit of youth, potential and experience.

Heyherington is the qld dummy halves son right ? He was a tough bastard from memory ?
I think he’s a hybrid 13/9 who’s more a lock nowadays . Like a victor radley type ? Obviously held back by Carrigan.

 

[The Chad]

Signing Gagai would at least stop him tearing us up twice a year.

Unless he transformed into a rubbish player and tore us up every week from within...

 

[Lestronge]

So he didn’t play for the dogs then?
Balmain is closer to the entrance?
I can’t understand what would stop him.
Seriously though this is the sort of signing I’d rather see than Bird.
Although I do know we could do with some experience.

It’s not a wests tigers fault .
It’s the HBG and the way wests league votes . He found his way back on the tigers board through a back door/ loophole in the governance of HBG.
Can’t stop parasites being parasitic .

 

[dazza65]

Heyherington is the qld dummy halves son right ? He was a tough bastard from memory ?
I think he’s a hybrid 13/9 who’s more a lock nowadays . Like a victor radley type ? Obviously held back by Carrigan.

Yeah, son of Jason Hetherington - tough as nails old school hooker for the dogs.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Who’s to say we can’t have both?

Horsbrough, Frizell and Kobie Hetherington would be great additions to our pack in 2025.

Bit of youth, potential and experience.

Would prefer that 3 than Bird / Hunt / Corey

Frizell to help develop the kids coming through on the cusp is something we drastically need in the forwards.

 

[851]

Bird is NOT the word!!!
He’s not even starting for the dragqueens? That says it all for me.
This is a typical crap retirement signing we usually make. I was hoping we’d changed. Bird knows his days are numbered in the NRL, and we need the spots, I would be low balling him. Two years with a club option on the second.
He’d be an upgrade on Doobie or Naden.
I’d be hitting Flanno up for a swap, Doobie or Naden for him?

Hate on him and bag him all you like, but to say he is not even starting at the dragons is just a lie, he starts every week he is fit, he is starting five eighth this week, as he was last week

 

[851]

I fail to see how a 34 year old Frizell would be a better option than someone currently off contract such as Jack Williams ?
Williams is ideally a better 13 than he is on an edge, but even if he plays on an edge he’s a lot better quality than Frizell or Bateman at this stage of their careers.

Frizell is 32 at the moment, and no I don't think Williams is a better player as it stands right now, maybe in 2 years, who knows. Frizell whilst not my first choice is a proven enforcer, something everyone wants, someone who drives standards at training, something we really need, I can see some merit in it, much like Finucane did at Cronulla, lifted them back up to a top 4 team

 

[851]

So silly questino for this thread.

Would you rather sign Jack Bird or Dane Gagai?

We are not getting a guy the Roosters want, we could drive up his price, although cap is no issue at Bondi

 

[Flippedy]

Frizell would prefer to remain in Newcastle however I think he understands in order to play consistent football these next 2-3 years he’d probably have to go elsewhere with Lucas and Pearce-Paul’s rise.

Newcastle have made both him and Dane Gagai available due to salary cap restrictions as well.

Gagai looking likely to go to the Roosters.

I like Frizell, always have, but would’ve preferred to sign him 5 years ago not now. It’s like Klemmer and countless others we have signed over the years, great players in their day, but past their best when they land here. They might have a great work ethic, leadership qualities and try really hard every game, but if we’re not getting the best out of them then what’s the point. Especially so in Frizell’s case if he would prefer to stay with Newcastle.

 

[2041]

I’m more talking about the players that the clubs put at the front of their shop window. We’ve jumped on them in the past. There are more desirable players behind them that the clubs aren’t making as much noise about but are still open to letting them move on.

Like I say, there's no trick to it: you have to find players who contribute more than they cost in salary cap. If a club is obviously desperate to offload a player (or, more accurately, a player's contract) it stands to reason that they're less likely to be a superstar. But maybe the desperation comes through in the club being prepared to carry enough freight to make the deal worthwhile.

I completely agree that just signing people willy nilly because they're available, famous and come at a discount to their existing contract is likely to be a bad idea. My point is that it's also wrong to rule anything out as a potential source of a useful, good value player. Even someone like Mbye would have been ok if he'd been taking up next to no cap room, for instance.