Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Well. Great question. Cause there is a lot of bullshit on this thread. People pulling names out of their arse. It makes sense. Fantasy. Anyway. Back on topic. People, come up with other names we can sign that would make your life complete. For one moment anyway.
 
balmain boy said:
Show me a list of players on 250k and under and i'll show you which ones aren't better than him.

It won't be many.
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Have a look at all the centres currently playing NSW Cup, Qld Cup or in the UK Super League, that’s all you can get for 250k and I can tell you Doueihi on his bad days is far better than the majority of them, plus he’s a handy goal kicker if required.
As I’ve said previously it’s no secret his defence has been terrible, but IF we have the depth to ensure he plays NSW Cup if his defence remains suspect, I’d say it’s the best and only way his defence is likely to improve.
Same scenario with Charlie Staines and Starford To’a, they all need to stop missing tackles otherwise they play NSW Cup and don’t get another contract with Wests Tigers. This could not be enforced this season with a severe lack of depth.
 
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balmain boy said:
He is not a centre. He isn't a back anymore. I think he passed the ball about 3 times all season in NRL. If he wants to purely run the ball then he moves to back row, and has to prove he can make 100m +30 tackles every week. Starting in Cup, if he performs consistently well in the back row in cup then he can get gametime on the bench in NRL.
If he plays in the backs then our season is over and our squad depth is atrocious.
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We need to figure out how to win the ruck, particularly in defence. He should be nowhere near the forwards for this to happen.
 
Vicious said:
Don’t underestimate what the pressure of keeping your position can do to improve players performance.
If someone like Doueihi knows he will be playing reserve grade if his defence is not rock solid, I reckon it will quickly improve.
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He has been a slow learner to date.
Can't see him changing his defence for the whole game. Expect him to lapse into old habits. Unreliable solid defence somewhere in the 80min. Not worth the risk if we are aiming higher next year.
IMO he should play elsewhere, we need his top 30 spot.
 
Vicious said:
Have a look at all the centres currently playing NSW Cup, Qld Cup or in the UK Super League, that’s all you can get for 250k and I can tell you Doueihi on his bad days is far better than the majority of them, plus he’s a handy goal kicker if required.
As I’ve said previously it’s no secret his defence has been terrible, but IF we have the depth to ensure he plays NSW Cup if his defence remains suspect, I’d say it’s the best and only way his defence is likely to improve.
Same scenario with Charlie Staines and Starford To’a, they all need to stop missing tackles otherwise they play NSW Cup and don’t get another contract with Wests Tigers. This could not be enforced this season with a severe lack of depth.
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He is better than Faataape who got picked every week
 
Tiger Stripes said:
He has been a slow learner to date.
Can't see him changing his defence for the whole game. Expect him to lapse into old habits. Unreliable solid defence somewhere in the 80min. Not worth the risk if we are aiming higher next year.
IMO he should play elsewhere, we need his top 30 spot.
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You will not find any centres any better on 250k if you can name them ?
centre is probably the hardest position on the field to defend, not too many do it well.
We are likely to give first crack to Olam and Turuva as our centres in 2025 and nobody can honestly say they are highly confident in those 2 defending well as our centres either ?
Our only hope is a good pre season with a massive focus on defending to try and fiind 2 centres in our roster who can mostly get it right.
 
weststigerman said:
We're stuck with Doueihi for another year unless the Roosters come calling for cover for Walker.

There is a possibility he's horrible lateral defence is to do with complications from the ACL given he had to miss a bunch of games post ACL. Usually they are better the following year. Benji needs have an honest chat with him and tell him centre is the only position he'll be considered for and he'll be starting in reserve grade to see if his defence is up to scratch.

His career is on the line and it's up to him to fix it, otherwise he won't be in anyones top 30 in 2026.
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If he can't get a run somewhere else---------------Just pay him out. Not on a lot of $$$$$.
 
Vicious said:
Have a look at all the centres currently playing NSW Cup, Qld Cup or in the UK Super League, that’s all you can get for 250k and I can tell you Doueihi on his bad days is far better than the majority of them, plus he’s a handy goal kicker if required.
As I’ve said previously it’s no secret his defence has been terrible, but IF we have the depth to ensure he plays NSW Cup if his defence remains suspect, I’d say it’s the best and only way his defence is likely to improve.
Same scenario with Charlie Staines and Starford To’a, they all need to stop missing tackles otherwise they play NSW Cup and don’t get another contract with Wests Tigers. This could not be enforced this season with a severe lack of depth.
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But he's not a centre anymore, so comparing him to centres is miselading.

Looking at players who played last week the following players provide far better value than him:

  • Isaish Iongi
  • Casey Mclean
  • Jesse McLean
  • Ali Leiataua
  • Daine Laurie
  • Mavrik Geyer
  • Jacob Laban
  • Preston Riki
  • Chevy Stewart
  • Tuku Hau Tapuha
  • Billy Burns
And that's just from 4 teams, and my somewhat limited knowledge of these teams. There's probably many more.

Not many teams want a selfish player, who refuses to pass the ball or be a team player, that's slow, has a low work rate and can't defend. There are many players with more upside, even if they're less experienced. I would take every one of the players above for squad depth ahead of the AD.
 
Vicious said:
You will not find any centres any better on 250k if you can name them ?
centre is probably the hardest position on the field to defend, not too many do it well.
We are likely to give first crack to Olam and Turuva as our centres in 2025 and nobody can honestly say they are highly confident in those 2 defending well as our centres either ?
Our only hope is a good pre season with a massive focus on defending to try and fiind 2 centres in our roster who can mostly get it right.
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I reckon you'd be able to get Isaiah Tass and Tom Opacic at something similar.

once we're done recruiting middles, which Richardson is currently doing, we need to turn our attention to fixing our back row and centre depth. it's atrocious.
 
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