Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

clontarfkid said:
Really...?
Bateman is a current England international
Paps pretty much the same in NZ..and the only forward with any semblance of fear factor we have
,,and Stefano was in Blues squad last season...based entirely on potential I know,but theyre indeed the facts..which we prefer to deal in from this end ...
No..we dont do "sales pitches" as you ascribe
And by contesting minutia,of whether they were or were not.or whatever... You miss the entire point
.. Weve lost 3 genuine NRL forwards or better,that need to be replaced
A bench player from Broncos doesnt quite do it,unless he brings a few buddies with him
Atm backs improving but ,forward pack is going backwards
But ...off season to come
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I conceed on issah, he is a loss.

Stef is not - he didn't put in and didn't deliver, not once. He isn't even in the top 10 props in the comp. As a prop his job was to take hit ups, make metres and make tackles. He doesn't need field position to do that. The props do the hard yards. I saw bugger all of that from him this year. So did the origin selectors, because he wasn't effective.

Bateman is staying, so it's a mute point.
 
weststigers said:
Ok so let's go through this.

Bateman is going to be less effective because he's only coming back for the $$$. So why complain if he doesn't come back? Tier 1 international in name only. Doesn't play that way anymore.

Stef is not an origin player. Played a few minutes off the bench in a dead rubber.

Papalii is probably a 50/50 loss, but considering he was going to be on 750k, I think we get more out of other options.

Let's be honest, these mugs were hardly having a go for us. What have we lost exactly?
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Glad someone else sees is. Ice is potentially the only loss, but given the $ and the ROI I am not too worried.
 
clontarfkid said:
Firstly,no one is " complaining "about anything..simply stating the raw facts that our forwards atm are weaker than this year
I've attempted to explain why
If yr unwilling or unable to see that. losing 3 big names will make us worse next year replaced by a cple of benchies,gr8..yr fully entitled to have yr own opinion.yr very welcome
But the maths aren't complex..or are they?
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The problem is the equation you are using.

You are looking at names and not their performances.

If anyone is struggling with the equation, I think it's you.
 
mtd#2 said:
Why does everyone want million dollar signings in the forwards? What we need to do is get blokes that are at that stage of their careers where they are ready to kick on and take their game to the next level and become those players... value for money aka Hetherington.
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There arent many million dollar forwards …and I doubt any of them will be playing here in 2025
 
king_sirro said:
Why is there so much hate for Anasta? I get it about his time here, but that aside I think he is quite fair in everything he says, even if I do disagree with some things. I like him.
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Because he has hate toward the tigers. I don't mind the guy either, but I get sick of his attitude toward us.
 
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