Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[cktiger]

Mate.

There’s no reward.

He isn’t earning more money.

He is owed the entire contract. We have paid forward portions. Which in turn give us salary cap space later on.

Most clubs will do this in some way. It just so happens our player went overseas for a period in between, which draws more attention to this.

He is still guaranteed the full amount of his entire contract. And now the next two years when we have the extra recruits and are recruiting, we have 200k and 250k extra to play with.

Pretty sure we would have come out a little in front... the Pommy club would have kicked in for his time spent over there.

 

[yeti]

Merlot is a long-time poster on the forum. I enjoy his posts.

I do too after I've worked out what he said. LOL

 

[TopTiger]

Given Cronulla's salary cap issues a somewhat unknown front rower such as Tukupa-Ke Hau Tapuha could be a cheapy and worth considering. He is 22 years old, 114kg and 196cm and has played the odd NRL game for the Sharks this year when injuries have struck. From what I have seen he has potential (I know that is a dangerous word to use) but given his age and the number of front rowers in front of him at the Sharks he may be looking for other opportunities.

 

[Lestronge]

Given Cronulla's salary cap issues a somewhat unknown front rower such as Tukupa-Ke Hau Tapuha could be a cheapy and worth considering. He is 22 years old, 114kg and 196cm and has played the odd NRL game for the Sharks this year when injuries have struck. From what I have seen he has potential (I know that is a dangerous word to use) but given his age and the number of front rowers in front of him at the Sharks he may be looking for other opportunities.

We plucked Marty Taupau out of the dogs reserve grade , and for a while there he was one of the best in the game .
May for the roosters this year is another example .
I guess it would come down to how much they rate our guys over external guys , factoring loyalty and other intangibles as well .
But Marty was cut by Des . Then came here killer , and Our infinitely incredible legends who ran the club both in the coaching staff and the front office decided he wasn’t worth the pay upgrade …. Idiots .

 

[TSP]

Merlot is a long-time poster on the forum. I enjoy his posts.

You send him off to school and wait for the call from the principal stating that he’s in trouble and to come and pick him up.

 

[Tucker]

You send him off to school and wait for the call from the principal stating that he’s in trouble and to come and pick him up.

You are talking current day?

 

[TSP]

You are talking current day?

Probably.

After the club review, I’m thinking that Richo will ring Benjis parents and he will recommend that Benji repeats his first year of coaching.

 

[weststigers]

The thing with Bateman is if we paid him say $700k this year, plus forward paid him $450k from future years into this year, and he earned $450k from playing in the super league, it means he was paid $1.6m this year. From a cash flow perspective, I don’t believe any player in the history of rugby league has ever had $1.6m of cash flow in a single season from on field earnings only. Not even in the Super League era?

I know the numbers are approximate and I know what has been forward paid he was owed anyway but I am talking about cash flow.

This would be right up there with the biggest rort of the century given Batemans’s output.

This is not how it went down.

Warrington would only have paid a portion of his salary that we were supposed to pay him. The total for the year would have been his initial contract amount of $800k + $450k advanced payment. The percentage of what Warrington paid to him of this amount we don't know, but the total paid to Bateman would only be 1.25 million.

He can't get double paid while on loan.

 

[Juice]

Given Cronulla's salary cap issues a somewhat unknown front rower such as Tukupa-Ke Hau Tapuha could be a cheapy and worth considering. He is 22 years old, 114kg and 196cm and has played the odd NRL game for the Sharks this year when injuries have struck. From what I have seen he has potential (I know that is a dangerous word to use) but given his age and the number of front rowers in front of him at the Sharks he may be looking for other opportunities.

That would be a great signing that I’ve been wanting all year, could be 1 of the best bench front rowers in the comp over the next few years + on a cheap deal

 

[Buttface]

thought I suddenly became dislexic reading this I genuinely have 0 idea of what this guy is saying

WestsTigers2025 Finals

I’ve been trying to decipher posts for years. It’s my daily riddle to keep my mind sharp and the side effect is that I can now read Egyptian Hyrogliphics.
In amongst it all you get the odd post that is the funniest thing you’ll read all week.
You’ll get better at it.
Welcome to the forum, I like your username. But if we make the finals next year you’ll have to change it to 26, then 27, 28, and 29, etc. so you don’t jinx us to miss a year.
Four final series in a row. How good would that be. The best I’ve had is two I think. I’m not sure two makes a row?

 

[Buttface]

Probably.

After the club review, I’m thinking that Richo will ring Benjis parents and he will recommend that Benji repeats his first year of coaching.

OMG no, please do not repeat this year.

 

[colinbh]

u should fk off to the other forum were you get rated for pronunciations-say hi 2 Nacncy B 4 me while your over there

You really are a clown. An uneducated one at that.

 

[Nadz4483]

got any lip about the team ,your thoughts on them?or your just happy 2 have a swing.

You having a crack at yourself here???

 

[hank37w]

i dont get how Woods earned kudos,he was a bludger in the U/20's n never changed,nor has d love 4 him

But surely you can't fault his try celebration.

Exceptional. 🤣

 

[hank37w]

The thing with Bateman is if we paid him say $700k this year, plus forward paid him $450k from future years into this year, and he earned $450k from playing in the super league, it means he was paid $1.6m this year. From a cash flow perspective, I don’t believe any player in the history of rugby league has ever had $1.6m of cash flow in a single season from on field earnings only. Not even in the Super League era?

I know the numbers are approximate and I know what has been forward paid he was owed anyway but I am talking about cash flow.

This would be right up there with the biggest rort of the century given Batemans’s output.

But hopefully the tax man took half of it which would be justified due to his half arsed efforts. 🤣

 

[hank37w]

It’s right on script that’s he off to the top 8 side then isn’t it?

I don’t blame any kid wanting to have a shot, it’s the senior loafers who have sucked in the big dollars and haven’t performed that irk me.

We missed shyster unfortunately. $200k, we should have thrown him a life line.

Why would he come here on low money to a struggling club with a coach that is still on training wheels with every possibility that it leads to failure when he can instead go to Unca Wayne the man manager who will in all likelihood take him under his wing and resuscitate his career.

 

[TSP]

Why would he come here on low money to a struggling club with a coach that is still on training wheels with every possibility that it leads to failure when he can instead go to Unca Wayne the man manager who will in all likelihood take him under his wing and resuscitate his career.

I would have offered him a bit more.

But otherwise, I surrender.

 

[hank37w]

portmanteau WOW!!!...You obviously went to a better school than I did as I've never heard of the word, that is until I looked it up on google.
Enjoy the rest of your day dude.

WOW, me too, but just like Jethro Bodine I went to a good skool and dun gradu8ed the 6th grade. 👨‍🎓

 

[hank37w]

Speaking of which, couldn’t help laugh at the Police Commissioner say I can’t believe people are having gang fights about post codes. 🤣

Poor old Sharon Woods, he's been around a bit and would have so many post codes these days that he's probably beating himself up. 🤣

 

[weststigersfinals2025]

got any lip about the team ,your thoughts on them?or your just happy 2 have a swing.

Yes I do. Although the topic im about to bring up is not that popular in conversation at this time however, it is still a common topic. Benji being the coach of the tigers. I think we need to put trust in the bloke let the club build off a culture that has been lacking for a decade. This can happen under benji who is tiger through and through. Also a very intelligent coach with lots of respect from players. No one could of gotten a better position for the tigers this season with the squad that they had which often lacked experience in the NRL. Put it into perspective we averaged a sin bin almost every game, NRL rules are much more stricter then the rules the younger debutants are used to in KOE and Hmatts or SG. I think with the addition of two more Penrith players such as Luai and Turuva will add that experience and confidence we need within the team for next season. Just hope that Galvin stays but if not we have a good five eight to slot in, Latu Fainu. All we need from Benji is to masterplan a tough pre season something similar to the top teams which push our players to fitness levels that we have lacked in other seasons. Winning starts in the preseason and it also starts from the head of office. The club wont make the 8 next year but we will be promising maybe a 10-12th finish which is a far better improvement. I just hope tigers dont jump the gun and sack benji. Give him 1 more year after 2025 to really decide if we need a different coach. The tigers also have players in juniors that we need to keep such as Onitoni Large and Makasini who are guns and have proven themselves in SG (Correct me if im wrong).