Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[TigerNeddyK]

John Bateman swap for Kobie Hetherington.

Who says no?….

Madge

 

[bptiger 0]

Is it on or you just suggesting??

Don't tease us teddy lol

This is the just a stupid post , yes getting Kobe would be great but losing another backrower , is just crap , we need more forwards not swapping one for another , we are still needing to get another ,

 

[Bones]

This is the just a stupid post , yes getting Kobe would be great but losing another backrower , is just crap , we need more forwards not swapping one for another , we are still needing to get another ,

While I don’t disagree with you that we need another on top of what we have, I don’t think Bateman is going to be much good to us.
I feel like that ship has sailed.

 

[weststigersfinals2025]

When does Jerome luai come into pre season camp

 

[Suzie-Q]

A mate of mine is a Sharks fan. He was disappointed to see Hunt leave. He was saying they would be in the wrestle for the first 20mins. Then they’d bring on Hunt and more than often he’d swing the game the Sharks way. They had a good enough side to mostly go on with the job from there and win.

My brother's a shark's fan, and he says the same.

 

[851]

I don’t think it’s so far fetched.

We’d obviously have to pay a certain amount to help get the deal done and Brisbane are quite thin with their back row depth, on top of that Madge has worked with him before and sees some potential value there. They’re also are in desperate need for some grunt and mongrel in that squad and it’s safe to admit Bateman provides that.

If we can capture Hetherington’s signing for 2026. I don’t think Brisbane would be closed off to a trade and for the right $ it makes sense both ways.

I have to clarify I’m not saying this is a done deal by any stretch - but something that’s being put out there.

Broncos thin in the back row, we are thinner

 

[Ecto-1]

When does Jerome luai come into pre season camp

Start of next year

 

[Camel2281]

This is the just a stupid post , yes getting Kobe would be great but losing another backrower , is just crap , we need more forwards not swapping one for another , we are still needing to get another ,

Except the backrower in question is a known dressing room Cancer and won't put in on the field anyway

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

This is the just a stupid post , yes getting Kobe would be great but losing another backrower , is just crap , we need more forwards not swapping one for another , we are still needing to get another ,

We have no roster spots left, unless a club takes one of our firesale players……so swap is tge only way we can get fresh new faces in

 

[JB9918]

So from the pics today Api is back. Sullivan, To'a as well. Olam mentioned on the website but not pictured.

Obviously not everyone is there but...

You'd think Pole for sure at his age would be there as well as Douiehi considering his year last year.

 

[TonyTiger]

I honestly do not get the TWAL hatred on this forum .. in a terrible team with players that had no ability to give him good call he has consistently carried the ball forward from awkward positions all on his lonesome.. he has also almost never missed a tackle , though he wish he would hit a bit harder and throw them on the ground a bit more .. still, given some good ball he can really be part of a pack that gets over the advantage line

Twal - I hate you

 

[Tito Santana]

Twal - I hate you

Me too!

 

[mtd#2]

I think Kobe Hetherington would add a point of difference we are lacking with his energetic running game, ability to play as a first receiver along with his good line speed and aggressive defence.
He is a touch on the small side, but I’d say his above listed strengths overcomes that.
The other slight concern is he is an out and out 13 or middle forward, which would mean if he is signed for season 2025 we potentially have too many middles and not enough high quality edge forwards.

He isn't a true energiser bunny like a Paul Gallen of old, but he plugs a gap and can give us 20-35 tackles and 10-15 runs per game.

Effectively, he just does his job and we need that.

 

[Tucker]

A guy like Luai should improve a lot of that. Senior players need to set the standard of effort and I can’t see him taking the piss.

He can’t play the game for the rest of them.
It’ll take an extremely concerted effort from the whole 30….as well as the coaches.

 

[tigermate]

Me too!

me too

always takes the 4th tackle

has no footwork

doesnt fire up

basically like a tall Twix.

just a solid nice simple chocolate bar.

 

[Buttface]

Wow, crazy true...
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Don’t tell me that’s the first you have realised this blatant bias by the NRL towards their beloved donkeys. One major city club with it’s own major stadium, only play on Friday nights so it easier for fans, and sponsors, more profitable, prime time for tv, full weekend off or recovery for players, etc, etc.
You can sign a sponsor telling them they get PT TV almost every week and players saying you get most weekends off with your fam instead of working.
The ease with which you can then set your club routine up with minimal disruptions.
It’s a fkn armchair ride through the comp.
I blacklisted their games about 10years ago.

 

[Buttface]

Don’t they only play on Friday nights?

This has been my most popular post in ages.
We see you cheating NRL.

 

[Tito Santana]

me too

always takes the 4th tackle

has no footwork

doesnt fire up

basically like a tall Twix.

just a solid nice simple chocolate bar.

Hmmm….

I agree with all your points except the comparison to a Twix.

The Twix is an outstanding chocolate bar, and the only with the biscuit crunch might I add.

I’d say he’s more like a Moro bar. Why they invented that bar when you already make a Mars bar is beyond me. Its just pointless, wasting a spot on the shelf with no takers outside a selected few people who are obviously clueless. It has nothing special about it. It’s just run of the mill. Like whoever goes oh I’m hanging for a Moro. And if you did I’d say you’re a dickhead. Just the name in itself is shit - Moro. What idiot came up with that name. Like Twal. Come on! That is a lame name.

So Tito will from now on will refer to him as the Moro.

 

[KCtiger]

@teddy23 @kade7 there is some guy on twitter claiming that we are trying to get rid of Latu surely that has to be so incredibly far away from the truth though?

 

[Buttface]

me too

always takes the 4th tackle

has no footwork

doesnt fire up

basically like a tall Twix.

just a solid nice simple chocolate bar.

I liked Twal when he first got here, he didn’t miss a tackle for six weeks when we were missing tackles for fun.
It took about a year for him to pass the ball, and someone said he had an offload when he was a junior, but dead set he has not improved in 100 games. And I still don’t count those “fall in ya lap” tries.
The only thing going for him is min wage and if he was the worst forward on the roster playing reggies then ok.
But we need better and should look to upgrade his position next year.

PS, I must have back him to score a try every game between games 50 and 100, (thinking this plodder must score soon), and a ball falls in his lap on game 105 or something? 🤦‍♂️