Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Bones]

No.
It’s still relevant.

Not as a signing rumour or suggestion it isn’t.

 

[Charred]

I'm sorry to raise the Roosters...rumour doing the rounds that they have been sprung on the cap cheating. They have agreed to stay under the cap as punishment in what is essentially a plea deal to keep their breach hush hush.

I laughed when I heard this. However, look at their ins and outs....anything is possible. I had it on much better authority that they were paying out club owners to lose any cc footage of their stars on the gear ages ago.

Anything bad for them, its my duty to spread. Truth comes second.

Whattttttt!!!!!! Roosters breaching the Salary Cap! Never! I am shocked by this news 😮, can't be true.

 

[Camel2281]

Well, considering we are short a backrower of any real note, I dont see why questions cant be asked as to why we got rid of a current international in that position.

It's not a one off with Bateman though, fell out at Canberra with Ricky and teammates and also had fallouts at Wigan. Common denominator is Bateman. He's a cancer

 

[Merlot]

It's not a one off with Bateman though, fell out at Canberra with Ricky and teammates and also had fallouts at Wigan. Common denominator is Bateman. He's a cancer

Luke Brookes is more then willing to pass on the baton of how to kick start a WT's campaign off ,4 at least a few years

 

[Camel2281]

Why weren’t they performing?

Klemmer was rubbish at Newcastle before he came here, not like he came here and suddenly bombed, Bateman hadn't played in Australia or a few seasons, Joe O has probably performed even worse at Parra.

Steph I will watch with interest to see if he can lift at Melbourne, he was mentally soft here and Papalii didn't play as well as he did at Parra.

The last two I will lay some blame on the coaching staff for not getting them firing.

Klemmer, Bateman and Joe were poor buys, the change in the game with the new rules has made those three obsolete from being top quality

 

[Big Red]

Can't keep taking pop guns to guns fights, not much good comes from it

My pop had lots of guns. He taught me how to shoot and how to make bullets. Took me hunting in the snowy mountains with my uncle and cousin. Grandma would make rabbit stew and tan the hides of the kangaroos and foxes, turn them into rugs and blankets. A lot of good came from pop’s guns. It was a different world back then.

 

[426Tlgerland]

Whattttttt!!!!!! Roosters breaching the Salary Cap! Never! I am shocked by this news 😮, can't be true.

Yep when a team starts to fall down the pecking NRL order and start to look and play and get shat results , someone needs to be the target , Tigers under the cap and making its way up the ladder while the roorters slowly drop down , down , down to the bottom , uncle Nick can’t stop the rot when the team get flogged every week in 2025 , Roosters will be the whipping boys for 2925 and 2026 , Robbo , your gone mate 2025 is your last year , 😁 just my take

 

[Merlot]

Yep when a team starts to fall down the pecking NRL order and start to look and play and get shat results , someone needs to be the target , Tigers under the cap and making its way up the ladder while the roorters slowly drop down , down , down to the bottom , uncle Nick can’t stop the rot when the team get flogged every week in 2025 , Roosters will be the whipping boys for 2925 and 2026 , Robbo , your gone mate 2025 is your last year , 😁 just my take

rooster supporters are that fickle - they will pretend the nrl year didnt start and make comments about the super 15 ,or what ever its called now

 

[tiger_one]

Who will prove to be the NRL's signing of the year?

 

[JC99]

Here's a take the forum will hate:

I think we are a good chance at trying to sign Brandon Smith. He'll be cheap due to a dip of form and coming off injury, and he covers that vital 13 role we lack and can cover dummy half.

Has kiwi connections with Benji and has been open about wanting to sort his future out ASAP.

 

[Buttface]

Who will prove to be the NRL's signing of the year?

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Hunt, Bird?

 

[finnzo]

Here's a take the forum will hate:

I think we are a good chance at trying to sign Brandon Smith. He'll be cheap due to a dip of form and coming off injury, and he covers that vital 13 role we lack and can cover dummy half.

Has kiwi connections with Benji and has been open about wanting to sort his future out ASAP.

I’d take him for sure. Just play him as a middle out abit of size on a again the bloke is a wrecking ball

 

[Telltails]

Not sure Smith is the player we want or need. Very lucky to have had opportunity at two of the best clubs in the league and seems far more about himself than the team. Good chance his body can't handle the collision like it use to which was the best part of his game.

 

[Tucker]

That’s bullshit . That’s been reclassified recently . I’m the same age as Benji, and most of my friends used to be obsessed with being classified gen X , and just scraped in as at the time it was 84. Late gen X early gen y was the go .
There’s no way you can classify someone born in 94 as the same generation as 84 . That’s stupid , and recently be recategorised that way .
For example my age group was the last to grow up without internet , discovering the net when we were early teens like 14 and 15 with thing like Mirc and ICQ . Things that were long gone by the time someone who was born 10 years later would have been the same age . That’s an easy one . Because it’s soo obvious .

I don’t make the rules, they are the same generation.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

I don’t make the rules, they are the same generation.

Ok boomer

 

[Telltails]

Particularly when we also had two other players, nearly 3 walk out as well. It’s always the players fault to some. If one of these new signings doesn’t work out and God forbid has a falling out with the club, it will be his fault too.

That happens at all clubs. Flannagan had his two best players walk. Penrith have had players walk because they are looking for better deals and or for family reasons. Joey Manu walked out on the Roosters as did Sualli all decisions made by players for their own reasons.
We have also had quality players sign on - knowing we are three year spoon team - of a calibre that we haven't seen in years - perhaps that should counteract the ones we have lost/ let go.

 

[Tom Shines]

Here's a take the forum will hate:

I think we are a good chance at trying to sign Brandon Smith. He'll be cheap due to a dip of form and coming off injury, and he covers that vital 13 role we lack and can cover dummy half.

Has kiwi connections with Benji and has been open about wanting to sort his future out ASAP.

My take is that Smith does not want to come here… listening to his pod with Graham he doesn’t seem to respect the Tigers much

 

[yeti]

Klemmer was rubbish at Newcastle before he came here, not like he came here and suddenly bombed, Bateman hadn't played in Australia or a few seasons, Joe O has probably performed even worse at Parra.

Steph I will watch with interest to see if he can lift at Melbourne, he was mentally soft here and Papalii didn't play as well as he did at Parra.

The last two I will lay some blame on the coaching staff for not getting them firing.

Klemmer, Bateman and Joe were poor buys, the change in the game with the new rules has made those three obsolete from being top quality

Papalii had one great season at Parra. That's all. The rest of the time he played pretty much as he did here. (Of all of the players to walk out the door, he's the one I would have preferred to keep, as much because he could play in a position we are lacking - lock forward). However, if I am honest, I would only consider him as a solid first grader, nothing special.
Joe has always just been solid. Nothing fancy there. Not sure really why he's played SOO to be honest. Plenty better in my opinion. Klemmer is again, a solid first grader. Won't win you games with a big break a la AFB or Payne Hass, but won't lose you any either.
Bateman - hmm. He had to be shown the door. Whether it was a clash of personalities, or whether Jonneh is just a difficult human being to get along with - who knows. He may 'kill it' at the Cows. But I reckon by halfway through the season he'll be a regular reserve grader.
Steph - certainly has all the potential to be a really strong prop forward. We'll see what Bellamy gets out of him. I wish him well - just not against the Tigers. But personally, I'm happy with our replacements up front.

 

[cktiger]

Ok boomer

Every time I hear that used in a derogatory way I asked the person saying it who taught them to wipe their arse.

 

[liltiger]

Who will prove to be the NRL's signing of the year?

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Think it'll be May for us, Everyone one knows Luais quality, but May will show what a difference a dominant forward makes to a team.