Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[liltiger]

Hopefully this puts an end to the "Gus likes Wests, he always talks well about us in the media".
The blokes an old school Tony Soprano. He praises his enemies while plotting their downfall.
We are the Bulldogs direct competition for the hearts and minds of western and south western Sydney.
Gould will always be plotting against Wests, it's just galling when forum posters believe his utterances.

How anyone can say now that Gus doesn't use the media to further his own agenda as the g.m of football at the Dogs or whatever club he is at is astounding. How the N.R.L don't tell him it's either one or the other. Your in the media or the g.m of football but we won't allow both is beyond me.

 

[Moh]

Anyone else concerned Parra now have no 5/8 signed for next year and a million dollars available to sign one.
Possibly one that has an option in his contact at the end of the year and has a good working relationship with their halfback?

Luke Brooks?

 

[pawsandclaws1]

How anyone can say now that Gus doesn't use the media to further his own agenda as the g.m of football at the Dogs or whatever club he is at is astounding. How the N.R.L don't tell him it's either one or the other. Your in the media or the g.m of football but we won't allow both is beyond me.

As a former referee explained to me, the NRL is about entertainment and theatre, not football. This is big news for the NRL and the story will be on the front page for a few weeks with his manager milking the opportunity to further his own interests as well as those of his clients. WTs will suffer like it did yesterday with the article from Weidler. The worst part about this is the inside knowledge that everyone knew in advance what would play out. Disgusting all round.

 

[Bellend]

Been saying for weeks this will end bad for us, Just another excuse for the media to give us a black eye.

 

[Lukic]

Praying Parra take Luai from us. No team is ever winning a comp with him getting 1.2 mil a year and making him the no.1 playmaker.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Praying Parra take Luai from us. No team is ever winning a comp with him getting 1.2 mil a year and making him the no.1 playmaker.

Luai is the reason why many players have joined the club. He is the glue, together with Koroisau, which binds the team together. He goes about his work with the minimum of fuss and maximum of effort. He has matured as a player and as a man. He is one of, if not our best, purchases together with Koroisau.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

Praying Parra take Luai from us. No team is ever winning a comp with him getting 1.2 mil a year and making him the no.1 playmaker.

What’s your plan to replace him?

 

[Tony Taco]

Praying Parra take Luai from us. No team is ever winning a comp with him getting 1.2 mil a year and making him the no.1 playmaker.

Lets see what he does the next few weeks now hes free from Daddy daycare services and has Latu to work with.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Lets see what he does the next few weeks now hes free from Daddy daycare services and has Latu to work with.

It must have been a humilating experience for him having to put the individual ahead of the team. It goes against all his learning at the Panthers.

 

[Tony Taco]

It must have been a humilating experience for him having to put the individual ahead of the team. It goes against all his learning at the Panthers.

Agree mate....I think hes had to deal with being the mentor for a fuxxing brat as well as organising and taking his shots. Freedom. Hope Latu is healed up and ready to rock, we could witness a resurgence in the halves.

 

[Bus 2 Terrigal]

Can’t be entirely sure but think he took over from a future immortal Danny Peacock

The early nineties was a funny time at the back for Wests - during Devine’s time he variously battled with Danny Peacock, Russell Wyer, Mark Bell, Jason Alchin & Anthony Xuereb for the #1 jersey.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Talau is in reserve grade.

I think that’s the point

 

[batboy]

Its half his salary this season

I'd like to know what we're replacing him in the squad with for the 165k?
(Basically the rest of what he'd have been paid anyway)

Or maybe we're putting it with the money we saved on
Klemmer, Bateman, Bud, Miller and buying an elite half?
Should be able to afford one,
with everyone we've let go from every other position, Between preseason and now.

 

[balmain boy]

Think we may promote one or two internal guys to top 30 this year like:
- Krystian Mapapalangi
- Izaac Tu’itupou
- Jaxson Rahme
- Elie El-Zakhem
- Kurt Falls

Or alternatively our development guys to top 30 for these guys on a dev contract. Don’t rule out any external talent tho

Mapa is the only one on that list that deserves a promotion. Promoting anyone else is a Major insult to the club and it's members

 

[balmain boy]

mason will be upgraded

That would be an insult. He's not first grade standard, he's not on a first grade contract, there's no need to recruit internally.
The ONLY player at cup level who has earnt a promotion is Mapa.

 

[Nonotmeagain]

Can we move on ?

 

[Tom Shines]

Can we move on ?

To what ?

 

[Bus 2 Terrigal]

Luai is the reason why many players have joined the club. He is the glue, together with Koroisau, which binds the team together. He goes about his work with the minimum of fuss and maximum of effort. He has matured as a player and as a man. He is one of, if not our best, purchases together with Koroisau.

Who has joined the club because of Luai?
Turuva maybe.
He did know May from his teen years, although the front rower was at Wests previously and the Benji thing seems to have sealed that deal.
Hunt, Bird ?

 

[balmain boy]

Anyone else concerned Parra now have no 5/8 signed for next year and a million dollars available to sign one.
Possibly one that has an option in his contact at the end of the year and has a good working relationship with their halfback?

Not a chance of that happening

 

[Tom Shines]

Who has joined the club because of Luai?
Turuva maybe.
He did know May from his teen years, although the front rower was at Wests previously and the Benji thing seems to have sealed that deal.
Hunt, Bird ?

May was actually with Luai in the UK when the Roosters dumped him …I don’t doubt that Luai would have got in his ear about joining the Tigers ..: if we don’t have May and Turuva , how would we be going this year.?they have been two of the three best players so far this season ( Bula the other)