Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Vicious]

Mariner scored three tries at centre on the weekend for Burleigh. 135m from 8 runs too

Also check out his line breaks and tackle breaks over the past 3 weeks in Qld Cup.
That in combination with his metres made and tries scored etc makes it look like he’s been very dominant back in that grade.
Stats are not everything, but a very good pointer to find which players are being dominant and providing x-factor.
Players such as Kiraz, Preston, Tracey had similarly impressive stats for 18 months or in Tracey’s case much longer while playing NSW Cup before getting a regular NRL opportunity and as they say the rest is history.

 

[tigahhh]

Also check out his line breaks and tackle breaks over the past 3 weeks in Qld Cup.
That in combination with his metres made and tries scored etc makes it look like he’s been very dominant back in that grade.
Stats are not everything, but a very good pointer to find which players are being dominant and providing x-factor.
Players such as Kiraz, Preston, Tracey has similarly impressive stats for 18 months or on Tracey’s case much longer while playing NSW Cup before getting a regular NRL opportunity and as they say the rest is history.

yeah he’s out of favour with Madge i guess because of shibasiki , would be a great pick up for any club way too good for cup. Unfortunately under contract for another two years i believe though

 

[Vicious]

could you see Douehi doing that ?

Not really.
He’s big enough, strong enough and capable enough, but he doesn’t like front on collision or impact.
The players who put their bodies on the line digging into the line and prepared to take a whack to create for their team are extremely tough and not afraid of the collisions or front on impact.

 

[WesternSuburbsBoy]

Jonah Glover off to Souths

 

[tigahhh]

Jonah Glover off to Souths

hm that’s an interesting one

 

[Vicious]

yeah he’s out of favour with Madge i guess because of shibasiki , would be a great pick up for any club way too good for cup. Unfortunately under contract for another two years i believe though

I very much doubt they will stand in his way if he asks for an early release for reasons I’ve mentioned a few times previously.
When you have a Broncos team with 5 superstars all on superstar money, you need your bargain basement players such as Shibasaki, Arthurs, Karapani etc to allow them to retain those superstar players and stay under the salary cap.

 

[rihannafan1]

hm that’s an interesting one

It is ay because they already have Humphreys, Dodd and Walker on their books but I guess Sullivan is out and Walker a lot of injuries this year. Could have sworn he was coming here based on reports.

 

[tigahhh]

I very much doubt they will stand in his way if he asks for an early release for reasons I’ve mentioned a few times previously.
When you have a Broncos team with 5 superstars all on superstar money, you need your bargain basement players such as Shibasaki, Arthurs, Karapani etc to allow them to retain those superstar players and stay under the salary cap.

yeah but cobbo is on a massive wicket and they’ve flat out said no to his requests to leave early
could be because he’s going to their “rival” though ,
mariner’s manager copped a fine like a year ago for trying to get him to the dolphins while he was under contract so he’s got form 🤣 get on it richo

 

[Tom Shines]

Sorry boys … just had a work lunch on …

Who did we end up signing before the deadline?

 

[weststigerman]

Sorry boys … just had a work lunch on …

Who did we end up signing before the deadline?

We have signed a warchest

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Jonah Glover off to Souths

Welcome Bud Sullivan back to the Wests Tigers then!

 

[tigertragic]

I very much doubt they will stand in his way if he asks for an early release for reasons I’ve mentioned a few times previously.
When you have a Broncos team with 5 superstars all on superstar money, you need your bargain basement players such as Shibasaki, Arthurs, Karapani etc to allow them to retain those superstar players and stay under the salary cap.

One of the ‘pods’ raised the possibility of concerns about mariners effort off the field, training, turning up on time etc

 

[Oldman]

Our roster from the outset of the season was always bottom three even with the recruits we made during the off season. You will gain nothing by sacking another coach and probably upset half the team. We need another influx of about four quality players between now and round one 2026. If than Benji still fails to deliver it’s time to look elsewhere. No one is calling for uncle Wayne’s head and Souths are struggling with arguably a far better roster than ours. Coaches play a part but the quality of your roster is the no1 ingredient in success

💯

 

[Vicious]

Sorry boys … just had a work lunch on …

Who did we end up signing before the deadline?

Where do we start ?

 

[Vicious]

One of the ‘pods’ raised the possibility of concerns about mariners effort off the field, training, turning up on time etc

I have heard that, I’ve got bigger concerns about our current outside backs not turning up, or moreso not having the class to get the job done on game day.

 

[Oldman]

Bit of drama for the Blues on the eve of the decider.

Stefano Utoikamanu has missed his flight and will be a late arrival into Blues camp…

😂

Just like his marker defence
“Late Arrival “

 

[Vicious]

We have signed a warchest

Like the old saying “All dressed up with nowhere to go”.
We are “All cashed up with nobody to spend it on”.

 

[Chunk]

Sorry boys … just had a work lunch on …

Who did we end up signing before the deadline?

We still have bit of time? Richo's just just trying to be funny.

 

[Wiz]

Welcome Bud Sullivan back to the Wests Tigers then!

This is it. We will now have Bud back for the next two years and he probably won’t be ready to start the season next year with his broken leg. Or he will at least miss the offseason. This club can’t catch a break.

 

[Oldman]

I’ve just read an article by Buzz about Willie Peters returning from the UK to possibly coach us. Old contact of Richo and been out of the NRL circus for a couple of years. I only remember him as a a journeyman at South’s. Any Suoer League experts who can give an opinion ?

If I remember rightly,
A lot of similarities to Jason Taylor and how he got on (or not) with his players.