Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

cktiger said:
Thanks for your warped view of my post.
I wasn’t trying to ignite any hatred between Balmain and Wests but just stating a point.
HBG chairman, good old Denny Burgess, has been quoted as saying he wants to bring the Magpies back to the NRL.
By the way, I am also a member of Magpies social sites and I can tell you the vast majority HATE the Balmain side of the venture and want them gone so the Magpies can stand alone (wouldn't be surprised if you’re one of them).
Even after 25 years they feel aggrieved they were punted and their memories are so frail they can’t recall being saved by the Balmain offer to merge.
Remember neither club had much loot at the time.
All the talk is that now they do have the money they should punt WestsTigers and bring back the Magpie.
Go ahead and tell me it isn’t true.
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I, from memory think the Tigers were actually made an offer by Parramatta's
Dennis Fitzgerald to talk about becoming the Parra Tigers, as the Tiger emblem was a greater marketing tool than the eel.

But we decided to go with Magpies.
As if we went to Parra, the League would have axed MAGPIES,
And we saved them from extinction by joining with them.

Now they wish the Tigers would become extinct
 
Groundup said:
Think/hope is hard to differentiate. I say titans twice, cows at Leichhardt and maybe manly. I would love the dogs obviously. Slim chance with Penrith. We seem to hold our own with Canberra but they are good this year.
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That would be awesome if it worked out, but I guess I’m realistically hoping for 2 more wins, maybe Titans this week and Manly at home. Along with our last bye points I’m hoping and praying that will be enough to keep us from the spoon 🙏 I know I should be expecting more and will be pleasantly surprised if they jag 4 more wins.
 
liltiger said:
Another thing a sucessfull club would never do, allow a sponsor to pay the coach. Reason being any club with more than 2 braincells would understand your then beholden to the sponsor. If the sponsor isn't happy and they pull their support and you don't have the cash your unstable again looking for a new coach. Never did I ever think a sponsor would be supplying a coach, I'm sorry that's just stupid. If this info is accurate.
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It’s accurate, I will find where it was written about. I think it was the mole.

I can’t reveal my sources and tbh I don’t want to disturb such arrangement.

And even if I don’t want Benji as coach (at the moment), it’s highly inappropriate to enter this field of battle.

It’s his living, some bridges should never be crossed. I’m not a so-called journalist.

People don’t have to believe me, that’s ok.
 
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Breaking News

An NRL player agent has engaged other NRL clubs on behalf of his STAR fringe first grade player, who is coming off contract next year. Sources say multiple NRL teams have shown interest, with several overseas clubs also circling.
 
Tom Shines said:
I agree ..I wouldn’t be underestimating the threat ..but $1m won’t be enough to get the really big names … Papi won’t go for that…
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Also look at the prospectus - currently they are mooting the breakaway comp; they need to sign players first before funders will back a competition. And even then the competition would be a one-off with a view to long-term if they think it went well.

But the plan to have nation-clubs from all across the globe playing... horrendous cost. Not to mention the Saudis have no care for rugby so this is pure speculatory spending and sports white-washing.

Fair enough for RTS he's 32 y.o. mercenary who wants one last million-dollar payday. You could imagine Joey Manu and other international rugby mercenaries in Europe or Japan might also be interested. Most other young blokes won't burn their careers on something that is currently so bits and pieces.

This isn't like LIV Golf, they haven't bought swathes of the best talent and the shiniest golf courses.
 
cktiger said:
Thanks for your warped view of my post.
I wasn’t trying to ignite any hatred between Balmain and Wests but just stating a point.
HBG chairman, good old Denny Burgess, has been quoted as saying he wants to bring the Magpies back to the NRL.
By the way, I am also a member of Magpies social sites and I can tell you the vast majority HATE the Balmain side of the venture and want them gone so the Magpies can stand alone (wouldn't be surprised if you’re one of them).
Even after 25 years they feel aggrieved they were punted and their memories are so frail they can’t recall being saved by the Balmain offer to merge.
Remember neither club had much loot at the time.
All the talk is that now they do have the money they should punt WestsTigers and bring back the Magpie.
Go ahead and tell me it isn’t true.
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Cough .... bull ..... cough ..... shit.
 
Dennisspicer1 said:
I, from memory think the Tigers were actually made an offer by Parramatta's
Dennis Fitzgerald to talk about becoming the Parra Tigers, as the Tiger emblem was a greater marketing tool than the eel.

But we decided to go with Magpies.
As if we went to Parra, the League would have axed MAGPIES,
And we saved them from extinction by joining with them.

Now they wish the Tigers would become extinct
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They seriously don't. Why are we continuing to argue a non-event.
 
Dennisspicer1 said:
I, from memory think the Tigers were actually made an offer by Parramatta's
Dennis Fitzgerald to talk about becoming the Parra Tigers, as the Tiger emblem was a greater marketing tool than the eel.

But we decided to go with Magpies.
As if we went to Parra, the League would have axed MAGPIES,
And we saved them from extinction by joining with them.

Now they wish the Tigers would become extinct
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Says who ?

With 90% ownership - if Wests wanted the Tigers extinct, they’d be bloody extinct!

As for your little history lesson, Wests also held talks with Canterbury, which would have left Balmain to be axed (for what its worth) 🤷‍♂️
 
Flippedy said:
What’s gone wrong is the players he now has around him compared to the players he had around him at Penrith. Chalk and cheese when it comes to playing as a team. We can’t expect one or two players from a good system to turn the team around when the rest of the team is still quite average and they’re not being coached well enough to play together as a team.
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Exactly
 
cktiger said:
Don’t agree? Join their sites and look for yourself Denny.
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Haha, you called me Denny. That's really clever and funny.
Just to clarify. I ignore ex-Wests Magpies idiots just as much as I ignore ex-Balmain Tigers idiots and there are roughly equivalent numbers of both categories on this forum.
If you ignore idiotic comments no matter who makes them, you won't go far wrong.
 
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