Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

The Chad said:
I'm surprised half the board has the motivation to get up in the morning.

3 pages of...

Madden signing for $750k
Costing us Doueihi
Sullivan on somewhere between $550k & $700k
Souths chipping in only $20 for bus fare
Some unknown kid from Qld not coming to the Tigers shows we can't sign anyone
Upgrades for Taatteo, Tu'itupou & Mapapalangi locked in showing we can't sign anyone
Bula gone
Should sign Jaiden Campbell to replace Bula now
Madden to start at 7
Luai gone
Api close to being as agile as the Queen Mary

I've probably missed some
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Sounds like one of our better days. 🤣
 
gregjm87 said:
I somewhat agree. But before paying up I would look at what other options are available. It appears Campbell is one other option that I think is at least worth looking into. Now I doubt hed be much cheaper (for us) but he comes with a completely different skill set. Which skillset would better fit our desired play style?
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Its a good question to ask greggy!!

I think Bula, like the whole team, could benefit from some legit strike from our outside backs. Our side is so unbalanced right now based on how little our centres are offering in and out of possession. We couldn't have beaten the Titans without Taylan May... no way. We were hopeless That's a fact.

I don't think there is a lot of revolutionary changes left for this team. It just needs a few more points at the right time, a couple of more tries that Doueihi or Toa aren't capable of getting us but a slightly better player is. Even if not a try than a line break or a tackle bust.

Neither Bula or Campbell have the skills to get us where we need to be alone. Not yet anyway. Get another gun Centre to go with Taylan and then we can get serious about who's coming short in other positions.

Ofc Easier said than done.
 
Tucker said:
Yes he is.
His ceiling is higher than what we are currently seeing.
So you have to factor in a price for potential against the “Tigers Tax” applied to a high level recruit.
Better the devil you know and with better coaching we’ll be in front.
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Yessir we agree. And I like that.

No way we get something better off the shelf.
 
Tom Shines said:
You know what I’m hoping you haven’t missed ? The team has won the past 3 wooden spoons and is 7-11 so far this season. Do you want to compete for finals or are you just happy participating every year and finishing at the foot of the table … if you want to compete for the finals … how is the squad shaping up so far with most players already under contract next season ? Taylan and KPP moving that dial much ?

In the past 10 weeks they have had two scratchy wins against a reserve grade pack and a 1 pt win against the bottom feeders when they were actually the better team on the day … plenty of work to be done still
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You confuse me Tom.
Your post is exactly how I see things, surely we must be sick of losing and the additions of Taylan May and KPP are very good, but doesn’t fill us with confidence that they alone are enough to catapult us into the same style of improvement that the Bulldogs have shown over the past 2 seasons.
Yes I mention the Bulldogs a lot because if they can go from being down the bottom of the ladder for a few years and then make some smart recruitment decisions and suddenly become regularly near the top of the ladder, then surely we are capable of doing the same.
We don’t need a lot, but we need at least 2 more quality additions to our NRL side.
 
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Tom Shines said:
Well..it looks to me that he is giving Benji everything he asks so there is no excuses if the results don’t improve and he decides to move on next season …
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100% if Benji wants someone and Richo can bring them across for a reasonable amount he will do it. Benji next year will have no excuse if we arnt in the 8. Our biggest issue is lock and another prop who can put minutes in to help May. We need 2 or 3 depth signings imo then there's no excuse at all for Benji to not have us playing finals.
 
TIGERS said:
Its a good question to ask greggy!!

I think Bula, like the whole team, could benefit from some legit strike from our outside backs. Our side is so unbalanced right now based on how little our centres are offering in and out of possession. We couldn't have beaten the Titans without Taylan May... no way. We were hopeless That's a fact.

I don't think there is a lot of revolutionary changes left for this team. It just needs a few more points at the right time, a couple of more tries that Doueihi or Toa aren't capable of getting us but a slightly better player is. Even if not a try than a line break or a tackle bust.

Neither Bula or Campbell have the skills to get us where we need to be alone. Not yet anyway. Get another gun Centre to go with Taylan and then we can get serious about who's coming short in other positions.

Ofc Easier said than done.
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With May in and soon Makasini our centres will be set long term if we can lock them down.
 
What players get paid and what they are worth seldom go hand in hand. The salary cap is a real balancing exercise. For every elite contract you have you need plenty of budget contracts to balance your books. Any no7 that has some experience at NRL level candemand a fair chunk of money even if he is a back up. Maden at around 300 to 350 is cheap insurance
 
Vicious said:
You confuse me Tom.
Your post is exactly how I see things, surely we must be sick of losing and the additions of Taylan May and KPP are very good, but doesn’t fill us with confidence that they alone are enough to catapult us into the same style of improvement that the Bulldogs have shown over the past 2 seasons.
Yes I mention the Bulldogs a lot because if they can go from being down the bottom of the ladder for a few years and then make some smart recruitment decisions and suddenly become regularly near the top of the ladder, we be capable of doing the same.
We don’t need a lot, but we need at least 2 more quality additions to our NRL side.
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I have been saying for months that they still need 2 NRL experienced level forwards or 3 now if Douehi leaves … I think this will be the main factor in moving them into finals contention …so still plenty of work to do with slim pickings ahead

Can I respectfully say with your opinions, you want them to try to upgrade a lot of other positions , mostly in the backline which to me is pretty pointless if you are losing the forward battles each week … also I think their best backline 1-7 is realistically mid level now when Bula is back …

Another thing I will add is that you go off players and want to scapegoat some that have demonstrated recent good form like Sam F ( there are others like Toa) ; and want to move him to be a bash and barge player in the middle for some hypothetical player they haven’t signed yet, when he was one of the best players in the team last season on the edge … he is a young dude still learning the craft and there will be ups and downs rather than consistency at this time … you have seen how he can play so why give up on that so soon ?
 
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