Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[TheEnz]

Wouldnt it be such a Wests Tigers thing if the NRL shit the bed and realise they have given PNG way too much of an advantage and look to roll the incentives back a bit to create balance. We lose Luai and they wake up, a bit like introducing the soft whistle when the refs screwed us against the cows, the anti tampering when gus screwed us over galvin, the hip drop when hastings had his leg broken, and most recently the tap on the head penalty when Moses challenged and almost cost us the game....all were disadvantages we wore before they changed the rules so others would not have to suffer......feel free to add other examples.

 

[innsaneink]

Wouldnt it be such a Wests Tigers thing if the NRL shit the bed and realise they have given PNG way too much of an advantage and look to roll the incentives back a bit to create balance. We lose Luai and they wake up, a bit like introducing the soft whistle when the refs screwed us against the cows, the anti tampering when gus screwed us over galvin, the hip drop when hastings had his leg broken, and most recently the tap on the head penalty when Moses challenged and almost cost us the game....all were disadvantages we wore before they changed the rukes so others would not have to suffer......feel free to add other examples.

Soft whistle has always been a thing...long before the Feldt incident

 

[TheEnz]

Soft whistle has always been a thing...long before the Feldt incident

Not really used though until that incident brought it to light.

 

[TheEnz]

lol - $200 is a little cheap….

See my comment above $300 - 400 usd for the most common attack drone used by Ukraine.

 

[upthetigers]

How about neither?

Bet you were critical of Tiny returning as quick as he did after a long layoff

Manase could be a backup hooker. It's not that far fetched

 

[Modman]

Does anyone else have a feeling that Benji feels Jerome hasn't been worth the 1.2m price tag and this has been a very mutual decision?

JL is not a million dollar player. When he signed for the dollars at the time all types of promises were made abt him not being the man cause of Cleary and how he was going to lead the side around as a 7. When you consider the amount of times AD gets the ball compared to JL. Hes been value of the field but very over rated on and Benji knows that and would of been excited for the PNG opportunity considering how close they are.

 

[SeanT]

JL is not a million dollar player. When he signed for the dollars at the time all types of promises were made abt him not being the man cause of Cleary and how he was going to lead the side around as a 7. When you consider the amount of times AD gets the ball compared to JL. Hes been value of the field but very over rated on and Benji knows that and would of been excited for the PNG opportunity considering how close they are.

Yeah happy for him to be here for 750k. Not 1.2 million. Think our team will be better for it. Assuming we resign Terrell May.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Bet you were critical of Tiny returning as quick as he did after a long layoff

Manase could be a backup hooker. It's not that far fetched

Tiny wasn’t in jail for 6-7 years. Plus he was already a gun, Awesome comparison.

 

[upthetigers]

Tiny wasn’t in jail for 6-7 years. Plus he was already a gun, Awesome comparison.

I'm just saying its not that far fetched

Manase took Api's spot at Manly, so you're making yourself look silly

 

[innsaneink]

Not really used though until that incident brought it to light.

Rubbish

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I'm just saying its not that far fetched

Manase took Api's spot at Manly, so you're making yourself look silly

Are you missing the little detail about him being in jail for 6 or 7 years? I feel like you are conveniently ignoring that part. At Manly he was much younger and was a free man.

 

[EllisFan]

In isolation, this isn't a big deal.

If they pillage our club and we are left decimated while all the fringe guys get swallowed up with tax free money incentives as well, it really makes it hard to replace your losses.

A guy on 250k is pocketing $20k a month over there vs around $12 in Australia. Big difference...a guy like Madden on $350k is more likely to sit in PNG as depth for 3 years if he is not paying tax...tbh...I'm thinking they will have a really strong side and any time they want to recruit, they will get their man...I think this is a disaster by the NRL and clubs will revolt as PNG pick the eyes out of other clubs.

The advantage is too big and even worse for clubs that already struggle to attract players because of geography.

You can’t afford to lose all your marquee players at once. The cash freed up needs to be used to sign our next best quartet of players, if we manage this we’ll get through it alright.

Lose another big 3 and Benji doesn’t stand a chance.

Over to you Shaun & HBG.

 

[upthetigers]

Are you missing the little detail about him being in jail for 6 or 7 years? I feel like you are conveniently ignoring that part. At Manly he was much younger and was a free man.

I'm not ignoring that detail I just think his brothers could have been in Manase's ears on the possibility of a NRL return.

Backup hooker is a position we need to strengthen.

This weekend we will see if Hope is good depth. If not then we are going to have to go to the market.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I'm not ignoring that detail I just think his brothers could have been in Manase's ears on the possibility of a NRL return.

Backup hooker is a position we need to strengthen.

This weekend we will see if Hope is good depth. If not then we are going to have to go to the market.

Doesn’t matter what his brothers tell him. They don’t run the club. No one would give a toss about him if he had a different last name.

 

[crazycat]

Did you note the price difference I highlighted ?

I would rather not have Chinese bases potentially on PNG though ..and that for a price of $600m

The subs at $300billion for about 8 and not nuclear armed … not sure what benefit they will have against drones, aircraft and missiles of the next war

Yea, I had this theory...

So drones now are super cheap.
Drones too don't really need oxygen to breathe. They basically need a battery or some power source, they could get a bit of Tidal power...

TLDR, a low power floating landmine that could exist in the water for months.

A say 30 Billion sub would be a prime target. people would happily make a mine for $500,000 and maybe deploy 20 of them to take one out.... Now could a sub lead a drone fleet, maybe. Defensively though they would be very vulnerable.

People need air, drones dont. Changes the design and threat characteristics entirely. ...

 

[hammertime]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2049390377707393419

This is amature hour that its taken so long to reactivate discussions now. Its too late with the png cat out of the bag. Should have been done earlier like richo was doing.

Where is the direction and vision from this board? Piss poor.

 

[king_sirro]

Is it possible that the Douhie re-signing was made earlier this year with knowledge that Jerome was likely off to the Chiefs?

I thought the same thing

 

[EllisFan]

Won’t be surprised for us to announce Terrell in short time. The club are going to be hungry for a PR win to change the conversation. Wrap him and Sam up and things will be fine.

Them two and Tito would settle a few nerves among the fan base.

 

[wstigers11]

This is amature hour that its taken so long to reactivate discussions now. Its too late with the png cat out of the bag. Should have been done earlier like richo was doing.

Where is the direction and vision from this board? Piss poor.

Always reactive never proactive

 

[weststigers]

You can’t afford to lose all your marquee players at once. The cash freed up needs to be used to sign our next best quartet of players, if we manage this we’ll get through it alright.

Lose another big 3 and Benji doesn’t stand a chance.

Over to you Shaun & HBG.

What you say is true, but my fear is that even an offer from PNG on less money puts more money in the players pocket. We are no longer on an even playing field (and neither are the other clubs).

I doubt any player is taking their current club offer over an offer from PNG because of the huge difference across their contract.

All we can hope is PNG don't offer the player a contract, but with 29 spots to fill and 18 teams, we will get more of this going forward.

Some clubs will get hit harder than others. We have plenty of guys off contract. We will lose some to the PNG cash grab and even with the freed up cap space, if they have eaten up all the best players, are we back to paying overs to compete? I'm tipping yes.