Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Buttface]

So does anyone know the latest on Jake Alverillo?
Has he backed out after the embarrassment on the weekend and looking at Titans now?
Was it just s media beat up maybe 🙄

His manager has been on the phone to anyone who’d answer, Siberia have a new right centre.

 

[innsaneink]

Alverillo , not sure if this is a singing still as nothing from club and it’s been couple weeks , I would like him on board and believe he def would add .
Billy Walter’s , dollars may stop him coming back to Sydney but he has been here and always had a crack , good back up , but think he stays in qld .
Shaun Blore been here was good bar injury but would be solid addition .
These 3 strengthen our nrl team as they are all able to play nrl or Reserve grade , better than all our reserve grade at present , I also feel there could be a few players coming that we don’t know about yet as we need to replace , Kit , Luke , Geyer , and most likely Toa and Bunty , Bunty for me should have been used in firsts more from the start , he looked super fit lost all excess weight and was best performer over offseason , more game time more better he goes , was very good in the trials , Benji mistake for me , we have had players on the bench that were rubbish , I don’t get the Bunty signing now , to come from NZ to play reserves don’t make sense , anyways just my 5 cents worth

It was last sunday week i think the rumours about him started so id say the cooling off period would end by about today??
10 days yeh?

 

[hodgo]

I think the problems with Pathways is there are about 4 or 5 clubs with solid pathways and a bunch with nothing. So while we have the pathways its also everyone else's pathways. Due to our performance and rookie development i can see why people would choose a melbourne or a different club to send their child or young man to.

 

[426Tlgerland]

It was last sunday week i think the rumours about him started so id say the cooling off period would end by about today??
10 days yeh?

Yes sounds about right mate , maybe we get some news next day or so , what’s your thought on him coming early , rest of this season , I think it would help if we have the cash , spot we need help with ?

 

[weststigers]

I think the problems with Pathways is there are about 4 or 5 clubs with solid pathways and a bunch with nothing. So while we have the pathways its also everyone else's pathways. Due to our performance and rookie development i can see why people would choose a melbourne or a different club to send their child or young man to.

It's all well and good to have pathways, but we need a Tigers playing system from the bottom up.

That way they are not totally clueless when they get a shot in first grade.

We need to think club, not team.

 

[hodgo]

It's all well and good to have pathways, but we need a Tigers playing system from the bottom up.

That way they are not totally clueless when they get a shot in first grade.

We need to think club, not team.

Agree, but the hard part of that is if you lose a few to other teams, they end up with your tactics and strategy. Granted, you don't need to complete the first-grade setup.

 

[hodgo]

Yes sounds about right mate , maybe we get some news next day or so , what’s your thought on him coming early , rest of this season , I think it would help if we have the cash , spot we need help with ?

would be huge if we got him this year but cant see them doing it

 

[Tom Shines]

Yes sounds about right mate , maybe we get some news next day or so , what’s your thought on him coming early , rest of this season , I think it would help if we have the cash , spot we need help with ?

I doubt they are keen on letting him go early and he would probably prefer to play out the year there I would assume … they probably aren’t the worst long shot I’ve seen for the premiership this year .,,, can rack up the points

 

[Tom Shines]

I think the problems with Pathways is there are about 4 or 5 clubs with solid pathways and a bunch with nothing. So while we have the pathways its also everyone else's pathways. Due to our performance and rookie development i can see why people would choose a melbourne or a different club to send their child or young man to.

Cronulla makes the 8 every year, and I wouldn’t say they are flush with money, pathways or juniors …

They concentrate on good experienced coaching and having a solid squad though …

 

[colinbh]

I don’t necessarily want to replace them, but I don’t want to pay them a couple of hundred thousand more than their true value either.
If they are here for a money grab only, we should have let them go.
I assume you want better depth so we don’t keep getting belted like we have in 4 of our past 5 games ?
You need cap space to recruit and sign better quality depth.
That is not possible if you keep paying marquee player money to players who are not quite at that level, or if you are overpaying a fair chunk of your top 17 players.
This argument is going around in circles, but we have already identified that true marquee players are good d ough to carry a few bog average depth players and still be competitive, if not win games with them in their team occasionally.

You do realise that we were missing- two of the brothers , Adam D and both centers. Two fill ins

I think the problems with Pathways is there are about 4 or 5 clubs with solid pathways and a bunch with nothing. So while we have the pathways its also everyone else's pathways. Due to our performance and rookie development i can see why people would choose a melbourne or a different club to send their child or young man to.

Why?

 

[hodgo]

agreed things we could learn from

Cronulla makes the 8 every year, and I wouldn’t say they are flush with money, pathways or juniors …

They concentrate on good experienced coaching and having a solid squad th

 

[hodgo]

You do realise that we were missing- two of the brothers , Adam D and both centers. Two fill ins

Why?

I would say results tbh we have been one of the worse clubs for along time and we really havent developed many players into superstars.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Dragons after Blore

MSN

 

[mtd#2]

That should get us into the 8 😂

Long term it will help us build the right foundations. The bandaid solutions for the last 15 years havent worked.

 

[Tom Shines]

Long term it will help us build the right foundations. The bandaid solutions for the last 15 years havent worked.

We need a better squad mate … Cronulla make the 8 every year with FA money and pathways and even fans … although they have good experienced coaching and a solid deep squad …

 

[wstigers11]

We need a better squad mate … Cronulla make the 8 every year with FA money and pathways and even fans … although they have good experienced coaching and a solid deep squad …

Their squad is deep because of their pathways? And they are more profitable than us?

 

[Tom Shines]

Their squad is deep because of their pathways? And they are more profitable than us?

If you are asking me those questions …no ..I don’t believe they have better pathways or more money than us ..

 

[TheEnz]

I doubt they are keen on letting him go early and he would probably prefer to play out the year there I would assume … they probably aren’t the worst long shot I’ve seen for the premiership this year .,,, can rack up the points

Might depend on the reason he wants to come back to Sydney. If i were him i would see out the year as they are a smokey for the premiership, however if there is a pressing family reason he needs to be back in Sydney he may be looking for a way to come early.

 

[Tom Shines]

Dragons after Blore

MSN

They seemingly go after every one …even though they don’t even have a coach signed up yet … will be interesting to see how they go next year … I think they will be much improved

 

[Tom Shines]

Might depend on the reason he wants to come back to Sydney. If i were him i would see out the year as they are a smokey for the premiership, however if there is a pressing family reason he needs to be back in Sydney he may be looking for a way to come early.

Yes this is true … I don’t know the urgency about his return to Sydney