Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Tom Shines said:
Yeah fair enough mate….

Tbh - The main thing I’m shitty about is that Richo says we aren’t signing anyone
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I think Richo tells a few porkies for smokescreen purposes around player signings he said that before Bunty, be it he was a budget but hopefully useful signing.

There're 2 spots left my gut is telling me there's one outside recruit on the way, hopefully not all will be filled from within.
 
Flippedy said:
Yep it was obvious to all and sundry that he didn’t want to be here, especially once Galvin was gone. The body language and eye contact of both of them to each other in the dressing rooms prior to Galvin leaving screamed ‘how can we get out of here’! Neither of them were onboard with Benji’s, Luai’s, Api’s etc culture or vision for the future so it was better for us, and them, to let them walk.

I’d wished we kept TDS, but he looks very happy at Parra with his new hairdo and teammates. He’s content to sit behind an even younger hooker than Api so to me that means he just wanted out of the Tigers and wasn’t really pushing for a starting spot. It’s no good keeping players who don’t want to be here, so good luck to him.
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Bet he's loving the pep talks he receives from Moses too after his usual trash delivery
 
innsaneink said:
I wonder if he is just putting on a brave face...sucking it up...as. you say hes in.pretty much the same.position...maybe even.more difficult for him...Smith would have a lot more improvement in him than Api

I wonder if the peroxide.do is a salute to Api or maybe hes stuffed up and.its a punishment
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Good questions Ink! He may well be regretting his decision and putting on a brave face. His happiness might depend on how many more dollars he is being paid too!
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
I think Richo tells a few porkies for smokescreen purposes around player signings he said that before Bunty, be it he was a budget but hopefully useful signing.

There're 2 spots left my gut is telling me there's one outside recruit on the way, hopefully not all will be filled from within.
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Well I hope your gut is right RHS, mine usually just gives out flatulence! 😂
 
mtd#2 said:
GEt the knee pads out and go support your boy at Parra then... Move on. Get over it. He's gone. He's achievrd nothing and had one of the worst ever games of his career whilst at the eels ...
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You’re the one who seems triggered.

Btw, gay jokes in 2025 are still supposed to be an insult? 🤔
 
Tom Shines said:
Yeah fair enough mate….

Tbh - The main thing I’m shitty about is that Richo says we aren’t signing anyone
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So he believes in what we have is a good squad

Two spots left Sharks and dogs in trouble with the cap so see what pops out hopefully not an English Breakfast and a warm cup of Tea
 
mtd#2 said:
GEt the knee pads out and go support your boy at Parra then... Move on. Get over it. He's gone. He's achievrd nothing and had one of the worst ever games of his career whilst at the eels ...
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MTD over it the for and against on TDS only because not all the facts have been laid out, what you are mentioning is only part of the problem. Yes his agent did push for the immediate release not TDS or his family. Good luck to him and hope it all works out for him,but the Tigers have moved on to hopefully bigger and better results.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
You’re the one who seems triggered.

Btw, gay jokes in 2025 are still supposed to be an insult? 🤔
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Haha the day I get triggered by what GNR4LIFE has to say is the day I give the forum away.. I also don't know if you're a bloke, lass, bot or LGs dad..

I suggest you probe a little deeper into why he really left the club, it might change your view on loverboy (pun intended)
 
Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan said:
Better than TDS, whose contract looks ludicrously overpriced at this stage.
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No no no...

TDS and Galvin are future NSW and Kangaroos superstars. The tigers should have spent 45% of their cap on those two alone. They are going to be THAT GOOD that the tigers could have fielded the Balmain Ryde Eastwood team in the remaining 15 spots and still won the NRL grand final by 30 points. We are a disgrace of a club. We should be upgrading godinet and Haywood to full-time $1.5mill per year contracts effective immediately, but ofcourse that inexperienced CEO of ours who's never had any success anywhere is to inept to make such a strategic decision....

Pathetic
 
mtd#2 said:
Haha the day I get triggered by what GNR4LIFE has to say is the day I give the forum away.. I also don't know if you're a bloke, lass, bot or LGs dad..
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Playing the man and not the ball is the first sign someone is triggered. You lead with a gay joke, I mean come on
mtd#2 said:
I suggest you probe a little deeper into why he really left the club, it might change your view on loverboy (pun intended)
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Homophobia is alive and well. Congratulations.
 
Tom Shines said:
Cmon Hank..

He wanted to stay and be the No 1 hooker longer term …but they preferred to keep Api and they told him he was free to go elsewhere in the meantime

If that didn’t happen then he dosnt even get the chance to get an offer from Parramatta in the first place
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Jeez mate, I don't know for sure but TDS would have known for a while that he was not going to surpass Api for some time yet, I mean the love Benji & Richo have for Api is there for all to see.

Certainly would have been something that Mario Tartak would have been pretty well aware of and at one stage I think he came out and was stating that there was something like 5 clubs interests in the services of TDS.

So what do player managers do, they go looking for the best deals for their clients because as we all know, a part from that being part of their job they are also not averse to claiming a cut from a bigger contract, and knowing what the Wests Tigers record of enforcing contracts was like it was always likely that a parting of ways could be on the cards.

Add to this the constant noise of Galvin being in TDS' ear telling him what a shit club Wests Tigers are and what a shit coach Benji is, so when a juicy offer is made that is well beyond what West Tigers are currently paying you would be a fool not to at least consider it.

Of course we all know that what Parramatta were offering was way more than Wests Tigers were willing to pay now or probably in the forseeable future, and as previously stated we also know what our record looks like when it comes to enforcing contracts, it was always probable that TDS would be given a release.

Although I would have liked TDS to have stayed, I think Richo must have something up his sleeve (at least I hope so) and has probably done the right thing by TDS in letting him go to secure a richer contract.
 
mtd#2 said:
No no no...

TDS and Galvin are future NSW and Kangaroos superstars. The tigers should have spent 45% of their cap on those two alone. They are going to be THAT GOOD that the tigers could have fielded the Balmain Ryde Eastwood team in the remaining 15 spots and still won the NRL grand final by 30 points. We are a disgrace of a club. We should be upgrading godinet and Haywood to full-time $1.5mill per year contracts effective immediately, but ofcourse that inexperienced CEO of ours who's never had any success anywhere is to inept to make such a strategic decision....

Pathetic
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Almost got me there.
 
TigerSkins05 said:
Rock Hopper Steve said:
For me Toa gets one more season to prove his worth or it's bye, bye baby bye, bye.

You mean 2 or 3 games in the top grade .. then he's dropped to reggies for the remainder of the season.
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Cmon, give Toa a little slack.

Look he is reserve grade in another team. He had a decent first half of this season, got injured and then sucked.

We have a bit of back depth problem and I say that because we have Taylan May. Talented player who is slightly more in control of his emotions then Todd Carney.

Toa may start at left/center and get replaced by Makasini... I owuld give him 5 games at least. Then he becomes Center depth for when May's brain explodes.
 
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