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That's what you'll notice about the Panthers: they brought through all those fantastic players like Cleary and Yeo, then they decided enough was enough on the prospects and not to bother having any more. That's why they won that one premiership then faded away when players started moving on -...

He predicted Utoikamanu would leave, which was accurate if a little like predicting that tomorrow will be Saturday.

Thing is mate, you have a proven track record of talking bollocks. Let's see: - "I’ve had confirmation from a family source that To’o is a Tiger in 2025!" - "Kobe Hetherington is also locked in" - "Bateman to ManlyNAS to WT" - "Horsbra to the Tigers 2025 announced soon" (that was in August) -...

I hate to burst your bubble but if knowledge of forthcoming signings has got as far down the chain as the guys who work in the membership team they would have leaked by now.

My claim to fame is that I arrived in Australia in 2006, and since then have only not been at two of the five finals games the Tigers have played since then: against the Raiders in 2010, as I couldn't get to Canberra on a Friday night, and against the Dragons in 2011, because I was at a work...

I want Scarlett Johansson to turn up at my front door with a bottle of Dom Perignon and a come hither smile, don't mean it's gonna happen.

It really does, though. When you sign players they sort of have to play well to be considered good signings. I know you're going to respond with some nonsense about culture and setting standards, to which I will pre-emptively reply: how much good did Matt Ballin do us?

But Bateman hasn't actually told anyone to "get stuffed", has he? You must have worked with plenty of people who obviously didn't want to be there but did enough not to get fired, right? I certainly have. That's my point: Bateman hasn't done, and isn't likely to do, anything that actually...

He's dictating terms because he's got a contract from the Tigers for two more years. It's one thing if he doesn't show up to training or otherwise breaches the terms of that contract (nice one, Nofo!), but you can't really sack people for thinking their manager is a clown. Ultimately, it's the...

The comment you responded to The comment you responded to said "we can only sign what's available". I'm not sure what you think you're disagreeing with.

No it's not. In order to take Talagi as the second best signing one has to accept Papali'i as the best. That's a "hmm" from me - it means assuming his time at Parra is his true ability rather than his time at the Warriors or Tigers. That's not moving the goalposts, it's questioning your...

Some players who are under contract move but you can't just demand the signing of contracted players. You see people on here saying we should sign, say, Payne Haas and Liam Martin on the basis that "contracted players move all the time". That's not how it works.

First being Papali'i? Hmm, maybe. So we're going with: our recruitment has been better than any club with the possible exception of the best club in the comp. I mean: I'll take it.

Mate, if you exclude the best player every club has recruited they all look bad. You're making up parameters to defend a ridiculous argument. Point me to a club whose second best recruit is better than Turuva. And your definition is just outright wrong. It's called recruitment *and retention*...

Do you know what mate? You need to take the L on this one instead of constantly moving the goalposts. I was responding to your claim that our recruitment is already the worst in the comp, which is demonstrably nonsense. I am entirely happy to acknowledge: 1) That some of the players we have...

Sure, but equally we can only sign what’s available. There’s no “you’re bad so you can have players who are contracted elsewhere” rule. I think that’s my point, actually: unfortunately, getting out of the hole this club has dug itself into Is a multi-year job. That’s reality. So denying positive...

I love the way our recruitment has been among the worst in the comp other than signing one of the handful of best halves in the world. Also we signed the 2023 rookie of the year, who just had a beast of a game in the preliminary final and grand final. We're certainly being left in the dust by...

The fact that there are other bad players on the roster is completely irrelevant. Getting rid of Bateman frees up a place on the roster and, potentially, 450k. If the club can't find a way to spend that 450k on a better player than Bateman then sure, arguably we might as well keep him. But (a)...

We have two years of evidence telling us there is nothing left to get out of him. Trying to do so is sunk cost fallacy. The options now are pay 200k for nothing or 650k for nothing.

$400k is almost exactly the salary cap divided by 30, in other words a completely middle of the road first grade player. The 15th best guy at your club - a rotation prop or an unspectacular starter in any other position. If Bateman is that just overpaid by $200k we really have no need to get rid...