OFFICIAL Jack Bird #299

[Mystery]

Really hope this is to play lock. He’s a tough footy player. Will hopefully fill the role we wanted Bateman to play he’s just bigger and at half the price. Needs to stay on the field but adds something different to what we have next year.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Does Bird's manager also manage Makasini?

 

[Spartan117]

Payback for Moses MBye...

2 years is the right contract length, he will help add experience.

 

[Tom Shines]

All but official it seems.
Incoming.

Hmm...

he has agreed but hasn’t signed the contract … what could go wrong

 

[hsvjones]

No problems with this signing as it's for 400k a year with Dragons paying some 1st year.
Management has done a great job as he wanted 3 years but we stuck solid unlike past management.
Bird can cover alot of positions and very solid defended.
Might be a risk but he is not like past players on top dollar.

 

[hank37w]

This signing gives me massive Tyrone Peachey vibes….

I don't think he has the massive brain snap issues that the Peach had but at 2 years and 400k and if he isn't injured all the time it won't be our worst signing of all time.

Didn't really want the signing but fingers crossed that it works out okay.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

When he’s not broken he’s a decent utility … but how often is he not broken?

I’m 50/50 on him

50/50 is about the percentage of games you can expect him to be available for.

 

[TigerSJ]

Not excited by this signing but hope I’m wrong about him. Have never liked him much so I will wait and see how he goes for us before rubbishing him.
Certainly no longer a first choice centre.

 

[mrcasino]

Did he really want to join us? or was there no where else to go?

 

[tigerman80]

I don’t mind this. He has experience, he’s got some attitude, I think we need some experienced guys around our young squad. We aren’t paying $800k like we normally do for these kind of signings , so I’m all for it.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

What’s the over/under of the amount of games he plays over 2 years? Imma say 20

 

[Merlot]

4 clubs sake all -64games

 

[Year_of_the_Tiger]

Bird is a competitor. Watch him play against us this year. Has more mongrel and determination than most of our team. If he fills a gap every 2nd game I’m ok on that money. In the past we would have signed him on 3 years for $650+. Yes from me, as all have said, hope he stays fit

 

[Spartan117]

Bird is a competitor. Watch him play against us this year. Has more mongrel and determination than most of our team. If he fills a gap every 2nd game I’m ok on that money. In the past we would have signed him on 3 years for $650+. Yes from me, as all have said, hope he stays fit

2 years at 400K is decent for both parties.

Good Work Tigers

 

[Speed2burn]

50/50 is about the percentage of games you can expect him to be available for.

Well …. Shit.

 

[tigermate]

I just asked my cousins who are dragons fans if bird can still run… one responded “slowly” lol and the other “no”

Btw my cousins sponsor Zach Lomqx and are dragons fanatics so they would know

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

People complaining about Bird like we haven't spent most of the year with reserve graders playing centre for us and starting with Faatape and Feledy tonight

Remember when we played Michael Buettner in 03 & 04. Good things then happened 🙂

 

[Needaname]

The guy plays the highest level of rugby league with an autoimmune disorder. That’s commitment right there.

 

[TV Ted Ellery]

Remember when we played Michael Buettner in 03 & 04. Good things then happened 🙂

I remember when our halves were Tippett and Buettner. Buettner was awesome at Norths and had a career renaissance in his second stint at Parra, but his time at the Tigers was forgettable.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

My concern is the same as what I had with Olam.
Bird does improve our 17 if he plays.
But we know his knees are shot and we suck at knee management.

Issue is how many games will he play and does it cost us more because we need a NRL level backfill.

400k (less for year 1) for 2yrs is very un wests tigers like, normally we get fleeced and agree to a few more years.

He is 29, is NRL quality across 2-3 positions (2 of which we have no depth in next season). If his body goes ok then we get value from this, if he plays 14 games each season then we don’t but at least cost wise he isn’t costing us a fortune.