Eye_Of_Da_Tiger
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Tedesco set to make a decision soon. Has deleted twitter and says the processs has taken its toll on him ( and us). Fingers crossed.
James Tedesco Signs with Roosters [Official]
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happy_tiger
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Not a good thing , he may have learnt from last time when he ended up shutting down all of his social media because of the abuse
earl
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I hope he stays. Did people really abuse him on social media last time ?
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NRL 2017: Wests Tigers James Tedesco justifies rivals interest with star performance
April 18, 2017 7:16am
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JAMES Tedesco deleted Twitter off his phone last week, but still made it hard to forget him after an irresistible performance in the Wests Tigers’ 26-22 loss to Parramatta.
Tedesco admitted on Monday he had been feeling the heat over his protracted contract negotiations, which has seen him attract interest from Canterbury and the Roosters.
The fullback’s contract situation has dominated the headlines along with that of Mitchell Moses and captain Aaron Woods this season, but he says he won’t be rushed into a call.
After a quiet month since the Tigers’ opening-round win over South Sydney, he admitted the speculation had impacted on his football — before he went cold turkey on social media.
“I think it was getting in my head too much,” he said.
“You read too much, it gets a bit draining for yourself mentally.
“When we read too much it plays on our mind too much and distracts us from playing footy.”
The latest contract drama isn’t the first time Tedesco has been the centre of transfer attention, having previously signed with Canberra in 2014 before backflipping to stay at the Tigers.
He said he expected to make a call in the next few weeks this time around, but won’t be hurried.
“I don’t want to rush into a decision and make the wrong one,” he said.
“I’ve had contract dramas before so I want to make it right before I rush into anything just to get it over with.
“Hopefully (I’ll decide) in the coming weeks. I can’t put a deadline on it.”
It didn’t hurt his football on Monday though — with the 24-year-old turning in his best performance of the season.
He set up two tries out of dummy-half and busted through 10 tackles — including one linebreak which should have won his team the match.
The play broke down later in the set when the Eels intercepted a Mitchell Moses pass to run downfield and score, but Tedesco’s 240 metres was another reminder of why he is the Tigers’ chief priority.
“When I’m involved in the ball and work off quick play-the-balls that’s when we play our best footy,” he said.
“We’re too structured in attack so I’ve just got to roam around and do my best.
Tedesco is likely to be centre of attention in the lead up to the Tigers’ clash with Canterbury next Sunday — a club he admitted earlier this month he was “tempted” to join because of their superior off-field stability.
But he said on Monday he believed the Tigers had improved in that area already after the arrival of new coach Ivan Cleary.
“Ivan has come in and just given us a game plan,” he said.
“You can see the improvement we’ve had in the past few weeks and that’s positive for me, positive for the team that we’re going in a positive direction.
“It’s good to have that. We haven’t had that before.”
April 18, 2017 7:16am
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JAMES Tedesco deleted Twitter off his phone last week, but still made it hard to forget him after an irresistible performance in the Wests Tigers’ 26-22 loss to Parramatta.
Tedesco admitted on Monday he had been feeling the heat over his protracted contract negotiations, which has seen him attract interest from Canterbury and the Roosters.
The fullback’s contract situation has dominated the headlines along with that of Mitchell Moses and captain Aaron Woods this season, but he says he won’t be rushed into a call.
After a quiet month since the Tigers’ opening-round win over South Sydney, he admitted the speculation had impacted on his football — before he went cold turkey on social media.
“I think it was getting in my head too much,” he said.
“You read too much, it gets a bit draining for yourself mentally.
“When we read too much it plays on our mind too much and distracts us from playing footy.”
The latest contract drama isn’t the first time Tedesco has been the centre of transfer attention, having previously signed with Canberra in 2014 before backflipping to stay at the Tigers.
He said he expected to make a call in the next few weeks this time around, but won’t be hurried.
“I don’t want to rush into a decision and make the wrong one,” he said.
“I’ve had contract dramas before so I want to make it right before I rush into anything just to get it over with.
“Hopefully (I’ll decide) in the coming weeks. I can’t put a deadline on it.”
It didn’t hurt his football on Monday though — with the 24-year-old turning in his best performance of the season.
He set up two tries out of dummy-half and busted through 10 tackles — including one linebreak which should have won his team the match.
The play broke down later in the set when the Eels intercepted a Mitchell Moses pass to run downfield and score, but Tedesco’s 240 metres was another reminder of why he is the Tigers’ chief priority.
“When I’m involved in the ball and work off quick play-the-balls that’s when we play our best footy,” he said.
“We’re too structured in attack so I’ve just got to roam around and do my best.
Tedesco is likely to be centre of attention in the lead up to the Tigers’ clash with Canterbury next Sunday — a club he admitted earlier this month he was “tempted” to join because of their superior off-field stability.
But he said on Monday he believed the Tigers had improved in that area already after the arrival of new coach Ivan Cleary.
“Ivan has come in and just given us a game plan,” he said.
“You can see the improvement we’ve had in the past few weeks and that’s positive for me, positive for the team that we’re going in a positive direction.
“It’s good to have that. We haven’t had that before.”
happy_tiger
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Yeah , his family were quite fearful actually
If you don't believe it read back through the old threads
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In the same interview he said,
"Ivan has come in and just given us a game plan," he said.
"You can see the improvement we've had in the past few weeks and that's positive for me, positive for the team that we're going in a positive direction.
"It's good to have that. We haven't had that before."
Hopefully this is a positive for us as well,
greatodensraven
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Some positivity from the man himself here…
Check this out: Teddy’s million dollar message to NRL suitors
http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/tigers/nrl-2017-wests-tigers-james-tedesco-justifies-rivals-interest-with-star-performance/news-story/d47a452449a934caccf9246c839438d8
Check this out: Teddy’s million dollar message to NRL suitors
http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/tigers/nrl-2017-wests-tigers-james-tedesco-justifies-rivals-interest-with-star-performance/news-story/d47a452449a934caccf9246c839438d8
cqtiger
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What happened to the old Stryker?
avocadoontoast
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Yep I take a bit of positivity from that. Giving Cleary a bit of a wrap which is good. Fingers crossed.
jirskyr
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How is nobody in the press covering the head-high tackle that Tedesco copped yesterday, that went unpunished? He gets ironed out every match, cheap shots galore.
BlackandGoldForever
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So Looks like tedesco 1.1 million to the dogs and woods 900k to the dogs
Well done NRL run by pathetic armature with mid season signings in April the only idiot sport that does it
and they wonder why the fans stop going to games, who wants to watch players that are leaving your club next year it's a joke sport
Well done NRL run by pathetic armature with mid season signings in April the only idiot sport that does it
and they wonder why the fans stop going to games, who wants to watch players that are leaving your club next year it's a joke sport
avocadoontoast
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Where did you read that?
GNR4LIFE
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Dogs can have Woods for 900k lol. Bring on Matulino, Vete and Packer. Happy days.
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I reckon. I nearly bottled my TV when that was called play on.
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Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see B&GF.
smoking_gun
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Feel for Tedesco, I mean imagine having A multi million dollar offer there for close to 10 months. These things take time and CANT be rushed. i mean there's so much to consider.
The thing that woods and Tedesco don't seem to get is while they are saying they want to see what direction the club is heading with signings etc that tigers can't really make any plays for off contract players until those 2 or atleast one of them makes up their minds.
It's just amateur hour from all involved.
The thing that woods and Tedesco don't seem to get is while they are saying they want to see what direction the club is heading with signings etc that tigers can't really make any plays for off contract players until those 2 or atleast one of them makes up their minds.
It's just amateur hour from all involved.
happy_tiger
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Makes it hard for the players when we change coach mid stream and rumours were about that Cleary had been on the radar since early January
BlackandGoldForever
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It's all around different Club forums that have reliable sources should be announced this week.
The NRL is just about dead for me along with State of Origin.
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