Martin Taupau - Discussion Thread
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innsaneink
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I might follow the swans
foreveratiger
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@TYGA said:
Then he will play State Of Origin at the end of the year vs Ipswich Jets or Burleigh Bears on Grand Final Day :mrgreen: :laughing:
happy_tiger
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@Tigermama said:
Hang on Gary Sweet
I do all my own ironing
Body heat is an amazing thing :laughing:
Tiger_Watto
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Oh dear… From Geo wearing ladies blouses and Happy's body heat, it's no wonder Taupau is leaving his fan base?!
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@Tiger Watto said:
Hate to say it but they need a room.
jirskyr
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WT will release Marty I reckon, same as we did for Austin.
Basic principle is you don't want to keep a player who doesn't want to be there. Let him go and plan ahead.
Basic principle is you don't want to keep a player who doesn't want to be there. Let him go and plan ahead.
balmain boy
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So who could Manly give us as a trade for Marty? A forward who's on say around $150k. We could take Trbojevic or that young Liam Knight fella? I'd settle for that.
A 31 year old Matt Ballin who's going to be taking another 6-9 months to come back from a serious knee injury? Pass…
They may try to give us Mateo, but i don't think we'd need or want him.
The other thing is the player they trade has to be willing to come to us. Or if there's no trade we have to already have another player of similar quality to Marty sealed and delivered and waiting to sign.
Otherwise tough tittes Marty. You stay for next season. And play prop off the bench which is your only position.
A 31 year old Matt Ballin who's going to be taking another 6-9 months to come back from a serious knee injury? Pass…
They may try to give us Mateo, but i don't think we'd need or want him.
The other thing is the player they trade has to be willing to come to us. Or if there's no trade we have to already have another player of similar quality to Marty sealed and delivered and waiting to sign.
Otherwise tough tittes Marty. You stay for next season. And play prop off the bench which is your only position.
@Balmain Boy said:
Agree completely.
I say we put full faith in Cherrington at #9 next year, so a big NO THANKS to Matt Ballin.
We need to force Manly's hand like Cronulla did to us when they got Gibbs and Fifita as a package deal. Tell Manly if they want Taupau they have to trade us Jake Trbojevic. I can't see him wanting to leave his brother though…we need to do better than Ballin though.
I hope the Tigers show some BACKBONE for a change and donot allow Taupau to play for any other team before 2017.
Taupau is contracted to the Tigers for 2016…....and he needs to fullfill that commitment. If he does not want to then he can sit the season out on the sidelines IMO.
I am sick and tired of these players coming and going free will whenever they want to, yet the club is forced to honor its commitments to players..... in recent years players such as Moltzen, Terry Hill, etc etc when they contributed virtually nothing to the club in their latter years. Even the Farah situation is a case of paying overs for a player getting into the twilight of his career.....handled poorly by the club acknowledged though.Yet we are forced to honor the contract.
This year we let Blair go to the Bronc's yet paid for most of his salary, let Austin go and previous year let Koro go.....all have had great form since leaving. How can a club make any progress when such stupid decisions are made. Austin alone would have contributed to 3 additional wins this year IMO & 26 points would have made a respectable year.
Theres probably little doubt that if Farah goes we will probably pay at least half his salary for the next 2 years. No-one does the Tigers any favors.....we shouldn't do anybody any either.
Its time to draw a line in the sand if we are to get better as a club and I hope the WT's show some spine with the Taupau situation.
As a side issue I think players asking to leave mid contract, then the club should get some form of compensation from the club he is going to.......for example if Taupau goes to Manly in 2016...then Manly pay Tigers say $200K.....gives us an opportunity to strengthen our squad and helps our salary cap......just my 2 cents worth.
Taupau is contracted to the Tigers for 2016…....and he needs to fullfill that commitment. If he does not want to then he can sit the season out on the sidelines IMO.
I am sick and tired of these players coming and going free will whenever they want to, yet the club is forced to honor its commitments to players..... in recent years players such as Moltzen, Terry Hill, etc etc when they contributed virtually nothing to the club in their latter years. Even the Farah situation is a case of paying overs for a player getting into the twilight of his career.....handled poorly by the club acknowledged though.Yet we are forced to honor the contract.
This year we let Blair go to the Bronc's yet paid for most of his salary, let Austin go and previous year let Koro go.....all have had great form since leaving. How can a club make any progress when such stupid decisions are made. Austin alone would have contributed to 3 additional wins this year IMO & 26 points would have made a respectable year.
Theres probably little doubt that if Farah goes we will probably pay at least half his salary for the next 2 years. No-one does the Tigers any favors.....we shouldn't do anybody any either.
Its time to draw a line in the sand if we are to get better as a club and I hope the WT's show some spine with the Taupau situation.
As a side issue I think players asking to leave mid contract, then the club should get some form of compensation from the club he is going to.......for example if Taupau goes to Manly in 2016...then Manly pay Tigers say $200K.....gives us an opportunity to strengthen our squad and helps our salary cap......just my 2 cents worth.
