OFFICIAL Moses Mbye [Discussion]

[mike]

Aloiai in forward to get 100m


Packer 30

Blore 60

Anyone think Blore Still as good as the first game??

Metre stats are so misleading - needs to be taken in conjunction with possession percentage when certain players are on. Hard to get running metres if you only have 30% possession over a 10 - 15 minute period.

Stats are always misleading when taken in isolation. Stats are relative only to a context.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

I don't like paying players to go elsewhere, but honestly we're paying this bloke $800-900K (depending on which papers you read,) to be a fill in. A player worth that sort of money should be your first picked in the spine every week. Madge could probably get more out of the $400K and roster spot he'll free up with him playing somewhere else than having him playing here.

 

[TonyTiger]

Can’t come soon enough but why is Mbye still Captain and selected each week - if you pick up a stray dog and feed it every day it won’t leave!

 

[rustycage]

Good decision if factual.

 

[Tigerbuck63]

I don't like paying players to go elsewhere, but honestly we're paying this bloke $800-900K (depending on which papers you read,) to be a fill in. A player worth that sort of money should be your first picked in the spine every week. Madge could probably get more out of the $400K and roster spot he'll free up with him playing somewhere else than having him playing here.

There is a mis-quote in the article he is on $950k per season, think the Tigers are embarrassed to state the exact figure, trying to off load him at $450k as he still has 2 years to run on his contract. Still will be paying $1 Million over the next 2 years for a very average player and captain.

 

[Tigerbuck63]

Can’t come soon enough but why is Mbye still Captain and selected each week - if you pick up a stray dog and feed it every day it won’t leave!

If they don't pick him what Club will show interest in him, he is a good utility player at best and i think at $450k that will interest a few clubs.
Personally i would be playing him off the bench for the rest of the season.

 

[TonyTiger]

Can’t come soon enough but why is Mbye still Captain and selected each week - if you pick up a stray dog and feed it every day it won’t leave!


If they don't pick him what Club will show interest in him, he is a good utility player at best and i think at $450k that will interest a few clubs.
Personally i would be playing him off the bench for the rest of the season.

Normally I would agree with you however by playing him each week it shows up what he’s not worth, his value is depreciating rapidly - nobody wants a lifeless body out there .. if Mbye was any good Ivan would be picking over the carcass!

 

[Tigerbuck63]

Can’t come soon enough but why is Mbye still Captain and selected each week - if you pick up a stray dog and feed it every day it won’t leave!


If they don't pick him what Club will show interest in him, he is a good utility player at best and i think at $450k that will interest a few clubs.
Personally i would be playing him off the bench for the rest of the season.

Normally I would agree with you however by playing him each week it shows up what he’s not worth, his value is depreciating rapidly - nobody wants a lifeless body out there .. if Mbye was any good Ivan would be picking over the carcass!

Well he has'nt been dropped this season, unlike Benji, Garner, Renyolds, Brooks bench spot but understand your point, might be better off the bench in shorter stints to show at least a utility value. Personally lets hope the Titans pick him up.

 

[Sco77y]

Wests Tigers captain Moses Mbye is reportedly free to leave the club as it struggles to break a decade-long finals drought.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Wests Tigers would be prepared to pay half Mbye's $800,000 per season salary for the next two years if he was offloaded to a rival team, with the Gold Coast Titans interested.

Mbye is a Queensland State of Origin representative but is a big-money player in a team that looks doomed to again miss the finals. The Herald reported that the Tigers were also trying to offload Josh Reynolds, who is on a similar salary, to a Super League club.

Mbye was made captain by coach Michael Maguire last season but Benji Marshall was made co-captain this year. Maguire has clearly been frustrated by his team's sluggish progress and is looking to refresh the roster.
Wests Tigers co-captain Moses Mbye. (Getty)

Key to the club's thinking over Mbye, according to the Herald, is their hooker situation.

On-loan No.9 Harry Grant would become a free agent if Cameron Smith extends his career at Melbourne; or Brandon Smith may become available if Grant returns to the Storm as their first-choice hooker.

Mbye has been discussed as a hooker or five-eighth by the Titans. Having joined the Tigers in mid-2018, his versatility has been somewhat counter-productive to cementing a permanent, specific role in the team.

Now this is what i call clearing out the deadwood at the Club, i suspect he will try harder this week as now playing for a contract at another club.
Well done MADGE it shows you have the long term interests in place and know who is performing, will now put pressure on other players off contract in 2021.

This deserves its own thread.

 

[Wimpy's Well]

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2020-transfer-whispers-moses-mbye-tigers-to-titans-euan-aitken-dragons-to-warriors-contract-signing/news-story/63e90b68250792d80404ee28ceccf25f

I hope this is true and Grub and Rusty aren't far behind

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

good move use the money for either grant or brandon smith, cant rely soley on Liddle at hooker and give simpkin some time.

 

[JC99]

Freeing up $400k for the next two seasons is great. It’s not like Mbye is an integral part of our team, hes a solid player but can be easily replaced. We have Momers back next season who could move to centre, young AJ can cover fullback and we could sign another outside back with the money if need be

 

[tigerbalm]

god that's a shocking amount of money for a player like MM. Not his fault. Just getting what he can i guess.

 

[Geo]

I read this somewhere..

 

[Tcat]

I'm good with that. No one is going to pay full freight, we just have to suck that one up thanks to Ivan. Same would goes for Reynolds if he went, we'd be paying something similar to move him also, thanks again Ivan.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Oh well, 20% extra, though not that much more than the Farah fine for another couple of years, but the buck has to stop somewhere and land there for both of these failures.

 

[Tigerbuck63]

Wests Tigers captain Moses Mbye is reportedly free to leave the club as it struggles to break a decade-long finals drought.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Wests Tigers would be prepared to pay half Mbye's $800,000 per season salary for the next two years if he was offloaded to a rival team, with the Gold Coast Titans interested.

Mbye is a Queensland State of Origin representative but is a big-money player in a team that looks doomed to again miss the finals. The Herald reported that the Tigers were also trying to offload Josh Reynolds, who is on a similar salary, to a Super League club.

Mbye was made captain by coach Michael Maguire last season but Benji Marshall was made co-captain this year. Maguire has clearly been frustrated by his team's sluggish progress and is looking to refresh the roster.
Wests Tigers co-captain Moses Mbye. (Getty)

Key to the club's thinking over Mbye, according to the Herald, is their hooker situation.

On-loan No.9 Harry Grant would become a free agent if Cameron Smith extends his career at Melbourne; or Brandon Smith may become available if Grant returns to the Storm as their first-choice hooker.

Mbye has been discussed as a hooker or five-eighth by the Titans. Having joined the Tigers in mid-2018, his versatility has been somewhat counter-productive to cementing a permanent, specific role in the team.

Now this is what i call clearing out the deadwood at the Club, i suspect he will try harder this week as now playing for a contract at another club.
Well done MADGE it shows you have the long term interests in place and know who is performing, will now put pressure on other players off contract in 2021.

This deserves its own thread.

Looks like it has now - Great news lets celebrate 2x.

 

[Aesopian]

Freeing up 400K to not play Mbye is how I read this. Gosh that's a sweet deal.

Can I just say "Lock it in Eddie"

 

[Geo]

https://weststigersforum.com/topic/31245/moses-mbye-super-duper-thread/190

 

[WT2K]

Freeing up 400K to not play Mbye is how I read this. Gosh that's a sweet deal.

Can I just say "Lock it in Eddie"

Great news. When's the Bye Mbye get together?