Signing Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

bptiger 0 said:
Sorry hit the wrong button , one week on and still no explanation as to why joffa was let go , Or one leak about us getting any other players. Either we have stopped leaking or there is nothing coming
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I thought it was as reported. Parra approached Joffas management, he requested a release. Wests decided his current contract no longer provided value for money after the rapid improvement of Pole, Stefano coming on and Klem and Bateman getting signed. So we approved the request.
 
Is it just me,but I dont rate Schuster(who is in our sights apparently)...even with the weight loss,he looks and plays like a backrower with a couple of cheap trick passes which teams will become very familiar with..but he definitely isnt a 6..and poor value at $800k
He looks like hes playing for his personal hilite reel rather than his team,and reckon Eafles wld luv to offload him
Id be much more inclined towards Blake Taafe who cant get a gig at Bunnies in his natural role in the halves,and can still get by as a fullback
 
Camel2281 said:
It's an insult to Madge and Potter to lump them in with Taylor. Taylor is close to the worst man managers in the history of sport. There's a reason his South's team punched his face in
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yea, I mean the technical skills were "there". People management was awful. I reckon we may have kept the 'big 3' if we had Ivan Cleary or Sheens at the helm then.
 
BAGNF05 said:
Massively over rated. Thinks he’s Benji Marshall but no athleticism. Benji was extremely quick and agile at his peak. I really really hope the club hasn’t just signed Fulton with a view to bring him over. It’s another BJ Leilua sized bungle.
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Yeah I don’t get the hype with him he has flashes of brilliance and then a lot of plodding, if this happens it’s because Benji is infatuated with him. I certainly don’t think a Brooks Schuster combo is good either they both lack game management for me it’s one or the other not both.
 
clontarfkid said:
Is it just me,but I dont rate Schuster(who is in our sights apparently)...even with the weight loss,he looks and plays like a backrower with a couple of cheap trick passes which teams will become very familiar with..but he definitely isnt a 6..and poor value at $800k
He looks like hes playing for his personal hilite reel rather than his team,and reckon Eafles wld luv to offload him
Id be much more inclined towards Blake Taafe who cant get a gig at Bunnies in his natural role in the halves,and can still get by as a fullback
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I agree, I think that he thinks all he has to do is kick a bomb or chip kick every now and then, and if someone passes him the ball, he passes it pretty quickly, he does not seem to want to run with the ball, he seems to not take the chance of being tackled.
 
jadtiger said:
That is very harsh on Matulino as soon as he knew he could no longer compete at FG he took a medical retirement to help the club (he had integrity).I agree with the rest of what you said
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Not to mention that the overall performance of our pack fell off a cliff from the night he walked off the field at Parramatta stadium, and never really recovered until this season.
 
Mataulino was very good, when fit. Cleary signed smart. Even Packer was a smart signing. The issue was CLEARY LEAVING.

Mataulino's knee was the only thing that stopped him & he medically retired instead of holding on. Packer was ALWAYS Cleary's guy, and once Ivan left, Packer lost his way. Maguire never really clicked with him obviously & the rest is history.

Cleary's signings were not bad. Josh Reynolds, when he was on the field, was very good. What made Reynolds a bad signing? Re-signing Benji. It had to be one or the other, or let Brooks go.

Cleary had a plan. He just bailed once a better one became available.

Taylor wasn't popular, but he had zero funds & a poor squad & a core group of players with a manager that notoriously causes issues. He wasn't exciting, but he can develop & spot talent. He's also responsible for Alex Twal being a Tiger- and got some of the best out of him too.
 
jadtiger said:
That is very harsh on Matulino as soon as he knew he could no longer compete at FG he took a medical retirement to help the club (he had integrity).I agree with the rest of what you said
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Wish Brooks had the same integrity and buggered off 5 years ago when he and the entire world knew he couldn't compete at FG. We know what he's integrity over the well being of the Tigers looks like though $$$$. Great character.
 
The Chad said:
Mataulino was very good, when fit. Cleary signed smart. Even Packer was a smart signing. The issue was CLEARY LEAVING.

Mataulino's knee was the only thing that stopped him & he medically retired instead of holding on. Packer was ALWAYS Cleary's guy, and once Ivan left, Packer lost his way. Maguire never really clicked with him obviously & the rest is history.

Cleary's signings were not bad. Josh Reynolds, when he was on the field, was very good. What made Reynolds a bad signing? Re-signing Benji. It had to be one or the other, or let Brooks go.

Cleary had a plan. He just bailed once a better one became available.

Taylor wasn't popular, but he had zero funds & a poor squad & a core group of players with a manager that notoriously causes issues. He wasn't exciting, but he can develop & spot talent. He's also responsible for Alex Twal being a Tiger- and got some of the best out of him too.
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What ever your smoking, pass it around! Reynolds wasn’t a bad signing, please. He was barely on the park, came from the season before where he hardly played, he had the same hamstring issues for years previously. Maximum dud purchase! Talk about rose coloured glasses?!?
 
Proszenko reporting Tigers roster changes with Fulton targeting Manly players.
Hope he has Olakau’atu in mind? I’d also like Paseka back.
It was very disappointing to wait for him to be nrl ready, only for Seagulls to grab him from under our noses.
 
Ok it seems there are no better available halfback options for 2024 than Luke Brooks. So in the likelihood that he re-signs, it is becoming ever more likely that we will sign a current off-contract player to partner Luke in the halves (with Brandon Wakeham as our backup):

Drew Hutchison
Dean Hawkins
Blake Taafe
Brad Schneider
Kurt Falls

The only on-contract players that may be given a release I would think are Luke Metcalfe or Te Maire Martin given the Warriors plethora of halves next season.

I believe Taafe & Schneider have potential but a Metcalfe or Martin may have the edge with the experience they bring & being older may fit in better with our pathway timeline.

Fulton is apparently a big fan of Metcalfe and brings that Scott Prince type background (spruik half with injuries jeopardising early career but has speed & x-factor). Whilst Benji is a big fan of Martin - found this old article.
 
And we throw big dollars at Ezra Mam who is off contract next season and try to blow Broncos out of the water. But unlikely he would leave Broncos you would think.
 
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