Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Juice]

Because I believe Melbourne would be keen for it to happen.
Paps is not happy with their offer and will not extend with them for what they have offered and they would likely be more than happy to swap a young up and coming Pole for an ageing Asofa-Solomona.
Of course we would ideally want to keep Bula and Pole long term, but we need instant success and it’s more likely to happen with players already at the top of the tree, not ones still climbing.

I think Storm would be pretty comfortable having Faalago over Bula. A front row swap sounds possible tho depending on what Pole decides

 

[Lestronge]

Sione is yet to be officially resigned.

Without inclusion of Fa’agutu on this, I'd say that's a pretty strong clue he might've been the first moved on.

I hope not. I've got huge wraps on him.

Hope I'm wrong.

To be fair though , he’s from qld , and as we saw tragically with Fotuaika , the isolation of being away from home , combined with the grind of progressing through the ranks and development , can wear on players .
It’s not to say he won’t / can’t develop here or anything , but yea , it’s no surprise to me that a lot of players who move form the country or qld down to Sydney , struggle with the day to day life of the grind . Especially if they arnt developing as quickly as they’d hoped .
Miller ? Well yea… after his tantrums on the sideline last year about being benched , his generally lazy approach to training , and I’m assuming the “late to training “ cop out/ excuse , probably will mean he’s playing for manly sooner or later . Paseka and Suli had the same tags on them , and both took a long time , comparative to the wraps on them , to cement first grade spots . You’d love them both in 2024 version though right now .
Paseka , whilst a very good first grader , had Payne Hass level wraps , and Suli was also the next great centre. .As good as both of them are , it’s hard to not look at thier careers so far and lament what could have been . I feel this is the path of miller , only he’s even lazier than both those guys . In the nrl it’s about fitness ! Fitness ! Fitness ! .

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Because I believe Melbourne would be keen for it to happen.

It’s not going to happen though

 

[Glenji95]

I think Storm would be pretty comfortable having Faalago over Bula. A front row swap sounds possible tho depending on what Pole decides

There’s no spot for Bula at the Storm apart for depth. Faalogo at 1 with Coates and Warbrick on the wing and Howarth and Meaney at centre he’s only gonna be depth at the Storm. There’s more chance of NAS for Pole though if there’s a swap between Storm and Tigers that’s the only one I see happening. But I don’t think it’ll happen regardless.

 

[Ecto-1]

So according to Michael C on Vossy’s show this morning Manly are still interested in Bateman just need to free up a spot and Dragons are still a possibility for Doueihi. Wouldn’t mind it it for Hetherington, May and Pole.

 

[Vicious]

There’s no spot for Bula at the Storm apart for depth. Faalogo at 1 with Coates and Warbrick on the wing and Howarth and Meaney at centre he’s only gonna be depth at the Storm. There’s more chance of NAS for Pole though if there’s a swap between Storm and Tigers that’s the only one I see happening. But I don’t think it’ll happen regardless.

I disagree, I think a team like Melbourne Storm would take Jahream Bula in a heartbeat ahead of Faalogo.
I know it’s purely soeculation, but with Pole and Bula being very good mates, I would not put it past the Storm putting this offer forward as they plan for the future.

 

[Telltails]

Man ..the possibles are getting out of control on here.

 

[JB9918]

Man ..the possibles are getting out of control on here.

Nathan said he already misses Romey & what's in as well

 

[bptiger 0]

I agree, I reckon he can do a job for us without breaking the bank.

I found a lock , Elliot from the knights , he won’t break the bank and he has a very high work rate

 

[bptiger 0]

I disagree, I think a team like Melbourne Storm would take Jahream Bula in a heartbeat ahead of Faalogo.
I know it’s purely soeculation, but with Pole and Bula being very good mates, I would not put it past the Storm putting this offer forward as they plan for the future.

Ur dreaming

 

[Glenji95]

I disagree, I think a team like Melbourne Storm would take Jahream Bula in a heartbeat ahead of Faalogo.
I know it’s purely soeculation, but with Pole and Bula being very good mates, I would not put it past the Storm putting this offer forward as they plan for the future.

Storm make sure players they want to have are locked down long term. Faalogo is signed until 2028, I don’t think Paps stays unless Storm make a better offer, but Faalogo would be the one taking his spot not Bula. You’re hoping Storm are willing to take Bula as you’ve made it clear you don’t rate Bula numerous times. If Bula does eventually leave unless a stronger Sydney side wants him, he’ll probably end up back in QLD in a couple years.

 

[cktiger]

I want Terrell May as much as the next bloke, but what a complete load of shit.

Craig Bellamy says that he only signs upstanding blokes at Melbourne because teams and their players are at their best when there's nothing going on off-field.

there's a reason why they've remained at the top for so long, and it is, in fact, "culture nonsense".

Really? Forgot about NAS and Munster?

 

[balmain boy]

I disagree, I think a team like Melbourne Storm would take Jahream Bula in a heartbeat ahead of Faalogo.
I know it’s purely soeculation, but with Pole and Bula being very good mates, I would not put it past the Storm putting this offer forward as they plan for the future.

Faalogo is far superior to Bula. And he's also Fonua's best mate, sign him and Pole stays. One of Papenhuyzen and Faalogo will be leaving shortly

 

[Juice]

Really? Forgot about NAS and Munster?

Curtis Scott on top of that list

 

[Tiger_claws]

Really? Forgot about NAS and Munster?

Bellamy also signed Lodge after his contract got torn up from Penrith. He took his dads police car for a little joyride “allegedly”.

 

[LUPO]

Did we really release our best two young props? WTF? We're desperately thin in the forwards, are trying to promote ourselves as a development club yet keep releasing so many of our top juniors.

We didn't announce Faagutu as a departing player last night. Whatever the club is doing this is amateur. Very amateur.

Unless we announce signings of elite young props to replace them then there's no method to this madness.

I mentioned a few months back that Faagutu was gone. Can’t remember where I saw this

 

[jrtiger]

Really? Forgot about NAS and Munster?

what the guy who defended his mate after he was coward punched and another who parties a little too hard?

I think that's a bit different to blokes who have breached AVOs with domestic violence allegations.

 

[AceofSpades]

Did we really release our best two young props? WTF? We're desperately thin in the forwards, are trying to promote ourselves as a development club yet keep releasing so many of our top juniors.

We didn't announce Faagutu as a departing player last night. Whatever the club is doing this is amateur. Very amateur.

Unless we announce signings of elite young props to replace them then there's no method to this madness.

Very shocking regarding Fa’agutu. Been a big advocate of his from the games I’ve seen him play this year. Always ran hard and was an aggressive defender in the middle for us. Hope this one doesn’t come back and bite us and hope he does get picked up by another club cos he was a special talent

 

[Leichhardt_Logger]

Tigers membership called to renew my membership which i did. I did ask the girl if there were any player announcements soon, she said there is a couple coming up, keep a look out for your members first email 📧. I hope she is right!

Cheers! Benefit of not auto renewing lol we’ve had auto renew for years. Missed Brooksy and the boys calling members whatever year that was 😂

 

[weststigersfinals2025]

It can be near certain that Saukuru, Tumeth, Sukkar and Kit Laulilli would all be on the bare minimum contracts
While none of these young players have showed much to contribute to our NRL team at this stage and I do agree they should all be on Development Contracts, they are also not the ones hurting our Salary Cap, they have all come through our junior development systems and it will not hurt us to give them all another season to see how they develop.
The ones that are hurting us are the ones on big money that we have no interest in playing in our NRL team such as Bateman, Sullivan and Naden.
I’ve previously made my stance known on Sullivan and Naden and I think it’s very wrong how they have been treated, but it’s now gone too far and surely they must be starting to think it’s better for their careers to head elsewhere, rather than stay at a club that doesn’t want them.

We would be stupid to let go of saukuru kids a gun