Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[stephen]

Prehaps Noah Martin may be who your after?

Haha. Don't know anything about him. Just looked him up. He's def got the head for it!

 

[Betterdays22]

even still, Dogs' cap is in excellent shape.

Can't stand the Dogs but the current squad is a masterclass in squad building and cap management.

 

[TheKhan]

I'll do my best with your KPP comment. He is 6ft 6inches, is mobile and can unload a ball in traffic. He is a great athlete, and his build is unique especially if he lands at WTs. We know he is relatively inexperienced; the team are not familiar with his game and therefore don't know how to use him to their advantage. Their halves are not playing well so he doesn't get ball except in the last few minutes of that game when he created a try and nearly a second. I believe he has great potential and would fit in with the profile of player we want at WTs.

Thanks P&C I have seen all that as well but my feeling stands. You believe he has potential and if lands here i hope your correct.

 

[TigerBurnsy]

With those guys you have 2 of Sione, Twal or Seyfarth not in the best 17 which is a massive improvement to depth. Likewise the same for on existing outside back, although a few of them are off contract (Doueihi and Naden). Frankly I'm fine with faatape as 3rd centre and Luke as 3rd winger as long as the pack is stronger and the spine gets extended game time together.

If that’s the case who would you pick as the 2 in the team, personally I’d go with done and seyfarth as done had the most impact and seyfarth can cover back row and middle

 

[jrtiger]

Knights and broncos would be the teams we sign from I think

you're a smart man, 118.

 

[old_man_tiger]

If that’s the case who would you pick as the 2 in the team, personally I’d go with done and seyfarth as done had the most impact and seyfarth can cover back row and middle

Tough choice, all 3 have pros and cons. Sione for impact is my personal choice out of the 3, but Seyfarth can do a job in the middle or edge. Twal is my favourite in some ways but the hardest to make an objective case for if you sign Hethrington at 13.

 

[Needaname]

Haha. Don't know anything about him. Just looked him up. He's def got the head for it!

There’s 3 at the raiders, two are brothers, I’m pretty certain the one I’m talking about is the hard, line running backrower.

 

[Telltails]

With another new team to be introduced then the raiding of clubs is going to continue. And not a peep from the NRL.
It disenfranchises the fans.
How on earth they think with the additional travelling and the already lack of decent/ quality players available - another two teams is going to be good for the game?
PNG WA added to NTh QLD and NZ the travelling demands week to week - it's nuts from where I stand.

 

[BAGNF05]

I agree. I don't mind the idea of KPP on sensible money. His skillset adds another dimension to our pack. However, I'd prefer an axe murderer of a 2nd rower. Someone who charges onto the ball at speed, hits gaps, & bashes the opposition in defence. Our pack is a little bit one speed. I like the look of Halasima? at the Warriors but I'd settle for Liam Martin.

I’ve seen nothing like 750K form from KPP. That’s probably why he’s available.

 

[Dennisspicer1]

As an old Balmain supporter, if it's all been funded by the Magpies side of the joint venture then why should Balmain have a team. If Balmain wanted a team, they should've run things better and not got themselves in the position they ended up in

I'm not appealing for a Balmain side, I am and for last 25 years am calling for the West Tigers to be exactly that, the West Tigers.

Don't see why there should be anything other than that.

Being an original Balmain Tiger Supporter, from the day of amalgamation, I became a West Tiger Supporter and have been ever since, And I never watched the Balmain reserve grade again after the joint venture happened, and if it ever became solely the Magpies that would be the end of my Supporter days.

And I dare say, quite a lot of West Tiger Supporters would definitely not support the Magpies.

 

[coivtny]

I'm not appealing for a Balmain side, I am and for last 25 years am calling for the West Tigers to be exactly that, the West Tigers.

Don't see why there should be anything other than that.

Being an original Balmain Tiger Supporter, from the day of amalgamation, I became a West Tiger Supporter and have been ever since, And I never watched the Balmain reserve grade again after the joint venture happened, and if it ever became solely the Magpies that would be the end of my Supporter days.

And I dare say, quite a lot of West Tiger Supporters would definitely not support the Magpies.

And, here we go again.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

How good! 3 weeks is a long wait King Richo

3 weeks, all the anticipation. Only to announce we extended Naden and To’a.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I'm not appealing for a Balmain side, I am and for last 25 years am calling for the West Tigers to be exactly that, the West Tigers.

Don't see why there should be anything other than that.

Being an original Balmain Tiger Supporter, from the day of amalgamation, I became a West Tiger Supporter and have been ever since, And I never watched the Balmain reserve grade again after the joint venture happened, and if it ever became solely the Magpies that would be the end of my Supporter days.

And I dare say, quite a lot of West Tiger Supporters would definitely not support the Magpies.

If you claim to be so behind the club, at least get the name right. Wests Tigers, with an S. Not West.

 

[426Tlgerland]

3 weeks, all the anticipation. Only to announce we extended Naden and To’a.

And TDS.

 

[liltiger]

I'm not appealing for a Balmain side, I am and for last 25 years am calling for the West Tigers to be exactly that, the West Tigers.

Don't see why there should be anything other than that.

Being an original Balmain Tiger Supporter, from the day of amalgamation, I became a West Tiger Supporter and have been ever since, And I never watched the Balmain reserve grade again after the joint venture happened, and if it ever became solely the Magpies that would be the end of my Supporter days.

And I dare say, quite a lot of West Tiger Supporters would definitely not support the Magpies.

Dennis I agree, I have the exact same sentiment, all junior teams should be branded as Wests Tigers. Though for the foreseeable future it won't happen. Imo while Holman Barnes Group operate Ashfield as Wests there will always be a Wests reserve grade team. If Holman Barnes Group one day decided to rebrand Wests Ashfield as Wests Tigers Ashfield, it would probarbly happen then. I would prefer it as Wests Tigers aswell, though have no issue as Wests Magpies, they're fitting the bill atm.

 

[Gareth Tuiaki]

Cheers for the update.
So Richo sacked large? Seems a bit extreme.

Ok big difference to being punted

 

[TigerNeddyK]

How good! 3 weeks is a long wait King Richo

Taylan may, Dylan Lucas and Selwyn Cobbo

 

[TigerNeddyK]

He just signed for 3 years with manly

A real Smokey 🤣

 

[2041]

With another new team to be introduced then the raiding of clubs is going to continue. And not a peep from the NRL.
It disenfranchises the fans.
How on earth they think with the additional travelling and the already lack of decent/ quality players available - another two teams is going to be good for the game?
PNG WA added to NTh QLD and NZ the travelling demands week to week - it's nuts from where I stand.

The idea is that, over time, expansion franchises add talent to the comp by building pathways in places the game isn't currently reaching. It's going to take time, of course: the playing base in Perth is tiny and it'll be years before they are finding more players than they need to be signing from elsewhere. But it's also got a lot of potential. The reality is, most of the sports young kids in WA are looking at want a pretty similar body type: tall with elite cardio fitness, basically. If you're a big unit there isn't much for you in AFL, soccer, basketball or cricket - so it's not really a question of winning people over from those sports but finding the elite athletes who aren't suited to them.

All it takes is one sports teacher or family friend or whatever to say "hey, have you ever thought about giving rugby league a go?" That's not to mention the fact there's already a big Pasifika community in Perth.

I suspect the early years will be really tough for Perth - much more so than they have been for the Dolphins, who had a ready made Q Cup pathways system and a big player base to pull from. So yeah, it is going to add pressure on the existing talent pool for a while. But you don't grow the game by standing still or adding more teams in the same areas.

Actually, if anything it should be good for the Tigers. More bidding on free agents means bigger contracts means less value - so, all else being equal, you'd want to be a team that produces its own talent rather than signing it on the open market. We need to be chucking absolutely everything we've got at Macarthur and our other scouting networks. If some of those players piss off to Parra and chew up all their salary cap, so be it - we need to have the next ones coming through on a quarter of the money.

 

[Rugba]

Can't stand the Dogs but the current squad is a masterclass in squad building and cap management.

Because somehow they are allowed to buy players and then move them on without completing contracts and no drama surrounding it.

I would love to see the number of player or % of players not seeing out the full contract whilst Gould being at dogs and Penrith