Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[TSP]

If we were going after Renno, I can only assume JL was earmarked as 5/8.

So a bit of flexibility with him which is a good thing.

I’m glad renno turned as down, just on his health and injury grounds. Not his skill or desire.

 

[Demps]

He doesn't do it very well @The Chad . I don't mean to be continually critical of the kid as he'd probably a great person but he doesn't have many strings to his bow.

Remember when it was rumoured we we're swapping him for Harry Hassett?

Wish that deal went through.

 

[tigahhh]

Remember when it was rumoured we we're swapping him for Harry Hassett?

Wish that deal went through.

that would’ve been the deal of a lifetime

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Klein is by far the worst ref iv ever seen in rugby league. Like refs have howlers they're human it happens occasionally no one begrudged people making mistakes we all do. But Klein is good for 1 or 2 howlers a game. How he is rated so highly by the admin to keep getting these big games is beyond comprehension imo. Maybe they're just that low on experienced refs, iv no idea. Casey Badger and Belinda Sharp are light years ahead of him and they make calls at times 10 metres behind the play cause sometimes they can't keep up. Mind you I remember a game we had with Kasey Badger where we had like 5 penalties we captain challenged and won all 5. I still rate her better than Klein.

Ashley Klein bingo:

1. Make a howler of a call
2. Players get aggressive with each other
3. Lose control of the game
4. Allows a strong tackler to slow play down, then gives a six again on the next tackle
5. Suspicious amounts of successive penalties/six agains for the same team, then later on in the game allows it to "flow" in favour of the opposite team

Thankfully Cameron Smith no longer plays because he used to have his way with Klein.

 

[batboy]

Remember when it was rumoured we we're swapping him for Harry Hassett?

Wish that deal went through.

They probably met him or watched him play…

 

[innsaneink]

Staggs extends for 3 years at Brisbane

 

[tigahhh]

Staggs extends for 3 years at Brisbane

how do they even have any money left

 

[innsaneink]

Barry Gommersal (spelling) was worse by a long way.He was always Queenslands best player Klein is only their best player sometimes.

Yep the grasshopper will never be topped...except by those french refs on the old roo tours of the 70s etc

 

[mtd#2]

Staggs extends for 3 years at Brisbane

Damn

Heard on the radio just now Cobbo is in Sydney

Anyone seen him around concord?

 

[Tom Shines]

I don't understand the transparency of salaries argument. I'm not so much against it, I just don't see how it helps. The NRL has the recorded salaries. They would have to add up correctly. The published 'transparent' salaries would be what the public would see, thus they would add up. Supposed cap rorting is paying outside of this salary. If it can't be proven to be happening now, how will it be proven to be happening after the recorded salary is known?

firstly, there is a register of salaries that the public can look at …if an Origin player is getting only $300k…than no doubt this can and will be questioned ..is the NRL investigating stuff like this now ? We don’t know for certain

Also ensures that the player knows exactly what his salary is being recorded as officially …so if he is getting $800k he will know for certain that he is involved in a rort if this is only being recorded at $500k … how do they know now that is the case ?

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Benji Marshall: "We've got young Latu Fainu, who is not far off from getting a real good opportunity in the halves and is probably our long-term option there. He just needs a little more match fitness coming back from his hamstring injury for him to play 80 minutes."

Tigers insist Fainu remains long-term five-eighth

Wests Tigers appeared to have a selection dilemma with the emergence of Heath Mason but Benji Marshall still sees Latu Fainu as his long-term five-eighth.

au.news.yahoo.com

 

[Buttface]

You know what Will Craig does do?

Kicks goals. 😛

They say the say thing about diobie and Lomax.

 

[Kelce68]

Even a Cup contract is probably a level too high @Kelce68 I could possibly understand & accept a Flegg contract for '26 with us but even then we need to create room for the likes of Jack Nicholas, Saint Fuatimau & Riley Oitmann and other SG Ball top agers from this year who IMO have a higher ceiling.

The WT Faithful lads posted something scary on Twitter that maybe his development deal had a Sheens/McDonnell promotion to top 30 the following year in it as Will was originally signed under that regime.

That is scary haha

 

[tigahhh]

Benji Marshall: "We've got young Latu Fainu, who is not far off from getting a real good opportunity in the halves and is probably our long-term option there. He just needs a little more match fitness coming back from his hamstring injury for him to play 80 minutes."

Tigers insist Fainu remains long-term five-eighth

Wests Tigers appeared to have a selection dilemma with the emergence of Heath Mason but Benji Marshall still sees Latu Fainu as his long-term five-eighth.

au.news.yahoo.com

that is music to my ears

 

[Vicious]

He doesn't do it very well @The Chad . I don't mean to be continually critical of the kid as he'd probably a great person but he doesn't have many strings to his bow.

He has some strong points as you have mentioned such as his strong carries out of our danger zone and he’s a good finisher, but it’s about position specific bod shape and physical attributes, something this club doesn’t seem to put a lot of thought into.
We don’t have any wingers other than Lobb who are extremely tall and a good aerial threat and we do not have any wingers that are extremely fast, Staines is the closest we have.
The blueprint for emerging young wingers should be they are either big, strong and powerful to provide strong ball running and tackle bust ability with decent height to be efficient under the high ball, extremely tall to be a very strong aerial threat, but need to also be efficient in their out of the danger zone carries and fast enough to capitalise on chances and half chances, or be lightning fast such as players like Addo-Carr and Khan-Pereira etc
We seem to continue trying to develop players in positions such as the wing who do their best, but do not fit any of the descriptions I have mentioned above.
Will Craig should have been played as a centre if we were looking at him long term as he simply doesn’t have the body shape of physical attributes of what most NRL clubs are looking for in a modern day NRL winger.

 

[stephen]

will Craig signing something , my gut feeling we released him ?

Galvin's farewell card?

 

[stephen]

Yep the grasshopper will never be topped...except by those french refs on the old roo tours of the 70s etc

Julian Rascagneries or something like that?

 

[WesternSuburbsBoy]

Benji Marshall: "We've got young Latu Fainu, who is not far off from getting a real good opportunity in the halves and is probably our long-term option there. He just needs a little more match fitness coming back from his hamstring injury for him to play 80 minutes."

Tigers insist Fainu remains long-term five-eighth

Wests Tigers appeared to have a selection dilemma with the emergence of Heath Mason but Benji Marshall still sees Latu Fainu as his long-term five-eighth.

au.news.yahoo.com

Well the needless Latu doom & gloom can be put to bed now

 

[tiger_one]

Yep the grasshopper will never be topped...except by those french refs on the old roo tours of the 70s etc

Reminds of the story where the legend Noel Kelly was sent off twice in a Kangaroos touring match against France in 1964. The game was played in a ground enveloped in fog, and having been sent once in the first half, Kelly thought the referee would not notice him sneaking back on in the second half. (I love footy.)

 

[Oldman]

Haha I thought you’d be used that happening supporting the Tigers!

Yep no doubt priming us up for a game 3 decider, there’s not as much money to be made from a dead rubber. NSW were very ill disciplined in that first half, so some of those penalties were justified, but Klein definitely turned a blind eye to whatever Qld was doing, especially with regards to keeping the 10 metres, it was more like 5!

Which was good coaching from QLD
Everybody knew that there was not going to be many 6 again restarts in this game after all the complaints after game 1.