Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[weststigerman]

Was thinking this exact thing watching Taylan May back up off his brother on the inside after taking the previous tackle. Showed an innate ability to play what is in front of him. I wondered how long in the Tigers system that innate ability will be shot to bits. Do you think players just lose confidence? There is so much pressure placed on the players at losing clubs? coaching? All of the above maybe.

I think as has been mentioned it’s a mix of training standards, confidence and the type of players.

I remember saying this about 5 years ago on this forum and it’s got worse since then. Until we figure this out it will always be 2 steps forward 2 steps back.

 

[Telltails]

That was hard to endure.I see a bit more fight in them these days - apart from the horrific Melbourne game.
In other years I have no doubt the Titans would have easily wiped the floor with us.
The attack was woeful but they found a way to win a must win game- a rare occurrence - and they are all worth 2 points in the end.
Normally I will watch the replay when I get home instead I watched the last 3 minutes and relived the crowds reaction.

 

[BAGNF05]

That was hard to endure.I see a bit more fight in them these days - apart from the horrific Melbourne game.
In other years I have no doubt the Titans would have easily wiped the floor with us.
The attack was woeful but they found a way to win a must win game- a rare occurrence - and they are all worth 2 points in the end.
Normally I will watch the replay when I get home instead I watched the last 3 minutes and relived the crowds reaction.

Yeah we were awful, that ref didn’t help either, sorry but she’s not up to first grade.

 

[Speed2burn]

Yeah we were awful, that ref didn’t help either, sorry but she’s not up to first grade.

The titans always make us look extremely average, I get we are reigning spooners so that’s expected but I bet we play a heck of a lot better against Penrith & the dogs

 

[batboy]

So you're saying Harry who hasn't at least publicly done a thing to help the club except talk about what a great supporter he is, is going to be the one to cap Benji?

He's been a sponsor for 30 odd years - What have you done?

 

[batboy]

The titans always make us look extremely average, I get we are reigning spooners so that’s expected but I bet we play a heck of a lot better against Penrith & the dogs

They were saying today they've won 5/7 at LO (Pretty sure they were the numbers)
My first thought was
- They've been rubbish for most of their existence and still towel us up at home almost 3/4 of the time.

 

[weststigerman]

The attack coach and the halves need to look at what they’re doing.

I’ve always had the worry that Luai and Latu are both 6s. There was no one taking control.

 

[Wezt]

Chammas just said on insta that AD was shopped to Parra but they weren’t interested

Surely we make room for him he’s only 26 which surprised me a bit

 

[tigahhh]

Chammas just said on insta that AD was shopped to Parra but they weren’t interested

Surely we make room for him he’s only 26 which surprised me a bit

26? wtaf

 

[balmain boy]

He'd be my 2nd choice behind Kurt
Hitter of a player

Don't think he likes us much tho

The people that let him go because he was too small and too concussion prone are all gone.
To be fair it's moracuu he's still playing after what a dozen concussions across year or two.
He'd be great, as would Lemuelu.

 

[balmain boy]

Anyway so far it’s been yet another weekend of back rowers, centres, fullbacks and lightning fast wingers all coming up with big plays and creating line breaks and tries for their team.
Plenty of our supporter base on this forum seem to think with the inclusion of Taylan May and KPP we become competent as a team in these positions.
I am yet to see it on a regular basis, we appear to have the least dangerous team in these important attacking positions and desperately need the injection of an outside back and a back rower who are fast and dangerous ball runners and preferably strong defenders to go with it.
If these types of players are not available for 2026, we should be moving fast to sign some quality for 2027.

Pace and power. 2 things we haven't recruited much of, across all grades, for a decade. We once sought out Koroibete and jac, haven't had anyone lightning fast since.
Settling for hard working undersized types just doesn't get the job done. Those players complement the athletic types, they shouldn't replace them.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Chammas just said on insta that AD was shopped to Parra but they weren’t interested

Surely we make room for him he’s only 26 which surprised me a bit

Doueihi is a versatile average first grade player that is rightly playing on unders this year because of multiple ACL injuries. However, he has proven his fitness and his much improved defence from the trials onwards has shown that he deserves an average salary for a couple of years.

 

[Tigers4ever]

Chammas just said on insta that AD was shopped to Parra but they weren’t interested

Surely we make room for him he’s only 26 which surprised me a bit

He deserves a contract, bleeds for the Club. Good on you Adam!!!

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Omg what is Toa doing????

Clearly playing injured.

 

[Tom Shines]

Extend AD … he is a first grader and they don’t have 17 of them at the club

He has improved his game this year

 

[Ron Brodrick's Spirit]

We need to extend Taylan ASAP.

 

[Ron Brodrick's Spirit]

A huge well done to the unsung hero, Alex Twal.
Another great effort yesterday of almost 100 metres in only 30 minutes, plus his usual 100% tackle efficiency. This guy is so underrated and vilified on here.

On the other side of the coin can someone tell Sukkar the ball isn't covered in spiders.
2 carries yesterday to go with his regular 4 carries of previous weeks, with only an 86% tackle efficiency.
If you're not going to participate in attack you better be the best defender on the field, causing turnovers, putting fear into runners. He isn't.

If he wants to be a spectator can he just buy a ticket like the rest of us.

 

[Tiger2135]

Chammas just said on insta that AD was shopped to Parra but they weren’t interested

Surely we make room for him he’s only 26 which surprised me a bit

What does he mean?
I thought shopped meant we are trying to sell him. But we don’t own him for next year.
It’s hardly a scoop to discover his manager is contacting potential employers to see if they are interested in employing Adam.

 

[426Tlgerland]

I think centre is covered we just extend May Jnr for 3 years .
AD. Deserves a deal just for kicking and his ability to play lock , centre , half , 5/8 , fullback , that’s 5 spots covered and he just goes and plays ,KPP coming adds that edge runner .
Now we need - Prop , Backrow , Half , , I’m not sold on Latu yet and yesterday playing a crap team he didn’t stand up at all , times he looked lost , Manly did the master stroke grabbing Canberra half cheap ,
We also need to add / swap out about 3 or 4 in reserve grade .
Hunt I’m not sure what’s doing but he would have been good close to the line yesterday with his power runs , even for 10/15 minutes , it’s the timing to bring him on that Cronulla we’re good at , soon as they got down on opposition line and about 25 minutes in they used him and it worked , he just battered the defenders , Benji needs to re watch his games in Cronulla gear and learn , our punch is gone and even May snr is now not running straight he is starting to turn his back , or stop and start , momentum is gone doing this , pole was a bit better as he run onto the ball couple times

 

[Bus 2 Terrigal]

You’re both in the wrong thread and most of us are over it. Have a bit of courtesy and find an appropriate thread for this crap

If that’s the case I think you’d better rename the thread.
@cktiger was simply making a suggestion, wasn’t he ?