upthetigers
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Already been burned by Storm with Olam let's not take another one off their hands.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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Storm don't loose many they wont - little alone push them out the door
Leica_Tiger
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I thought this year I was seeing NAS’s discipline earning him the “on the nose” status with Bellyache rather than a form slump or being broken ala Olam, a fair discount would interest me.
Also he is a deadset wrecking ball and the thought of the Tigers being an intimidating pack has me optimistic and possibly delusional.
If we added Ray Stone as our hard man #13 to rotate with a developing Latu + Averillo to boost our apparent lack of speed we are golden?
Also he is a deadset wrecking ball and the thought of the Tigers being an intimidating pack has me optimistic and possibly delusional.
If we added Ray Stone as our hard man #13 to rotate with a developing Latu + Averillo to boost our apparent lack of speed we are golden?
BlackWhiteGold
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Now that’s cooking with gas ✅
BlackWhiteGold
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I’ll join you with that conclusion - Averillo or Arthurs.
The Chad
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The club paid To'a to be a starter & will pay Taylan May to be the other. Makasini will be first cab off the rank. I'd be amazed if Naden is kept around as depth & Doueihi can shift to centre as well.
They might look at a winger though, with Staines leaving.
They might look at a winger though, with Staines leaving.
watersider
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NAS hasn't been a wrecking ball this year, he's been terrible and barely gets a run. What are you all watching? Highlights from 4 years ago? He's the exact opposite of what we need: He's ill disciplined, he doesn't seem to have much of a motor these days, he's not a particularly effective tackler, he's on a big salary, he's on the decline. NO NO NO.
The Chad
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The same NAS that averages nearly 100m a game off the bench, tackles at 94% & has more tackle breaks Pole, Twal, Sione Fainu, Hunt, Sam Fainu & Seyfarth in 2025? All, while only playing part time in 12 games?
What terms would you be comfortable with the club hiring him?
The reason he’s only played 12 games is because he was in reserve grade… That or suspended
This is why people shouldn’t only look at stats, he’s a liability
The Chad
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1-2 years max. About half to 2/3rds his current deal.
We have space cap wise, and don't have the impact he can provide.
The Chad
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5 games in QCup.
5.
In which he won 100%, averages 130m a game & had 27 tackle breaks.
He missed 2 games- Rounds 21 & 22 for dangerous contact & will NOW miss 3 more.
Not exactly the devil he's being projected as being.
If the Tigers got 10-15 games of high impact out of him a year, it's money well spent.
Here's betting if the Storm make the GF in the fashion that allows him to be available, NAS is on the bench.
The player market is always fraught with danger .Just seems to be getting harder
Think it would be wise for Richo/HBG to gather in some top talent scouts ,coaching staff across all grades plus admin , and build PROPERLY from the ground up
those Q Cup games proves he hasn't thrown in the towel ,but im dubious
The Chad
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His form in 1st grade hasn't dropped either. Just the games played.
wrong thread , we were ok to start ,and occasionally at the end - its a Pass
Tucker
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Our blokes are slow when it comes to pure acceleration. Only Mason and Api have that speed off the mark that causes linebreaks. The rest of our linebreaks occur due to power. Our back 5 hit the line hard but they don’t have that elusive zip. Most other sides do have that.
weststigers
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We're in big trouble then. Basically going to need a whole new team.
Imagine signing Turuva, Taylan May, Luai and Skelton and not being happy.
I'll let the forum recruitment experts work out who the right players are because clearly the club have no idea how to sign guys with "elusive zip".
I didn't think our biggest issue was scoring points though. Defensively, we copped too many 24+ games that we were right in with a shot of winning.
From the Bulldogs game, we won 2 from 5 where our style looked much better. We were run down in 2 of those games with big leads. We also lost to Souths because Galvin drops it over the line. We were run down by the Warriors 26-24. There's 4 very winnable games lost which puts us on 32 points. Round 1 also run down by Newcastle up 8 nil to lose 10-8. There's 5 ganes we could have won.
We are not playing for 80 minutes and cannot close out games when we are in the lead because of defence.
pawsandclaws1
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I am pleased Hetherington has signed with Manly. He is not the player we need. I am optimistic we have players locked in pending an announcement at the right time. We certainly don't need a Storm reject taking a top 30 position. If he was still of use to Bellamy, NAS wouldn't be on the transfer list.
