Enmore_Tiger
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That bit is great to know.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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Why are we comparing Jack Bird to Liam Henry ?
Henry is a 112kg prop who I woukd love to see in Wests Tigers colours, but he is purely a big bodied worker who very rarely passes the ball.
If we are comparing him tj anybody it would be Alex Twal, but Twal and Bird are both contracted to us for 400k.
If will cost us a fair bit more than 400k to potentially sign Liam Henry.
Our own emerging Christian Taupau- Moors is also a similar body shape and similar style of player, but has a more confident pass before the line in his game.
Even if we do have money to spend, what are we prepared to offer someone like Payne Hass to even warrant him having a conversation with us ?
Not forgetting Haas has a lot of family commitments in Brisbane and considering the Broncos are rumoured to be willing to pay him as high as 1.3 or 1.4 million per season plus what they can offer him in 3rd party deals, we would need to offer him 2 milllion per season for him but even blink an eyelid and consider our offer.
Champion player, but is he worth 2 million per season to us under the salary cap ?
it's about 1.8 give or take a 1/2 ?
tigahhh
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yeah it’s hard to see why he’d leave brisbane but he’s won a comp now so maybe money is the attraction. he’s a once in a lifetime player he’s honestly the only prop i’d pay over a mill for. for tigers $1.5m?
tigahhh
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we have an absolute gun junior about to come thru, think the short term signings we made in 2RF are the stop gap for him.
Tucker
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It’ll take a lot to make him move his whole family away from the jailbirds stuck in QLD.
Whatever the figure ends up being….itll be tough to justify. Just say your enormous figure is correct, the opportunity cost could be 3 very good players - which would be a wiser spend for mine.
Tucker
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Who is that?
tigahhh
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godinet
Tucker
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Surely he is quite a few years away from being a regular if he even makes it?
Tigerwould
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Pheonix Godinet is a couple year’s away. KPP and Sam F will give him time to develop properly
Because we are trying to offload Bird
Tiger Stripes
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Liam Henry and Lindsay Smith almost identical in weight-105kg, 192cm height, 24-25yrs age and playing style. Workhorse, effort players.
Both available for offers after 1 Nov.
IMO - Lindsay Smith would make a good lock. Seems to be very mobile.
Worth a call.
it only takes someone like Maka to stick around , for the juniors to flood through
tigahhh
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probably, but he’s super determined so it wouldn’t suprise me if he pushes for a bench spot late next year. he documents his whole journey to NRL on ig. richo always says he won’t block the juniors coming through so the geyer signing is to probably to give him time.
* Also managed by Isaac Moses.
An injury to sam or kpp will put us weak on the edges again
Tito Santana
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Ethan Roberts?
Tigerwould
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If we are in the market with the $ for Payne Haas (he would be our most expensive player), then that means we are the funds to sign just about anyone. I wonder if this is just planning if Jarome & Bulla don’t re-sign or if we actually have the $ now for more elite players in 2027 (surely not for 2026).
