Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Vicious]

Craig baffles me tbh.

In 2023 I watched him play schoolboys and absolutely brain it. Then he played in the Koori Knock-out as a high schooler and looked like bloody Dylan Edwards playing fullback.

Something went wrong upstairs during the 23/24 preseason. Instead of developing on the curve he should have he regressed. I did see something of a recovery by the end of the year but yeah not to a degree where I could say he was even close to NSW cup much less first grade.

But there is a player in there somewhere. Just not sure he thinks there is.

Good summation as there is definately a decent player in him, but like many young players who were once at the top of the tree, losing confidence can be a massive road block and quite often there is ulterior motives behind the loss of confidence that prove too difficult to overcome.
Let’s hope this is not the case for Will and he rediscovers his best in 2025.
Will is fast enough, strongly built, carries the ball strongly and is a good try scoring finisher, but he’s under 6 foot tall and has had struggles under the high ball which has become problematic.

 

[Buttface]

“Nah” and it’s one of the more talented players at the club lol

Give the kid some time and he will be hard to leave out of the 17 each week

I hope so.
I not betting the house on it though.

 

[Tiger Stripes]

Of course I don't and neither does anyone. Let's look at it logically.

We have not already recruited an experienced 13.

If we take Richo at his word, and the way he approached recruiting last off season, we will be waiting to see what drops from the tree.

It is possible that an experienced FG 13 drops from the tree; but if an experienced 13 was seen as a high priority it would not be left to chance.

So I think you can say, with a fair bit of certainty, that Benji and Richo have an in house plan for that position - that may be trumped by an opportunity recruitment.

So much common sense! Rare on here.

 

[Tiger Stripes]

Craig baffles me tbh.

In 2023 I watched him play schoolboys and absolutely brain it. Then he played in the Koori Knock-out as a high schooler and looked like bloody Dylan Edwards playing fullback.

Something went wrong upstairs during the 23/24 preseason. Instead of developing on the curve he should have he regressed. I did see something of a recovery by the end of the year but yeah not to a degree where I could say he was even close to NSW cup much less first grade.

But there is a player in there somewhere. Just not sure he thinks there is.

He signed a 4-year contract in Oct '22.
A school kid promised a NRL spot in 4 yrs time-----2026, what a joke.
Please, never again give a kid a 4-yr deal on potential.
And there must always be GET OUT CLAUSES on non-performance

 

[Fainu Brothers]

Whoever tipped Panova cheers!!

 

[gregjm87]

He signed a 4-year contract in Oct '22.
A school kid promised a NRL spot in 4 yrs time-----2026, what a joke.
Please, never again give a kid a 4-yr deal on potential.
And there must always be GET OUT CLAUSES on non-performance

I agree with the premise but I think it needs to go the other way. A 4 year contract for a kid deemed worth it is fine. But each year gets activated by the kid meeting KPIs. With no get out clauses for the kid.
So it's not an 'option' for him to activate the next year with KPIs, it automatically happens.
This Keeps the performers tied to us and gives them a clear path and expectations forward. Non performers dropped naturally. And doesn't come across as we're not confident in them which I think get out clauses would say.

 

[Fainu Brothers]

Lost the clip, but Braithe is saying he believed the grub Iballsack Moses is looking to get Bula out of the Tigers

 

[TigerBurnsy]

I’d say if he was on a million( or thereabouts) at the Storm, the only place he’ll be getting more would be at R360.

Or rugby in Japan

 

[JB9918]

Lost the clip, but Braithe is saying he believed the grub Iballsack Moses is looking to get Bula out of the Tigers

Just watched it. It's all based on his commission. Basically 2026 is a done deal so he gets nothing. 2027 with options if Bula/Club again he gets no commission.

Best option is renegotiate the deal so all parties happy.

It's simply speculation.

 

[tigahhh]

Lost the clip, but Braithe is saying he believed the grub Iballsack Moses is looking to get Bula out of the Tigers

braith has turned out to be right on a lot of things these days

 

[magpies forever]

Lost the clip, but Braithe is saying he believed the grub Iballsack Moses is looking to get Bula out of the Tigers

If true, and its more than just Moses angling to get commission, and he is telling Bula to ignore WT and go elsewhere, sobeit, we p off Bula, every other Moses client in the club, declare him and his agency out of bounds and atleast approach ARL/NRL to seek his & agency deregistration as not fairly dealing with clubs.

 

[Tom Shines]

Lost the clip, but Braithe is saying he believed the grub Iballsack Moses is looking to get Bula out of the Tigers

We can hate on Moses … but at the end of the day …Bula is a grown married adult that needs to make his own choices in life about his career … he needs to tell Moses to put the options in front of him… but the final decision should be Bula’s… Moses doesn’t own him

 

[tigahhh]

We can hate on Moses … but at the end of the day …Bula is a grown married adult that needs to make his own choices in life about his career … he needs to tell Moses to put the options in front of him… but the final decision should be Bula’s… Moses doesn’t own him

disagree tom, moses has a vendetta against the club & benji and it’s not exactly subtle. if your agent is telling you to leave it counts for something to these players

 

[Ecto-1]

We can hate on Moses … but at the end of the day …Bula is a grown married adult that needs to make his own choices in life about his career … he needs to tell Moses to put the options in front of him… but the final decision should be Bula’s… Moses doesn’t own him

I feel the same about Galvin. Moses did a lot despicable acts to get Galvin out of the Tigers but Galvin aloud him to do it. Which shows his character.
In my opinion I don’t think Bula is like that and will stay a Tiger with a new contract so Moses gets paid.

 

[Tucker]

disagree tom, moses has a vendetta against the club & benji and it’s not exactly subtle. if your agent is telling you to leave it counts for something to these players

So what?
They’d be getting all sorts of advice from a wide variety of stakeholders.

 

[Tucker]

Lost the clip, but Braithe is saying he believed the grub Iballsack Moses is looking to get Bula out of the Tigers

That’s not exactly an astute take.
We’ve been talking about that on here for over a year.

 

[Betterdays22]

I agree with the premise but I think it needs to go the other way. A 4 year contract for a kid deemed worth it is fine. But each year gets activated by the kid meeting KPIs. With no get out clauses for the kid.
So it's not an 'option' for him to activate the next year with KPIs, it automatically happens.
This Keeps the performers tied to us and gives them a clear path and expectations forward. Non performers dropped naturally. And doesn't come across as we're not confident in them which I think get out clauses would say.

Slightly different case but haven't we just done it again for Attard?

Really hope there are some clauses in there.

 

[tigahhh]

if moses is doing everything he can to get bula out, hopefully richo will just be petty activate our option so he doesn’t get a cent 😂 and we can use the next few years to organise a replacement that would be an upgrade.