Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

batboy said:
Not to Double down…
I think the expectations were higher this year and that we should have finished well ahead of where we did.
Maybe that’s got something to do with it?

The whole we didn’t finish last so we’re better is a cop out for mine, so is the new coach, new squad.
With the squad we had, we should have been better than we were.
Where we finished was a bare minimum I think - we got the bare minimum from the squad we fielded.

And I don’t think that was enough…
So yeah, I’m probably more pissed off with last years results than I was with what the numptys the years before dished up.
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The two winnable games where we had leads at the end of the season and let slip left a sour taste, would've been a lot happier if we went on with the job and put those two away.
 
Vicious said:
I hope you are right.
I can see it, one of us will be right and one of us will be wrong.
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Guess what!

It's never been about "us"...

But you consistently tearing down Jahream - when anyone with a clue can see how gifted & committed he is does my fricking head in!

Part of the current negotiations is always to offset projected annual salary for the security of longer tenure.

Aside from trying to throw big money at Jaxon Purdue in a position he's been untried at NRL level - you have suggested limited solutions while shitting on the club!

Take a break - there is something wrong in the water in the Macarthur region that breeds trolls and paranoics!
 
Vicious said:
Luke Brooks would have also won 4 premierships playing alongside Nathan Cleary in that star studded Panthers team.
2026 will be an opportunity for Luai to prove once and for all how good he is.
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what a ridiculous thing to say. nathan was injured for most of the 2024 season they relied on jarome to get them into the finals meanwhile brooks is about to get pushed out of manly 😂 be fr

& if that were true nathan would’ve won another comp after luai left.
 
Snidest 0 said:
Guess what!

It's never been about "us"...

But you consistently tearing down Jahream - when anyone with a clue can see how gifted & committed he is does my fricking head in!

Part of the current negotiations is always to offset projected annual salary for the security of longer tenure.

Aside from trying to throw big money at Jaxon Purdue in a position he's been untried at NRL level - you have suggested limited solutions while shitting on the club!

Take a break - there is something wrong in the water in the Macarthur region that breeds trolls and paranoics!
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Read again, I have not been tearing him down at all.
I am of the opinion he’s a good player, not an elite player.
I’m of the opinion his management are playing games as they do and it may not end up being a favourable outcome for us because of it.
 
tigahhh said:
what a ridiculous thing to say. nathan was injured for most of the 2024 season they relied on jarome to get them into the finals meanwhile brooks is about to get pushed out of manly 😂 be fr

& if that were true nathan would’ve won another comp after luai left.
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Or Origin without him...

Or play like hot garbage in an Australian jersey ...
 
batboy said:
Not to Double down…
I think the expectations were higher this year and that we should have finished well ahead of where we did.
Maybe that’s got something to do with it?

The whole we didn’t finish last so we’re better is a cop out for mine, so is the new coach, new squad.
With the squad we had, we should have been better than we were.
Where we finished was a bare minimum I think - we got the bare minimum from the squad we fielded.

And I don’t think that was enough…
So yeah, I’m probably more pissed off with last years results than I was with what the numptys the years before dished up.
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Team also had to deal with the Galvin & TDS situations mid year… before the Galvin thing blew up we were 5-4 and after him & TDS’s situations were resolved we were 4-4 obviously not great but it shows that the team was capable of hovering around the 8.

For the first time in a long time we have a fairly settled team coming into this pre season which will do wonders for us. Don’t know about you but next year for me is the first year of expectation that we should be fighting for 8th position & the expectation for Benji to get the team to deliver.
 
WesternSuburbsBoy said:
Team also had to deal with the Galvin & TDS situations mid year… before the Galvin thing blew up we were 5-4 and after him & TDS’s situations were resolved we were 4-4 obviously not great but it shows that the team was capable of hovering around the 8.

For the first time in a long time we have a fairly settled team coming into this pre season which will do wonders for us. Don’t know about you but next year for me is the first year of expectation that we should be fighting for 8th position & the expectation for Benji to get the team to deliver.
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That’s right, no excuses in 2026.
 
Tom Shines said:
I don’t know enough about the wording of the option … what’s the deadline … is he in the open market now for 2027?
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(I don't know if this is the case for Bula, just what is usually the case)
Typically deadlines for such clauses as are round 10. Bula is currently free to negotiate for 27 with rival clubs but he can't sign with them until either after round 10 or Tigers state they will not be triggering their extension clause.
I've no 'feel' about what he will do. I don't buy into how much he apparently loves the club. I'm sure he currently does but the likes of Utoikamanu and TDS and plenty of others once said they did as well.
I don't expect an outcome until round 10 approaches. But I don't think that delay should be read into one way or the other.
 
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