Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[happy_tiger]

What I find amusing is the Tigers Management have said it is a aggressive player market and we are going to be aggressive but we seem to be in the negative.. We lose 4 top line starting players and gain LL from Dragons with little experience. This Q&A is going to be fun.... Not...

Stay strong jonesy

Everyone is telling Jonesy to do the one thing the club can't do .....stay strong .....now that's irony

Different meaning. Chin up vs being a powerhouse.

The club officials are on a hiding to nothing any way they go. If they are quiet, people complain they don't inform members and fans sufficiently. If they host a live Q&A, people sneer that the line will drop out and they'll have nothing good to say anyway. As if every skype conversation with your relatives overseas doesn't drop out and as if telecom powerhouses like Optus offer flawless service when streaming live events.

Who really gives a toss whether or not Pascoe blows your mind or repeats old stories in the Q&A? Filling supporters with confidence or otherwise has nothing to do with the on-field performances or the reality of the club behind closed doors.

And specific to Jonesy, he's a much of a worrywart negative nellie as I've seen on here recently. It's the offseason but some folks can't relax.

Jonesy like many of us ...we simply want results ..we don't want to hear what the plan is ....who is to blame .....whose dog ate whose homework

Simple ..win enough games to get us to the semis and see some serious growth in out recruitment and in our junior's development

 

[Roar_Power]

Probably been raised before but what are people’s thoughts on Zac Cini seeing first grade in 2020?

 

[cktiger]

Corey is a fantastic 1, magic feet speed to burn giant ticker would not want any other

You’re kidding?

 

[851]

Who's Jonesy people are mentioning on here?

Is it Alan?? Most famous for his work at toilets on London tube stations?

Please let me know so I can sever all ties with the club and rugby league immediately.

A forum poster, hsvjones

 

[Newtown]

Probably been raised before but what are people’s thoughts on Zac Cini seeing first grade in 2020?

He will definitely taste first grade during late 2020.

 

[hsvjones]

What I find amusing is the Tigers Management have said it is a aggressive player market and we are going to be aggressive but we seem to be in the negative.. We lose 4 top line starting players and gain LL from Dragons with little experience. This Q&A is going to be fun.... Not...

Stay strong jonesy

Everyone is telling Jonesy to do the one thing the club can't do .....stay strong .....now that's irony

Different meaning. Chin up vs being a powerhouse.

The club officials are on a hiding to nothing any way they go. If they are quiet, people complain they don't inform members and fans sufficiently. If they host a live Q&A, people sneer that the line will drop out and they'll have nothing good to say anyway. As if every skype conversation with your relatives overseas doesn't drop out and as if telecom powerhouses like Optus offer flawless service when streaming live events.

Who really gives a toss whether or not Pascoe blows your mind or repeats old stories in the Q&A? Filling supporters with confidence or otherwise has nothing to do with the on-field performances or the reality of the club behind closed doors.

And specific to Jonesy, he's a much of a worrywart negative nellie as I've seen on here recently. It's the offseason but some folks can't relax.

Settle down no need to get personal.
I, like most people are just sick of losing and will support club through think & thin.. If you think there is nothing to worry about with recruitment then you are better then me (and most likely a lot of others). I have just been saying we have lost 4 starting NRL players and picked up 1 bench player.. We have a lot of cash free and yet to sign a quality player that takes us to the next level or even replaces the likes of a Matterson or Marsters etc..
The club has done an excellent job with resigning players that want to be here and will assist to take us to the next level Plus our junior recruitment has been 2nd to none...

My biggest concern and I have had contact with Justin P about this is WHY is our club not able to attract big name players.. We have a hell of a lot to offer and cannot understand why we have this trouble.

Fingers crossed we do announce a player/s signings very soon but the longer this goes on the less there is out there to sign.

I am not going to go into a back and forth argument with you or anyone but if you are happy with our recruitment thats fine but for me I feel we have not improved and we cannot blame lack of funds for this.

 

[Tiger_Steve]

What I find amusing is the Tigers Management have said it is a aggressive player market and we are going to be aggressive but we seem to be in the negative.. We lose 4 top line starting players and gain LL from Dragons with little experience. This Q&A is going to be fun.... Not...

Stay strong jonesy

Everyone is telling Jonesy to do the one thing the club can't do .....stay strong .....now that's irony

Different meaning. Chin up vs being a powerhouse.

The club officials are on a hiding to nothing any way they go. If they are quiet, people complain they don't inform members and fans sufficiently. If they host a live Q&A, people sneer that the line will drop out and they'll have nothing good to say anyway. As if every skype conversation with your relatives overseas doesn't drop out and as if telecom powerhouses like Optus offer flawless service when streaming live events.

Who really gives a toss whether or not Pascoe blows your mind or repeats old stories in the Q&A? Filling supporters with confidence or otherwise has nothing to do with the on-field performances or the reality of the club behind closed doors.

And specific to Jonesy, he's a much of a worrywart negative nellie as I've seen on here recently. It's the offseason but some folks can't relax.

Settle down no need to get personal.
I, like most people are just sick of losing and will support club through think & thin.. If you think there is nothing to worry about with recruitment then you are better then me (and most likely a lot of others). I have just been saying we have lost 4 starting NRL players and picked up 1 bench player.. We have a lot of cash free and yet to sign a quality player that takes us to the next level or even replaces the likes of a Matterson or Marsters etc..
The club has done an excellent job with resigning players that want to be here and will assist to take us to the next level Plus our junior recruitment has been 2nd to none...

My biggest concern and I have had contact with Justin P about this is WHY is our club not able to attract big name players.. We have a hell of a lot to offer and cannot understand why we have this trouble.

Fingers crossed we do announce a player/s signings very soon but the longer this goes on the less there is out there to sign.

I am not going to go into a back and forth argument with you or anyone but if you are happy with our recruitment thats fine but for me I feel we have not improved and we cannot blame lack of funds for this.

Out of interest, what did Pascoe say?

And I agree with your post. I think we have every right to question our recruitment record and at this moment, this years is shabby. Might change tomorrow hey!?!?

 

[hsvjones]

What I find amusing is the Tigers Management have said it is a aggressive player market and we are going to be aggressive but we seem to be in the negative.. We lose 4 top line starting players and gain LL from Dragons with little experience. This Q&A is going to be fun.... Not...

Stay strong jonesy

Everyone is telling Jonesy to do the one thing the club can't do .....stay strong .....now that's irony

Different meaning. Chin up vs being a powerhouse.

The club officials are on a hiding to nothing any way they go. If they are quiet, people complain they don't inform members and fans sufficiently. If they host a live Q&A, people sneer that the line will drop out and they'll have nothing good to say anyway. As if every skype conversation with your relatives overseas doesn't drop out and as if telecom powerhouses like Optus offer flawless service when streaming live events.

Who really gives a toss whether or not Pascoe blows your mind or repeats old stories in the Q&A? Filling supporters with confidence or otherwise has nothing to do with the on-field performances or the reality of the club behind closed doors.

And specific to Jonesy, he's a much of a worrywart negative nellie as I've seen on here recently. It's the offseason but some folks can't relax.

Settle down no need to get personal.
I, like most people are just sick of losing and will support club through think & thin.. If you think there is nothing to worry about with recruitment then you are better then me (and most likely a lot of others). I have just been saying we have lost 4 starting NRL players and picked up 1 bench player.. We have a lot of cash free and yet to sign a quality player that takes us to the next level or even replaces the likes of a Matterson or Marsters etc..
The club has done an excellent job with resigning players that want to be here and will assist to take us to the next level Plus our junior recruitment has been 2nd to none...

My biggest concern and I have had contact with Justin P about this is WHY is our club not able to attract big name players.. We have a hell of a lot to offer and cannot understand why we have this trouble.

Fingers crossed we do announce a player/s signings very soon but the longer this goes on the less there is out there to sign.

I am not going to go into a back and forth argument with you or anyone but if you are happy with our recruitment thats fine but for me I feel we have not improved and we cannot blame lack of funds for this.

Out of interest, what did Pascoe say?

And I agree with your post. I think we have every right to question our recruitment record and at this moment, this years is shabby. Might change tomorrow hey!?!?

Without going into details he just clarified a few things for me regarding recruitment but the main thing as we all know is the media is our worst enemy and spreading lies (most likely player agent boosting there players offers)..
We never offered Capewell, Milf, Drinkwater, Brown or Phillip Semi but the media made out we lost out on them / Moylan wanted 4 years so we withdrew interest (very smart decision IMO) / Tetevano wanted too much $$$ etc...

We have so much to offer and we are only a couple of quality players off making finals so fingers crossed.

 

[Tcat]

What I find amusing is the Tigers Management have said it is a aggressive player market and we are going to be aggressive but we seem to be in the negative.. We lose 4 top line starting players and gain LL from Dragons with little experience. This Q&A is going to be fun.... Not...

Stay strong jonesy

Everyone is telling Jonesy to do the one thing the club can't do .....stay strong .....now that's irony

Different meaning. Chin up vs being a powerhouse.

The club officials are on a hiding to nothing any way they go. If they are quiet, people complain they don't inform members and fans sufficiently. If they host a live Q&A, people sneer that the line will drop out and they'll have nothing good to say anyway. As if every skype conversation with your relatives overseas doesn't drop out and as if telecom powerhouses like Optus offer flawless service when streaming live events.

Who really gives a toss whether or not Pascoe blows your mind or repeats old stories in the Q&A? Filling supporters with confidence or otherwise has nothing to do with the on-field performances or the reality of the club behind closed doors.

And specific to Jonesy, he's a much of a worrywart negative nellie as I've seen on here recently. It's the offseason but some folks can't relax.

Settle down no need to get personal.
I, like most people are just sick of losing and will support club through think & thin.. If you think there is nothing to worry about with recruitment then you are better then me (and most likely a lot of others). I have just been saying we have lost 4 starting NRL players and picked up 1 bench player.. We have a lot of cash free and yet to sign a quality player that takes us to the next level or even replaces the likes of a Matterson or Marsters etc..
The club has done an excellent job with resigning players that want to be here and will assist to take us to the next level Plus our junior recruitment has been 2nd to none...

My biggest concern and I have had contact with Justin P about this is WHY is our club not able to attract big name players.. We have a hell of a lot to offer and cannot understand why we have this trouble.

Fingers crossed we do announce a player/s signings very soon but the longer this goes on the less there is out there to sign.

I am not going to go into a back and forth argument with you or anyone but if you are happy with our recruitment thats fine but for me I feel we have not improved and we cannot blame lack of funds for this.

Out of interest, what did Pascoe say?

And I agree with your post. I think we have every right to question our recruitment record and at this moment, this years is shabby. Might change tomorrow hey!?!?

Without going into details he just clarified a few things for me regarding recruitment but the main thing as we all know is the media is our worst enemy and spreading lies (most likely player agent boosting there players offers)..
We never offered Capewell, Milf, Drinkwater, Brown or Phillip Semi but the media made out we lost out on them / Moylan wanted 4 years so we withdrew interest (very smart decision IMO) / Tetevano wanted too much $$$ etc...

We have so much to offer and we are only a couple of quality players off making finals so fingers crossed.

Why can't the club hold some of these dodgy reporters and the companies they work for accountable if they are spreading lies that are damaging our rep? I have no legal experience, but surely you can't spread lies that can damage the reputation of a club/business or individual. Sounds like these reporters are flirting with the whole deformation of character thing.

 

[gallagher]

What I find amusing is the Tigers Management have said it is a aggressive player market and we are going to be aggressive but we seem to be in the negative.. We lose 4 top line starting players and gain LL from Dragons with little experience. This Q&A is going to be fun.... Not...

Stay strong jonesy

Everyone is telling Jonesy to do the one thing the club can't do .....stay strong .....now that's irony

Different meaning. Chin up vs being a powerhouse.

The club officials are on a hiding to nothing any way they go. If they are quiet, people complain they don't inform members and fans sufficiently. If they host a live Q&A, people sneer that the line will drop out and they'll have nothing good to say anyway. As if every skype conversation with your relatives overseas doesn't drop out and as if telecom powerhouses like Optus offer flawless service when streaming live events.

Who really gives a toss whether or not Pascoe blows your mind or repeats old stories in the Q&A? Filling supporters with confidence or otherwise has nothing to do with the on-field performances or the reality of the club behind closed doors.

And specific to Jonesy, he's a much of a worrywart negative nellie as I've seen on here recently. It's the offseason but some folks can't relax.

Settle down no need to get personal.
I, like most people are just sick of losing and will support club through think & thin.. If you think there is nothing to worry about with recruitment then you are better then me (and most likely a lot of others). I have just been saying we have lost 4 starting NRL players and picked up 1 bench player.. We have a lot of cash free and yet to sign a quality player that takes us to the next level or even replaces the likes of a Matterson or Marsters etc..
The club has done an excellent job with resigning players that want to be here and will assist to take us to the next level Plus our junior recruitment has been 2nd to none...

My biggest concern and I have had contact with Justin P about this is WHY is our club not able to attract big name players.. We have a hell of a lot to offer and cannot understand why we have this trouble.

Fingers crossed we do announce a player/s signings very soon but the longer this goes on the less there is out there to sign.

I am not going to go into a back and forth argument with you or anyone but if you are happy with our recruitment thats fine but for me I feel we have not improved and we cannot blame lack of funds for this.

Out of interest, what did Pascoe say?

And I agree with your post. I think we have every right to question our recruitment record and at this moment, this years is shabby. Might change tomorrow hey!?!?

Without going into details he just clarified a few things for me regarding recruitment but the main thing as we all know is the media is our worst enemy and spreading lies (most likely player agent boosting there players offers)..
We never offered Capewell, Milf, Drinkwater, Brown or Phillip Semi but the media made out we lost out on them / Moylan wanted 4 years so we withdrew interest (very smart decision IMO) / Tetevano wanted too much $$$ etc...

We have so much to offer and we are only a couple of quality players off making finals so fingers crossed.

He blamed the media on our recruitment? I think he needs to have an inward glance.

 

[hodgo]

For the first time in as long as i can remember we are doing the right things.
1 we arent over paying journeyman or average Joe's.
2 we have heavily invested in youth.
3 we have retain most of our good players.
4 we have a coe on the way so we can compete with bigger clubs.
5 we are chasing the big fish in the barrel. Cant remember the last time we have done that. Also doesnt phase me if we miss out at least we are finally in the discussion.
6 we are patient, well the fans arent. But the club isnt.
7 we have a respected hands on big boss.
8 I like our coach lol

And finally we still cant please some fans.

 

[hsvjones]

What I find amusing is the Tigers Management have said it is a aggressive player market and we are going to be aggressive but we seem to be in the negative.. We lose 4 top line starting players and gain LL from Dragons with little experience. This Q&A is going to be fun.... Not...

Stay strong jonesy

Everyone is telling Jonesy to do the one thing the club can't do .....stay strong .....now that's irony

Different meaning. Chin up vs being a powerhouse.

The club officials are on a hiding to nothing any way they go. If they are quiet, people complain they don't inform members and fans sufficiently. If they host a live Q&A, people sneer that the line will drop out and they'll have nothing good to say anyway. As if every skype conversation with your relatives overseas doesn't drop out and as if telecom powerhouses like Optus offer flawless service when streaming live events.

Who really gives a toss whether or not Pascoe blows your mind or repeats old stories in the Q&A? Filling supporters with confidence or otherwise has nothing to do with the on-field performances or the reality of the club behind closed doors.

And specific to Jonesy, he's a much of a worrywart negative nellie as I've seen on here recently. It's the offseason but some folks can't relax.

Settle down no need to get personal.
I, like most people are just sick of losing and will support club through think & thin.. If you think there is nothing to worry about with recruitment then you are better then me (and most likely a lot of others). I have just been saying we have lost 4 starting NRL players and picked up 1 bench player.. We have a lot of cash free and yet to sign a quality player that takes us to the next level or even replaces the likes of a Matterson or Marsters etc..
The club has done an excellent job with resigning players that want to be here and will assist to take us to the next level Plus our junior recruitment has been 2nd to none...

My biggest concern and I have had contact with Justin P about this is WHY is our club not able to attract big name players.. We have a hell of a lot to offer and cannot understand why we have this trouble.

Fingers crossed we do announce a player/s signings very soon but the longer this goes on the less there is out there to sign.

I am not going to go into a back and forth argument with you or anyone but if you are happy with our recruitment thats fine but for me I feel we have not improved and we cannot blame lack of funds for this.

Out of interest, what did Pascoe say?

And I agree with your post. I think we have every right to question our recruitment record and at this moment, this years is shabby. Might change tomorrow hey!?!?

Without going into details he just clarified a few things for me regarding recruitment but the main thing as we all know is the media is our worst enemy and spreading lies (most likely player agent boosting there players offers)..
We never offered Capewell, Milf, Drinkwater, Brown or Phillip Semi but the media made out we lost out on them / Moylan wanted 4 years so we withdrew interest (very smart decision IMO) / Tetevano wanted too much $$$ etc...

We have so much to offer and we are only a couple of quality players off making finals so fingers crossed.

He blamed the media on our recruitment? I think he needs to have an inward glance.

I am sure there is other stuff to it but that was just something that stands out to me.

 

[Spud_Murphy]

What I find amusing is the Tigers Management have said it is a aggressive player market and we are going to be aggressive but we seem to be in the negative.. We lose 4 top line starting players and gain LL from Dragons with little experience. This Q&A is going to be fun.... Not...

Stay strong jonesy

Everyone is telling Jonesy to do the one thing the club can't do .....stay strong .....now that's irony

Different meaning. Chin up vs being a powerhouse.

The club officials are on a hiding to nothing any way they go. If they are quiet, people complain they don't inform members and fans sufficiently. If they host a live Q&A, people sneer that the line will drop out and they'll have nothing good to say anyway. As if every skype conversation with your relatives overseas doesn't drop out and as if telecom powerhouses like Optus offer flawless service when streaming live events.

Who really gives a toss whether or not Pascoe blows your mind or repeats old stories in the Q&A? Filling supporters with confidence or otherwise has nothing to do with the on-field performances or the reality of the club behind closed doors.

And specific to Jonesy, he's a much of a worrywart negative nellie as I've seen on here recently. It's the offseason but some folks can't relax.

Settle down no need to get personal.
I, like most people are just sick of losing and will support club through think & thin.. If you think there is nothing to worry about with recruitment then you are better then me (and most likely a lot of others). I have just been saying we have lost 4 starting NRL players and picked up 1 bench player.. We have a lot of cash free and yet to sign a quality player that takes us to the next level or even replaces the likes of a Matterson or Marsters etc..
The club has done an excellent job with resigning players that want to be here and will assist to take us to the next level Plus our junior recruitment has been 2nd to none...

My biggest concern and I have had contact with Justin P about this is WHY is our club not able to attract big name players.. We have a hell of a lot to offer and cannot understand why we have this trouble.

Fingers crossed we do announce a player/s signings very soon but the longer this goes on the less there is out there to sign.

I am not going to go into a back and forth argument with you or anyone but if you are happy with our recruitment thats fine but for me I feel we have not improved and we cannot blame lack of funds for this.

Out of interest, what did Pascoe say?

And I agree with your post. I think we have every right to question our recruitment record and at this moment, this years is shabby. Might change tomorrow hey!?!?

Without going into details he just clarified a few things for me regarding recruitment but the main thing as we all know is the media is our worst enemy and spreading lies (most likely player agent boosting there players offers)..
We never offered Capewell, Milf, Drinkwater, Brown or Phillip Semi but the media made out we lost out on them / Moylan wanted 4 years so we withdrew interest (very smart decision IMO) / Tetevano wanted too much $$$ etc...

We have so much to offer and we are only a couple of quality players off making finals so fingers crossed.

He blamed the media on our recruitment? I think he needs to have an inward glance.

I am sure there is other stuff to it but that was just something that stands out to me.

Well it doesn't explain our apparent lack of recruitment as it stands, but it does highlight that we haven't been 'rejected' by all and sundry if, in fact, we haven't actually pursued them in the first place! And there has been an underlying tone created in the media of late that many of the good players don't want to come here.

 

[Telltails]

Why do people believe the media when more often than not they get things wrong. If you look at most of the stories written about the NRL the only ones that are close to being accurate are those that are officiated by the clubs, and then the real stories are reported.
As for recruitment there really hasn't been many quality players available. The talk has been plentiful about contracted players - most of which appear to be not interested in going anywhere atm and yet the media have had us linked with all of them.

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

The names of Jack WIGHTON and Nick Cotric haven't been mentioned unlike some of the others whom we allegedly approached but didn't this may be a good sign I think we should go all out for one of them Wighton a replacement for Benji and Cotric our Fullback answer.

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

The names of Jack WIGHTON and Nick Cotric haven't been mentioned unlike some of the others whom we allegedly approached but didn't this may be a good sign I think we should go all out for one of them Wighton a replacement for Benji and Cotric our Fullback answer.

 

[Newtown]

There is chance that the media could be getting there information from the forum thread.

 

[jirskyr]

Jonesy like many of us …we simply want results …we don’t want to hear what the plan is …who is to blame …whose dog ate whose homework

No results between October 7th and March 11th!

That's exactly my point happy. If all people want is results, why are they in here every second day complaining about the lack of news or player movement or updates? The results don't start until March 2020.

 

[jirskyr]

What I find amusing is the Tigers Management have said it is a aggressive player market and we are going to be aggressive but we seem to be in the negative.. We lose 4 top line starting players and gain LL from Dragons with little experience. This Q&A is going to be fun.... Not...

Stay strong jonesy

Everyone is telling Jonesy to do the one thing the club can't do .....stay strong .....now that's irony

Different meaning. Chin up vs being a powerhouse.

The club officials are on a hiding to nothing any way they go. If they are quiet, people complain they don't inform members and fans sufficiently. If they host a live Q&A, people sneer that the line will drop out and they'll have nothing good to say anyway. As if every skype conversation with your relatives overseas doesn't drop out and as if telecom powerhouses like Optus offer flawless service when streaming live events.

Who really gives a toss whether or not Pascoe blows your mind or repeats old stories in the Q&A? Filling supporters with confidence or otherwise has nothing to do with the on-field performances or the reality of the club behind closed doors.

And specific to Jonesy, he's a much of a worrywart negative nellie as I've seen on here recently. It's the offseason but some folks can't relax.

Settle down no need to get personal.
I, like most people are just sick of losing and will support club through think & thin.. If you think there is nothing to worry about with recruitment then you are better then me (and most likely a lot of others). I have just been saying we have lost 4 starting NRL players and picked up 1 bench player.. We have a lot of cash free and yet to sign a quality player that takes us to the next level or even replaces the likes of a Matterson or Marsters etc..
The club has done an excellent job with resigning players that want to be here and will assist to take us to the next level Plus our junior recruitment has been 2nd to none...

My biggest concern and I have had contact with Justin P about this is WHY is our club not able to attract big name players.. We have a hell of a lot to offer and cannot understand why we have this trouble.

Fingers crossed we do announce a player/s signings very soon but the longer this goes on the less there is out there to sign.

I am not going to go into a back and forth argument with you or anyone but if you are happy with our recruitment thats fine but for me I feel we have not improved and we cannot blame lack of funds for this.

Not personal mate, nothing personal about it at all. I've never even had an opinion on your posts until this recent Latrell noise - where you have been worrying and hand-wringing with enough frequency for me to notice.

You have become my poster-person for overthinking and overworrrying this offseason. Nothing personal about it, just the frequency and content of your posts. That's why I'm offering my support, for you to stay tough during these troubling times.

Why don't we attract big-name players? Well hold your breath for a few weeks and that just might change.

Which really is my point. I agree with you that Tigers don't often sign elite players, rarely have in all my time. But we are very certainly as close to signing an elite player as we ever have been, arguably the biggest name ever in WT history.

So I don't understand why you would ask "why can't Tigers attract big-name players" when we are very deep in the mix with the biggest name player currently available. Sure, if he signs for Souths, then you can have all these threads dissecting why Latrell didn't come.

The longer this offseason goes, the closer we are to the next signing window for other quality players. It's cyclical.

Do I personally think we've replaced the players from last year? Yes and no. Esan 2019 is easily covered. Farah, no, but he was on his last legs and the club is in a difficult position with Liddle. Leilua isn't as good yet as Matterson but Matto is a dog and a lowlife so I'm not going to trouble myself with angst over his replacement.

For me, it's not the specific cattle, it's the team cohesion and consistency. We were 9th in 2019 and we were inconsistent. I don't think Matto or Marsters changes this. Latrell - certainly he could help.