Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[GNR4LIFE]

Csn it be grub please. Dead money that guy.

 

[HabboTiger]

Not a centre though.
Momo, Mbye, Talau, Jennings

Kicker, captain, young gun and Michael

 

[Tiger_Steve]

My bet - momirovski. He’s not essential to us but is potentially a good signing. But a total guess

 

[Sully]

If we look at the signing of BJ without the Orange , White and Black glasses on, You would accept that he would not be at the Tigers if Canberra had not wanted to sign a younger centre in Scott and offered to release him.
I have no issue with his statement as I am sure he would have loved running out to the Viking clap as would most players as it would pump you up. In relation to him thanking his former teammates it shows that he is a team player.

I am excited to see what he can do for our attack as he is a weapon when switched on. Let’s get it started ......

 

[WT2K]

still hearing from my contact ewan aitkin is coming from st george, another centre i know but solid and not a too much of a hefty price tag. He will be here before june 30
not thrilled about it but madge must have a plan

No offence, but you're contact is currently sitting at a 0% success rate.

And for someone with apparent inside knowledge of our club they sure seem happy for you to keep blabbing about what would otherwise be confidential discussions.

You're contact isn't Blocker, is it?

I’d say we’re more likely to lose a centre than gain one

Yep. Heard the same thing. Well be releasing a player this week. Have no idea who the replacement will be.

Let the guessing game begin! Any hints...

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

some forumers have a short memory - when signed, Raynolds was celebrated as our 5/8 and long lost Messiah, while Marshall was considered a has been! Most of the time It is not very hard to be a Monday evening quarterback 🙂

 

[GNR4LIFE]

some forumers have a short memory - when signed, Raynolds was celebrated as our 5/8 and long lost Messiah, while Marshall was considered a has been! Most of the time It is not very hard to be a Monday evening quarterback 🙂

No ones pretending they knew he was gonna be a bum. I didn’t. But you got to face the facts. He’s played 10 games in 2 years and Madge doesn’t seem to have any grand plans. So it’s kinda dumb not to think he’s a waste of money.

 

[jrtiger]

still hearing from my contact ewan aitkin is coming from st george, another centre i know but solid and not a too much of a hefty price tag. He will be here before june 30
not thrilled about it but madge must have a plan

No offence, but you're contact is currently sitting at a 0% success rate.

And for someone with apparent inside knowledge of our club they sure seem happy for you to keep blabbing about what would otherwise be confidential discussions.

You're contact isn't Blocker, is it?

I’d say we’re more likely to lose a centre than gain one.

Momo for JAC?!

 

[Spud_Murphy]

My bet - momirovski. He’s not essential to us but is potentially a good signing. But a total guess

Hope not, he's our only goal kicker!

 

[ElleryHanley]

still hearing from my contact ewan aitkin is coming from st george, another centre i know but solid and not a too much of a hefty price tag. He will be here before june 30
not thrilled about it but madge must have a plan

No offence, but you're contact is currently sitting at a 0% success rate.

And for someone with apparent inside knowledge of our club they sure seem happy for you to keep blabbing about what would otherwise be confidential discussions.

You're contact isn't Blocker, is it?

I’d say we’re more likely to lose a centre than gain one

Yep. Heard the same thing. Well be releasing a player this week. Have no idea who the replacement will be.

Yoss said a center....we literally only have 3 of them.
BJ obviously can't be him.
Tommy not a chance
Momo: well, teams might actually want him.
Jennings: is he even a center? And who on earth would want him...

 

[CCTW]

Once again, the Eitken rumour is dead wrong as far as I know. Earlier this month his manager was gauging interest from teams (including the Tigers) for 2021. There was zero interest shown at the time and that’s where it ended.

 

[WT2K]

Once again, the Eitken rumour is dead wrong as far as I know. Earlier this month his manager was gauging interest from teams (including the Tigers) for 2021. There was zero interest shown at the time and that’s where it ended.

That's a relief. Any info on who is likely to be released?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Once again, the Eitken rumour is dead wrong as far as I know. Earlier this month his manager was gauging interest from teams (including the Tigers) for 2021. There was zero interest shown at the time and that’s where it ended.

I don’t buy it. Not that i’ve bought much this off season.

 

[Red88_Tiger]

still hearing from my contact ewan aitkin is coming from st george, another centre i know but solid and not a too much of a hefty price tag. He will be here before june 30
not thrilled about it but madge must have a plan

No offence, but you're contact is currently sitting at a 0% success rate.

And for someone with apparent inside knowledge of our club they sure seem happy for you to keep blabbing about what would otherwise be confidential discussions.

You're contact isn't Blocker, is it?

I’d say we’re more likely to lose a centre than gain one

Yep. Heard the same thing. Well be releasing a player this week. Have no idea who the replacement will be.


Yoss said a center....we literally only have 3 of them.
BJ obviously can't be him.
Tommy not a chance
Momo: well, teams might actually want him.
Jennings: is he even a center? And who on earth would want him...

Jennings i hope. Like for like JAC?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Momo seems like a player who’d thrive under Bellamy.

 

[WT2K]

still hearing from my contact ewan aitkin is coming from st george, another centre i know but solid and not a too much of a hefty price tag. He will be here before june 30
not thrilled about it but madge must have a plan

No offence, but you're contact is currently sitting at a 0% success rate.

And for someone with apparent inside knowledge of our club they sure seem happy for you to keep blabbing about what would otherwise be confidential discussions.

You're contact isn't Blocker, is it?

I’d say we’re more likely to lose a centre than gain one

Yep. Heard the same thing. Well be releasing a player this week. Have no idea who the replacement will be.


Yoss said a center....we literally only have 3 of them.
BJ obviously can't be him.
Tommy not a chance
Momo: well, teams might actually want him.
Jennings: is he even a center? And who on earth would want him...

Jennings i hope. Like for like JAC?

Fair trade in my opinion

 

[jirskyr]

The “looking out for my family” routine is cliche rubbish. These guys are earning high six figures. The average joe earning 150k can easily look after his family. These guys are making triple that.

They earn big money for a short period of time. I don’t know if you follow NBA or not but look at what happened to delonte West recently. The majority won’t know what to do when they retire and often end up in financial trouble.


I know their window for earning big money is limited, but they have time and all the resources to give themselves the best life they can post football.

I agree, I don't buy the whole "their window is short" spiel either. Yes it is short and fine, 5 years is the average NRL career.

The minimum wage this year is $110K, with a cap of $9.8M. That means the average wage, without endorsements, is $327K per footballer per club.

The average Australian FT wage is approx $86K. So your "average" footballer earns 4 times the average Australian and this average 5 year career is 20 years for an average Aussie.

ESPECIALLY if they retire sub-30s, plenty of time to find another career path. I got my first FT job when I was 24; there aren't many short-term NRL careers given away at 35.

And it's not as if an average Aussie doesn't change careers or jobs either, with 5 years being a reasonably common time. Think of all the folks forcibly removed from their jobs, through redundancy or illness - no different to a short NRL career IMO.

Yes NRL players get beat up for a living but they also get paid to stay fit, have everything looked after during their career (e.g. medical) and have a gateway to massive pay packets if they have sufficient talent.

I would think it rare the skillful office worker, project manager, civil servant, engineer, occupational therapist etc. who can jag $1M p.a. at the top of their game.

 

[Cairnstigers]

Yossarians comment could just be a figure of speech
In other words we won't be getting a centre

As far as releasing a player goes if true I would guess a forward for Doueihi
Say an Eisenhuth
We do have Stefano coming in 2021
I don't think I would want to give up any other forwards apart from Taylor and with that i don't think Bennett would want Taylor
He wouldn't help with their lack of big forwards

If the above were to happen we could still afford Addo-carr
Now imaging that
Now I'm off to bed
I'm already dreaming

 

[happy_tiger]

Who are we releasing for who

 

[ElleryHanley]

Who are we releasing for who

If the world is indeed one where karma has a place ...that good and bad luck eventually even out......it will be Jennings for JAC***

*** prays / meditates