Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[pawsandclaws1]

No JAC and we have now let McIntyre go. To date all we have bought is Tamou, Stefano and get back Momo. 2021 is shaping up to be a long season. With some of this season's weaker teams looking stonger on paper I think WT will finish near the bottom of the ladder. 14 spot is my prediction. My other prediction is Maguire's coaching position will be under pressure and fodder for the papers who dislike WT. Bring on the cricket please.

I thought McIntyre was a keeper, but he left and was only at best a reserve bench for us, so I struggle to understand the pages of vilification towards the club, he is easily the most replaceable type player there is.

The real issue for me is that McIntyre represented everything we've been told about Maguire and his work ethic. He may not have been the best, but McIntyre put in a lot more than many of his well paid team mates. That is a bad look for WTs .

 

[PabloX]

Let's see what our squad looks like next season before we get too carried away with all our departures. Sure, I was disappointed to hear Mac is leaving, and I'm extremely nervous that we haven't extended Blore yet. But I do have faith in our recruitment team based on the last 12 months.

Let's hope the good news is just around the corner

 

[TonyTiger]

I don’t understand why people are against signing James Roberts & Josh Mansour they are quality proven first graders who have both represented NSW not that long ago & will improve our backline if fit & focused. A backline of
Mbye
Nofoaluma
Roberts
Leilua
Mansour
Douiehi
Brooks
with
Cini
Kepaoa
Talau
Momorvoski
Bradley
Reynolds
Madden
Walters
As back ups will improve our backline from last year.


Because they don't add any value to what we already have.
We would be spending cap money for nothing.

Its like going to the corner store and you have existing can of tuna at home, there is one with a use by date of today and another that's damaged do you really need to purchase more Tuna ????? Pass Pass Pass

Then you leave the existing Tuna in the can don't give it an opportunity and it goes out in the Bin (Another club) unused.

I think they are related to John West?


I rest my case with Mcintyre that has been signed by the Titans.
We really have a dysfunctional CEO.

Why is it that any good juniors that sign are kudos to Hartigan and Madge, but when it goes pear shaped it is the CEO's fault.

Serious question, who is responsible for managing the cap and drawing a line of the max value of a player in terms of what we will offer them?


The CEO manages the Cap and reports that to the board it would be one of his KPI's.

I am not giving credit either to Madge/Hartigan if they are also the let Mcintrye go, i blame all three.

So if they value him @ 200k and the titans offer 350k you just over pay. If he has been let go its because the contract offered by another team out ways his value.
Blaming people is pretty silly tbh


If you read the facts WT offered 1 year deal $115k
Titans came up with 2 year deal $120k Season.
No one from the club bothered to contact his new Manager and even bother to negotiate and Madge did not know what was going on and blamed recruiting.

I don’t understand why people are against signing James Roberts & Josh Mansour they are quality proven first graders who have both represented NSW not that long ago & will improve our backline if fit & focused. A backline of
Mbye
Nofoaluma
Roberts
Leilua
Mansour
Douiehi
Brooks
with
Cini
Kepaoa
Talau
Momorvoski
Bradley
Reynolds
Madden
Walters
As back ups will improve our backline from last year.


Because they don't add any value to what we already have.
We would be spending cap money for nothing.

Its like going to the corner store and you have existing can of tuna at home, there is one with a use by date of today and another that's damaged do you really need to purchase more Tuna ????? Pass Pass Pass

Then you leave the existing Tuna in the can don't give it an opportunity and it goes out in the Bin (Another club) unused.

I think they are related to John West?


I rest my case with Mcintyre that has been signed by the Titans.
We really have a dysfunctional CEO.

Why is it that any good juniors that sign are kudos to Hartigan and Madge, but when it goes pear shaped it is the CEO's fault.

Serious question, who is responsible for managing the cap and drawing a line of the max value of a player in terms of what we will offer them?


The CEO manages the Cap and reports that to the board it would be one of his KPI's.

I am not giving credit either to Madge/Hartigan if they are also the let Mcintrye go, i blame all three.

So if they value him @ 200k and the titans offer 350k you just over pay. If he has been let go its because the contract offered by another team out ways his value.
Blaming people is pretty silly tbh


If you read the facts WT offered 1 year deal $115k
Titans came up with 2 year deal $120k Season.
No one from the club bothered to contact his new Manager and even bother to negotiate and Madge did not know what was going on and blamed recruiting.

Or did Madge know?
I can’t believe our retention process relies on a broken grapevine.

 

[AJ1]

We should take a leaf out of the dogs book to land signings. The way they landed Luke Thompson they flew over there to get the contract signed.

The player himself has been a bit of a flop so far but half the NRL was trying to sign him but they got it done.

I wish we could do that with anyone decent.

Our CEO and chairman travelled 500kms to try and lure LM. Should have bought some firearms with them to close the deal

 

[Red88_Tiger]

I don’t understand why people are against signing James Roberts & Josh Mansour they are quality proven first graders who have both represented NSW not that long ago & will improve our backline if fit & focused. A backline of
Mbye
Nofoaluma
Roberts
Leilua
Mansour
Douiehi
Brooks
with
Cini
Kepaoa
Talau
Momorvoski
Bradley
Reynolds
Madden
Walters
As back ups will improve our backline from last year.


Because they don't add any value to what we already have.
We would be spending cap money for nothing.

Its like going to the corner store and you have existing can of tuna at home, there is one with a use by date of today and another that's damaged do you really need to purchase more Tuna ????? Pass Pass Pass

Then you leave the existing Tuna in the can don't give it an opportunity and it goes out in the Bin (Another club) unused.

I think they are related to John West?


I rest my case with Mcintyre that has been signed by the Titans.
We really have a dysfunctional CEO.

Why is it that any good juniors that sign are kudos to Hartigan and Madge, but when it goes pear shaped it is the CEO's fault.

Serious question, who is responsible for managing the cap and drawing a line of the max value of a player in terms of what we will offer them?


The CEO manages the Cap and reports that to the board it would be one of his KPI's.

I am not giving credit either to Madge/Hartigan if they are also the let Mcintrye go, i blame all three.

So if they value him @ 200k and the titans offer 350k you just over pay. If he has been let go its because the contract offered by another team out ways his value.
Blaming people is pretty silly tbh


If you read the facts WT offered 1 year deal $115k
Titans came up with 2 year deal $120k Season.
No one from the club bothered to contact his new Manager and even bother to negotiate and Madge did not know what was going on and blamed recruiting.

I don’t understand why people are against signing James Roberts & Josh Mansour they are quality proven first graders who have both represented NSW not that long ago & will improve our backline if fit & focused. A backline of
Mbye
Nofoaluma
Roberts
Leilua
Mansour
Douiehi
Brooks
with
Cini
Kepaoa
Talau
Momorvoski
Bradley
Reynolds
Madden
Walters
As back ups will improve our backline from last year.


Because they don't add any value to what we already have.
We would be spending cap money for nothing.

Its like going to the corner store and you have existing can of tuna at home, there is one with a use by date of today and another that's damaged do you really need to purchase more Tuna ????? Pass Pass Pass

Then you leave the existing Tuna in the can don't give it an opportunity and it goes out in the Bin (Another club) unused.

I think they are related to John West?


I rest my case with Mcintyre that has been signed by the Titans.
We really have a dysfunctional CEO.

Why is it that any good juniors that sign are kudos to Hartigan and Madge, but when it goes pear shaped it is the CEO's fault.

Serious question, who is responsible for managing the cap and drawing a line of the max value of a player in terms of what we will offer them?


The CEO manages the Cap and reports that to the board it would be one of his KPI's.

I am not giving credit either to Madge/Hartigan if they are also the let Mcintrye go, i blame all three.

So if they value him @ 200k and the titans offer 350k you just over pay. If he has been let go its because the contract offered by another team out ways his value.
Blaming people is pretty silly tbh


If you read the facts WT offered 1 year deal $115k
Titans came up with 2 year deal $120k Season.
No one from the club bothered to contact his new Manager and even bother to negotiate and Madge did not know what was going on and blamed recruiting.


Or did Madge know?
I can’t believe our retention process relies on a broken grapevine.

You would expect he was part of the initial agreement and then it passes to recruiting team to finalise contract.

 

[Another Pom]

Did anyone ever find out who the player was that we wanted from Super League?

 

[hodgo]

I don’t understand why people are against signing James Roberts & Josh Mansour they are quality proven first graders who have both represented NSW not that long ago & will improve our backline if fit & focused. A backline of
Mbye
Nofoaluma
Roberts
Leilua
Mansour
Douiehi
Brooks
with
Cini
Kepaoa
Talau
Momorvoski
Bradley
Reynolds
Madden
Walters
As back ups will improve our backline from last year.


Because they don't add any value to what we already have.
We would be spending cap money for nothing.

Its like going to the corner store and you have existing can of tuna at home, there is one with a use by date of today and another that's damaged do you really need to purchase more Tuna ????? Pass Pass Pass

Then you leave the existing Tuna in the can don't give it an opportunity and it goes out in the Bin (Another club) unused.

I think they are related to John West?


I rest my case with Mcintyre that has been signed by the Titans.
We really have a dysfunctional CEO.

Why is it that any good juniors that sign are kudos to Hartigan and Madge, but when it goes pear shaped it is the CEO's fault.

Serious question, who is responsible for managing the cap and drawing a line of the max value of a player in terms of what we will offer them?


The CEO manages the Cap and reports that to the board it would be one of his KPI's.

I am not giving credit either to Madge/Hartigan if they are also the let Mcintrye go, i blame all three.

So if they value him @ 200k and the titans offer 350k you just over pay. If he has been let go its because the contract offered by another team out ways his value.
Blaming people is pretty silly tbh


If you read the facts WT offered 1 year deal $115k
Titans came up with 2 year deal $120k Season.
No one from the club bothered to contact his new Manager and even bother to negotiate and Madge did not know what was going on and blamed recruiting.

Yeah right changes things a fair bit. Poor really. Were did the facts come from

 

[gregjm87]

Just read Luke Metcalf is unsigned for next year. Wouldn't mind picking him up for cheap and giving him the chance to earn the fullback spot over preseason.
Other players (apparently) unsigned that I think could do a job at the right price:
Tom Amone, Jack Johns, Tyrone Roberts-Davis, Dean Blore, Jaemon Salmon, Joe Lovodua.
Anyone keen on any of them?

 

[The_Patriot]

Let's see what our squad looks like next season before we get too carried away with all our departures. Sure, I was disappointed to hear Mac is leaving, and I'm extremely nervous that we haven't extended Blore yet. But I do have faith in our recruitment team based on the last 12 months.

Let's hope the good news is just around the corner

Im in the same boat.

The main focus of our recruitment since Maguire has been in charge has been good young kids. Bringing them in a developing them.

It takes time for them to come through so we should have a little faith in this process.

 

[TillLindemann]

Did anyone ever find out who the player was that we wanted from Super League?

No I don't think so, but I'm itching to know.

Hopefully not this fella, one Hopa is enough.

https://www.theroar.com.au/rugby-league/video/did-this-super-league-player-do-a-hopoate-on-opponent-1103568/

 

[Another Pom]

Did anyone ever find out who the player was that we wanted from Super League?

No I don't think so, but I'm itching to know.

Hopefully not this fella, one Hopa is enough.

https://www.theroar.com.au/rugby-league/video/did-this-super-league-player-do-a-hopoate-on-opponent-1103568/

He's a horrible player Joel Tomkins. Little has been said on this incident since Friday but I'm fully expecting him to pick up a hefty ban.

As for the SL back, nothing has been reported from over here, not even any little rumours or suggestions.

 

[Don Kershane]

Did anyone ever find out who the player was that we wanted from Super League?

No I don't think so, but I'm itching to know.

Hopefully not this fella, one Hopa is enough.

https://www.theroar.com.au/rugby-league/video/did-this-super-league-player-do-a-hopoate-on-opponent-1103568/

Gave this post the thumbs up.

 

[weststigerman]

We should take a leaf out of the dogs book to land signings. The way they landed Luke Thompson they flew over there to get the contract signed.

The player himself has been a bit of a flop so far but half the NRL was trying to sign him but they got it done.

I wish we could do that with anyone decent.

Why would we take a leaf out of the book of a team that has finished below us on the ladder 3 years straight?

Because they'll finish above us next year.

 

[Newtown]

DT reporting Dogs after JAC, Leniu and Burton.

He must have a big offer from dogs.

Who are Melbourne taking as am equal one for one for letting JAC go to Bulldogs?

 

[JC99]

We should take a leaf out of the dogs book to land signings. The way they landed Luke Thompson they flew over there to get the contract signed.

The player himself has been a bit of a flop so far but half the NRL was trying to sign him but they got it done.

I wish we could do that with anyone decent.

Why would we take a leaf out of the book of a team that has finished below us on the ladder 3 years straight?

Because they'll finish above us next year.

Bulldogs? No chance. Who have they added? A semi decent half and a winger. The rest of their roster is still garbage and they have a head coach who’s not a very good head coach

 

[Russell]

Did anyone ever find out who the player was that we wanted from Super League?

No, but they probably gave him 24 hours. Lol

 

[Russell]

Just read Luke Metcalf is unsigned for next year. Wouldn't mind picking him up for cheap and giving him the chance to earn the fullback spot over preseason.
Other players (apparently) unsigned that I think could do a job at the right price:
Tom Amone, Jack Johns, Tyrone Roberts-Davis, Dean Blore, Jaemon Salmon, Joe Lovodua.
Anyone keen on any of them?

Not me.

 

[Russell]

We should take a leaf out of the dogs book to land signings. The way they landed Luke Thompson they flew over there to get the contract signed.

The player himself has been a bit of a flop so far but half the NRL was trying to sign him but they got it done.

I wish we could do that with anyone decent.

Why would we take a leaf out of the book of a team that has finished below us on the ladder 3 years straight?

Because they'll finish above us next year.

Will they??

 

[TigerWest]

Just read Luke Metcalf is unsigned for next year. Wouldn't mind picking him up for cheap and giving him the chance to earn the fullback spot over preseason.
Other players (apparently) unsigned that I think could do a job at the right price:
Tom Amone, Jack Johns, Tyrone Roberts-Davis, Dean Blore, Jaemon Salmon, Joe Lovodua.
Anyone keen on any of them?

Does anyone know if Dean Blore is related to our bloke Shawn Blore?

 

[CarltonDry]

Just read Luke Metcalf is unsigned for next year. Wouldn't mind picking him up for cheap and giving him the chance to earn the fullback spot over preseason.
Other players (apparently) unsigned that I think could do a job at the right price:
Tom Amone, Jack Johns, Tyrone Roberts-Davis, Dean Blore, Jaemon Salmon, Joe Lovodua.
Anyone keen on any of them?

I'm hearing Metcalfe to Sharks and possibly Salmon