Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Spud_Murphy]

any truth to the rumour we are signing benji for one year and letting walters go to broncos

Hard to imagine a more stupid turn of events if true

I was reading his article about why he has turned his back on the Cows offer and the ESL contract and thought to myself ..._Surely not "

He should just retire.

He should, but sadly his opportunity to leave the game with grace & dignity has already passed. He’ll just look like the goose that nobody wants now.

 

[sleeve]

@THE_POM @CCTW what’s the latest with Nofa?

Who cares? He;s on a contract for next yr with Tigers.In 2022 we have very exciting young wingers on board

Unfortunately, this is the truth and I hope that Nofo realises it quickly.

Who here thinks that our chances of making the eight would be crushed if we had Kepaoa, TT or Kei instead of Nofo long term?

If Kei gets a run goodbye one of the backs.

 

[Russell]

If he comes back next year - that's it for us, we can start looking for the following year.

I maybe wrong but the Tigers would not be that stupid!!!!

 

[pawsandclaws1]

@THE_POM @CCTW what’s the latest with Nofa?

Who cares? He;s on a contract for next yr with Tigers.In 2022 we have very exciting young wingers on board

Unfortunately, this is the truth and I hope that Nofo realises it quickly.

Who here thinks that our chances of making the eight would be crushed if we had Kepaoa, TT or Kei instead of Nofo long term?

If Kei gets a run goodbye one of the backs.

He should get a run. Promoting him strengthens our team.

 

[cqtiger]

Good belly laugh reading that Benji doesn’t care about the money then read that his manager has a price tag of $400k on him.

He won’t play NRL with that price tag.

 

[happy_tiger]

Question: would people rather Widdop (1y)/Noffa (3y) or Laurie (4y)/Mansour(2y). If I had to choose I would probably take Laurie/Mansour

Hard call. Both scenarios have upside and downside.
On Nofoaluma, I really want him to re-sign as I value loyalty but if I’m honest, as footballers I thing him and mansour are interchangeable

Certainly not sure of why, but Nofo hasn’t seemed to be showing loyalty atm?

But I do think wingers are the easiest position to change, quick blokes are coming through every day.

I’ve heard Nofoaluma is getting itchy feet about wanting to play semi final footy and also thinks his value has gone up. You could call that disloyal but you could also call it fair. I think we are heading towards finals footy but we regressed on field in 2020 and maybe he’s had enough. I hope he stays though.

One hot season and he's out to play semis? He's the only other long term player aside from Brooks that can be associated with the repeated past failures. Bit rich to have good season and then start getting bullish about wanting finals footy. If that's his attitude he can go. Stay and build something here, or do a Tedesco/Moses/Woods and parachute into an already successful outfit. Good luck.

There is a reason why this club has not played finals in 10 seasons ..Nofoaluma should sign or move on ,obviously has tickets on himself ,wIngers are a dime a dozen Bigger / faster and can tackle ! Brooks
**will be lucky to see out the full season in the top grade.**

How about instead of bashing our halfback we support him...how many dally m position awards have we got in our current squad? Exactly

In a season where basically only nofa and Luciano had a good year, Brooks seems to be the common go to man for criticism

Maybe the reason we have no Dally M players is because of Brooks ......


Didn't Latrell say he didn't want to be our Marquee player .....gives you his opinion on Brooks ...I'm not saying LM's word is be all and end all ... ...even JAC thinks he is better off playing behind a 2 game veteran ......how many other players who rely on tries and try assists think the same about Brooks .....

Even during our golden period of 09-11 we couldn’t sign anybody so that is a myth. Who was our biggest signing? (Apart from Ellis)

Lote

We had a heap of talented juniors coming through .....Woods , Fifita from the Roosters ,Tedesco , Nofa ,Lui , Dwyer , Groat looked the part ...with the players we had we really didn't need too many players


It feels like there is a parallel with the way things are evolving with juniors at the moment. Time will tell but I havent seen the club developing like this for a long time.

Pity we don't have the spine of Hodgson ,Marshall ,Prince and Farah and the hard running option of Halatau

 

[happy_tiger]

Good belly laugh reading that Benji doesn’t care about the money then read that his manager has a price tag of $400k on him.

He won’t play NRL with that price tag.

He wont last 3 seasons ...ohhh you mean a season ...yeah nah

 

[iofthetigers]

Gebbie
What's going on with him?

Train and trial with us starting in the New Year

What are the chances he ends up in the no 1 this season?

He is a talent, his talk & reads in defence are his biggest weakness, Hopefully he can adapt to Sydney life then he could be a great signing.if he plays more than 3 games then he has had a successful year.

 

[Cairnstigers]

any truth to the rumour we are signing benji for one year and letting walters go to broncos

Say whaaaat? Where did you hear this?

mate probably rubbish just Jimmy Smith was talking about it on SEN radio this morning now that Reynolds is gone and walters wants to play with his dad

Did he say we actually want Benji or was it a suggestion?

He said benji was keen and was talking to the club, and the club had reached out as a replacement for walters as he was confident he was leaving for Brisbane.
No mention of us in relation to money for benji though so it is probably not true in any case

So we get Staggs as a trade
No
How about Isaako ?
Milford ? As a clean swap for 12 months?

 

[happy_tiger]

any truth to the rumour we are signing benji for one year and letting walters go to broncos

Say whaaaat? Where did you hear this?

mate probably rubbish just Jimmy Smith was talking about it on SEN radio this morning now that Reynolds is gone and walters wants to play with his dad

Did he say we actually want Benji or was it a suggestion?

He said benji was keen and was talking to the club, and the club had reached out as a replacement for walters as he was confident he was leaving for Brisbane.
No mention of us in relation to money for benji though so it is probably not true in any case

So we get Staggs as a trade
No
How about Isaako ?
Milford ? As a clean swap for 12 months?

I liked Herbie Farnsworth ...I think our side needs a Herbie CT

 

[AdelaideTiger]

Just wanted to say how good is our front row rotation looking?
Tamou
Musgrove
Stefano
Twal
Ofahengaue
Mikaele
Packer
(Not to mention any of the younger lads coming through).
When Aloiai initially agitated for his release I thought we could be in strife, now I'm not sure that we even fit him in? Going to be an interesting season to say the least.

Packer ???:thinking_face:

He wasn't listed last by accident.

 

[gallagher]

any truth to the rumour we are signing benji for one year and letting walters go to broncos

Say whaaaat? Where did you hear this?

mate probably rubbish just Jimmy Smith was talking about it on SEN radio this morning now that Reynolds is gone and walters wants to play with his dad

Did he say we actually want Benji or was it a suggestion?

He said benji was keen and was talking to the club, and the club had reached out as a replacement for walters as he was confident he was leaving for Brisbane.
No mention of us in relation to money for benji though so it is probably not true in any case

So we get Staggs as a trade
No
How about Isaako ?
Milford ? As a clean swap for 12 months?

I liked Herbie Farnsworth ...I think our side needs a Herbie CT

Every side needs a herbie

 

[tiger_one]

any truth to the rumour we are signing benji for one year and letting walters go to broncos

Say whaaaat? Where did you hear this?

mate probably rubbish just Jimmy Smith was talking about it on SEN radio this morning now that Reynolds is gone and walters wants to play with his dad

Did he say we actually want Benji or was it a suggestion?

He said benji was keen and was talking to the club, and the club had reached out as a replacement for walters as he was confident he was leaving for Brisbane.
No mention of us in relation to money for benji though so it is probably not true in any case

So we get Staggs as a trade
No
How about Isaako ?
Milford ? As a clean swap for 12 months?

I liked Herbie Farnsworth ...I think our side needs a Herbie CT

Every side needs a herbie

Freeman ........ ??

 

[gallagher]

any truth to the rumour we are signing benji for one year and letting walters go to broncos

Say whaaaat? Where did you hear this?

mate probably rubbish just Jimmy Smith was talking about it on SEN radio this morning now that Reynolds is gone and walters wants to play with his dad

Did he say we actually want Benji or was it a suggestion?

He said benji was keen and was talking to the club, and the club had reached out as a replacement for walters as he was confident he was leaving for Brisbane.
No mention of us in relation to money for benji though so it is probably not true in any case

So we get Staggs as a trade
No
How about Isaako ?
Milford ? As a clean swap for 12 months?

I liked Herbie Farnsworth ...I think our side needs a Herbie CT

Every side needs a herbie


Freeman ........ ??

There'll never be a better one

 

[sleeve]

Question: would people rather Widdop (1y)/Noffa (3y) or Laurie (4y)/Mansour(2y). If I had to choose I would probably take Laurie/Mansour

Hard call. Both scenarios have upside and downside.
On Nofoaluma, I really want him to re-sign as I value loyalty but if I’m honest, as footballers I thing him and mansour are interchangeable

Certainly not sure of why, but Nofo hasn’t seemed to be showing loyalty atm?

But I do think wingers are the easiest position to change, quick blokes are coming through every day.

I’ve heard Nofoaluma is getting itchy feet about wanting to play semi final footy and also thinks his value has gone up. You could call that disloyal but you could also call it fair. I think we are heading towards finals footy but we regressed on field in 2020 and maybe he’s had enough. I hope he stays though.

One hot season and he's out to play semis? He's the only other long term player aside from Brooks that can be associated with the repeated past failures. Bit rich to have good season and then start getting bullish about wanting finals footy. If that's his attitude he can go. Stay and build something here, or do a Tedesco/Moses/Woods and parachute into an already successful outfit. Good luck.

There is a reason why this club has not played finals in 10 seasons ..Nofoaluma should sign or move on ,obviously has tickets on himself ,wIngers are a dime a dozen Bigger / faster and can tackle ! Brooks
**will be lucky to see out the full season in the top grade.**

How about instead of bashing our halfback we support him...how many dally m position awards have we got in our current squad? Exactly

In a season where basically only nofa and Luciano had a good year, Brooks seems to be the common go to man for criticism


Luke winning the halfback Dally M in 2018 based on five tries, 10 try assists, 15 line-break assists is hardly star-studded stats. It was a weak field and he was the best of an average bunch

I like Luke but he’s definitely not proven to be a top 5 halfback or leader over his 7 year career

The writing is on the wall, he needs to show up in 2021 or shuffle on

Completely agree. But I think he’s had more than his chance already. I was a massive Brooks fan, but he isn’t the guy I thought he’d become.
Brooks is a good guy who had potential but never got there.
I wish he did.

Ash Taylor copped more abuse then anyone,Had a big comeback last year, WHY ? Because they bought better forwards.We have all known for years that unless the pack goes forward the 1/2 back struggles.

 

[Curly_Tiger]

any truth to the rumour we are signing benji for one year and letting walters go to broncos

Say whaaaat? Where did you hear this?

mate probably rubbish just Jimmy Smith was talking about it on SEN radio this morning now that Reynolds is gone and walters wants to play with his dad

Did he say we actually want Benji or was it a suggestion?

He said benji was keen and was talking to the club, and the club had reached out as a replacement for walters as he was confident he was leaving for Brisbane.
No mention of us in relation to money for benji though so it is probably not true in any case

So we get Staggs as a trade
No
How about Isaako ?
Milford ? As a clean swap for 12 months?

Milford I don't mind if it's a one year deal with the Broncs paying most of the freight as it reduces the risk and could be a fullback solution

Madge would get him fit and he'd be playing for is future

 

[jadtiger]

any truth to the rumour we are signing benji for one year and letting walters go to broncos

Say whaaaat? Where did you hear this?

mate probably rubbish just Jimmy Smith was talking about it on SEN radio this morning now that Reynolds is gone and walters wants to play with his dad

Did he say we actually want Benji or was it a suggestion?

He said benji was keen and was talking to the club, and the club had reached out as a replacement for walters as he was confident he was leaving for Brisbane.
No mention of us in relation to money for benji though so it is probably not true in any case

So we get Staggs as a trade
No
How about Isaako ?
Milford ? As a clean swap for 12 months?

Milford I don't mind if it's a one year deal with the Broncs paying most of the freight as it reduces the risk and could be a fullback solution

Madge would get him fit and he'd be playing for is future

I havent seen him play a good game in years,so why would he suddenly do it if he came here?

 

[Speed2burn]

I wouldn’t take Milfood if he was offered for free

 

[sleeve]

any truth to the rumour we are signing benji for one year and letting walters go to broncos

Say whaaaat? Where did you hear this?

mate probably rubbish just Jimmy Smith was talking about it on SEN radio this morning now that Reynolds is gone and walters wants to play with his dad

Did he say we actually want Benji or was it a suggestion?

He said benji was keen and was talking to the club, and the club had reached out as a replacement for walters as he was confident he was leaving for Brisbane.
No mention of us in relation to money for benji though so it is probably not true in any case

So we get Staggs as a trade
No
How about Isaako ?
Milford ? As a clean swap for 12 months?

Milford I don't mind if it's a one year deal with the Broncs paying most of the freight as it reduces the risk and could be a fullback solution

Madge would get him fit and he'd be playing for is future



I havent seen him play a good game in years,so why would he suddenly do it if he came here?

With all the talented kids coming through why would we be this type of player? We have been ruined by buying discards,Packee,Moses,Reynolds,Jennings ,and people are suggesting,Milford,MAnsour etc.If clubs dont want them why do we?Look at signed talent-Laurie,Tannous,Kei.Fitzpatrick ,and others,some will make it ,some won;t .But you won;t develope a superstar from rejects

 

[gato]

any truth to the rumour we are signing benji for one year and letting walters go to broncos

Say whaaaat? Where did you hear this?

mate probably rubbish just Jimmy Smith was talking about it on SEN radio this morning now that Reynolds is gone and walters wants to play with his dad

Did he say we actually want Benji or was it a suggestion?

He said benji was keen and was talking to the club, and the club had reached out as a replacement for walters as he was confident he was leaving for Brisbane.
No mention of us in relation to money for benji though so it is probably not true in any case

So we get Staggs as a trade
No
How about Isaako ?
Milford ? As a clean swap for 12 months?

I liked Herbie Farnsworth ...I think our side needs a Herbie CT

Every side needs a herbie


Freeman ........ ??

I remember watching Herbie Freeman as a kid loved watching him play he was a hard man