Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Deleted member 3518]

For me Hastings signings (if true) is a no brainer.
We loose Reynolds and Walters all we have is a pretty big hole in the halves.
Inconsistent Brooks, untied Madden and Doueihi.
Hastings brings an experienced reasonably to low cost back up to the back line and perhaps hooker.
And ***don’t start with playing in the super league and being named man of steel in England is an easy gig***. That’s just rubbish from hyped up Aussie league fans that believe they are the gods gift to rugby league world.

Rangi Chase, Adrian Vowles, Dean Bell.....Men of Steel.

Thanks for the history lesson.... not!
I note you just noted a few.
touché

And those few were still pretty handy, Bell played 26 test matches, Vowles played origin and Chase was no slouch

Range chase was a reserve grader here , or fringe nrl at best . It’s not because we are elitist , it’s because it’s true .

Brett Hodgson 2009

??? What do you mean ?are you saying 2009 Brett Hodgson was in his prime ? Pretty sure 2009 Brett Hodgson was released because we thought he was past it .( he wasn’t but he wasn’t at his peak either )

 

[sleeve]

Kotoni Staggs has shot down speculation that he will leave the Broncos for Parramatta, the Gold Coast or Canterbury, declaring: “I love the club”.
Brisbane’s strike centre comes off contract this year and looms as the biggest name to hit the open market with rival clubs prepared to pay up to $800,000





I hoped the wests tigers would be in the mix,

For Chrichton yes,for Staggs no.

 

[Speed2burn]

Kotoni Staggs has shot down speculation that he will leave the Broncos for Parramatta, the Gold Coast or Canterbury, declaring: “I love the club”.
Brisbane’s strike centre comes off contract this year and looms as the biggest name to hit the open market with rival clubs prepared to pay up to $800,000





I hoped the wests tigers would be in the mix,

$800K? No thanks.

At a smidge more than BJ is getting or some.others have gotten, i tbink he is a marquee that will attract the right kind of player to the Tigers

I’d wait to see how he recovers from his acl, would be risky

Kotoni Staggs has shot down speculation that he will leave the Broncos for Parramatta, the Gold Coast or Canterbury, declaring: “I love the club”.
Brisbane’s strike centre comes off contract this year and looms as the biggest name to hit the open market with rival clubs prepared to pay up to $800,000





I hoped the wests tigers would be in the mix,

$800K? No thanks.

At a smidge more than BJ is getting or some.others have gotten, i tbink he is a marquee that will attract the right kind of player to the Tigers

I’d wait to see how he recovers from his acl injury first, I think he will miss the 1st half of the season maybe ?

 

[Russell]

Goal kicker... man of steel winner i think

Utility... if we do get him i wont be disappointed

Don't worry - if we got him, there would be plenty of time for you to get disappointed.

 

[weststigerman]

Kotoni Staggs has shot down speculation that he will leave the Broncos for Parramatta, the Gold Coast or Canterbury, declaring: “I love the club”.
Brisbane’s strike centre comes off contract this year and looms as the biggest name to hit the open market with rival clubs prepared to pay up to $800,000





I hoped the wests tigers would be in the mix,

No way at 800k, this is how we got into the salary cap mess to begin with.

 

[TillLindemann]

For me Hastings signings (if true) is a no brainer.
We loose Reynolds and Walters all we have is a pretty big hole in the halves.
Inconsistent Brooks, untied Madden and Doueihi.
Hastings brings an experienced reasonably to low cost back up to the back line and perhaps hooker.
And ***don’t start with playing in the super league and being named man of steel in England is an easy gig***. That’s just rubbish from hyped up Aussie league fans that believe they are the gods gift to rugby league world.

Rangi Chase, Adrian Vowles, Dean Bell.....Men of Steel.

Thanks for the history lesson.... not!
I note you just noted a few.
touché

And those few were still pretty handy, Bell played 26 test matches, Vowles played origin and Chase was no slouch

Range chase was a reserve grader here , or fringe nrl at best . It’s not because we are elitist , it’s because it’s true .

Brett Hodgson 2009

??? What do you mean ?are you saying 2009 Brett Hodgson was in his prime ? Pretty sure 2009 Brett Hodgson was released because we thought he was past it .( he wasn’t but he wasn’t at his peak either )

Yes some players who were average here have gone on to win Man of Steel over there. The flip side is plenty of Poms who've killed it here, including Ellis, never won Man of Steel when they were over there.

At the end of the day, winning the Man of Steel is not proof you'll do great here, but geez it hardly hurts does it? Plenty of Aussies have gone over there and sulked, put in average performances and coasted, or got into off field dramas. But we're complaining about a bloke that went over there and thrived?

And he didn't just thrive in a champion team like Wigan or St Helens, he thrived at little, perennially hopeless, Salford.

 

[finnzo]

So sick of the constant Cameron smith bashing have a listen to bloke ina bar podcast with him he sounds like a legend I really don’t get why every 1 hates him I’d love to see him run around again he’s literally the best player to ever play the game

What is there to like about a salary cap cheat that is in denial about being stripped of two titles?
What is there to like about a mug who comments as follows re Alex McKinnon, "If he doesn't duck his head, that doesn't happen."
What is there to like about a cheat who influences refs on how to rule on games?

Great player - yes. Great person - no.

Brett finch is on record saying when he played for Melbourne it was the only time he wasn’t getting paid under the table so it was a level playing field in my eyes

And have you ever played a game of footy? Things get heated out there your not thinking clearly I’m sure if you asked him about it today he would have a different view in the hole thing also have you watched the hole incident he starts by saying it’s a horrible thing and we obviously never want it in our game channel 9 happend to miss that

And can you really blame him for trying to influence the reffs? He’s trying to win the game not his folt the reffs listen to him haha

Just sick of the media giving it to the bloke

 

[cktiger]

Goal kicker... man of steel winner i think

Utility... if we do get him i wont be disappointed

Don't worry - if we got him, there would be plenty of time for you to get disappointed.

Not as disappointed I am in looking forward to Brooks underperforming again.

 

[Spartan117]

Kotoni Staggs has shot down speculation that he will leave the Broncos for Parramatta, the Gold Coast or Canterbury, declaring: “I love the club”.
Brisbane’s strike centre comes off contract this year and looms as the biggest name to hit the open market with rival clubs prepared to pay up to $800,000





I hoped the wests tigers would be in the mix,

No way at 800k, this is how we got into the salary cap mess to begin with.

We will need 1x "Overs" player soon.

Newcastle - Ponga
Titans - Fafita
Dogs - Cotric and JAC
StG - McCulloch (thats a joke Self - Lol).

The Tigers previously have panicked and given Marquee money to the wrong players (Jrey, Matts, Packer, Mbye,)

We will need to add someone.

 

[jrtiger]

Kotoni Staggs has shot down speculation that he will leave the Broncos for Parramatta, the Gold Coast or Canterbury, declaring: “I love the club”.
Brisbane’s strike centre comes off contract this year and looms as the biggest name to hit the open market with rival clubs prepared to pay up to $800,000





I hoped the wests tigers would be in the mix,

No way at 800k, this is how we got into the salary cap mess to begin with.

We will need 1x "Overs" player soon.

Newcastle - Ponga
Titans - Fafita
Dogs - Cotric and JAC
StG - McCulloch (thats a joke Self - Lol).

The Tigers previously have panicked and given Marquee money to the wrong players (Jrey, Matts, Packer, Mbye,)

We will need to add someone.

Stephen Crichton

 

[full80]

For me Hastings signings (if true) is a no brainer.
We loose Reynolds and Walters all we have is a pretty big hole in the halves.
Inconsistent Brooks, untied Madden and Doueihi.
Hastings brings an experienced reasonably to low cost back up to the back line and perhaps hooker.
And ***don’t start with playing in the super league and being named man of steel in England is an easy gig***. That’s just rubbish from hyped up Aussie league fans that believe they are the gods gift to rugby league world.

Rangi Chase, Adrian Vowles, Dean Bell.....Men of Steel.

Thanks for the history lesson.... not!
I note you just noted a few.
touché

And those few were still pretty handy, Bell played 26 test matches, Vowles played origin and Chase was no slouch

Range chase was a reserve grader here , or fringe nrl at best . It’s not because we are elitist , it’s because it’s true .

Brett Hodgson 2009

??? What do you mean ?are you saying 2009 Brett Hodgson was in his prime ? Pretty sure 2009 Brett Hodgson was released because we thought he was past it .( he wasn’t but he wasn’t at his peak either )

Yes some players who were average here have gone on to win Man of Steel over there. The flip side is plenty of Poms who've killed it here, including Ellis, never won Man of Steel when they were over there.

At the end of the day, winning the Man of Steel is not proof you'll do great here, but geez it hardly hurts does it? Plenty of Aussies have gone over there and sulked, put in average performances and coasted, or got into off field dramas. But we're complaining about a bloke that went over there and thrived?

And he didn't just thrive in a champion team like Wigan or St Helens, he thrived at little, perennially hopeless, Salford.

I agree. Even if we admit the standard is closer to NSW Cup than NRL, if we were offered a half/5-8 that had dominated for three seasons, had played in weak teams and made them better, had played in finals in front of big crowds, then why wouldn't you take the chance. I don't know of many top halves that are out there.

 

[cktiger]

So sick of the constant Cameron smith bashing have a listen to bloke ina bar podcast with him he sounds like a legend I really don’t get why every 1 hates him I’d love to see him run around again he’s literally the best player to ever play the game

What is there to like about a salary cap cheat that is in denial about being stripped of two titles?
What is there to like about a mug who comments as follows re Alex McKinnon, "If he doesn't duck his head, that doesn't happen."
What is there to like about a cheat who influences refs on how to rule on games?

Great player - yes. Great person - no.

Brett finch is on record saying when he played for Melbourne it was the only time he wasn’t getting paid under the table so it was a level playing field in my eyes

And have you ever played a game of footy? Things get heated out there your not thinking clearly I’m sure if you asked him about it today he would have a different view in the hole thing also have you watched the hole incident he starts by saying it’s a horrible thing and we obviously never want it in our game channel 9 happend to miss that

And can you really blame him for trying to influence the reffs? He’s trying to win the game not his folt the reffs listen to him haha

***Just sick of the media giving it to the bloke***

The media usually crawl up his backside.
They've been trying to polish that turd for years.

 

[sleeve]

Crichton fits all the boxes going forward, can play FB, wing, centre,5/8 . I doubt we can get him, but with plenty of cash , and not much out there, I would throw the bank at him.

 

[Tiger5150]

For me Hastings signings (if true) is a no brainer.
We loose Reynolds and Walters all we have is a pretty big hole in the halves.
Inconsistent Brooks, untied Madden and Doueihi.
Hastings brings an experienced reasonably to low cost back up to the back line and perhaps hooker.
And ***don’t start with playing in the super league and being named man of steel in England is an easy gig***. That’s just rubbish from hyped up Aussie league fans that believe they are the gods gift to rugby league world.

Rangi Chase, Adrian Vowles, Dean Bell.....Men of Steel.

Thanks for the history lesson.... not!
I note you just noted a few.
touché

And those few were still pretty handy, Bell played 26 test matches, Vowles played origin and Chase was no slouch

Range chase was a reserve grader here , or fringe nrl at best . It’s not because we are elitist , it’s because it’s true .

Brett Hodgson 2009

??? What do you mean ?are you saying 2009 Brett Hodgson was in his prime ? Pretty sure 2009 Brett Hodgson was released because we thought he was past it .( he wasn’t but he wasn’t at his peak either )

Yes some players who were average here have gone on to win Man of Steel over there. The flip side is plenty of Poms who've killed it here, including Ellis, never won Man of Steel when they were over there.

At the end of the day, winning the Man of Steel is not proof you'll do great here, but geez it hardly hurts does it? Plenty of Aussies have gone over there and sulked, put in average performances and coasted, or got into off field dramas. But we're complaining about a bloke that went over there and thrived?

And he didn't just thrive in a champion team like Wigan or St Helens, he thrived at little, perennially hopeless, Salford.


I agree. Even if we admit the standard is closer to NSW Cup than NRL, if we were offered a half/5-8 that had dominated for three seasons, had played in weak teams and made them better, had played in finals in front of big crowds, then why wouldn't you take the chance. I don't know of many top halves that are out there.

You just described Billy Margoulis (not a half I acknowledge). Tore up and was a star in Reggies, unwanted in firsts by anyone.

 

[mike]

So sick of the constant Cameron smith bashing have a listen to bloke ina bar podcast with him he sounds like a legend I really don’t get why every 1 hates him I’d love to see him run around again he’s literally the best player to ever play the game

He’s the consummate cheat. Should have been rubbed out of the game at the beginning.

 

[jadtiger]

Crichton fits all the boxes going forward, can play FB, wing, centre,5/8 . I doubt we can get him, but with plenty of cash , and not much out there, I would throw the bank at him.

That would take the club backwards.you only pay what they are worth. No player is worth hamstringing the clubs options in purchasing players in the future.LM was not worth anywhere near the figures some people on here wanted to throw at him and nor is Crichton.

 

[mikey]

So sick of the constant Cameron smith bashing have a listen to bloke ina bar podcast with him he sounds like a legend I really don’t get why every 1 hates him I’d love to see him run around again he’s literally the best player to ever play the game

What is there to like about a salary cap cheat that is in denial about being stripped of two titles?
What is there to like about a mug who comments as follows re Alex McKinnon, "If he doesn't duck his head, that doesn't happen."
What is there to like about a cheat who influences refs on how to rule on games?

Great player - yes. Great person - no.

You call him a great player but then measure him as a person by how he plays - says more about you than Smith. You have no idea the type of person he is.

Your actions and behaviours do show what kind of person you are - how else would you make a decision on whether you like or dislike someone if not on their actions and behaviours and how you value those?
It is also possible to make a distinction between how good a person is at their sport or work, and their behaviours as a person.
As for what it says about me - care factor zero. In the words of a wise person - You have no idea what kind of person I am.

 

[Leck]

Laurie’s size is abit of a concern,Papenhuyzen being such a lightweight his head and body have been put in some very dangerous positions when getting tackled.Tedesco is much bigger in size than Laurie or Paps,Sivo ran over Teddy last year,he wasn’t the same player when he returned

I agree Daine probably needs to gain 5kg in muscle (currently 83kg) to hold his own. However he'll be 22 this year and will fill out over the next couple.

In saying that, Brett Hodgson one of our favourite sons and one of the best fullbacks in the 2000 era played his career at 78kg.

Mate it'snteresting how the game has changed, the great Graham Langlands played at just over 12 stone about 178kg.

I agree, it feels like players have been forced to get bigger and stronger to compete over the last 20 years.

In our constantly evolving competition it's slowly changing to benefit smarter and lighter players with good footwork and ball playing skills.

The introduction of the six again, the death of the wrestle and scrum and refs blowing whistles on the third man in a tackle like it's a basketball game means all these new rules are undeniably changing how rugby league is played.

If you're not quick and mobile in 2021, players like Fafita, Taumalolo, Asofa-Solomona and even our own Ofahengaue and Twal will struggle.

I'm sure Madge understands the changes and is coaching accordingly.

 

[diedpretty]

So sick of the constant Cameron smith bashing have a listen to bloke ina bar podcast with him he sounds like a legend I really don’t get why every 1 hates him I’d love to see him run around again he’s **literally the best player to ever play the game**

Big call - i'll grant you he is the best player of the modern era however as has been argued on here many times there is no way that you can make comparisons over different eras.

 

[diedpretty]

So sick of the constant Cameron smith bashing have a listen to bloke ina bar podcast with him he sounds like a legend I really don’t get why every 1 hates him I’d love to see him run around again he’s literally the best player to ever play the game

What is there to like about a salary cap cheat that is in denial about being stripped of two titles?
What is there to like about a mug who comments as follows re Alex McKinnon, "If he doesn't duck his head, that doesn't happen."
What is there to like about a cheat who influences refs on how to rule on games?

Great player - yes. Great person - no.

Brett finch is on record saying when he played for Melbourne it was the only time he wasn’t getting paid under the table so it was a level playing field in my eyes

And have you ever played a game of footy? Things get heated out there your not thinking clearly I’m sure if you asked him about it today he would have a different view in the hole thing also have you watched the hole incident he starts by saying it’s a horrible thing and we obviously never want it in our game channel 9 happend to miss that

And can you really blame him for trying to influence the reffs? He’s trying to win the game not his folt the reffs listen to him haha

Just sick of the media giving it to the bloke

Come off it Mrs Smith - you already have your ring.