Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[TigerWest]

how typical would it be of Wests Tigers to send our big 3 football department personalities up to Brissy and come back with sweet nothing. hope it doesn't happen, but you couldn't help but laugh if it did.

as a few have said though, we wouldn't fly up to Brisbane if a deal wasn't close after magic round.

Walters for Isaako
M'Bye for TPJ

When Reynolds signed with the Bronc's, he mentioned that Brisbane sent a senior management delegation down to talk to him, Cronulla sent an assistant coach?....he signed with Bronc's for less.

 

[happy_tiger]

how typical would it be of Wests Tigers to send our big 3 football department personalities up to Brissy and come back with sweet nothing. hope it doesn't happen, but you couldn't help but laugh if it did.

as a few have said though, we wouldn't fly up to Brisbane if a deal wasn't close after magic round.

Walters for Isaako
M'Bye for TPJ

When Reynolds signed with the Bronc's, he mentioned that Brisbane sent a senior management delegation down to talk to him, Cronulla sent an assistant coach?....he signed with Bronc's for less.

I heard it was Mezzatesta that handled all the meetings after Fitzgibbon got the ball rolling .....Fitzy might be asking Robinson for his clipboard back lol

 

[jrtiger]

how typical would it be of Wests Tigers to send our big 3 football department personalities up to Brissy and come back with sweet nothing. hope it doesn't happen, but you couldn't help but laugh if it did.

as a few have said though, we wouldn't fly up to Brisbane if a deal wasn't close after magic round.

Walters for Isaako
M'Bye for TPJ

When Reynolds signed with the Bronc's, he mentioned that Brisbane sent a senior management delegation down to talk to him, Cronulla sent an assistant coach?....he signed with Bronc's for less.

I heard it was Mezzatesta that handled all the meetings after Fitzgibbon got the ball rolling .....Fitzy might be asking Robinson for his clipboard back lol

cronulla's got some very good footballers on their roster, if Fitzgibbon is as good as people say he is they'll be a very good outfit in a couple years. Wilton, Kennedy, Mulitalo, Rudolf, Tracey and Trindall are all very very good.

 

[THE_POM]

The club has been trying to get Issako for the best part of 3-4 Months. Was originally meant to be a swap deal with Walters in the early rounds of the year. He's been told he's free to leave but Broncos keep moving the goal posts when a deal seems close to be done.
But as many have pointed out you don't send your 3 main recruiting agents on a flight for a simple coffee.
TPJ is an interesting one, few murmurs around that he & Walters (Coach) don't see eye to eye & Broncos will unwillingly release him to free up money & ease tensions in the playing group but he's apparently not the only one on the nose with Walters.
I'd be fairly confident in getting Issako for this season.

 

[happy_tiger]

how typical would it be of Wests Tigers to send our big 3 football department personalities up to Brissy and come back with sweet nothing. hope it doesn't happen, but you couldn't help but laugh if it did.

as a few have said though, we wouldn't fly up to Brisbane if a deal wasn't close after magic round.

Walters for Isaako
M'Bye for TPJ

When Reynolds signed with the Bronc's, he mentioned that Brisbane sent a senior management delegation down to talk to him, Cronulla sent an assistant coach?....he signed with Bronc's for less.

I heard it was Mezzatesta that handled all the meetings after Fitzgibbon got the ball rolling .....Fitzy might be asking Robinson for his clipboard back lol

cronulla's got some very good footballers on their roster, if Fitzgibbon is as good as people say he is they'll be a very good outfit in a couple years. Wilton, Kennedy, Mulitalo, Rudolf, Tracey and Trindall are all very very good.

Yeah you'd saw your leftie and rightie off with a rusty blunt saw for Wilton and Rudolf to come to the WT's

 

[jrtiger]

The club has been trying to get Issako for the best part of 3-4 Months. Was originally meant to be a swap deal with Walters in the early rounds of the year. He's been told he's free to leave but Broncos keep moving the goal posts when a deal seems close to be done.
But as many have pointed out you don't send your 3 main recruiting agents on a flight for a simple coffee.
TPJ is an interesting one, few murmurs around that he & Walters (Coach) don't see eye to eye & Broncos will unwillingly release him to free up money & ease tensions in the playing group but he's apparently not the only one on the nose with Walters.
I'd be fairly confident in getting Issako for this season.

are Gildart and/or Gagai close?

 

[yeahcaz]

The club has been trying to get Issako for the best part of 3-4 Months. Was originally meant to be a swap deal with Walters in the early rounds of the year. He's been told he's free to leave but Broncos keep moving the goal posts when a deal seems close to be done.
But as many have pointed out you don't send your 3 main recruiting agents on a flight for a simple coffee.
TPJ is an interesting one, few murmurs around that he & Walters (Coach) don't see eye to eye & Broncos will unwillingly release him to free up money & ease tensions in the playing group but he's apparently not the only one on the nose with Walters.
I'd be fairly confident in getting Issako for this season.

are Gildart and/or Gagai close?

If we tie up both of those 2, I’d say Gagai is a pointless pick up even more so if we get Isaako

 

[cochise]

I admire the determination to sign both players. I don't agree with all the publicity. It's on 7 News this morning as a raid We should have asked the Army if we can use the SAS or the US Army for Delta Force and Chuck Norris. This has the potential for an own goal if the mission is unsuccessful.

The media have made a massive story out of it hoping it doesn’t happen so they can gleefully put the slipper in again.

They just happened to get spotted on the plane and the journalists did their digging. It's a shame because if it's a first meeting it's probably a good chance of a discussion and the players saying they'll think about it but nothing comes of it

Of course as you said the media will go bananas if we don't sign them.

To be honest if we are flying up days after being up their for magic round then I think discussion are further along than a first meeting. Madge didn't fly back to Sydney until Sunday so flew back up 3 days later.

 

[Pbulk]

Isaako must be all but done, no way do the 3 of them go up without going to either confirm a deal or sign a contract.

TPJ is a bit of a surprise. Of all the middles/second rowers available (providing he is available) I'd only have Sua and Finucane above him. At the right price he is definitely worth a shot. Gives us that speed and aggression we've been lacking up front.

 

[THE_POM]

The club has been trying to get Issako for the best part of 3-4 Months. Was originally meant to be a swap deal with Walters in the early rounds of the year. He's been told he's free to leave but Broncos keep moving the goal posts when a deal seems close to be done.
But as many have pointed out you don't send your 3 main recruiting agents on a flight for a simple coffee.
TPJ is an interesting one, few murmurs around that he & Walters (Coach) don't see eye to eye & Broncos will unwillingly release him to free up money & ease tensions in the playing group but he's apparently not the only one on the nose with Walters.
I'd be fairly confident in getting Issako for this season.

are Gildart and/or Gagai close?

Gildart is a matter of visa & paperwork (hence no announcement yet), Hastings was easier as he's already an aussie citizen.
No genuine interest in Gagai, just manager talk.

 

[THE_POM]

I admire the determination to sign both players. I don't agree with all the publicity. It's on 7 News this morning as a raid We should have asked the Army if we can use the SAS or the US Army for Delta Force and Chuck Norris. This has the potential for an own goal if the mission is unsuccessful.

The media have made a massive story out of it hoping it doesn’t happen so they can gleefully put the slipper in again.

They just happened to get spotted on the plane and the journalists did their digging. It's a shame because if it's a first meeting it's probably a good chance of a discussion and the players saying they'll think about it but nothing comes of it

Of course as you said the media will go bananas if we don't sign them.

To be honest if we are flying up days after being up their for magic round then I think discussion are further along than a first meeting. Madge didn't fly back to Sydney until Sunday so flew back up 3 days later.

100% this isn't the 1st round of discussions.

 

[avocadoontoast]

The club has been trying to get Issako for the best part of 3-4 Months. Was originally meant to be a swap deal with Walters in the early rounds of the year. He's been told he's free to leave but Broncos keep moving the goal posts when a deal seems close to be done.
But as many have pointed out you don't send your 3 main recruiting agents on a flight for a simple coffee.
TPJ is an interesting one, few murmurs around that he & Walters (Coach) don't see eye to eye & Broncos will unwillingly release him to free up money & ease tensions in the playing group but he's apparently not the only one on the nose with Walters.
I'd be fairly confident in getting Issako for this season.

Thanks Pom. Any chance of TPJ this season?

 

[TonyTiger]

how typical would it be of Wests Tigers to send our big 3 football department personalities up to Brissy and come back with sweet nothing. hope it doesn't happen, but you couldn't help but laugh if it did.

as a few have said though, we wouldn't fly up to Brisbane if a deal wasn't close after magic round.

Walters for Isaako
M'Bye for TPJ

They went further than Taree this time ...
TPJ would add so much fire to our pack, not keen on Isaako though.

 

[THE_POM]

The club has been trying to get Issako for the best part of 3-4 Months. Was originally meant to be a swap deal with Walters in the early rounds of the year. He's been told he's free to leave but Broncos keep moving the goal posts when a deal seems close to be done.
But as many have pointed out you don't send your 3 main recruiting agents on a flight for a simple coffee.
TPJ is an interesting one, few murmurs around that he & Walters (Coach) don't see eye to eye & Broncos will unwillingly release him to free up money & ease tensions in the playing group but he's apparently not the only one on the nose with Walters.
I'd be fairly confident in getting Issako for this season.

Thanks Pom. Any chance of TPJ this season?

Don't think so, we'd have to offer someone in return for that to happen.

 

[jrtiger]

The club has been trying to get Issako for the best part of 3-4 Months. Was originally meant to be a swap deal with Walters in the early rounds of the year. He's been told he's free to leave but Broncos keep moving the goal posts when a deal seems close to be done.
But as many have pointed out you don't send your 3 main recruiting agents on a flight for a simple coffee.
TPJ is an interesting one, few murmurs around that he & Walters (Coach) don't see eye to eye & Broncos will unwillingly release him to free up money & ease tensions in the playing group but he's apparently not the only one on the nose with Walters.
I'd be fairly confident in getting Issako for this season.

Thanks Pom. Any chance of TPJ this season?

Don't think so, we'd have to offer someone in return for that to happen.

is it looking likely TPJ will be a Tiger in 2022?

 

[Speed2burn]

I haven’t been a fan of TPJ in the past, but he’s been playing this year with a fire in his belly. Plus he plays 80 mins on an edge

 

[THE_POM]

The club has been trying to get Issako for the best part of 3-4 Months. Was originally meant to be a swap deal with Walters in the early rounds of the year. He's been told he's free to leave but Broncos keep moving the goal posts when a deal seems close to be done.
But as many have pointed out you don't send your 3 main recruiting agents on a flight for a simple coffee.
TPJ is an interesting one, few murmurs around that he & Walters (Coach) don't see eye to eye & Broncos will unwillingly release him to free up money & ease tensions in the playing group but he's apparently not the only one on the nose with Walters.
I'd be fairly confident in getting Issako for this season.

Thanks Pom. Any chance of TPJ this season?

Don't think so, we'd have to offer someone in return for that to happen.

is it looking likely TPJ will be a Tiger in 2022?

Even 50/50 that he'll be here in 2022
Closer to 80/20 in our favour for Issako in 2021/22

 

[TIGERPOWER]

The club has been trying to get Issako for the best part of 3-4 Months. Was originally meant to be a swap deal with Walters in the early rounds of the year. He's been told he's free to leave but Broncos keep moving the goal posts when a deal seems close to be done.
But as many have pointed out you don't send your 3 main recruiting agents on a flight for a simple coffee.
TPJ is an interesting one, few murmurs around that he & Walters (Coach) don't see eye to eye & Broncos will unwillingly release him to free up money & ease tensions in the playing group but he's apparently not the only one on the nose with Walters.
I'd be fairly confident in getting Issako for this season.

Thanks Pom. Any chance of TPJ this season?

Don't think so, we'd have to offer someone in return for that to happen.

is it looking likely TPJ will be a Tiger in 2022?

Even 50/50 that he'll be here in 2022
Closer to 80/20 in our favour for Issako in 2021/22

Are they getting Issako to play wing or has there been any talk of him playing fullback?

 

[THE_POM]

The club has been trying to get Issako for the best part of 3-4 Months. Was originally meant to be a swap deal with Walters in the early rounds of the year. He's been told he's free to leave but Broncos keep moving the goal posts when a deal seems close to be done.
But as many have pointed out you don't send your 3 main recruiting agents on a flight for a simple coffee.
TPJ is an interesting one, few murmurs around that he & Walters (Coach) don't see eye to eye & Broncos will unwillingly release him to free up money & ease tensions in the playing group but he's apparently not the only one on the nose with Walters.
I'd be fairly confident in getting Issako for this season.

Thanks Pom. Any chance of TPJ this season?

Don't think so, we'd have to offer someone in return for that to happen.

is it looking likely TPJ will be a Tiger in 2022?

Even 50/50 that he'll be here in 2022
Closer to 80/20 in our favour for Issako in 2021/22

Are they getting Issako to play wing or has there been any talk of him playing fullback?

He's been told outright he's coming for a wing spot/outside back depth. There's a long term plan at play here. Also goal kicking depth.

 

[TIGERPOWER]

The club has been trying to get Issako for the best part of 3-4 Months. Was originally meant to be a swap deal with Walters in the early rounds of the year. He's been told he's free to leave but Broncos keep moving the goal posts when a deal seems close to be done.
But as many have pointed out you don't send your 3 main recruiting agents on a flight for a simple coffee.
TPJ is an interesting one, few murmurs around that he & Walters (Coach) don't see eye to eye & Broncos will unwillingly release him to free up money & ease tensions in the playing group but he's apparently not the only one on the nose with Walters.
I'd be fairly confident in getting Issako for this season.

Thanks Pom. Any chance of TPJ this season?

Don't think so, we'd have to offer someone in return for that to happen.

is it looking likely TPJ will be a Tiger in 2022?

Even 50/50 that he'll be here in 2022
Closer to 80/20 in our favour for Issako in 2021/22

Are they getting Issako to play wing or has there been any talk of him playing fullback?

He's been told outright he's coming for a wing spot/outside back depth. There's a long term plan at play here. Also goal kicking depth.

That’s great news. Are we happy to release Walters for him this year to get him here? Love what the club is doing. Thanks for the updates.