Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Cultured_Bogan]

I know the state of the club isn't the best but where are the ambitious players who back themselves enough to be the player who turns the WTs fortunes around?
Someone under the Thurston or Tommy Turbo mould. Super competitive, a winning attitude and a big set of balls who is unfazed by any of our history, challenges or limitations.
I can respect footy player's decisions to seek glory and them not seeing us as an option but I'm totally sick of being a bargaining chip for those whose intentions are not the best.
It's the last thing we need.

Five hit-ups and a bomb is not really the type of football that attracts good players.

I occasionally teach hip hop (dance) and some games when I've watched us play it's usually reminded me of the under 5's classes.
Most have two left feet and in group dance routines, they are so out of sync, it isn't funny. It's like if the NRL were the MTV VMAs we'd be winning the worst choreographed music video hands down.

Do you like hip hop music ?

I love all types of music from RnB to Rock and use most of them in my dance routines. Dancehall is my fave genre to teach though.
I actually enjoy listening to my Dad's 70s collections and Mum's 80s dance type music for my classes - Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and Run DMC. Then my older brothers are into 90s heavy metal or hard rock and my sisters are into 90s RNB, so I've even grown to love a few vocalists over the decades. Especially love ***Freddie Mercury and Mike Patton***.

I knew you were alright.

 

[bathursttiger1]

But do we want to be winners or the nice club

It's not about being "nice". It's about recruiting players of good character who will sacrifice for the greater good.
Melbourne are the template.
They recruit players who are willing to do a job for the team. The no dickhead policy creates unity and a sense of team. It creates a winning club.

Mickey Mouse covid laws please. He’s not a criminal. I’d sign him ASAP. Not everyone believes the media and government Covid propaganda people should respect that. Don’t we have any freedoms anymore?

Is that what you think this is about?
Do you think it might be about a player deliberately breaking a law, putting his club and the competition in jeopardy?
Could it be about reckless, selfish, repeated infractions by the same player?
This is not the political thread or the anti vaxer thread or the doomsday prepper thread.

How dare a bloke have some people over his house lock him up. Don’t believe everything you see in the media

He’s admitted it.

“From Fox NRL: ‘Stupid, unexplainable, irresponsible’: Dumped Vaughan’s grovelling apology”

Whether we like it or not, rules are rules and I am surprised you would risk such a huge salary to break them?

It’s just so hypocritical with de belin still prancing around all the other wife beaters and other players that have done much worse. But because the media tells us we have to hate in this bloke everyone does does his wife and kids really deserve to cop all these media pressure now it’s sickening


Everyone understands that having a BBQ with your mates isnt the crime of the century. Everyone with half a brain also understands how much of a privilege it is to get paid hundreds of thousands to play footy whilst many other peoples businesses are closed and going broke and how fragile that privilege is because one moron could bring it all down and a sport and business responsible for 10's of millions and thousands of jobs could be stopped tomorrow, just like many other businesses.

Agree but it’s the government fault small business is bleeding not Paul Vaughan. Government are making all these laws.


ahem....cough. What rule did the Government implement that resulted in him being sacked? The Government law resulted in him getting fine $1K.

The NRL & St GIlly rule resulted in him getting sacked. The NRL & St Gilly didnt have to bring in those laws, they could have not had those laws and Paul Vaughn and all his mates would be home on Jobkeeper.


Gyms. Cafe, events and all the business that cannot trade at the moment are bleeding and if you believe what the media are saying lock down is going to be longer. Also have little government support now


That makes what Vaughn did all the more irresponsible and stupid...,no?

Yes it’s all Vaughn fault.


Who elses fault would it be for him to host a BBQ with 12 of his mates against the law and the rules of his employment?

I was talking about covid in general and pretty much all unhappiness in the world


Paul Vaughn is responsible for COVID and all the unhappiness in the world?

I would have fined him double then.

Seriously mate. He knew the rules, he has broken them and been fined before. He knowingly broke them again. He put thousands of people jobs at risk. He is a moron and deserved the sack.

Feel sorry for his family, they are going to cop a financial whack.

"You reap what you sow" He only has himself to blame.
No brains and happy without any.

 

[yeahcaz]

@THE_POM @tigerballs @CCTW

Since we've missed TPJ and likely Finucane, any ideas on who we are targeting? And the progress of talks for HSS or Sua?

I swear I get more and more pessimistic about our recruiting ability as time goes on. It's honestly ridiculous, though not surprising, how many players were are in the hunt for but miss out on.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of these blokes reply when posts like this come up, they give info when they have it.

Sign of the times that we’re excited about the potential signing of those 2. Replacing Mediocrity with more mediocrity

We're not signing either of them. Both asking for money the WT are not willing to pay.

Legit can’t tell if this is serious or not

 

[Guest]

@THE_POM @tigerballs @CCTW

Since we've missed TPJ and likely Finucane, any ideas on who we are targeting? And the progress of talks for HSS or Sua?

I swear I get more and more pessimistic about our recruiting ability as time goes on. It's honestly ridiculous, though not surprising, how many players were are in the hunt for but miss out on.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of these blokes reply when posts like this come up, they give info when they have it.

Sign of the times that we’re excited about the potential signing of those 2. Replacing Mediocrity with more mediocrity

We're not signing either of them. Both asking for money the WT are not willing to pay.

Legit can’t tell if this is serious or not

Quite serious.

 

[tony soprano]

Step in his shoes try view the world with eyes that think Covid is rubbish.

Sigh... why would anyone want to enter the world of fantasy?

We have freedoms others can only dream of but we can't enjoy them until we've controlled the pandemic that's killed over 4 million people to date. Like it or not, the people abusing the rules are the ones causing the lockdowns to extend.

Wear a mask, get a vaccine, social distance and stay at home when required - it's not that hard. The quicker the naysayers realise this needs to be done the quicker we'll be done.

If the government come out and assured no more lock downs but we want everyone vaccinated I’d do it so the little end of town are no longer impacted.

But the government approach has been terrible trying to eradicate Covid with forcing lock downs on entire cities while protecting high end of town.

Look at the nrl for example how long can we continue to halt junior development. We need to learn to live with it.

"If the government come out and assured no more lock downs but we want everyone vaccinated I’d do it so the little end of town are no longer impacted"

Does that mean you are not looking to get vaccinated to prevent transmission but complaining about lockdowns that are implemented when the virus starts to spread?

That’s none of your business, since you asked I’m complaining about vaccine role out has been a joke and lock downs are crippling a lot of things.

 

[Telltails]

I'm numb to signing suggestions now. I expect the worst and or no one... another mental health strategy.

 

[voice_of_reason]

If the government come out and assured no more lock downs but we want everyone vaccinated I’d do it so the little end of town are no longer impacted.

That's what they're trying to do but they can't until people start using their brains and doing what's asked. Every time there's a new cluster we get set back so people holding out for some whimsical assurance is part of the problem. The longer you hold out the longer everyone is hurt.

Ask yourself this, do you want to be part of the problem or part of the solution?

Apologies for the OT content mods, last post from me.

 

[jrtiger]

@THE_POM @tigerballs @CCTW

Since we've missed TPJ and likely Finucane, any ideas on who we are targeting? And the progress of talks for HSS or Sua?

I swear I get more and more pessimistic about our recruiting ability as time goes on. It's honestly ridiculous, though not surprising, how many players were are in the hunt for but miss out on.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of these blokes reply when posts like this come up, they give info when they have it.

Sign of the times that we’re excited about the potential signing of those 2. Replacing Mediocrity with more mediocrity

We're not signing either of them. Both asking for money the WT are not willing to pay.

Legit can’t tell if this is serious or not

Quite serious.

which two players?

 

[Tiger5150]

If the government come out and assured no more lock downs but we want everyone vaccinated I’d do it so the little end of town are no longer impacted.

That's what they're trying to do but they can't until people start using their brains and doing what's asked. Every time there's a new cluster we get set back so people holding out for some whimsical assurance is part of the problem. The longer you hold out the longer everyone is hurt.

Ask yourself this, do you want to be part of the problem or part of the solution?

If only there was a thread for the Coronavirus Outbreak....

 

[Guest]

Step in his shoes try view the world with eyes that think Covid is rubbish.

Sigh... why would anyone want to enter the world of fantasy?

We have freedoms others can only dream of but we can't enjoy them until we've controlled the pandemic that's killed over 4 million people to date. Like it or not, the people abusing the rules are the ones causing the lockdowns to extend.

Wear a mask, get a vaccine, social distance and stay at home when required - it's not that hard. The quicker the naysayers realise this needs to be done the quicker we'll be done.

If the government come out and assured no more lock downs but we want everyone vaccinated I’d do it so the little end of town are no longer impacted.

But the government approach has been terrible trying to eradicate Covid with forcing lock downs on entire cities while protecting high end of town.

Look at the nrl for example how long can we continue to halt junior development. We need to learn to live with it.

"If the government come out and assured no more lock downs but we want everyone vaccinated I’d do it so the little end of town are no longer impacted"

Does that mean you are not looking to get vaccinated to prevent transmission but complaining about lockdowns that are implemented when the virus starts to spread?

That’s none of your business, since you asked I’m complaining about vaccine role out has been a joke and lock downs are crippling a lot of things.

Take it to the CV thread.

 

[yeahcaz]

@THE_POM @tigerballs @CCTW

Since we've missed TPJ and likely Finucane, any ideas on who we are targeting? And the progress of talks for HSS or Sua?

I swear I get more and more pessimistic about our recruiting ability as time goes on. It's honestly ridiculous, though not surprising, how many players were are in the hunt for but miss out on.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of these blokes reply when posts like this come up, they give info when they have it.

Sign of the times that we’re excited about the potential signing of those 2. Replacing Mediocrity with more mediocrity

We're not signing either of them. Both asking for money the WT are not willing to pay.

Legit can’t tell if this is serious or not

Quite serious.

Good. Would make absolutely no improvement to this footy side and anyone who thinks otherwise is just desperate for us to sign anyone

 

[Guest]

@THE_POM @tigerballs @CCTW

Since we've missed TPJ and likely Finucane, any ideas on who we are targeting? And the progress of talks for HSS or Sua?

I swear I get more and more pessimistic about our recruiting ability as time goes on. It's honestly ridiculous, though not surprising, how many players were are in the hunt for but miss out on.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of these blokes reply when posts like this come up, they give info when they have it.

Sign of the times that we’re excited about the potential signing of those 2. Replacing Mediocrity with more mediocrity

We're not signing either of them. Both asking for money the WT are not willing to pay.

Legit can’t tell if this is serious or not

Quite serious.

which two players?

TPJ and Finucane.

 

[tony soprano]

If the government come out and assured no more lock downs but we want everyone vaccinated I’d do it so the little end of town are no longer impacted.

That's what they're trying to do but they can't until people start using their brains and doing what's asked. Every time there's a new cluster we get set back so people holding out for some whimsical assurance is part of the problem. The longer you hold out the longer everyone is hurt.

Ask yourself this, do you want to be part of the problem or part of the solution?

Apparently there may be a third jab needed now. Vaccine role out bad to worse

 

[yeahcaz]

@THE_POM @tigerballs @CCTW

Since we've missed TPJ and likely Finucane, any ideas on who we are targeting? And the progress of talks for HSS or Sua?

I swear I get more and more pessimistic about our recruiting ability as time goes on. It's honestly ridiculous, though not surprising, how many players were are in the hunt for but miss out on.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of these blokes reply when posts like this come up, they give info when they have it.

Sign of the times that we’re excited about the potential signing of those 2. Replacing Mediocrity with more mediocrity

We're not signing either of them. Both asking for money the WT are not willing to pay.

Legit can’t tell if this is serious or not

Quite serious.

which two players?

TPJ and Finucane.

So you’ve completely misunderstood me as I was talking about su’a and smith shields. Hence the mediocrity comment

 

[Cairnstigers]

But do we want to be winners or the nice club

It's not about being "nice". It's about recruiting players of good character who will sacrifice for the greater good.
Melbourne are the template.
They recruit players who are willing to do a job for the team. The no dickhead policy creates unity and a sense of team. It creates a winning club.

Mickey Mouse covid laws please. He’s not a criminal. I’d sign him ASAP. Not everyone believes the media and government Covid propaganda people should respect that. Don’t we have any freedoms anymore?

Is that what you think this is about?
Do you think it might be about a player deliberately breaking a law, putting his club and the competition in jeopardy?
Could it be about reckless, selfish, repeated infractions by the same player?
This is not the political thread or the anti vaxer thread or the doomsday prepper thread.

How dare a bloke have some people over his house lock him up. Don’t believe everything you see in the media

He’s admitted it.

“From Fox NRL: ‘Stupid, unexplainable, irresponsible’: Dumped Vaughan’s grovelling apology”

Whether we like it or not, rules are rules and I am surprised you would risk such a huge salary to break them?

It’s just so hypocritical with de belin still prancing around all the other wife beaters and other players that have done much worse. But because the media tells us we have to hate in this bloke everyone does does his wife and kids really deserve to cop all these media pressure now it’s sickening


Everyone understands that having a BBQ with your mates isnt the crime of the century. Everyone with half a brain also understands how much of a privilege it is to get paid hundreds of thousands to play footy whilst many other peoples businesses are closed and going broke and how fragile that privilege is because one moron could bring it all down and a sport and business responsible for 10's of millions and thousands of jobs could be stopped tomorrow, just like many other businesses.

Agree but it’s the government fault small business is bleeding not Paul Vaughan. Government are making all these laws.


ahem....cough. What rule did the Government implement that resulted in him being sacked? The Government law resulted in him getting fine $1K.

The NRL & St GIlly rule resulted in him getting sacked. The NRL & St Gilly didnt have to bring in those laws, they could have not had those laws and Paul Vaughn and all his mates would be home on Jobkeeper.


Gyms. Cafe, events and all the business that cannot trade at the moment are bleeding and if you believe what the media are saying lock down is going to be longer. Also have little government support now


That makes what Vaughn did all the more irresponsible and stupid...,no?

Exactly
Over 4'000'000 reported deaths world wide and no doubt many more un reported
It all started with one person catching this virus
And that's all it takes
One stupid person to ruin it for the rest of us
Let that sink in
We have laws and rules in place to protect us all
He was acting irresponsible as were all the others that attended
I would guess that by sacking Vaughn, it freed up lots of $ to spend elsewhere
That is the motive for stgeorge to do what they did
It's a wonder they don't try and get rid of some dead wood
Paul's an idiot but why is he the only one of 12 to get sacked
They all knew the rules

 

[Tiger5150]

But do we want to be winners or the nice club

It's not about being "nice". It's about recruiting players of good character who will sacrifice for the greater good.
Melbourne are the template.
They recruit players who are willing to do a job for the team. The no dickhead policy creates unity and a sense of team. It creates a winning club.

Mickey Mouse covid laws please. He’s not a criminal. I’d sign him ASAP. Not everyone believes the media and government Covid propaganda people should respect that. Don’t we have any freedoms anymore?

Is that what you think this is about?
Do you think it might be about a player deliberately breaking a law, putting his club and the competition in jeopardy?
Could it be about reckless, selfish, repeated infractions by the same player?
This is not the political thread or the anti vaxer thread or the doomsday prepper thread.

How dare a bloke have some people over his house lock him up. Don’t believe everything you see in the media

He’s admitted it.

“From Fox NRL: ‘Stupid, unexplainable, irresponsible’: Dumped Vaughan’s grovelling apology”

Whether we like it or not, rules are rules and I am surprised you would risk such a huge salary to break them?

It’s just so hypocritical with de belin still prancing around all the other wife beaters and other players that have done much worse. But because the media tells us we have to hate in this bloke everyone does does his wife and kids really deserve to cop all these media pressure now it’s sickening


Everyone understands that having a BBQ with your mates isnt the crime of the century. Everyone with half a brain also understands how much of a privilege it is to get paid hundreds of thousands to play footy whilst many other peoples businesses are closed and going broke and how fragile that privilege is because one moron could bring it all down and a sport and business responsible for 10's of millions and thousands of jobs could be stopped tomorrow, just like many other businesses.

Agree but it’s the government fault small business is bleeding not Paul Vaughan. Government are making all these laws.


ahem....cough. What rule did the Government implement that resulted in him being sacked? The Government law resulted in him getting fine $1K.

The NRL & St GIlly rule resulted in him getting sacked. The NRL & St Gilly didnt have to bring in those laws, they could have not had those laws and Paul Vaughn and all his mates would be home on Jobkeeper.


Gyms. Cafe, events and all the business that cannot trade at the moment are bleeding and if you believe what the media are saying lock down is going to be longer. Also have little government support now


That makes what Vaughn did all the more irresponsible and stupid...,no?

Exactly
Over 4'000'000 reported deaths world wide and no doubt many more un reported
It all started with one person catching this virus
And that's all it takes
One stupid person to ruin it for the rest of us
Let that sink in
We have laws and rules in place to protect us all
He was acting irresponsible as were all the others that attended
I would guess that by sacking Vaughn, it freed up lots of $ to spend elsewhere
That is the motive for stgeorge to do what they did
It's a wonder they don't try and get rid of some dead wood
***Paul's an idiot but why is he the only one of 12 to get sacked***
They all knew the rules

It was Pauls house, Paul has been busted and fined for Covid breaches previously, Paul lied to the club and the integrity unit.

 

[hobbo1]

But do we want to be winners or the nice club

It's not about being "nice". It's about recruiting players of good character who will sacrifice for the greater good.
Melbourne are the template.
They recruit players who are willing to do a job for the team. The no dickhead policy creates unity and a sense of team. It creates a winning club.

Mickey Mouse covid laws please. He’s not a criminal. I’d sign him ASAP. Not everyone believes the media and government Covid propaganda people should respect that. Don’t we have any freedoms anymore?

Is that what you think this is about?
Do you think it might be about a player deliberately breaking a law, putting his club and the competition in jeopardy?
Could it be about reckless, selfish, repeated infractions by the same player?
This is not the political thread or the anti vaxer thread or the doomsday prepper thread.

How dare a bloke have some people over his house lock him up. Don’t believe everything you see in the media

He’s admitted it.

“From Fox NRL: ‘Stupid, unexplainable, irresponsible’: Dumped Vaughan’s grovelling apology”

Whether we like it or not, rules are rules and I am surprised you would risk such a huge salary to break them?

It’s just so hypocritical with de belin still prancing around all the other wife beaters and other players that have done much worse. But because the media tells us we have to hate in this bloke everyone does does his wife and kids really deserve to cop all these media pressure now it’s sickening


Everyone understands that having a BBQ with your mates isnt the crime of the century. Everyone with half a brain also understands how much of a privilege it is to get paid hundreds of thousands to play footy whilst many other peoples businesses are closed and going broke and how fragile that privilege is because one moron could bring it all down and a sport and business responsible for 10's of millions and thousands of jobs could be stopped tomorrow, just like many other businesses.

Agree but it’s the government fault small business is bleeding not Paul Vaughan. Government are making all these laws.


ahem....cough. What rule did the Government implement that resulted in him being sacked? The Government law resulted in him getting fine $1K.

The NRL & St GIlly rule resulted in him getting sacked. The NRL & St Gilly didnt have to bring in those laws, they could have not had those laws and Paul Vaughn and all his mates would be home on Jobkeeper.


Gyms. Cafe, events and all the business that cannot trade at the moment are bleeding and if you believe what the media are saying lock down is going to be longer. Also have little government support now


That makes what Vaughn did all the more irresponsible and stupid...,no?

Exactly
Over 4'000'000 reported deaths world wide and no doubt many more un reported
It all started with one person catching this virus
And that's all it takes
One stupid person to ruin it for the rest of us
Let that sink in
We have laws and rules in place to protect us all
He was acting irresponsible as were all the others that attended
I would guess that by sacking Vaughn, it freed up lots of $ to spend elsewhere
That is the motive for stgeorge to do what they did
It's a wonder they don't try and get rid of some dead wood
Paul's an idiot but why is he the only one of 12 to get sacked
They all knew the rules

Money v ability..that’s why they sacked him …
Plus this was his 3rd strike ..previously busted breaching covid rules and also caught up in a sexting scandal..

 

[Goanna57]

@THE_POM @tigerballs @CCTW

Since we've missed TPJ and likely Finucane, any ideas on who we are targeting? And the progress of talks for HSS or Sua?

I swear I get more and more pessimistic about our recruiting ability as time goes on. It's honestly ridiculous, though not surprising, how many players were are in the hunt for but miss out on.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of these blokes reply when posts like this come up, they give info when they have it.

Sign of the times that we’re excited about the potential signing of those 2. Replacing Mediocrity with more mediocrity

We're not signing either of them. Both asking for money the WT are not willing to pay.

Legit can’t tell if this is serious or not

Quite serious.

Good. Would make absolutely no improvement to this footy side and anyone who thinks otherwise is just desperate for us to sign anyone

Just when, how, and with which players do we start to improve this team. We need to start somewhere with someone because players that we have recruited are just not working out

 

[cochise]

But do we want to be winners or the nice club

It's not about being "nice". It's about recruiting players of good character who will sacrifice for the greater good.
Melbourne are the template.
They recruit players who are willing to do a job for the team. The no dickhead policy creates unity and a sense of team. It creates a winning club.

Mickey Mouse covid laws please. He’s not a criminal. I’d sign him ASAP. Not everyone believes the media and government Covid propaganda people should respect that. Don’t we have any freedoms anymore?

Is that what you think this is about?
Do you think it might be about a player deliberately breaking a law, putting his club and the competition in jeopardy?
Could it be about reckless, selfish, repeated infractions by the same player?
This is not the political thread or the anti vaxer thread or the doomsday prepper thread.

How dare a bloke have some people over his house lock him up. Don’t believe everything you see in the media

Sorry mate but you are presenting a pretty stupid argument TBH. It's not too much different than morons who say "screw the law, nobody can make me wear a seatbelt in the car" and these same morons who think they are rebelling against the system of oppression get thrown through the windscreen and into a gum tree when they have an accident.
Not everyone likes rules and agrees with them, but if you want to ignore them then shut up when you cop your whack and your consequences. It's that simple.

Car accidents don't exist, they are a government conspiracy.

 

[cochise]

But do we want to be winners or the nice club

It's not about being "nice". It's about recruiting players of good character who will sacrifice for the greater good.
Melbourne are the template.
They recruit players who are willing to do a job for the team. The no dickhead policy creates unity and a sense of team. It creates a winning club.

Mickey Mouse covid laws please. He’s not a criminal. I’d sign him ASAP. Not everyone believes the media and government Covid propaganda people should respect that. Don’t we have any freedoms anymore?

Is that what you think this is about?
Do you think it might be about a player deliberately breaking a law, putting his club and the competition in jeopardy?
Could it be about reckless, selfish, repeated infractions by the same player?
This is not the political thread or the anti vaxer thread or the doomsday prepper thread.

How dare a bloke have some people over his house lock him up. Don’t believe everything you see in the media

He’s admitted it.

“From Fox NRL: ‘Stupid, unexplainable, irresponsible’: Dumped Vaughan’s grovelling apology”

Whether we like it or not, rules are rules and I am surprised you would risk such a huge salary to break them?

It’s just so hypocritical with de belin still prancing around all the other wife beaters and other players that have done much worse. But because the media tells us we have to hate in this bloke everyone does does his wife and kids really deserve to cop all these media pressure now it’s sickening

I will say, the media questioning him while he was carrying his child into the house was wrong. He is a goose though and has shown now a number of times that he puts his own want ahead of the good of others.