GNR4LIFE
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Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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tony soprano
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@THE_POM any update?
balmain boy
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@batboy said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1524224) said:
There's absolutely no point in promoting Pauga. It's already very disappointing we've wasted money and a roster spot on roberts. Pauga is even worse than roberts. He probably won't play NRL again in his life. He might play nsw cup, and if he does, and does well then maybe he'd get a callup to first grade.
We have plenty of cap space, signing a 6th choice backup centre would be terrible. We do not need any more centres, unless they're Origin calibre.
More likely to go to a forward, but ideally they'd hold on to the spot to see who becomes available during the season.
@balmain-boy said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1524362) said:
Don't disagree mate, I don't see anything there....
Just how I see it going - A gut feeling if you will.
I assume Star To'a is the replacement / Upgrader for Hoffman.
Honestly, Can't see us signing a forward outside trade for Luciano unless Payne Haas (Or someone of high calibre) becomes available.
Looking at the site, We're stacked for forwards - And light on backs (Not even considering the injuries we have there)
We just don't have enough OB's to start with, My guess is the spot gets filled by an OB, Pauga seems to have something someone likes (He's down here for a reason I assume)
- at best an OB gets promoted to a development deal (Ogden et.)??
Westsboi2019
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Who would be a better prospect to take Hoffman's spot? Ogden, Fuatimanu or Dillon?
jrtiger
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@westsboi2019 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1524385) said:
out of those three, probably Logen Dillon. that said I think we'll leave the spot open and wait and see what plays out with the player market mid-season.
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Tiger5150
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@jrtiger said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1524389) said:
Wasnt it Dillon that recently busted his ACL in training?
AdelaideTiger
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@tiger5150 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1524392) said:
Scolari, I think
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Tiger5150
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@adelaidetiger said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1524393) said:
Ah ok...thank you
Bula
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@cobarcats said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1524312) said:
Captain Cremin of the Star Corp maybe?
paul wright
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@bula said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1524398) said:
I think you mean Captain Kremmen,Kenny Everett was one of my favourite comedians.When he died it was a sad loss
OzLuke
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@paul-wright said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1524399) said:
Kids these days will never understand how awesome he was....Sid Snot was always my favourite. Can't make a show like that anymore
Don Kershane
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@coivtny said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1524402) said:
Remember him sending up Bee Gees singing "Meaningless songs in very high voices".
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Cobarcats
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@paul-wright said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1524399) said:
Yeh Kenny Everett video show was awesome heh, and very raunchy with the dancing girls, phew!
tiger_scott
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Noffa has got 1 wing spot sewn up and is on the field for the full 80 each week. Has been at the club for his whole career, so ticks a few boxes to be captain. Might not be a bad option actually. A 10 minute a game prop or an introverted halfback are probably not the answer either, so why not give him a crack?!
balmain boy
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@tiger_scott said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1524413) said:
He has zero leadership qualities and is realistically a fringe starter. Tamou can be club captain and then add Doueihi and Hastings to the leadership group, and that'll do.
tiger_scott
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Article from https://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/nrl-2022-rugby-league-super-league-england-featherstone-rovers-joey-leilua-contract-wests-tigers/
Joey Leilua's shock admission after signing with UK second-division side Featherstone Rovers
Liam O'Loughlin
NRL discard Joey Leilua has admitted he didn't know Featherstone Rovers were a second-division side, after his attempts to join the Super League were shut down.
The 30-year-old was left unsigned by the Tigers at the end of 2021 after a falling out with head coach Michael Maguire, with no other clubs in Australia willing to sign the bulldozing centre.
Leilua was looking for a move overseas into the Super League, but according to the Samoan international, that was ruined by people bad-mouthing him and his reputation.
In an interview with BBC Sport upon arrival in England, Leilua revealed he was described as a 'bad person' by an unnamed source, as well as not knowing Featherstone's standing in UK football.
“At first, I was trying to come over to different clubs and they wanted me," he said.
"They came back to my manager and my manager said to me that someone had been putting in their ear that I’m a bad person, which I already knew who it was and it’s obviously one person. It was difficult to come over.
“I got a phone call from Brian and Martin to come over here and play – I didn’t know they were second division to be honest. The way they spoke to me, I thought they were first division.
"They spoke to me and convinced me to come over and my wife said to come over and start fresh and enjoy it here. It will be good for the kids, it’s somewhere different.
“It was disappointing that my name was getting tossed around and that I was that type of person that was bad for the club. At the same time, I knew the person I was and I wasn’t going to change.
"Featherstone came along and said they don’t care about what has happened, and that’s why I respect him so much. I can’t wait to repay them the favour they showed me."
Leilua has a wealth of NRL experience, and if he is anywhere near his best, he should dominate the Championship and earn a deal with a Super League outfit.
Quizzed on his potential to dominate for the Rovers, Leilua remained coy but did reveal he hopes to replicate the form he showed at Canberra a few years ago.
“I don’t want to say too much, I’ll just have to wait and see," he said.
"For me, I want to give it my best and hopefully get that form I had three years ago at the Raiders. It was disappointing I didn’t have any form at the Tigers, a lot of things went wrong there, but that’s in the past and I want to leave that behind me.
"Right now, I feel great and after doing boxing, it has made me fit and the lungs have opened up."
I actually feel a bit sorry for him. He has the build to be the best centre in the NRL and now he's over there, playing second division.
Joey Leilua's shock admission after signing with UK second-division side Featherstone Rovers
Liam O'Loughlin
NRL discard Joey Leilua has admitted he didn't know Featherstone Rovers were a second-division side, after his attempts to join the Super League were shut down.
The 30-year-old was left unsigned by the Tigers at the end of 2021 after a falling out with head coach Michael Maguire, with no other clubs in Australia willing to sign the bulldozing centre.
Leilua was looking for a move overseas into the Super League, but according to the Samoan international, that was ruined by people bad-mouthing him and his reputation.
In an interview with BBC Sport upon arrival in England, Leilua revealed he was described as a 'bad person' by an unnamed source, as well as not knowing Featherstone's standing in UK football.
“At first, I was trying to come over to different clubs and they wanted me," he said.
"They came back to my manager and my manager said to me that someone had been putting in their ear that I’m a bad person, which I already knew who it was and it’s obviously one person. It was difficult to come over.
“I got a phone call from Brian and Martin to come over here and play – I didn’t know they were second division to be honest. The way they spoke to me, I thought they were first division.
"They spoke to me and convinced me to come over and my wife said to come over and start fresh and enjoy it here. It will be good for the kids, it’s somewhere different.
“It was disappointing that my name was getting tossed around and that I was that type of person that was bad for the club. At the same time, I knew the person I was and I wasn’t going to change.
"Featherstone came along and said they don’t care about what has happened, and that’s why I respect him so much. I can’t wait to repay them the favour they showed me."
Leilua has a wealth of NRL experience, and if he is anywhere near his best, he should dominate the Championship and earn a deal with a Super League outfit.
Quizzed on his potential to dominate for the Rovers, Leilua remained coy but did reveal he hopes to replicate the form he showed at Canberra a few years ago.
“I don’t want to say too much, I’ll just have to wait and see," he said.
"For me, I want to give it my best and hopefully get that form I had three years ago at the Raiders. It was disappointing I didn’t have any form at the Tigers, a lot of things went wrong there, but that’s in the past and I want to leave that behind me.
"Right now, I feel great and after doing boxing, it has made me fit and the lungs have opened up."
I actually feel a bit sorry for him. He has the build to be the best centre in the NRL and now he's over there, playing second division.
