Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[hank37w]

Buttface face said:

Remind me what Lee Hap does for a living again. Was it Media manager? Grounds keeper?

Did we replace Aloiai ??

If we replaced both of them with a couple of goats or a pair of sheep we would come out in front.

 

[Camel2281]

I think Bateman has two children, one with his wife and another older daughter who would be a UK citizen.

Yeah and his child with his wife is still a baby. Might be a case where they actually needed the babies passport to be processed before they could even send in the Visa application

 

[Pascoes_barber]

The pile on??
Was that when Cloudyglock was abusing everyone and they all started giving him back his own medicine?

He'll be back shortly with a huge scoop.

About Martin Taupau signing with the Broncs.

 

[TopTiger]

Channel 10 announced Chricton 4 year deal with Bulldogs.

 

[Scare]

Brooks and Moses at the cricket, brooks to parra confirmed

 

[Fainu Brothers]

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Brooks and Moses at the cricket, brooks to parra confirmed

Moses on the champagne

 

[TigerLove]

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Brooks and Moses at the cricket, brooks to parra confirmed

Did you photoshop Brooks into that picture? He looks a little dodgy 🤔

 

[the_third]

We don't know if the Bateman family is considering immigrating to Australia. His wife is Australian and this contract may be his last and the family have their two children to consider as well. It's a big decision and I'm sure everyone is trying their best to get the family to Australia promptly.

surely you have that chat with the missus before you sign the contract. I reckon he did

 

[Tucker]

He'll be back shortly with a huge scoop.

About Martin Taupau signing with the Broncs.

…and about 15 minutes later, The Pom will let us all know and strangely, many on here will thank him for doing so.

 

[balmain boy]

Congrats, we have a winner for the stupidest complaint of the year to date.

Would you prefer we play at Concord or LO/CS?

We should never play a game there unless we were dumb and went by your short narrowed logic in adding another home ground for a game.

We don’t own the oval or have exclusive rights to it, never have.

Seriously some people just want to complain for the sake of it.

FFS, I never suggested our NRL team needs to play there. But we have 8 other squads between men and women's comps.
Why couldn't a Flegg trial, a HNWNSW cup trial be played there?

2/3 of the complex is ours, and yes of course I know we don't have exclusive rights to Concord Oval, but as the primary tenant with 9 different squad surely one of them could have had the first run.

Imagine if Bankwest opened up and the Eels weren't playing. Just wouldn't be right

 

[Cobarcats]

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Brooks and Moses at the cricket, brooks to parra confirmed

I think Brooksy is standing on a milk crate.

 

[Westsboi2019]

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Brooks and Moses at the cricket, brooks to parra confirmed

Y'all better be on your knees and thank Lord Brooks when he delivers Mitch Moses to the Tigers....🤣🤣

 

[Camel2281]

I think Brooksy is standing on a milk crate.

If you see the video on Twitter, he's actually trying to stand on the back of the chairs in the row behind just to get his eyes just above blokes standing a row in front of him. Then he falls down

 

[Cobarcats]

If you see the video on Twitter, he's actually trying to stand on the back of the chairs in the row behind just to get his eyes just above blokes standing a row in front of him. Then he falls down

🤣 Ah poor Brooksy. Hopefully for the sanity of this forum he has a blinder this year, I think Marshall and not Sheens is going to be his ace....dam wrong thread.

 

[hugh1954]

🤣 Ah poor Brooksy. Hopefully for the sanity of this forum he has a blinder this year, I think Marshall and not Sheens is going to be his ace....dam wrong thread.

Yes looking forward to seeing Brooks perform this year Iam sure having a smart dummy half and some long needed security in defence from the new buys will give him more confidence to operate, Go the Tigers can't wait especially if we show some exciting attack

 

[innsaneink]

Our Coe and the first game player there is rugby. Pathetic

I sort of felt the same when I heard West Harbour playing a trial there

Sorta sums up our attitude towards our home/s

 

[innsaneink]

Our first game is at LO, and were training at Cambo

 

[Halbrowne61]

Our first game is at LO, and were training at Cambo

Come on II, I’m sure we’ll train at LO plenty of times B4 the first game. Just making sure the boys develop some MacArthur roots !

 

[2041]

What are your reservations?

4 year contracts?
I think it's a good buy. We will never get "perfect buys", ok maybe we did this year but it should be super rare. We offer a good deal and someone offers a great deal at a better club.

Age?
Age wise. I am glad he has done a few years in Britain. It means fewer injuries.

Sheens hunted Bateman. It seems Bateman is the reason Hastings was punted.
On paper it seems a good signing. On the field we will get the answers. Till then who knows.

Here are my reservations:
- Small back rowers typically don't age well.
- Bateman was starting to get injured frequently even before he left the Raiders.
- All the reports I've seen suggest Bateman wasn't tearing up any trees in Superleague.

Taken together, I'd be surprised if he's a difference maker aged 29 and 30, and absolutely astonished if he is aged 31 and 32. Take try scoring (and yes, I know that's only one part of his game). 2014-18 at Wigan, Bateman scored a try every four games. 2019-20 at Canberra, one try every four and a bit games. 2021-22 back at Wigan, one try every eight games.

The most common mistake people on here seem to make is thinking players are what they were 3-5 years ago. I recall having a to and fro in pre-season last year with a bloke who was convinced Wade Graham was the answer to all our problems, for instance. I'd be delighted if Bateman manages to recapture his 2019 form but there isn't much that has happened between then and now that suggests this is the way he's trending. And as for the 2026 season, well...

 

[TigersFan101]

I sort of felt the same when I heard West Harbour playing a trial there

Sorta sums up our attitude towards our home/s

In a month and a half our sg ball team are playing there against the bears from memory