Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

@Cairnstigers said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287422) said:
@happy_tiger said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287421) said:
@hobbo1 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287419) said:
@TheDaBoss said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287418) said:
@Everything-WT said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287416) said:
Mentioned on here a few days ago that Mansour should be done by next week, but things have changed... Mansour has told a mate of mine 'Not happening news to me', unless he's lying but he seems like a good guy. Guess we have to wait and see what happens ?‍♂️

Gebbie/kei Mansour

Geo/happy Mansour

Do we need to report to Concord next week .....

Yeah
One to clean the jock straps and one to peel the oranges
Take your pick

:fearful: :joy: :joy: :joy:
 
@DGilly said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287799) said:
@Speed2burn said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287781) said:
@jadtiger said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287771) said:
@Earl said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287766) said:
@jadtiger said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287765) said:
@sleeve said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287760) said:
@Strongee said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287744) said:
@JC99 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287741) said:
@TieDye said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287740) said:
@Sausagesorcerer said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287737) said:
@sleeve said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287735) said:
@Sausagesorcerer said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287731) said:
Pearce has always been average,even in above average teams.
No thanks.blood a young lad.they might suck but they gain NRL experience and will only get better

I agree with giving the young players a go.Halves are a pricey commodity on the market , and very few live up to the price paid, such as JR,Taylor,Hunt,Pearce and another half dozen we could mention.Clubs seem reticent to try their young halves and prefer to buy outside.We have to percervere and not expect them to set the world on fire in the first couple of games.I doubt this would happen at the Tigers as we just move players around rather then use a specialist in a certain position,due to a lot of guys not really good elswhere.

Good halves are so rare nowadays.Pearce is better than I give him credit for,I just don’t think he would work well with our club.
I’d be disappointed if we went a splurged on a better than average halve before giving a young lad a go

Don’t worry mate, plenty of the young lads will have a go this year. Possibly one D. Laurie...

Unless we sign Mansour we probably won’t get him early I reckon 🙁

Don’t sleep in Mbye man. His major flaw was catching bombs . And we have the one ex player in the club famous for uncatchable kicks.
If we arnt utilising this asset , I’d be shocked .

its a shame Dr Christian Barnards not around to help in the other areas of his game.



Even he would have had difficulties in getting a functioning heart into M'Bye

I don't think this is fair. He is trying. He just lacks something to make him a top tier player. On 300k he'd be a good squad member. On over 500k which I assume is what he is being paid he is someone you want off your books.



He just dosent seem committed to either the club or his teammates despite him being the captain.He is the most lacklustre captain i can recall in all my years following the club(well over 50 years).He lacks passion which to my mind is the prime requirement of a captain

Has mbye ever won a man of the match award at the club? Maybe once or twice from memory max.

I still vaguely remember a game where Latrell carved us up at the scg I think it was, mbye put in a performance Mitch Moses would be proud of

Esan Masters was more the culprit

Esan Masters got owned by Latrell Mitchell a few times. So glad he made the move North.
 
@DGilly said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287799) said:
@Speed2burn said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287781) said:
@jadtiger said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287771) said:
@Earl said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287766) said:
@jadtiger said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287765) said:
@sleeve said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287760) said:
@Strongee said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287744) said:
@JC99 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287741) said:
@TieDye said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287740) said:
@Sausagesorcerer said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287737) said:
@sleeve said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287735) said:
@Sausagesorcerer said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287731) said:
Pearce has always been average,even in above average teams.
No thanks.blood a young lad.they might suck but they gain NRL experience and will only get better

I agree with giving the young players a go.Halves are a pricey commodity on the market , and very few live up to the price paid, such as JR,Taylor,Hunt,Pearce and another half dozen we could mention.Clubs seem reticent to try their young halves and prefer to buy outside.We have to percervere and not expect them to set the world on fire in the first couple of games.I doubt this would happen at the Tigers as we just move players around rather then use a specialist in a certain position,due to a lot of guys not really good elswhere.

Good halves are so rare nowadays.Pearce is better than I give him credit for,I just don’t think he would work well with our club.
I’d be disappointed if we went a splurged on a better than average halve before giving a young lad a go

Don’t worry mate, plenty of the young lads will have a go this year. Possibly one D. Laurie...

Unless we sign Mansour we probably won’t get him early I reckon 🙁

Don’t sleep in Mbye man. His major flaw was catching bombs . And we have the one ex player in the club famous for uncatchable kicks.
If we arnt utilising this asset , I’d be shocked .

its a shame Dr Christian Barnards not around to help in the other areas of his game.



Even he would have had difficulties in getting a functioning heart into M'Bye

I don't think this is fair. He is trying. He just lacks something to make him a top tier player. On 300k he'd be a good squad member. On over 500k which I assume is what he is being paid he is someone you want off your books.



He just dosent seem committed to either the club or his teammates despite him being the captain.He is the most lacklustre captain i can recall in all my years following the club(well over 50 years).He lacks passion which to my mind is the prime requirement of a captain

Has mbye ever won a man of the match award at the club? Maybe once or twice from memory max.

I still vaguely remember a game where Latrell carved us up at the scg I think it was, mbye put in a performance Mitch Moses would be proud of

Esan Masters was more the culprit

Haha marsters never recovered from that night
 
@isaaktigers said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287798) said:
@JC99 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287779) said:
@jadtiger said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287771) said:
@Earl said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287766) said:
@jadtiger said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287765) said:
@sleeve said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287760) said:
@Strongee said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287744) said:
@JC99 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287741) said:
@TieDye said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287740) said:
@Sausagesorcerer said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287737) said:
@sleeve said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287735) said:
@Sausagesorcerer said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287731) said:
Pearce has always been average,even in above average teams.
No thanks.blood a young lad.they might suck but they gain NRL experience and will only get better

I agree with giving the young players a go.Halves are a pricey commodity on the market , and very few live up to the price paid, such as JR,Taylor,Hunt,Pearce and another half dozen we could mention.Clubs seem reticent to try their young halves and prefer to buy outside.We have to percervere and not expect them to set the world on fire in the first couple of games.I doubt this would happen at the Tigers as we just move players around rather then use a specialist in a certain position,due to a lot of guys not really good elswhere.

Good halves are so rare nowadays.Pearce is better than I give him credit for,I just don’t think he would work well with our club.
I’d be disappointed if we went a splurged on a better than average halve before giving a young lad a go

Don’t worry mate, plenty of the young lads will have a go this year. Possibly one D. Laurie...

Unless we sign Mansour we probably won’t get him early I reckon 🙁

Don’t sleep in Mbye man. His major flaw was catching bombs . And we have the one ex player in the club famous for uncatchable kicks.
If we arnt utilising this asset , I’d be shocked .

its a shame Dr Christian Barnards not around to help in the other areas of his game.



Even he would have had difficulties in getting a functioning heart into M'Bye

I don't think this is fair. He is trying. He just lacks something to make him a top tier player. On 300k he'd be a good squad member. On over 500k which I assume is what he is being paid he is someone you want off your books.



He just dosent seem committed to either the club or his teammates despite him being the captain.He is the most lacklustre captain i can recall in all my years following the club(well over 50 years).He lacks passion which to my mind is the prime requirement of a captain

Sure he’s not a great captain, but I find the comment that he isn’t even trying out on the field pretty ridiculous. He’s trying, he’s just not a flashy player. He takes plenty of dirty hit ups and gets his body in front in defence, don’t confuse his average football ability with his effort.

If we were winning games and he was captain we’d think he’s the greatest captain ever!

I reckon he’s the worst captain in the whole of NRL.

A few reasons why is that he can’t even stand upto the boys when the going gets though, not only that, he can’t even stand up to the ref and use the captains challenge... EVEN TO WASTE TIME!

Not only that, I never see him post or say anything about the team like he used to back at the bulldogs.. before someone says it, he does every second moon..

Maybe he’s good just to talk to the cameras about crap..

Personally, I don’t like giving the captaincy to someone new.. but I don’t really see anyone else taking it out except for Tamou..

He’s not a great captain, but I think what happens at training and on the field is more important than social media... clearly he’s pretty good at training to impress Madge

Tamou barely uses social media at all from what I can tell. There’s no time wasting involved with a captains challenge the clock goes off but we didn’t use it much, but anyone can ask for it really.

Tamou definitely should be captain. He’s renowned for being a great leader and we have a very young forward pack. It’ll be a test of Mbyes character if he loses the captaincy, hopefully he reacts positively
 
@TrueTiger said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287445) said:
@Tiger_Steve said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287439) said:
@hobbo1 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287367) said:
@Tiger_Steve said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287320) said:
@Roar_Power said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287317) said:
@hank37w said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287316) said:
@Roar_Power said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287262) said:
@hank37w said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287258) said:
@Earl said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287243) said:
@hank37w said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287199) said:
Its like employing a financial planner
They are there to help you get the best return on your money

Financial planners being there to get you the best return is actually the complete opposite way to the way the industry works. Financial planners are there to take money out of your hand and offer nothing at all in return.

Warren Buffet agrees with me.

Just for the record, that is not my quote, I was responding to that quote.

My quote was,

"As long as we don’t employ Elijah’s financial planner.
Some of them don’t want to return your money."

So I guess, along with Warren Buffet we both agree on the usefulness of financial planners.

As a financial planner, thats a little offensive. There are plenty of good ones out there that you don't hear about. Its only the rogues that get the attention - all industries have them.

Sorry if I offended you, and I would agree that there are good and and bad operators in every industry, and I take it that you are one of the good ones in your industry.

I understand that there has been a bit of a shake up in the industry in recent times relating to disclosure of commissions and requirements to put clients' interests first and for financial advisors to disclose any conflicts of interest.

However, various inquires and Banking Royal Commissions haven't done a lot to enhance the reputation of financial advisors.

My own personal experience with 2 or 3 financial advisors that I have had initial meetings with haven't really given me the confidence to part with the 2 or 3 thousand dollars that they wanted to come up with a plan for my particular situation.

Thats fair enough Hank. The Royal Commission has started raising the bar ie. degree required etc which can only be good for the industry.

Many people are skeptical about advisers for good reason but hopefully that changes once the riff raff has exited.

Financial Planner (and my naivety) cost me $250K after investing in Great Southern and Timbercorp investments. I was lucky - some others committed suicide. Good and bad in every industry- I found the worst grub on the planet

Wow .. that’s a pretty horrific ordeal to go through mate ..
You must have a well paid job in order to recover ..

Went overseas and earned good money. Got me out of trouble. But cost me my marriage and a lot of mental stress I can tell you. Remarried and building a new house now - means a lot in so many ways mate. It’s been a journey

I went through the breast cancer crap with my ex...the chemo and therapy mixed with different drugs got the better of both of us...It really hurts when you personally know your doing your best but end up with a kick in the guts.I have remained very amicable because I know what she went through..in a word horrific..However,I almost wanted to drive my ute over the Macquarie pass because I was in a state of confusion and was hurting..Now I try and keep a sensible head on my shoulders because I know I would hurt family members in more ways than one by doing what I wanted to do..the WTs are my real oak in my life that helps me converse with my forum buddies as well as give me an interest in life..If I get to meet some one I hope she loves the WTs as much as I do..
Theres always hope I suppose...
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@TrueTiger : :white_frowning_face said:
But you are obviously a fighter, so keep them dukes :left-facing_fist: :muscle: :right-facing_fist: up mate.
With this year ending in the no. 21, and 21 being a lucky number, something tells me this is gonna be a much better year for You :v: :smile_cat:
 
@Speed2burn said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287784) said:
Nice guys don’t win you comps

Totally. I'm just saying it's not his fault, he is playing to his potential, its Tigers who chose to pay him very generously so I don't think its fair to give him crap for not being James Tedesco or whatever. He is Mbye being Mbye to his highest Mbye.
 
@JayT said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287816) said:
@Speed2burn said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287784) said:
Nice guys don’t win you comps

Totally. I'm just saying it's not his fault, he is playing to his potential, its Tigers who chose to pay him very generously so I don't think its fair to give him crap for not being James Tedesco or whatever. He is Mbye being Mbye to his highest Mbye.

Not denying that at all, good on him for getting the money and I think anyone with half a brain would take it.

However I see differently with his body language, never seems ecstatic after a win, never looks gutted after a loss, rarely puts his body on the line etc. Just my opinion though. I’m sure he’s a great guy
 
@MAGPIES1963 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287806) said:
@bathursttiger1 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287324) said:
@Roar_Power said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287274) said:
@Earl said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287267) said:
@Roar_Power said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287262) said:
As a financial planner, thats a little offensive. There are plenty of good ones out there that you don’t hear about. Its only the rogues that get the attention - all industries have them.

So who gets better returns. The guy who invests in dumb indexes with low fees or the guy who goes through you.

It's not a trick question. If you know your stuff you know the answer.

Earl, do some research on what a financial planner does. Its not all investment management. Read up!


My wife and myself have a very good financial advisor, he has saved us tenfold what he changes.
He is so through and explains every little aspect of what he does and why he does it.
We did a lot of research and spoke to lots of his clients and sort advise from other financial advisers before we chose the right one for ourselves.
Do plenty of research before you engage someone to look after your financial affairs.

It's so easy to lose $$$ without even trying @bathursttiger1 .
I was employed by a State Govt. Dept and paid the maximum amount I could into my superannuation fund, plus paid extra into a reserve fund.
By my mid 40's I was looking forward to retiring on a projected amount over a million $$$.
Soon after, the State Liberal Govt of the day stepped in and changed the super rules, which halved my super pay out.... just like that!
I still had a reasonable amount of $$$ in my super and I retired at age 57 and lived off the interest from my super.
Not long after the Global Financial Crisis came along and I lost 'heaps' more $$$ from my super.
I think my financial adviser at that time did his best, or did he?
My brother was smart enough at the time to have all his $$$ in the bank and lost zero.
I finally ended up with 1/4 of what I should have had.
So I have gone from what should have been a comfortable life to one where I have to consider twice every $ I spend, and will soon be forced to live as a grey nomad in a 14ft caravan until I can get into a Housing Commission house.

That's a real shame magpies1963

Hope you get some luck and win lotto
 
@Speed2burn said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287819) said:
However I see differently with his body language, never seems ecstatic after a win

Check out the Brooks drop goal to beat the Dogs on the bell. Mbye goes berserk. He was pumped a couple of minutes earlier when he kicked a conversion from the sideline to tie up the game.

He does show emotion, although he may be more self-contained that other guys.
 
@fibrodreaming said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287829) said:
@Speed2burn said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287819) said:
However I see differently with his body language, never seems ecstatic after a win

Check out the Brooks drop goal to beat the Dogs on the bell. Mbye goes berserk. He was pumped a couple of minutes earlier when he kicked a conversion from the sideline to tie up the game.

He does show emotion, although he may be more self-contained that other guys.

I know what you’re saying however it doesn’t change my view in thinking he’s a low energy captain
 
@Speed2burn said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287810) said:
@DGilly said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287799) said:
@Speed2burn said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287781) said:
@jadtiger said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287771) said:
@Earl said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287766) said:
@jadtiger said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287765) said:
@sleeve said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287760) said:
@Strongee said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287744) said:
@JC99 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287741) said:
@TieDye said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287740) said:
@Sausagesorcerer said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287737) said:
@sleeve said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287735) said:
@Sausagesorcerer said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287731) said:
Pearce has always been average,even in above average teams.
No thanks.blood a young lad.they might suck but they gain NRL experience and will only get better

I agree with giving the young players a go.Halves are a pricey commodity on the market , and very few live up to the price paid, such as JR,Taylor,Hunt,Pearce and another half dozen we could mention.Clubs seem reticent to try their young halves and prefer to buy outside.We have to percervere and not expect them to set the world on fire in the first couple of games.I doubt this would happen at the Tigers as we just move players around rather then use a specialist in a certain position,due to a lot of guys not really good elswhere.

Good halves are so rare nowadays.Pearce is better than I give him credit for,I just don’t think he would work well with our club.
I’d be disappointed if we went a splurged on a better than average halve before giving a young lad a go

Don’t worry mate, plenty of the young lads will have a go this year. Possibly one D. Laurie...

Unless we sign Mansour we probably won’t get him early I reckon 🙁

Don’t sleep in Mbye man. His major flaw was catching bombs . And we have the one ex player in the club famous for uncatchable kicks.
If we arnt utilising this asset , I’d be shocked .

its a shame Dr Christian Barnards not around to help in the other areas of his game.



Even he would have had difficulties in getting a functioning heart into M'Bye

I don't think this is fair. He is trying. He just lacks something to make him a top tier player. On 300k he'd be a good squad member. On over 500k which I assume is what he is being paid he is someone you want off your books.



He just dosent seem committed to either the club or his teammates despite him being the captain.He is the most lacklustre captain i can recall in all my years following the club(well over 50 years).He lacks passion which to my mind is the prime requirement of a captain

Has mbye ever won a man of the match award at the club? Maybe once or twice from memory max.

I still vaguely remember a game where Latrell carved us up at the scg I think it was, mbye put in a performance Mitch Moses would be proud of

Esan Masters was more the culprit

Haha marsters never recovered from that night

For a centre Marsters had little speed. His main asset was a good side step which was more effective when he played second row
 
@MAGPIES1963 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287806) said:
Not long after the Global Financial Crisis came along and I lost ‘heaps’ more $$$ from my super.
I think my financial adviser at that time did his best, or did he?
My brother was smart enough at the time to have all his $$$ in the bank and lost zero.
I finally ended up with 1/4 of what I should have had.
So I have gone from what should have been a comfortable life to one where I have to consider twice every $ I spend, and will soon be forced to live as a grey nomad in a 14ft caravan until I can get into a Housing Commission house.

That sucks. I'm sorry to hear this.

Here is the thing. Financial advisers are there to take money from you. There job isn't to improve your financial well being.

Investing is really easy. You just invest in index funds. All good super funds should do this. All financial advisers do is act as a drag on your returns because they cost you money.

They are doing their best. They just aren't competent and they aren't acting in your interest. It's not a career like medicine or something where your education enables you to succeed.

My investment advisers are Warren Buffet and Jack Bogle. I know for a fact I'm outperforming basically every financial adviser. The odds are in my favor. You can follow these guys as well.
 
@Tigerwould said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287755) said:
@Roar_Power said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287749) said:
@sleeve said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287745) said:
Michael Tannous looks promising,plus another couple,but as yet to young,.Then we have to keep them as all other clubs will swoop as we have done.Madden may be given a try,and i think Laurie would be great but until we get another FB that will be his position.We all hope Douiehi works out in the long run.

I am bullish on Tannous, much more so than Madden. Seems to have an air of arrogance about his play which is what a good half needs.


I like the look of Michael Tannous as well. Plays very direct with speed. Looks well balanced on his feet and has a great side step. Still young. Not sure what’s happening with reserve grade this year. He is named in the Balmain 2021 SG Ball team but was doing pre season with The NRL extended squad. I’m guessing 2022 at the earliest for NRL?


Madden is in the Top30 and a possibility for R1 depending on trial form. He will have to grab whatever opportunities in NRL with both hands as Tannous will be competing for a halves spot in 2022.

SG Ball age has increased to under 19’s this year. I’m guessing it’s because of how all the lower grades have been disrupted with COVID.

Development players for 2021 are Kelma Tuilagi, Reece Hoffmann, William Kei.
You’d imagine Tannous would get a development contract in 2022. Or if Walters moves to Brisbane, Hoffmann might get a 2021 Top 30 spot and Tannous a dev spot this year as we are thin in the halves. With 3 spots in the Top 30 still vacant anything could happen.

Interested to get your take on his strengths and weaknesses? Have you watched him in the junior ranks?
 
@Speed2burn said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287754) said:
@Strongee said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287753) said:
@Speed2burn said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287747) said:
@Strongee said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287736) said:
I have to say this pack , this year , is the best one we’ve had in a very long time . The last one I remember being this good was the one with Tapau and gavet , when everyone was just realising how good they were . Too bad the backline was horrendous then .

Tedesco, Simona, Richards etc weren’t exactly horrendous but agree our pack bashed other teams in 2014 and this current crop of forwards has a similar feel

Tedesco was a pup , Simona was fixing matches , and pat was just a little bit past it . It sux cause Simona could have been anything if his mind was right .

2014 was the year teddy made a bit of a name for himself, him and brooks combined pretty well. And fixing or not, Simona (still would be)was probably our best centre since lawrence was in his prime. He had extreme pace to burn

Richards well...he was more than capable of filling a hole but for the expense of koroibete was one of many recruitment / retention blunders

Korobetti is not even playing league now
He has been in union for years
He also left Melbourne
And from memory, Korobetti was playing centre for us when he dislocated his elbow
He didn't play to many more games for us after that
Richards was on our wing

Just for the record
Pat Richards scored 17 tries in 23 appearances for the Tigers in 2015

Korobetti scored 16 Tries in 23 games for Melbourne in 2015

Regular season Storm finished 4th
Tigers finished 15th

Based on that Melbourne had a far superior team then the Tigers, yet Pat Richards scored more tries in the Regular season when he played in a team that missed the spoon only because of our for and against

Go Figure
 
@Newtown said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287832) said:
@Speed2burn said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287810) said:
@DGilly said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287799) said:
@Speed2burn said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287781) said:
@jadtiger said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287771) said:
@Earl said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287766) said:
@jadtiger said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287765) said:
@sleeve said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287760) said:
@Strongee said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287744) said:
@JC99 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287741) said:
@TieDye said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287740) said:
@Sausagesorcerer said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287737) said:
@sleeve said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287735) said:
@Sausagesorcerer said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287731) said:
Pearce has always been average,even in above average teams.
No thanks.blood a young lad.they might suck but they gain NRL experience and will only get better

I agree with giving the young players a go.Halves are a pricey commodity on the market , and very few live up to the price paid, such as JR,Taylor,Hunt,Pearce and another half dozen we could mention.Clubs seem reticent to try their young halves and prefer to buy outside.We have to percervere and not expect them to set the world on fire in the first couple of games.I doubt this would happen at the Tigers as we just move players around rather then use a specialist in a certain position,due to a lot of guys not really good elswhere.

Good halves are so rare nowadays.Pearce is better than I give him credit for,I just don’t think he would work well with our club.
I’d be disappointed if we went a splurged on a better than average halve before giving a young lad a go

Don’t worry mate, plenty of the young lads will have a go this year. Possibly one D. Laurie...

Unless we sign Mansour we probably won’t get him early I reckon 🙁

Don’t sleep in Mbye man. His major flaw was catching bombs . And we have the one ex player in the club famous for uncatchable kicks.
If we arnt utilising this asset , I’d be shocked .

its a shame Dr Christian Barnards not around to help in the other areas of his game.



Even he would have had difficulties in getting a functioning heart into M'Bye

I don't think this is fair. He is trying. He just lacks something to make him a top tier player. On 300k he'd be a good squad member. On over 500k which I assume is what he is being paid he is someone you want off your books.



He just dosent seem committed to either the club or his teammates despite him being the captain.He is the most lacklustre captain i can recall in all my years following the club(well over 50 years).He lacks passion which to my mind is the prime requirement of a captain

Has mbye ever won a man of the match award at the club? Maybe once or twice from memory max.

I still vaguely remember a game where Latrell carved us up at the scg I think it was, mbye put in a performance Mitch Moses would be proud of

Esan Masters was more the culprit

Haha marsters never recovered from that night

For a centre Marsters had little speed. His main asset was a good side step which was more effective when he played second row

Couldn’t tackle to save his life either
 
@Earl said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287833) said:
@MAGPIES1963 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287806) said:
Not long after the Global Financial Crisis came along and I lost ‘heaps’ more $$$ from my super.
I think my financial adviser at that time did his best, or did he?
My brother was smart enough at the time to have all his $$$ in the bank and lost zero.
I finally ended up with 1/4 of what I should have had.
So I have gone from what should have been a comfortable life to one where I have to consider twice every $ I spend, and will soon be forced to live as a grey nomad in a 14ft caravan until I can get into a Housing Commission house.

That sucks. I'm sorry to hear this.

Here is the thing. Financial advisers are there to take money from you. There job isn't to improve your financial well being.

Investing is really easy. You just invest in index funds. All good super funds should do this. All financial advisers do is act as a drag on your returns because they cost you money.

They are doing their best. They just aren't competent and they aren't acting in your interest. It's not a career like medicine or something where your education enables you to succeed.

My investment advisers are Warren Buffet and Jack Bogle. I know for a fact I'm outperforming basically every financial adviser. The odds are in my favor. You can follow these guys as well.

Geez Earl, I don’t know what age you are or what experiences you have had but it’s such an ignorant post. Hope you do well in the future big fella.
 
@Roar_Power said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287853) said:
@Earl said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287833) said:
@MAGPIES1963 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287806) said:
Not long after the Global Financial Crisis came along and I lost ‘heaps’ more $$$ from my super.
I think my financial adviser at that time did his best, or did he?
My brother was smart enough at the time to have all his $$$ in the bank and lost zero.
I finally ended up with 1/4 of what I should have had.
So I have gone from what should have been a comfortable life to one where I have to consider twice every $ I spend, and will soon be forced to live as a grey nomad in a 14ft caravan until I can get into a Housing Commission house.

That sucks. I'm sorry to hear this.

Here is the thing. Financial advisers are there to take money from you. There job isn't to improve your financial well being.

Investing is really easy. You just invest in index funds. All good super funds should do this. All financial advisers do is act as a drag on your returns because they cost you money.

They are doing their best. They just aren't competent and they aren't acting in your interest. It's not a career like medicine or something where your education enables you to succeed.

My investment advisers are Warren Buffet and Jack Bogle. I know for a fact I'm outperforming basically every financial adviser. The odds are in my favor. You can follow these guys as well.

Geez Earl, I don’t know what age you are or what experiences you have had but it’s such an ignorant post. Hope you do well in the future big fella.

It's factual. I'm doing great. Financially I'm killing it. Staying away from stupid investment advice that FP's offer is a big part of that success.

Financial education is easy. Stay away from an industry designed to rip you off.
 
@Earl said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287854) said:
@Roar_Power said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287853) said:
@Earl said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287833) said:
@MAGPIES1963 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287806) said:
Not long after the Global Financial Crisis came along and I lost ‘heaps’ more $$$ from my super.
I think my financial adviser at that time did his best, or did he?
My brother was smart enough at the time to have all his $$$ in the bank and lost zero.
I finally ended up with 1/4 of what I should have had.
So I have gone from what should have been a comfortable life to one where I have to consider twice every $ I spend, and will soon be forced to live as a grey nomad in a 14ft caravan until I can get into a Housing Commission house.

That sucks. I'm sorry to hear this.

Here is the thing. Financial advisers are there to take money from you. There job isn't to improve your financial well being.

Investing is really easy. You just invest in index funds. All good super funds should do this. All financial advisers do is act as a drag on your returns because they cost you money.

They are doing their best. They just aren't competent and they aren't acting in your interest. It's not a career like medicine or something where your education enables you to succeed.

My investment advisers are Warren Buffet and Jack Bogle. I know for a fact I'm outperforming basically every financial adviser. The odds are in my favor. You can follow these guys as well.

Geez Earl, I don’t know what age you are or what experiences you have had but it’s such an ignorant post. Hope you do well in the future big fella.

It's factual. I'm doing great. Financially I'm killing it. Staying away from stupid investment advice that FP's offer is a big part of that success.

Financial education is easy. Stay away from an industry designed to rip you off.

Pathetic little man.
 
@Earl said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287854) said:
@Roar_Power said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287853) said:
@Earl said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287833) said:
@MAGPIES1963 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1287806) said:
Not long after the Global Financial Crisis came along and I lost ‘heaps’ more $$$ from my super.
I think my financial adviser at that time did his best, or did he?
My brother was smart enough at the time to have all his $$$ in the bank and lost zero.
I finally ended up with 1/4 of what I should have had.
So I have gone from what should have been a comfortable life to one where I have to consider twice every $ I spend, and will soon be forced to live as a grey nomad in a 14ft caravan until I can get into a Housing Commission house.

That sucks. I'm sorry to hear this.

Here is the thing. Financial advisers are there to take money from you. There job isn't to improve your financial well being.

Investing is really easy. You just invest in index funds. All good super funds should do this. All financial advisers do is act as a drag on your returns because they cost you money.

They are doing their best. They just aren't competent and they aren't acting in your interest. It's not a career like medicine or something where your education enables you to succeed.

My investment advisers are Warren Buffet and Jack Bogle. I know for a fact I'm outperforming basically every financial adviser. The odds are in my favor. You can follow these guys as well.

Geez Earl, I don’t know what age you are or what experiences you have had but it’s such an ignorant post. Hope you do well in the future big fella.

It's factual. I'm doing great. Financially I'm killing it. Staying away from stupid investment advice that FP's offer is a big part of that success.

Financial education is easy. Stay away from an industry designed to rip you off.

With all that money you’re making perhaps enrol in some humility classes
 

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