Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Telltails]

Finnucane is a good player - does he want the pressure of being the player to effect change? I doubt it.

 

[cochise]

What’s 50-100k more per season

What’s 50-100k more per season - more than who?

He wants 800k. Tamou is on 350K.....

Don't get the 50-100k more pj.

I meant if he we lost finucane because we wouldn't pay 50-100k more. In the scheme of things, it's not that much for his professionalism and experience

I don't think an extra 50-100k is the difference.

 

[cktiger]

Nrl rich list.

Nofoluma 525k
Dougie 650k

What the hell? Thought nofoa was around 425k and Douhie was around 500k

Either paper has no idea or we paid overs... Again....

If AD is on $600k he is a huge bust.

He's our best player or at least close to it. Nofa on $500k+ would be a much bigger issue

Yep, and the fact Nofo is signed up for another 1,000 years is equally disturbing.

If we still had nofo of last year it would be a good signing

But we didn’t, we got the Nofo of every other year.

I disagree. I think that Nofo is the same player he has always been. Great hit-ups. Can finish a try. Poor defensively.

I think if the team starts performing Nofo will be just as good as he has been in the past. I also don't see him as anywhere near a top winger in the comp. We overpaid with too long a contract but I don't see it as a club killer. It's not in Mbye, Reynolds or Packer realm or even close to it.

He runs sideways too much these days and his defence is so bad he shouldn’t be in first grade. In fact his defence is an embarrassment.

I hate those games where he just runs sideways. He's so effective running forward hard but he tries to run across field and set something up every time. I feel like every time he touches the footy (or defends for that matters) he wants to score and do a big play instead of just doing the tough stuff sometimes

Last year he did a lot more of the tough stuff and killed it

Spends too much time looking for the camera now.

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]


Missed most of the season injured and has been underwhelming most of his career. Top shelf signing that one.

What's with Tigers and their obsession with targeting blokes that are very injury prone and are nearing their use by date.
At least go hard for positions we actually need to fill.

 

[PJ_]

What’s 50-100k more per season

What’s 50-100k more per season - more than who?

He wants 800k. Tamou is on 350K.....

Don't get the 50-100k more pj.

I meant if he we lost finucane because we wouldn't pay 50-100k more. In the scheme of things, it's not that much for his professionalism and experience

I don't think an extra 50-100k is the difference.

Hopefully not

 

[happy_tiger]

People keep saying the COE will help

Just remember it is just a building

Putting aces in the right places is critical to the COE being a success ....we haven't been real successful in the past of doing this

 

[cochise]

What’s 50-100k more per season

What’s 50-100k more per season - more than who?

He wants 800k. Tamou is on 350K.....

Don't get the 50-100k more pj.

I meant if he we lost finucane because we wouldn't pay 50-100k more. In the scheme of things, it's not that much for his professionalism and experience

I don't think an extra 50-100k is the difference.

Hopefully not

Its not, he also wants more years than we are willing to give.

 

[PJ_]

What’s 50-100k more per season

What’s 50-100k more per season - more than who?

He wants 800k. Tamou is on 350K.....

Don't get the 50-100k more pj.

I meant if he we lost finucane because we wouldn't pay 50-100k more. In the scheme of things, it's not that much for his professionalism and experience

I don't think an extra 50-100k is the difference.

Hopefully not

Its not, he also wants more years than we are willing to give.

That might be the "overs" that we need to pay to get class players here.

 

[JC99]

Nrl rich list.

Nofoluma 525k
Dougie 650k

What the hell? Thought nofoa was around 425k and Douhie was around 500k

Either paper has no idea or we paid overs... Again....

If AD is on $600k he is a huge bust.

He's our best player or at least close to it. Nofa on $500k+ would be a much bigger issue

Yep, and the fact Nofo is signed up for another 1,000 years is equally disturbing.

If we still had nofo of last year it would be a good signing

But we didn’t, we got the Nofo of every other year.

I disagree. I think that Nofo is the same player he has always been. Great hit-ups. Can finish a try. Poor defensively.

I think if the team starts performing Nofo will be just as good as he has been in the past. I also don't see him as anywhere near a top winger in the comp. We overpaid with too long a contract but I don't see it as a club killer. It's not in Mbye, Reynolds or Packer realm or even close to it.

He runs sideways too much these days and his defence is so bad he shouldn’t be in first grade. In fact his defence is an embarrassment.

I hate those games where he just runs sideways. He's so effective running forward hard but he tries to run across field and set something up every time. I feel like every time he touches the footy (or defends for that matters) he wants to score and do a big play instead of just doing the tough stuff sometimes

Last year he did a lot more of the tough stuff and killed it

Spends too much time looking for the camera now.

I also notice he loves to blame others when he makes mistake. Seen him blast a few blokes unfairly this year

 

[cochise]

What’s 50-100k more per season

What’s 50-100k more per season - more than who?

He wants 800k. Tamou is on 350K.....

Don't get the 50-100k more pj.

I meant if he we lost finucane because we wouldn't pay 50-100k more. In the scheme of things, it's not that much for his professionalism and experience

I don't think an extra 50-100k is the difference.

Hopefully not

Its not, he also wants more years than we are willing to give.

That might be the "overs" that we need to pay to get class players here.

The money he is looking for he would need to be a state of origin level player, is he going to be at that level in 3 to 4 years? He is still in the mix but I am not sure he wants to be here either.

 

[PJ_]

What’s 50-100k more per season

What’s 50-100k more per season - more than who?

He wants 800k. Tamou is on 350K.....

Don't get the 50-100k more pj.

I meant if he we lost finucane because we wouldn't pay 50-100k more. In the scheme of things, it's not that much for his professionalism and experience

I don't think an extra 50-100k is the difference.

Hopefully not

Its not, he also wants more years than we are willing to give.

That might be the "overs" that we need to pay to get class players here.

The money he is looking for he would need to be a state of origin level player, is he going to be at that level in 3 to 4 years? He is still in the mix but I am not sure he wants to be here either.

Yeah understand what ur saying man.
We just need that first domino to fall and others will follow. If we look at Signing a player like finucane, even if the overs are perceived to be too much, we need to realise the effect on the whole picture. That extra money/year might be the answer to getting the ball rolling and might not be the big deal as an individual transaction.

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

What a rocks or diamond player Corey Norman is whilst he grossly overpaid at the moment is there a coach out there that could get him to produce his best????

 

[PJ_]

What a rocks or diamond player Corey Norman is whilst he grossly overpaid at the moment is there a coach out there that could get him to produce his best????

You would think only Bellamy could, but he's not the type of player that looks like he wants to train hard.

 

[cochise]

What’s 50-100k more per season

What’s 50-100k more per season - more than who?

He wants 800k. Tamou is on 350K.....

Don't get the 50-100k more pj.

I meant if he we lost finucane because we wouldn't pay 50-100k more. In the scheme of things, it's not that much for his professionalism and experience

I don't think an extra 50-100k is the difference.

Hopefully not

Its not, he also wants more years than we are willing to give.

That might be the "overs" that we need to pay to get class players here.

The money he is looking for he would need to be a state of origin level player, is he going to be at that level in 3 to 4 years? He is still in the mix but I am not sure he wants to be here either.

Yeah understand what ur saying man.
We just need that first domino to fall and others will follow. If we look at Signing a player like finucane, even if the overs are perceived to be too much, we need to realise the effect on the whole picture. That extra money/year might be the answer to getting the ball rolling and might not be the big deal as an individual transaction.

The player you break the bank on and play overs for needs to be a player that transforms the club, someone that makes the players around them better. Is Finucane that player? Probably not.

 

[clontarfkid]

What’s 50-100k more per season

What’s 50-100k more per season - more than who?

He wants 800k. Tamou is on 350K.....

Don't get the 50-100k more pj.

I meant if he we lost finucane because we wouldn't pay 50-100k more. In the scheme of things, it's not that much for his professionalism and experience

I don't think an extra 50-100k is the difference.

Hopefully not

Its not, he also wants more years than we are willing to give.

That might be the "overs" that we need to pay to get class players here.

The money he is looking for he would need to be a state of origin level player, is he going to be at that level in 3 to 4 years? He is still in the mix but I am not sure he wants to be here either.

Yeah understand what ur saying man.
We just need that first domino to fall and others will follow. If we look at Signing a player like finucane, even if the overs are perceived to be too much, we need to realise the effect on the whole picture. That extra money/year might be the answer to getting the ball rolling and might not be the big deal as an individual transaction.

The player you break the bank on and play overs for needs to be a player that transforms the club, someone that makes the players around them better. Is Finucane that player? Probably not.

Its Brandon Smith actually

 

[cochise]

What’s 50-100k more per season

What’s 50-100k more per season - more than who?

He wants 800k. Tamou is on 350K.....

Don't get the 50-100k more pj.

I meant if he we lost finucane because we wouldn't pay 50-100k more. In the scheme of things, it's not that much for his professionalism and experience

I don't think an extra 50-100k is the difference.

Hopefully not

Its not, he also wants more years than we are willing to give.

That might be the "overs" that we need to pay to get class players here.

The money he is looking for he would need to be a state of origin level player, is he going to be at that level in 3 to 4 years? He is still in the mix but I am not sure he wants to be here either.

Yeah understand what ur saying man.
We just need that first domino to fall and others will follow. If we look at Signing a player like finucane, even if the overs are perceived to be too much, we need to realise the effect on the whole picture. That extra money/year might be the answer to getting the ball rolling and might not be the big deal as an individual transaction.

The player you break the bank on and play overs for needs to be a player that transforms the club, someone that makes the players around them better. Is Finucane that player? Probably not.

Its Brandon Smith actually

Yeah he probably is, that's why it is so important not to over pay guys like TPJ, if you do when that transformational player comes along you don't have the money to get that player. Even with paying overs it will be difficult for us to get a player like Brandon Smith.

 

[Tiger5150]

What’s 50-100k more per season

What’s 50-100k more per season - more than who?

He wants 800k. Tamou is on 350K.....

Don't get the 50-100k more pj.

I meant if he we lost finucane because we wouldn't pay 50-100k more. In the scheme of things, it's not that much for his professionalism and experience

I don't think an extra 50-100k is the difference.

Hopefully not

Its not, he also wants more years than we are willing to give.

That might be the "overs" that we need to pay to get class players here.

The money he is looking for he would need to be a state of origin level player, is he going to be at that level in 3 to 4 years? He is still in the mix but I am not sure he wants to be here either.

Yeah understand what ur saying man.
We just need that first domino to fall and others will follow. If we look at Signing a player like finucane, even if the overs are perceived to be too much, we need to realise the effect on the whole picture. That extra money/year might be the answer to getting the ball rolling and might not be the big deal as an individual transaction.

The player you break the bank on and play overs for needs to be a player that transforms the club, someone that makes the players around them better. Is Finucane that player? Probably not.

Its Brandon Smith actually

He is a great player.....would make me nervous going all in on a player that we already have two goodish options though when we have weaker positions.

I guess goodish doesnt get you to the top?

 

[Krammy]

Jeez even Isaac Liu is signing for the Titans. We’re gonna have all the money in the world with no one to spend it on. Maybe it can go towards a custom cutlery draw for all members

We've missed out on players recently and signed better ones (arguably)

Maumalo Isaako, DWZ

Gotta have faith.

From what I saw of Maumalo in his first game with us, I wasn’t impressed….Plodder…..at least DWZ runs with vigour…..

We conceded 66 points. Doesn't matter how hard it looks they're running he makes big metres all the time, he's known to be a metre eater

What did you think of watching a real winger in action last night when Olam after picking up the loose ball his first thought was to get it to JAC? This is the problem with Maguire. First thought is hitting it up rather than finishing from anywhere on the field.

Trust me mate I'd rather have JAC than Maumalo but we needed a winger and he was the best on the market. I doubt he's on big coin so if we could sign a gun winger he could take a back seat.

We missed JAC, the Bulldogs got him. Coates was on the move but we end up with Maumalo.

Jac chased the $ and Bulldogs obliged
A player like Coates who still needs to develop would always choose the Storm system to improve his game
We need to find a way to entice players to come
The COE will help but we need far more then that
We need a wealthy business man or women to help with third party payments
We should have someone in head office that can organise social events for the families of players so the women don't fell like they are being left alone
Think of it as a support group for the families
Maybe the club can organise outings for the children so the mums get some time to socialise with other mums in our club
We need to look outside the square and find out how to entice players and their families to join our club
Maybe support scholarships for children or Uni courses for wives if that is allowed
There is life after football so help these players and their families set themselves up for life after football
What can we do to help the families and not just the players

Some great ideas there. Talking about building culture, innovative ideas like these would help.

 

[cochise]

Jeez even Isaac Liu is signing for the Titans. We’re gonna have all the money in the world with no one to spend it on. Maybe it can go towards a custom cutlery draw for all members

We've missed out on players recently and signed better ones (arguably)

Maumalo Isaako, DWZ

Gotta have faith.

From what I saw of Maumalo in his first game with us, I wasn’t impressed….Plodder…..at least DWZ runs with vigour…..

We conceded 66 points. Doesn't matter how hard it looks they're running he makes big metres all the time, he's known to be a metre eater

What did you think of watching a real winger in action last night when Olam after picking up the loose ball his first thought was to get it to JAC? This is the problem with Maguire. First thought is hitting it up rather than finishing from anywhere on the field.

Trust me mate I'd rather have JAC than Maumalo but we needed a winger and he was the best on the market. I doubt he's on big coin so if we could sign a gun winger he could take a back seat.

We missed JAC, the Bulldogs got him. Coates was on the move but we end up with Maumalo.

Jac chased the $ and Bulldogs obliged
A player like Coates who still needs to develop would always choose the Storm system to improve his game
We need to find a way to entice players to come
The COE will help but we need far more then that
We need a wealthy business man or women to help with third party payments
We should have someone in head office that can organise social events for the families of players so the women don't fell like they are being left alone
Think of it as a support group for the families
Maybe the club can organise outings for the children so the mums get some time to socialise with other mums in our club
We need to look outside the square and find out how to entice players and their families to join our club
Maybe support scholarships for children or Uni courses for wives if that is allowed
There is life after football so help these players and their families set themselves up for life after football
What can we do to help the families and not just the players

The indigenous programs we are working hard to implement is an example of thinking outside the box.

 

[PJ_]

What’s 50-100k more per season

What’s 50-100k more per season - more than who?

He wants 800k. Tamou is on 350K.....

Don't get the 50-100k more pj.

I meant if he we lost finucane because we wouldn't pay 50-100k more. In the scheme of things, it's not that much for his professionalism and experience

I don't think an extra 50-100k is the difference.

Hopefully not

Its not, he also wants more years than we are willing to give.

That might be the "overs" that we need to pay to get class players here.

The money he is looking for he would need to be a state of origin level player, is he going to be at that level in 3 to 4 years? He is still in the mix but I am not sure he wants to be here either.

Yeah understand what ur saying man.
We just need that first domino to fall and others will follow. If we look at Signing a player like finucane, even if the overs are perceived to be too much, we need to realise the effect on the whole picture. That extra money/year might be the answer to getting the ball rolling and might not be the big deal as an individual transaction.

The player you break the bank on and play overs for needs to be a player that transforms the club, someone that makes the players around them better. Is Finucane that player? Probably not.

Ok