Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[teddy23]

TPJ > Su’a

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Not sold on Su'a, he's played some good footy but has gone off the boil lately, been dropped because he wasn't playing good enough. Hits hard but has errors in him, doesn't make a heap of metres running the footy and doesn't score much either.

He's one of Bennett's favourites and Wayne has dropped him, that speaks volumes IMO. Not opposed to it but don't think he will be anymore than a 'decent' signing, obviously happy to be proven wrong.

I don’t mind Sua but he’s definitely a bit of an Aldi TPJ

Agreed. TPJ is way more damaging and Su'A can't read defence for his life.

His big hit (which half the time he shoulder charges and gets penalised for anyway) is all he's got.

Koloamatangi is a lot better (but contracted til end of '23).

Yeah I mentioned Keloamatangi 2 years ago

Very good backrower.

Been told by Forum MOD's we wont sign him because the majority of the Forum won't be able to spell his name ...same reason we eventually lost Seamanufangai and will lose Utoikamani ...how Nofoaluma passes this standard just buggers me ..and he is crap .....

Eventually Offahengaue ... ?

 

[happy_tiger]

Not sold on Su'a, he's played some good footy but has gone off the boil lately, been dropped because he wasn't playing good enough. Hits hard but has errors in him, doesn't make a heap of metres running the footy and doesn't score much either.

He's one of Bennett's favourites and Wayne has dropped him, that speaks volumes IMO. Not opposed to it but don't think he will be anymore than a 'decent' signing, obviously happy to be proven wrong.

I don’t mind Sua but he’s definitely a bit of an Aldi TPJ

Agreed. TPJ is way more damaging and Su'A can't read defence for his life.

His big hit (which half the time he shoulder charges and gets penalised for anyway) is all he's got.

Koloamatangi is a lot better (but contracted til end of '23).

Yeah I mentioned Keloamatangi 2 years ago

Very good backrower.

Been told by Forum MOD's we wont sign him because the majority of the Forum won't be able to spell his name ...same reason we eventually lost Seamanufangai and will lose Utoikamani ...how Nofoaluma passes this standard just buggers me ..and he is crap .....

Reminds me of joseph...ratuvatuceriuvalu , ik i probabky spelled that wrong lol

Wonder what happened to him, think i saw something online about him playing for dolphins in isc

Definitely the same reason .....we just need to all focus on Maybe's , Tarmoo's, Knofarllooma's , Tooloo 's, Laylooa's , Cfarts , Mickaelys spelling and we will become a top 8 side ..add whoever you like ....

 

[Demps]

Not sold on Su'a, he's played some good footy but has gone off the boil lately, been dropped because he wasn't playing good enough. Hits hard but has errors in him, doesn't make a heap of metres running the footy and doesn't score much either.

He's one of Bennett's favourites and Wayne has dropped him, that speaks volumes IMO. Not opposed to it but don't think he will be anymore than a 'decent' signing, obviously happy to be proven wrong.

I don’t mind Sua but he’s definitely a bit of an Aldi TPJ

Agreed. TPJ is way more damaging and Su'A can't read defence for his life.

His big hit (which half the time he shoulder charges and gets penalised for anyway) is all he's got.

Koloamatangi is a lot better (but contracted til end of '23).

Yeah I mentioned Keloamatangi 2 years ago

Very good backrower.

Been told by Forum MOD's we wont sign him because the majority of the Forum won't be able to spell his name ...same reason we eventually lost Seamanufangai and will lose Utoikamani ...how Nofoaluma passes this standard just buggers me ..and he is crap .....

Reminds me of joseph...ratuvatuceriuvalu , ik i probabky spelled that wrong lol

Wonder what happened to him, think i saw something online about him playing for dolphins in isc

Definitely the same reason .....we just need to all focus on Maybe's , Tarmoo's, Knofarllooma's , Tooloo 's, Laylooa's , Cfarts , Mickaelys spelling and we will become a top 8 side ..add whoever you like ....

Reads like a post from @Merlot

 

[PJ_]

Not sold on Su'a, he's played some good footy but has gone off the boil lately, been dropped because he wasn't playing good enough. Hits hard but has errors in him, doesn't make a heap of metres running the footy and doesn't score much either.

He's one of Bennett's favourites and Wayne has dropped him, that speaks volumes IMO. Not opposed to it but don't think he will be anymore than a 'decent' signing, obviously happy to be proven wrong.

I don’t mind Sua but he’s definitely a bit of an Aldi TPJ

Agreed. TPJ is way more damaging and Su'A can't read defence for his life.

His big hit (which half the time he shoulder charges and gets penalised for anyway) is all he's got.

Koloamatangi is a lot better (but contracted til end of '23).

Yeah I mentioned Keloamatangi 2 years ago

Very good backrower.

Been told by Forum MOD's we wont sign him because the majority of the Forum won't be able to spell his name ...same reason we eventually lost Seamanufangai and will lose Utoikamani ...how Nofoaluma passes this standard just buggers me ..and he is crap .....

Reminds me of joseph...ratuvatuceriuvalu , ik i probabky spelled that wrong lol

Wonder what happened to him, think i saw something online about him playing for dolphins in isc

Haha. Forgot about Joey alphabet. Meant to be another with potential

 

[happy_tiger]

Not sold on Su'a, he's played some good footy but has gone off the boil lately, been dropped because he wasn't playing good enough. Hits hard but has errors in him, doesn't make a heap of metres running the footy and doesn't score much either.

He's one of Bennett's favourites and Wayne has dropped him, that speaks volumes IMO. Not opposed to it but don't think he will be anymore than a 'decent' signing, obviously happy to be proven wrong.

I don’t mind Sua but he’s definitely a bit of an Aldi TPJ

Agreed. TPJ is way more damaging and Su'A can't read defence for his life.

His big hit (which half the time he shoulder charges and gets penalised for anyway) is all he's got.

Koloamatangi is a lot better (but contracted til end of '23).

Yeah I mentioned Keloamatangi 2 years ago

Very good backrower.

Been told by Forum MOD's we wont sign him because the majority of the Forum won't be able to spell his name ...same reason we eventually lost Seamanufangai and will lose Utoikamani ...how Nofoaluma passes this standard just buggers me ..and he is crap .....


Eventually Offahengaue ... ?

Well bloody learn to spell it ...he is a possible keeper ...maybe

 

[PJ_]

Not sold on Su'a, he's played some good footy but has gone off the boil lately, been dropped because he wasn't playing good enough. Hits hard but has errors in him, doesn't make a heap of metres running the footy and doesn't score much either.

He's one of Bennett's favourites and Wayne has dropped him, that speaks volumes IMO. Not opposed to it but don't think he will be anymore than a 'decent' signing, obviously happy to be proven wrong.

I don’t mind Sua but he’s definitely a bit of an Aldi TPJ

Agreed. TPJ is way more damaging and Su'A can't read defence for his life.

His big hit (which half the time he shoulder charges and gets penalised for anyway) is all he's got.

Koloamatangi is a lot better (but contracted til end of '23).

Yeah I mentioned Keloamatangi 2 years ago

Very good backrower.

Been told by Forum MOD's we wont sign him because the majority of the Forum won't be able to spell his name ...same reason we eventually lost Seamanufangai and will lose Utoikamani ...how Nofoaluma passes this standard just buggers me ..and he is crap .....

Reminds me of joseph...ratuvatuceriuvalu , ik i probabky spelled that wrong lol

Wonder what happened to him, think i saw something online about him playing for dolphins in isc

Definitely the same reason .....we just need to all focus on Maybe's , Tarmoo's, Knofarllooma's , Tooloo 's, Laylooa's , Cfarts , Mickaelys spelling and we will become a top 8 side ..add whoever you like ....

You ok bro? Left arm not tingly?

 

[twentyforty]

Wow Kent said tigers would need 950 for dale finucane

Joke!
If we pay anywhere near that I’m done.

Kent was pointing out the system is a joke. The fact that Melbourne could get him 500-650 even less IMO but clubs like us have to pay overs 950 to get players of that standard show system is not working

Kent also said the top clubs have earned the right to pay the better players less as they are more of a chance at winning comps

So there’s a tier system?
GF teams pay little, finalists pay a bit more, mid table teams pay more again and bottom teams pay through the nose?

Not a bad system, it provides a pathway for the older players to pad their superfund while transitioning to retirement.

 

[Tiger5150]

The only way for us to be playing on a level field with the top teams , is to sign all big players for wotever $ they want , and worry bout the salary cap later , just like the successful clubs , Storm ,Parra , Sharks and even the Dogs are spending up big after so called salary cap breaches .

Which big players did the Storm but for big money? Which big players did they buy full stop?

 

[Tiger5150]

TPJ Su’a

TPJ $$$>>Su'A $$$

 

[ElleryHanley]

TPJ Su’a


TPJ $$$>>Su'A $$$

TPJ Su’a


TPJ $$$>>Su'A $$$

Depends on what you want...TPJ is a legit top tier talent who leads the league in offloads. Potentially a great player.

Su'A is basically more of the same...dropped for defensive inconsistencies, targeted as the weak link on D and thus Bennet has moved him on after a couple of thrashings. Good hitter, but very poor cover and reads.

I.e. Su'A is exactly what we have already.

If we want to go the cheap route, yep, he is the one.

 

[jrtiger]

on Su'a, Luke Garner going into this year was horrendous from a cover defence and lateral movement point of view and has managed to fix that over the course of this season. unsure whether or not that's Madges doing, but it can be fixed.

 

[Demps]


Our guy, Pauga.
On the pump.
💪🏼

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

I don’t understand this place.

Our forwards are pathetic with minimal agility, no grunt and lateral movement worse than most grandma’s. Sua, TPJ, Dale all on the market and most here still still prefer our players. Ours aren’t better at all.

Lucy is a big cause of 35% of tries now. Watch games and look at them. Second they draw him midfield within next play or 2 we are always shot & teams score. His hitups are great but come to late, never when the chips are down he roves wide and isolates against the smaller players. He isn’t as good as many say and is a massive reason for us being terrible.

Garner is solid this year but again doesn’t do ground work when we need him.

We have no lock at all. Seyfarth is trying but he is a long way off NRL standard. He gets shrugged to side and often holds down players to get back at marker or his lateral movement mid field misses the tackler (his effectiveness isn’t high).

Twal tries hard but I have never seen a forward as tall & big as him constantly get pushed back, wish he would have some mungrel. With Tamou they are our best forward stop defenders but they don’t push forward. They are required to cover more ground in defense than most props due to our backrowers being ineffective.

The amount of times we struggle to even make 10-20mtrs a set with our forwards hitting up is a deadset joke. How our forwards keep getting dominated in the tackle is a big reason why we are always on the back foot and get carved up out wide as it forces us to cram in and focus more energy running onside than being in position for next set. But hey it’s Brooks who fails us with his kicking game.

We need players who hit hard, who run hard and players who opposition forwards will run to the side of rather than straight up. Players who move up over the advantage line and know what a shoulder is.

At the moment we have very few forwards who can do this.

 

[happy_tiger]

I don’t understand this place.

Our forwards are pathetic with minimal agility, no grunt and lateral movement worse than most grandma’s. Sua, TPJ, Dale all on the market and most here still still prefer our players. Ours aren’t better at all.

Lucy is a big cause of 35% of tries now. Watch games and look at them. Second they draw him midfield within next play or 2 we are always shot & teams score. His hitups are great but come to late, never when the chips are down he roves wide and isolates against the smaller players. He isn’t as good as many say and is a massive reason for us being terrible.

Garner is solid this year but again doesn’t do ground work when we need him.

We have no lock at all. Seyfarth is trying but he is a long way off NRL standard. He gets shrugged to side and often holds down players to get back at marker or his lateral movement mid field misses the tackler (his effectiveness isn’t high).

Twal tries hard but I have never seen a forward as tall & big as him constantly get pushed back, wish he would have some mungrel. With Tamou they are our best forward stop defenders but they don’t push forward. They are required to cover more ground in defense than most props due to our backrowers being ineffective.

The amount of times we struggle to even make 10-20mtrs a set with our forwards hitting up is a deadset joke. How our forwards keep getting dominated in the tackle is a big reason why we are always on the back foot and get carved up out wide as it forces us to cram in and focus more energy running onside than being in position for next set. But hey it’s Brooks who fails us with his kicking game.

We need players who hit hard, who run hard and players who opposition forwards will run to the side of rather than straight up. Players who move up over the advantage line and know what a shoulder is.

At the moment we have very few forwards who can do this.

We had a 7 tackle set where we made 38 metres .....38 metres ........

 

[hsvjones]

I don’t understand this place.

Our forwards are pathetic with minimal agility, no grunt and lateral movement worse than most grandma’s. Sua, TPJ, Dale all on the market and most here still still prefer our players. Ours aren’t better at all.

Lucy is a big cause of 35% of tries now. Watch games and look at them. Second they draw him midfield within next play or 2 we are always shot & teams score. His hitups are great but come to late, never when the chips are down he roves wide and isolates against the smaller players. He isn’t as good as many say and is a massive reason for us being terrible.

Garner is solid this year but again doesn’t do ground work when we need him.

We have no lock at all. Seyfarth is trying but he is a long way off NRL standard. He gets shrugged to side and often holds down players to get back at marker or his lateral movement mid field misses the tackler (his effectiveness isn’t high).

Twal tries hard but I have never seen a forward as tall & big as him constantly get pushed back, wish he would have some mungrel. With Tamou they are our best forward stop defenders but they don’t push forward. They are required to cover more ground in defense than most props due to our backrowers being ineffective.

The amount of times we struggle to even make 10-20mtrs a set with our forwards hitting up is a deadset joke. How our forwards keep getting dominated in the tackle is a big reason why we are always on the back foot and get carved up out wide as it forces us to cram in and focus more energy running onside than being in position for next set. But hey it’s Brooks who fails us with his kicking game.

We need players who hit hard, who run hard and players who opposition forwards will run to the side of rather than straight up. Players who move up over the advantage line and know what a shoulder is.

At the moment we have very few forwards who can do this.

Spot on mate and clearly our young ones are not up to full time NRL yet..
We have all this money but scared from past recruitment decisions to actually go an buy the players we need. We will miss all 3 and end up offering Packer another deal the way we are going. We deserve better

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Any "men" off contract

These brutes are our new forward pack

 

[tony soprano]

I don’t understand this place.

Our forwards are pathetic with minimal agility, no grunt and lateral movement worse than most grandma’s. Sua, TPJ, Dale all on the market and most here still still prefer our players. Ours aren’t better at all.

Lucy is a big cause of 35% of tries now. Watch games and look at them. Second they draw him midfield within next play or 2 we are always shot & teams score. His hitups are great but come to late, never when the chips are down he roves wide and isolates against the smaller players. He isn’t as good as many say and is a massive reason for us being terrible.

Garner is solid this year but again doesn’t do ground work when we need him.

We have no lock at all. Seyfarth is trying but he is a long way off NRL standard. He gets shrugged to side and often holds down players to get back at marker or his lateral movement mid field misses the tackler (his effectiveness isn’t high).

Twal tries hard but I have never seen a forward as tall & big as him constantly get pushed back, wish he would have some mungrel. With Tamou they are our best forward stop defenders but they don’t push forward. They are required to cover more ground in defense than most props due to our backrowers being ineffective.

The amount of times we struggle to even make 10-20mtrs a set with our forwards hitting up is a deadset joke. How our forwards keep getting dominated in the tackle is a big reason why we are always on the back foot and get carved up out wide as it forces us to cram in and focus more energy running onside than being in position for next set. But hey it’s Brooks who fails us with his kicking game.

We need players who hit hard, who run hard and players who opposition forwards will run to the side of rather than straight up. Players who move up over the advantage line and know what a shoulder is.

At the moment we have very few forwards who can do this.

We had a 7 tackle set where we made 38 metres .....38 metres ........

Haha that = whole team not putting in.

 

[yeti]

The most important decision this club needs to make right now is not which players to sign, but who is the best defensive coaches in the League right now, and do everything possible to sign one of them. Whatever it takes, and whatever it costs.

This is an imperative. To me, it appears that the players we have are confused and unsure of what they are actually supposed to be doing in defence. The defensive structure has been chopped and changed so often, that we end up with results like we have seen over the past couple of weeks. I don't know for sure who is the current defensive coach. I've heard Maguire is the man at the moment. But whoever it is, they are not succeeding.

It matters little what players we sign right now. Without an overhaul of the way we defend, it will be the same old, same old.
Once we know we have the best defensive structure, then surely it becomes much easier to see which players have the ability we need and which ones need to be moved on asap.
Just my 2 cents worth.

 

[happy_tiger]

Any "men" off contract

These brutes are our new forward pack

@hobbo1 and @Demps crew ...Demps in his leathers .....Hobbo is the Indian