Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Demps]

Not sure where to post it as the lower grades forum is understandably dead atm however Israel Ogden confirmed on Instagram he has no deal for 2022. Would be changing that fairly quickly

What did he say?
Is it a Q and A?

His page is private.

Here

https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTI1NzE0MjE3NzI3ODYw?story_media_id=2628676865679493423&utm_medium=copy_link


@willow

 

[Demps]


 

[Demps]



Interesting 🤔

 

[Rowdy12]


Yep

He looks like the kind of guy who storm/roosters will snap up and have him staring in first grade within 12 months

 

[Radoush]

Not sure where to post it as the lower grades forum is understandably dead atm however Israel Ogden confirmed on Instagram he has no deal for 2022. Would be changing that fairly quickly

Dear god we need to sign that kid up ASAP😛ray:

He was good at fullback for the Warriors but had a few injuries but loads of talent I was surprised when the Tigers nab him

 

[izotope]

There is an article in DT about Sheens has emailed all player managers asking for a list of there best off contract players.. Sounds promising and good to see he is not sitting back and waiting to he arrives. He cannot do any worse then we have been doing.

Brilliant, just brilliant.

I see no reason why we are struggling with recruitment that it's taken to put Sheens on to send an email.

 

[Merlot]

Not sure where to post it as the lower grades forum is understandably dead atm however Israel Ogden confirmed on Instagram he has no deal for 2022. Would be changing that fairly quickly

What did he say?
Is it a Q and A?

His page is private.

Here

https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTI1NzE0MjE3NzI3ODYw?story_media_id=2628676865679493423&utm_medium=copy_link


@willow

not yet hopefully sounds like he wants out yet ,untill,get him out or more cash,not u willow,but,some so called supporters r hiding under their caps ,yet again,another year down the toilet.o well

 

[TigerTone]

We get these youngsters and leave them in the lower grades and forget about them
and wonder why they get snapped up by other teams under our nose.
Yet other teams have similar talent and they put them in to play NRL.

I dont get why we cant put these guys in , give them 4-5 games of NRL or
even do what the penrith/broncos have done and get all youngsters across the park.
Put them in the deep end , he who swims survives.
We played some of them against the warriors and it was our season pros who let
us down. Go figure.

Ogden . He loves the club wants to stay but hasnt been signed up as yet.
Please dont let this kid get away.
It does my head in.

 

[Merlot]

There is an article in DT about Sheens has emailed all player managers asking for a list of there best off contract players.. Sounds promising and good to see he is not sitting back and waiting to he arrives. He cannot do any worse then we have been doing.

Brilliant, just brilliant.

I see no reason why we are struggling with recruitment that it's taken to put Sheens on to send an email.

if u werent such a fan .u would get a down vote or2,its dumb gibber,from such an elder,hope Sheensy doesnt turn into another usual upper management wrong,disclaimer of financers,. recruitment .HE'S back,what a circus,the club actualy talks the talk but they the media wont let us in yet ,

 

[BalmainJnr]

Not sure where to post it as the lower grades forum is understandably dead atm however Israel Ogden confirmed on Instagram he has no deal for 2022. Would be changing that fairly quickly

Dear god we need to sign that kid up ASAP😛ray:

We would have to have rocks in our heads not to have this kid under contract.
Get it done WT.

 

[TigerWest]

There is an article in DT about Sheens has emailed all player managers asking for a list of there best off contract players.. Sounds promising and good to see he is not sitting back and waiting to he arrives. He cannot do any worse then we have been doing.

Brilliant, just brilliant.

I see no reason why we are struggling with recruitment that it's taken to put Sheens on to send an email.

I would've hoped, if he asked the recruitment team, they would of had this info?
If the article is true, it sounds like a bit of grandstanding?

 

[tigertuff]

Not sure where to post it as the lower grades forum is understandably dead atm however Israel Ogden confirmed on Instagram he has no deal for 2022. Would be changing that fairly quickly

Dear god we need to sign that kid up ASAP😛ray:

We would have to have rocks in our heads not to have this kid under contract.
Get it done WT.

Everyone keeps saying how Hartigan and Madge are great at identifying talent yet our best juniors remain unsigned. It beggars belief.

 

[iofthetigers]

Funny how Souths are interested in Tess Niu , he wouldn’t make the grade here according to our arm chair generals on here ?

Not in my view he starts at either centre position and covers fullback. Smart target he has plenty of upside.

South’s are also interested in Milford, he is not a centre he has been tried there plenty of times in the lower grades & it was embarrassing, Hoffman (when his body is right) & Ogden are both better prospects.Laurie in his first year of fullback has already shown more. He has plenty of flashes of attacking brilliance so he won’t be cheap & he won’t go anywhere unless he is virtually guaranteed a starting spot, if South’s are interested the player I would love to see the Tigers chase would be Braiden Burns. I would be surprised if there is much interest in him especially after what he did to the Gold Coast last year & why have the Broncos not already offered him anything especially when they have so much uncertainty at fullback?

 

[Tiger-ferret]

There is an article in DT about Sheens has emailed all player managers asking for a list of there best off contract players.. Sounds promising and good to see he is not sitting back and waiting to he arrives. He cannot do any worse then we have been doing.

Brilliant, just brilliant.

I see no reason why we are struggling with recruitment that it's taken to put Sheens on to send an email.

I would've hoped, if he asked the recruitment team, they would of had this info?
If the article is true, it sounds like a bit of grandstanding?

Over time bridges burned and stale communication lines can become a road block to progress.

It may just flush out some interest from new players, not yet considered on from both sides of the negotiating table.

That assumes the email is real. Also probably assumes it was never meant to reach the media. Or was it? Too many combinations and permutations to speculate. I would like to think it was sent in good faith.

 

[Needaname]

I find it funny that you need to email the player managers to find out which players are off contract when NRL.com already have a list.

The only thing that isn’t mentioned is some players might have player options for next year which aren’t public and or some players may be ‘off’ with their club so they could be available with a bit of negotiation.

 

[tiger_one]

I find it funny that you need to email the player managers to find out which players are off contract when NRL.com already have a list.

The only thing that isn’t mentioned is some players might have player options for next year which aren’t public and or some players may be ‘off’ with their club so they could be available with a bit of negotiation.

It would also open up dialogue and reinforce our willingness to bring new players into our system.
However, I would have thoght that this type of communication is already going on.
Maybe it was Sheens putting it out there: I'm back, Wests Tigers are back and different this time.

 

[Tim Sheens]

From my end I think it great if Sheens has personally contacted managers both individually and collectively.

 

[TYGA]

I find it funny that you need to email the player managers to find out which players are off contract when NRL.com already have a list.

The only thing that isn’t mentioned is some players might have player options for next year which aren’t public and or some players may be ‘off’ with their club so they could be available with a bit of negotiation.

Standard practice. Player managers usually send the information including players under contract that want out and players told by clubs they are deee to leave. It’s how 99% of media articles are written. Every club gets the information sounds like this email was telling player managers Sheens is running the show.

 

[rihannafan1]


The more this sort of thing goes on, the worse it looks for the people in charge.

 

[BAGNF05]

From my end I think it great if Sheens has personally contacted managers both individually and collectively.

100%.

From what you read WT have a relationships issue