Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Tiger5150]

Anyone know if we are targeting Ronald Volkman the young roosters half that we played against in the trials earlier this year? Off contract apparently

I hope so.
He looked good in trials.

So did we...

 

[Russell]

Interesting to note that not only is Brandon Smith off contract at the end of 2022 but Harry Grant actually has a Mutuak option for 2023 so if effectively off contract at the end of 2022 at this stage as well. I say go all in for Harry


last year showed having Grant in our team isn't priority and I would extend that to Smith as well.

We had Grant and still missed the finals terribly, we have far more important areas to fill before throwing marquee money at Hooker.

Without Grant we’d be last.

But seriously, I’d throw 1Milly at Grant. Even 1.1..

The influence and everything he had on the whole of Wests Tigers, I actually never felt or seen that effect a player can do to a team.

What do you do with the two capable hookers we presently have?

The 19 yr old nsw cup player or the injury riddled bloke who missed 8 tackles vs the Warriors and left dummy half empty and tjrows a bunch of average passes. You give them to someone else snd take the Origin star

Too bad the tigers have re-signed Liddle.

Only for 2 years and Grant would not leave the Storm until 2023 anyway.
You could offload Liddle pretty easy I reason and Simpkin could be a super sub / back up.

Or you could get rid of Simpkin and keep the better hooker at only 24.

Lol ? or get rid of the guy who can't play 80 minutes and misses 6 tackles and throws passes around ankles. At least Simpkin is still developing. Simpkin will be an 80 min hooker

At this stage Simpkin is below average - will he ever get above the mediocrity line....who knows. Anyone can play 80 mins Mate. It is how you play the eighty minutes. The games I saw Simpkin play in the NRL, he was not an 80 minute player either.

I think I would get rid of the guy who also can't play 80 minutes, stands with his hands on his hips after he passes the ball, hogs the ball in try scoring situations, slow as a wet week, no experience and couldn't tackle a decent size sandwich.

This is possibly the worst take on any up and coming player I have ever read.

Russell loves Liddle so much he literally said he'd have him over Harry Grant

Can you please show me where I said that.

Here's you saying you think Liddle is the better dummy half and opposing letting go of Liddle for Grant. Your extreme love is Liddle is evident and I was merely showing that haha, I'm impressed by how you stick by him through thick and thin.

 

Well done digging that up - I still stand by what I said.

. Take off your blindfold and watch the games

Hello!!!! That is my opinion. I am entitled to it and to express it.

I do not have to have the same opinion as you. Personally think you have the blindfold on yourself Ace.

 

[Russell]

Roosters fans seem to love Egan Butcher, makes it all the more sweeter if we sign him. Surely the offer of a starting role plus a lot more cash would be super enticing

Maybe he has been promised a starting spot next year with them with Liu leaving

Just means if Watson heads across, more or less Egan will be let go you'd assume.

Egan also has a kicking game, not sure if anyone seen that last weekend - perfect kicking game for someone thats on the edge.

One kick does not make a kicking game I'm afraid.

 

[The-moP]

I think we can all agree..... we just all need a bit of signing news to lift our spirits. Doesn't matter what it is but just some news.
For me Mbye granted early release and off to Dragons... Not a signing but good news
I am confident we will get some announcement in the coming 4 months. :face_with_rolling_eyes:

Naiqama might be coming back so happy days!

Tell me this is a joke pls

It is a joke because we will have Lomax and Cotric in the centre’s next year no room for kevvie

Oliver Gildart might wanna play in centres next season too .. ;-)

 

[Droppy]

I think we can all agree..... we just all need a bit of signing news to lift our spirits. Doesn't matter what it is but just some news.
For me Mbye granted early release and off to Dragons... Not a signing but good news
I am confident we will get some announcement in the coming 4 months. :face_with_rolling_eyes:

Naiqama might be coming back so happy days!

Tell me this is a joke pls

It is a joke because we will have Lomax and Cotric in the centre’s next year no room for kevvie

How so? What is basis for such comment re Lomax & Cotric?

 

[DJG]

Roosters fans seem to love Egan Butcher, makes it all the more sweeter if we sign him. Surely the offer of a starting role plus a lot more cash would be super enticing

Maybe he has been promised a starting spot next year with them with Liu leaving

Just means if Watson heads across, more or less Egan will be let go you'd assume.

Egan also has a kicking game, not sure if anyone seen that last weekend - perfect kicking game for someone thats on the edge.

One kick does not make a kicking game I'm afraid.

One kick is better then half of our team that don't kick.

 

[tiger_one]

Anyone know if we are targeting Ronald Volkman the young roosters half that we played against in the trials earlier this year? Off contract apparently

I love a good kick and chase.

 

[jrtiger]

I'm worried about our lack of young halves coming through. typically we've always had someone making noise even if they didn't come good, i.e Lui, Mulcahy, Miller, Brooks, Moses, Madden etc.

despite the JF side doing well, there's been no major wraps on Stevanovic and Hill, and while Taipari was in and around state cup, he hasn't looked like a player that you can say will play first grade 100%. it's a shame Tannous has been injured all year, would've been good to see how he handled it.

apart from that though, is there any young halves in our ranks that anyone's aware of that are potential first graders? Tyler Field has always had decent wraps on him as well, but he couldn't even crack the starting side for JF.

 

[rihannafan1]

I'm worried about our lack of young halves coming through. typically we've always had someone making noise even if they didn't come good, i.e Lui, Mulcahy, Miller, Brooks, Moses, Madden etc.

despite the JF side doing well, there's been no major wraps on Stevanovic and Hill, and while Taipari was in and around state cup, he hasn't looked like a player that you can say will play first grade 100%. it's a shame Tannous has been injured all year, would've been good to see how he handled it.

apart from that though, is there any young halves in our ranks that anyone's aware of that are potential first graders? Tyler Field has always had decent wraps on him as well, but he couldn't even crack the starting side for JF.

Field was injured too.

 

[weststigerman]

I'm worried about our lack of young halves coming through. typically we've always had someone making noise even if they didn't come good, i.e Lui, Mulcahy, Miller, Brooks, Moses, Madden etc.

despite the JF side doing well, there's been no major wraps on Stevanovic and Hill, and while Taipari was in and around state cup, he hasn't looked like a player that you can say will play first grade 100%. it's a shame Tannous has been injured all year, would've been good to see how he handled it.

apart from that though, is there any young halves in our ranks that anyone's aware of that are potential first graders? Tyler Field has always had decent wraps on him as well, but he couldn't even crack the starting side for JF.

Hill looked pretty good to me. Your halfback is going well if you don't lose a game.

Also, Tannous should be back next year from his ACL. He's highly rated.

There are not too many players that make it in the NRL as a halfback under 22-23, so I'm more concerned around our outside backs coming through. Cleary and Sam Walker are notable exceptions.

 

[avocadoontoast]

I think we can all agree..... we just all need a bit of signing news to lift our spirits. Doesn't matter what it is but just some news.
For me Mbye granted early release and off to Dragons... Not a signing but good news
I am confident we will get some announcement in the coming 4 months. :face_with_rolling_eyes:

Naiqama might be coming back so happy days!

Tell me this is a joke pls

It is a joke because we will have Lomax and Cotric in the centre’s next year no room for kevvie

Oliver Gildart might wanna play in centres next season too .. ;-)

I hope Gildart improves dramatically, from what i've seen of him he won't come close to cutting it in NRL. His defence is terrible.

 

[Snake]

I think we can all agree..... we just all need a bit of signing news to lift our spirits. Doesn't matter what it is but just some news.
For me Mbye granted early release and off to Dragons... Not a signing but good news
I am confident we will get some announcement in the coming 4 months. :face_with_rolling_eyes:

Naiqama might be coming back so happy days!

Tell me this is a joke pls

It is a joke because we will have Lomax and Cotric in the centre’s next year no room for kevvie

Oliver Gildart might wanna play in centres next season too .. ;-)

I hope Gildart improves dramatically, from what i've seen of him he won't come close to cutting it in NRL. His defence is terrible.

I think he is going to get a shock !

 

[twentyforty]

I think we can all agree..... we just all need a bit of signing news to lift our spirits. Doesn't matter what it is but just some news.
For me Mbye granted early release and off to Dragons... Not a signing but good news
I am confident we will get some announcement in the coming 4 months. :face_with_rolling_eyes:

Naiqama might be coming back so happy days!

Tell me this is a joke pls

It is a joke because we will have Lomax and Cotric in the centre’s next year no room for kevvie

Oliver Gildart might wanna play in centres next season too .. ;-)

I hope Gildart improves dramatically, from what i've seen of him he won't come close to cutting it in NRL. His defence is terrible.

If thats the case then he wont look out of place.

 

[jadtiger]

I think we can all agree..... we just all need a bit of signing news to lift our spirits. Doesn't matter what it is but just some news.
For me Mbye granted early release and off to Dragons... Not a signing but good news
I am confident we will get some announcement in the coming 4 months. :face_with_rolling_eyes:

Naiqama might be coming back so happy days!

Tell me this is a joke pls

It is a joke because we will have Lomax and Cotric in the centre’s next year no room for kevvie

Oliver Gildart might wanna play in centres next season too .. ;-)

I hope Gildart improves dramatically, from what i've seen of him he won't come close to cutting it in NRL. His defence is terrible.

On what i have seen of him he will be the weakest defender at the club next year

 

[jrtiger]

I'm worried about our lack of young halves coming through. typically we've always had someone making noise even if they didn't come good, i.e Lui, Mulcahy, Miller, Brooks, Moses, Madden etc.

despite the JF side doing well, there's been no major wraps on Stevanovic and Hill, and while Taipari was in and around state cup, he hasn't looked like a player that you can say will play first grade 100%. it's a shame Tannous has been injured all year, would've been good to see how he handled it.

apart from that though, is there any young halves in our ranks that anyone's aware of that are potential first graders? Tyler Field has always had decent wraps on him as well, but he couldn't even crack the starting side for JF.

Hill looked pretty good to me. Your halfback is going well if you don't lose a game.

Also, Tannous should be back next year from his ACL. He's highly rated.

There are not too many players that make it in the NRL as a halfback under 22-23, so I'm more concerned around our outside backs coming through. Cleary and Sam Walker are notable exceptions.

I thought Hill played well as well in the games that I saw, but like I said, he's not a player that has had massive wraps on him coming through the grades. not that you should ever base a player's talent off them, just that his progression has been far quieter. Camroux was the great white hope in a lot of respects, and we simply let him go.

Tannous seems as if he's got the attitude and talent to make a splash, hopefully he and Jordan Hill both come back firing from ACLs. both play touch for Wests out at Enfield as well, explains where a lot of their skillset comes from.

 

[avocadoontoast]

I think we can all agree..... we just all need a bit of signing news to lift our spirits. Doesn't matter what it is but just some news.
For me Mbye granted early release and off to Dragons... Not a signing but good news
I am confident we will get some announcement in the coming 4 months. :face_with_rolling_eyes:

Naiqama might be coming back so happy days!

Tell me this is a joke pls

It is a joke because we will have Lomax and Cotric in the centre’s next year no room for kevvie

Oliver Gildart might wanna play in centres next season too .. ;-)

I hope Gildart improves dramatically, from what i've seen of him he won't come close to cutting it in NRL. His defence is terrible.

If thats the case then he wont look out of place.

As horrifying as it is to say, i'm not sure he's an upgrade on what we have (on what i've seen of him this year). Defence is terrible, he's very small, and he's prone to errors.

 

[earl]

I think we can all agree..... we just all need a bit of signing news to lift our spirits. Doesn't matter what it is but just some news.
For me Mbye granted early release and off to Dragons... Not a signing but good news
I am confident we will get some announcement in the coming 4 months. :face_with_rolling_eyes:

Naiqama might be coming back so happy days!

Tell me this is a joke pls

It is a joke because we will have Lomax and Cotric in the centre’s next year no room for kevvie

Oliver Gildart might wanna play in centres next season too .. ;-)

I hope Gildart improves dramatically, from what i've seen of him he won't come close to cutting it in NRL. His defence is terrible.

If thats the case then he wont look out of place.

As horrifying as it is to say, i'm not sure he's an upgrade on what we have (on what i've seen of him this year). Defence is terrible, he's very small, and he's prone to errors.

I'd prefer not to read this. We need centres desperately.

 

[Tiger5150]

I think we can all agree..... we just all need a bit of signing news to lift our spirits. Doesn't matter what it is but just some news.
For me Mbye granted early release and off to Dragons... Not a signing but good news
I am confident we will get some announcement in the coming 4 months. :face_with_rolling_eyes:

Naiqama might be coming back so happy days!

Tell me this is a joke pls

It is a joke because we will have Lomax and Cotric in the centre’s next year no room for kevvie


How so? What is basis for such comment re Lomax & Cotric?


 

[GCfan]

Anyone know if we are targeting Ronald Volkman the young roosters half that we played against in the trials earlier this year? Off contract apparently

I hope so.
He looked good in trials.

Surely behind a few at the cr(h)ooks.
They don't lose any they don't want though.

I want him just for his name.
With that name he’d have to be able to handle himself

 

[The-moP]

I think we can all agree..... we just all need a bit of signing news to lift our spirits. Doesn't matter what it is but just some news.
For me Mbye granted early release and off to Dragons... Not a signing but good news
I am confident we will get some announcement in the coming 4 months. :face_with_rolling_eyes:

Naiqama might be coming back so happy days!

Tell me this is a joke pls

It is a joke because we will have Lomax and Cotric in the centre’s next year no room for kevvie

Oliver Gildart might wanna play in centres next season too .. ;-)

I hope Gildart improves dramatically, from what i've seen of him he won't come close to cutting it in NRL. His defence is terrible.

Hey .. I'm 100% with you on that one .. im very surprised we actually signed him .. I haven't seen anything of him that says he's gonna be a marquee signing for us .. :-(