Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Demps]

Brett Finch pointed out the folly of not signing Finucane.
He admitted that Finucane would probably be cooked by the 4th year but by then you've had 3 years of him setting standards and holding other players to that standard. His signing also would've set in motion the signing of other players reluctant to join the club.

It was short sighted to not go huge after him and Hynes.
Those two would've brought change with them.

I’m still mystified why there was no play made for Hynes. Pretty incompetent.

Because we have all of Hynes' positions covered? You are competing with Sharks who let both their recognised first-start halves go (Johnston and The Chad).

Hynes could be a ball playing centre like Jamie Lyon, but better...

McInness is a 9 that could've been our 13.

We dropped the ball on both signings.

I actually think McInnes is the biggest miss of all these guys over the last 18 months or so, given where he plays. Coming into his prime as well.

Talk about players who take care of themselves and turn up...

Disregard his teeth.
The guy is a great player with lots of heart.

Prefer him at 13 than 9... for us.
But he'd be a great role model for guys coming through also.

Missed a good one there.
Madge knows him too, from the souths days.

 

[happy_tiger]

September and not one player signed from one of the other 15 NRL clubs

Enough said ....we are doomed

that would say nobody wants to play under Maguire

Or the WT's ......

If we were doing exit interviews with players not signed we'd have answers

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

September and not one player signed from one of the other 15 NRL clubs

Enough said ....we are doomed

that would say nobody wants to play under Maguire

Or the WT's ......

think the right coach could change that but we need to shell out the dollars to a player to make the first big kill happen

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Brett Finch pointed out the folly of not signing Finucane.
He admitted that Finucane would probably be cooked by the 4th year but by then you've had 3 years of him setting standards and holding other players to that standard. His signing also would've set in motion the signing of other players reluctant to join the club.

It was short sighted to not go huge after him and Hynes.
Those two would've brought change with them.

I’m still mystified why there was no play made for Hynes. Pretty incompetent.

Because we have all of Hynes' positions covered? You are competing with Sharks who let both their recognised first-start halves go (Johnston and The Chad).

Hynes could be a ball playing centre like Jamie Lyon, but better...

McInness is a 9 that could've been our 13.

We dropped the ball on both signings.

McInnes we shoukd have nailed
we thought we had hooker under control with Liddle and Simpkin we need better a lock / hooker

Move Brooks from halves ..
Hasto & AD new halves pair
Brooks to 9 is an open option
That theory has been speculating
Liddle bench
Jake Simpkin in reserves imo - still a baby
If we lure Sims he can play lock

 

[Devon Head]

Melbourne: Centres, they’d move Reimis to the wing.
Penrith: Centres, ahead of Momirovski.
Souths: Centres, Gagai to wing.
Manly: Centres, ahead of Parker.
Roosters: Five-Eighth, ahead of Hutchison
Parra: Five-Eighth or Centres, ahead of Brown or Opacic/Blake
Easily makes every Top 6 side.

Roosters due to injuries maybe
parramatta maybe instead of brown
I did not mention top 6 as a centre I mentioned as a 6 or 7
he is not a top number 6 he is a centre at best












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He's also just turned 23 and played about 15 games at #6 in the NRL. With his size, skillset and work ethic, he's every chance of making it to an elite level. The only concern are the injuries - two ACLs by his age is worrying.

Took Wighton a number of years to transition to 5/8 and really only had 2 decent seasons at 6 to date. No reason why AD can't become a legit gun 5/8.

 

[jirskyr]

Personally I think the "we have signed nobody for next year" line of thinking is way too premature given the amount of horse trading that has occurred every off-season for the past 4-5 years.

I am almost certain Tigers are patiently waiting for the inevitable movements that will occur after the finals. You only need 1 or 2 movements to set off a cascade.

Look at the recent examples:
Tamou signed 18/Sep/20
Doueihi signed 30/Jan/20
Stefano signed 29/Jan/20
Laurie signed 7/Feb/21
Luciano signed 30/Nov/19
BJ signed 27/Jan/20
Jimmy Jet signed 18/Nov/20
Joffa signed 29/Nov/20

In fact we've done 90% of our trading in the offseason the last several seasons.

 

[tigerbalm]

Personally I think the "we have signed nobody for next year" line of thinking is way too premature given the amount of horse trading that has occurred every off-season for the past 4-5 years.

I am almost certain Tigers are patiently waiting for the inevitable movements that will occur after the finals. You only need 1 or 2 movements to set off a cascade.

Look at the recent examples:
**Tamou signed 18/Sep/20**
Doueihi signed 30/Jan/20
Stefano signed 29/Jan/20
Laurie signed 7/Feb/21
Luciano signed 30/Nov/19
BJ signed 27/Jan/20
Jimmy Jet signed 18/Nov/20
Joffa signed 29/Nov/20

In fact we've done 90% of our trading in the offseason the last several seasons.

Only a few weeks left on his warranty. hope the club still has all the original packing and return him.

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Personally I think the "we have signed nobody for next year" line of thinking is way too premature given the amount of horse trading that has occurred every off-season for the past 4-5 years.

I am almost certain Tigers are patiently waiting for the inevitable movements that will occur after the finals. You only need 1 or 2 movements to set off a cascade.

Look at the recent examples:
**Tamou signed 18/Sep/20**
Doueihi signed 30/Jan/20
Stefano signed 29/Jan/20
Laurie signed 7/Feb/21
Luciano signed 30/Nov/19
BJ signed 27/Jan/20
Jimmy Jet signed 18/Nov/20
Joffa signed 29/Nov/20

In fact we've done 90% of our trading in the offseason the last several seasons.

Only a few weeks left on his warranty. hope the club still has all the original packing and return him.

what's the bet Tigers will offer him a leadership or something role at the club.

 

[tigerbalm]

Personally I think the "we have signed nobody for next year" line of thinking is way too premature given the amount of horse trading that has occurred every off-season for the past 4-5 years.

I am almost certain Tigers are patiently waiting for the inevitable movements that will occur after the finals. You only need 1 or 2 movements to set off a cascade.

Look at the recent examples:
**Tamou signed 18/Sep/20**
Doueihi signed 30/Jan/20
Stefano signed 29/Jan/20
Laurie signed 7/Feb/21
Luciano signed 30/Nov/19
BJ signed 27/Jan/20
Jimmy Jet signed 18/Nov/20
Joffa signed 29/Nov/20

In fact we've done 90% of our trading in the offseason the last several seasons.

Only a few weeks left on his warranty. hope the club still has all the original packing and return him.


what's the bet Tigers will offer him a leadership or something role at the club.

and then get fined? even money at this point.

 

[clontarfkid]

We have nothing to "sell" to potential recruits except $$$..and its still nowhere near t enuff ,even for even good players let alone marquees!!
Its why weve lost our best two forwards in recent seasons,and why we get left at the alter by targetted recruits
We have no finals possibility dream...no fun playing environment as portrayed by Tigertown..and what appears to be a lack of discipline in the playing group which will possibly limit rep chances.
Need some major changes in the culture,which is achievable with some leadership changes in both coaching and playing group.
I think it will happen

I won't cop that garbage, "we don't have anything to sell possible receuits"

Our playing group, for the most part... are a close knit group and seem to get along really well.

Our COE is going to be amazing.
Our juniors coming through are and have always been a talented bunch.

We have amazing, passionate, loyal fans...

The only thing we don't have, is on field success.
A few pieces need to fall into place to change that.

It only takes one player to get it cracking.

We missed a few, in the recruits the sharks signed recently.... but yeah, things won't pick up until we start spending some cash on players.

Tell that to the gun players who left mid contract...
tell it to those that stopped taliking to the coach mid season...
and those who were thinking about signing but went elsewhere.
Seems pretty clear they werent buying what you articulate what we have to offer..
As i said,a change in leadership in key areas will change things..but the current dream is over until we do just that

 

[Magpie1969]

Until coaching situation is publicly known good luck signing any decent players. I think WT need to part company with Maguire asap, hire a new coach before November then players might come here. Not an easy fix.

 

[cochise]

Until coaching situation is publicly known good luck signing any decent players. I think WT need to part company with Maguire asap, hire a new coach before November then players might come here. Not an easy fix.

New coach needs to be in place in the next couple of weeks, well before November.

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Personally I think the "we have signed nobody for next year" line of thinking is way too premature given the amount of horse trading that has occurred every off-season for the past 4-5 years.

I am almost certain Tigers are patiently waiting for the inevitable movements that will occur after the finals. You only need 1 or 2 movements to set off a cascade.

Look at the recent examples:
**Tamou signed 18/Sep/20**
Doueihi signed 30/Jan/20
Stefano signed 29/Jan/20
Laurie signed 7/Feb/21
Luciano signed 30/Nov/19
BJ signed 27/Jan/20
Jimmy Jet signed 18/Nov/20
Joffa signed 29/Nov/20

In fact we've done 90% of our trading in the offseason the last several seasons.

Only a few weeks left on his warranty. hope the club still has all the original packing and return him.


what's the bet Tigers will offer him a leadership or something role at the club.

and then get fined? even money at this point.

come out of his salary

 

[Newtown]

Personally I think the "we have signed nobody for next year" line of thinking is way too premature given the amount of horse trading that has occurred every off-season for the past 4-5 years.

I am almost certain Tigers are patiently waiting for the inevitable movements that will occur after the finals. You only need 1 or 2 movements to set off a cascade.

Look at the recent examples:
**Tamou signed 18/Sep/20**
Doueihi signed 30/Jan/20
Stefano signed 29/Jan/20
Laurie signed 7/Feb/21
Luciano signed 30/Nov/19
BJ signed 27/Jan/20
Jimmy Jet signed 18/Nov/20
Joffa signed 29/Nov/20

In fact we've done 90% of our trading in the offseason the last several seasons.

Only a few weeks left on his warranty. hope the club still has all the original packing and return him.

Surely he won't be retained by WT.

 

[yeahcaz]

Until coaching situation is publicly known good luck signing any decent players. I think WT need to part company with Maguire asap, hire a new coach before November then players might come here. Not an easy fix.

New coach needs to be in place in the next couple of weeks, well before November.

If Ciraldo is the preferred option then will be playing the waiting game. Have to be careful how we negotiate with Penrith due to our already shaky relationship

 

[Demps]

We have nothing to "sell" to potential recruits except $$$..and its still nowhere near t enuff ,even for even good players let alone marquees!!
Its why weve lost our best two forwards in recent seasons,and why we get left at the alter by targetted recruits
We have no finals possibility dream...no fun playing environment as portrayed by Tigertown..and what appears to be a lack of discipline in the playing group which will possibly limit rep chances.
Need some major changes in the culture,which is achievable with some leadership changes in both coaching and playing group.
I think it will happen

I won't cop that garbage, "we don't have anything to sell possible receuits"

Our playing group, for the most part... are a close knit group and seem to get along really well.

Our COE is going to be amazing.
Our juniors coming through are and have always been a talented bunch.

We have amazing, passionate, loyal fans...

The only thing we don't have, is on field success.
A few pieces need to fall into place to change that.

It only takes one player to get it cracking.

We missed a few, in the recruits the sharks signed recently.... but yeah, things won't pick up until we start spending some cash on players.

Tell that to the gun players who left mid contract...
tell it to those that stopped taliking to the coach mid season...
and those who were thinking about signing but went elsewhere.
Seems pretty clear they werent buying what you articulate what we have to offer..
As i said,a change in leadership in key areas will change things..but the current dream is over until we do just that

You're not wrong...

Just a shame blokes can play with passion when they pull on the jersey.
Or the juniors like Teddy want to stay and drive the success.

As it's been said... not a destination club.
Hopefully someday we are.

 

[Geo]

September and not one player signed from one of the other 15 NRL clubs

Enough said ....we are doomed

that would say nobody wants to play under Maguire

Or the WT's ......

If we were doing exit interviews with players not signed we'd have answers

I did… they said Happy tiger is the issue.. a known career killer death riding mock…

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Until coaching situation is publicly known good luck signing any decent players. I think WT need to part company with Maguire asap, hire a new coach before November then players might come here. Not an easy fix.

New coach needs to be in place in the next couple of weeks, well before November.

My theory is tigers might have a new coach lined up close doors
then maybe the club will give Madge 6 months to 'fix things'
if nothing happens then definitely gone imo

 

[nuggetron]

Personally I think the "we have signed nobody for next year" line of thinking is way too premature given the amount of horse trading that has occurred every off-season for the past 4-5 years.

I am almost certain Tigers are patiently waiting for the inevitable movements that will occur after the finals. You only need 1 or 2 movements to set off a cascade.

Look at the recent examples:
Tamou signed 18/Sep/20
Doueihi signed 30/Jan/20
Stefano signed 29/Jan/20
Laurie signed 7/Feb/21
Luciano signed 30/Nov/19
BJ signed 27/Jan/20
Jimmy Jet signed 18/Nov/20
Joffa signed 29/Nov/20

In fact we've done 90% of our trading in the offseason the last several seasons.

the system has worked wonders so far... haha
i agree movements happen post season

 

[cochise]

September and not one player signed from one of the other 15 NRL clubs

Enough said ....we are doomed

that would say nobody wants to play under Maguire

Or the WT's ......

If we were doing exit interviews with players not signed we'd have answers

I did… they said Happy tiger is the issue.. a known career killer death riding mock…

@happy_tiger now wants the head coaching gig. White ant?