Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

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TIGERS LOCK IN ROBERTS

The Tigers have officially handed James Roberts a top 30 deal. The Tigers enticed James Roberts back through a train and trial deal during summer but the ex-NSW centre has impressed enough to be given a full-time contract.

Roberts’ joined the Tigers last season on a cut-price deal. He played 11 matches in the top grade for the Tigers. Roberts is the 29th player contracted to the Tigers for next season, leaving them with one roster spot to fill.

Via Daily Telegraph

God help us. He was terrible last year.

A minimum salary player who filled in okay in a heap of games and you're saying he's terrible? He's a squad player, forget his name. look for someone else who can play like him for that salary.

Sometimes you all forget there is a salary cap and that means teams can't spend 800k on everyone.

Roberts filled his role just fine.

Also think there's still potential there. Either way this is decent business

 

[JC99]

So who exactly is our backup fullback if Laurie goes down? Nofa, Kepaoa aren't great options. Doueihi shouldn't be moved around and put there. Maybe one of the unproven kids? Who knows, guess they're confident in someone at the club.

I know there's some kids outside the top 30 who can play fullback but be a big ask to throw them into first grade

Hastings is the most experienced available..backup

Played there for Wigan

Even still, not his natural or best position. Guess the club has seen someone do well enough at training until to not feel the need to sign someone else

 

[BAGNF05]

TIGERS LOCK IN ROBERTS

The Tigers have officially handed James Roberts a top 30 deal. The Tigers enticed James Roberts back through a train and trial deal during summer but the ex-NSW centre has impressed enough to be given a full-time contract.

Roberts’ joined the Tigers last season on a cut-price deal. He played 11 matches in the top grade for the Tigers. Roberts is the 29th player contracted to the Tigers for next season, leaving them with one roster spot to fill.

Via Daily Telegraph

God help us. He was terrible last year.

A minimum salary player who filled in okay in a heap of games and you're saying he's terrible? He's a squad player, forget his name. look for someone else who can play like him for that salary.

Sometimes you all forget there is a salary cap and that means teams can't spend 800k on everyone.

Roberts filled his role just fine.

Also think there's still potential there. Either way this is decent business

Laurie played brilliantly on min $

JTJ flopped

 

[hugh1954]

What did Rowdy drop out of and why, his ambassador role ?

 

[cktiger]

Missing boys here @cochise @hobbo1 @happy_tiger

Come back dudes.


Don’t forget Willow

Their posting happily together on their own forum now.

Yeah. Just sooks


Dude, it was sook behaviour from posters that got them canned to begin with. Pot meet kettle.

Oh well mate. Don’t like it, go on there forum.


Who are you to tell me where to go? I’ve been here over 11 years, you’ve been here a couple months. Sit down and know your place.

Whilst I can understand the frustration of being a collective target of late, I am sure that you are also aware that you contribute by often being more forthright than most others. Still, your ultimate sentence has no place here other than fermenting discord and particularly so in the case of virginal members (and not saying the quoted is).


I don’t mind being a target, but I don’t take kindly to being told to go somewhere else if I don’t like what’s going on.

Suck it mate, long time coming.

A great Simpsons episode once said “hey there’s that boy who laughs at everyone when they’re banned, let’s all laugh at him !”

I have no love for gunners, having plenty of arguments over the years.
He said something silly about being here longer than someone else but I hope something as harmless as that isn’t what got him booted.
Comments like yours are even worse …just sound like a smarmy little kid in a schoolyard.

 

[Wokk_]

If I had my choice for final signing it would be Luki or Nanai over Thompson

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

Junior Paulo's management informed interested parties last night that he's staying at Parramatta.
No formal offer from the Tigers was presented.

Any wests tigers Signing news upcoming?

Cowboys & Tigers continued discussions end of last week about Luciano's potential immediate move but Cowboys unwilling to budge on player swaps.
Sheens hopeful Nanai will sign for 2023 & then is would be a formality of those 2 trading places, but Cowboys would need to take all of Luciano's salary for 2022.
Gives the club more money to spend, don't expect this to be resolved till after Christmas.

@THE_POM do you know if Dudley Dotoi is still training with the squad? There was a comment a couple of weeks back that he may have returned or wants to return to NQ. I think having Dotoi here may help with getting Nanai over the line as they are friends from school.


Dudley is training with the North Queensland Cutteers.

Really, that's pretty poor form from the kid. He gets signed on a deal with a pathway to NRL and he gives up after a couple of weeks? That's exceptionally weak unless there was extenuating circumstances with the health of a close family member etc.

Why were we looking to sign someone so fragile? Kid should be embarrassed with his behaviour if he's left already.

I agree but you know people are just so different, some can and some can't but like you said he was given a chance that other kids would be jealous of... oh well, hopefully he has a change of mind/heart (hope it's not too late if he ever changes) and don't waste this opportunity given to him.. sad really

He's an aussie schoolboy, with a heap of talent. We signed him rather than other young outside backs. If he bails on us after a fortnight it weakens our squad and depth. But also better to know now than to invest more time and money into someone who needs to live with his family all his life. If that's his priority, that's cool, good luck to him and we move on

You said it all he's a SCHOOLBOY some indigenous kids find it very difficult when they move from country regional areas to the big smoke better for all concerned that he recognised there was a potential problem and pulling the pin and wasting everyone's time it also opens the door for someone else to step up.

 

[Demps]

One of my friends in QLD said Bevan French has been around the city (Brisbane) for the past month or so.

I assumed he was trying to get a deal with Bronco's but it may have not worked out for him.

Few people saying he's no good.... quite an easy thing to say from the couch. He's a smaller guy but so is Corey Thompson, who played finals this year.

I wouldn't count him out, he could do a job.
For some club...

Not us though.
Newcastle maybe.

 

[boonboon]

One of my friends in QLD said Bevan French has been around the city (Brisbane) for the past month or so.

I assumed he was trying to get a deal with Bronco's but it may have not worked out for him.

Few people saying he's no good.... quite an easy thing to say from the couch. He's a smaller guy but so is Corey Thompson, who played finals this year.

I wouldn't count him out, he could do a job.
For some club...

Not us though.
Newcastle maybe.

Given he has been in inverell and the border has been closed id be certain your friends are wrong

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

TIGERS LOCK IN ROBERTS

The Tigers have officially handed James Roberts a top 30 deal. The Tigers enticed James Roberts back through a train and trial deal during summer but the ex-NSW centre has impressed enough to be given a full-time contract.

Roberts’ joined the Tigers last season on a cut-price deal. He played 11 matches in the top grade for the Tigers. Roberts is the 29th player contracted to the Tigers for next season, leaving them with one roster spot to fill.

 

[Demps]

One of my friends in QLD said Bevan French has been around the city (Brisbane) for the past month or so.

I assumed he was trying to get a deal with Bronco's but it may have not worked out for him.

Few people saying he's no good.... quite an easy thing to say from the couch. He's a smaller guy but so is Corey Thompson, who played finals this year.

I wouldn't count him out, he could do a job.
For some club...

Not us though.
Newcastle maybe.

Given he has been in inverell and the border has been closed id be certain your friends are wrong

Was around grand final.. and the weeks after it.
But yeah, I just assumed he was testing the waters with QLD clubs.

Idk man

 

[tony soprano]

One of my friends in QLD said Bevan French has been around the city (Brisbane) for the past month or so.

I assumed he was trying to get a deal with Bronco's but it may have not worked out for him.

Few people saying he's no good.... quite an easy thing to say from the couch. He's a smaller guy but so is Corey Thompson, who played finals this year.

I wouldn't count him out, he could do a job.
For some club...

Not us though.
Newcastle maybe.

Think just he's size let's him down.

 

[Demps]



🔥🔥🔥

 

[Tiger-ferret]

TIGERS LOCK IN ROBERTS

The Tigers have officially handed James Roberts a top 30 deal. The Tigers enticed James Roberts back through a train and trial deal during summer but the ex-NSW centre has impressed enough to be given a full-time contract.

Roberts’ joined the Tigers last season on a cut-price deal. He played 11 matches in the top grade for the Tigers. Roberts is the 29th player contracted to the Tigers for next season, leaving them with one roster spot to fill.

Via Daily Telegraph

God help us. He was terrible last year.

A minimum salary player who filled in okay in a heap of games and you're saying he's terrible? He's a squad player, forget his name. look for someone else who can play like him for that salary.

Sometimes you all forget there is a salary cap and that means teams can't spend 800k on everyone.

Roberts filled his role just fine.

Also think there's still potential there. Either way this is decent business

Laurie played brilliantly on min $

JTJ flopped

Was Laurie on 150k?

 

[Harvey]

One of my friends in QLD said Bevan French has been around the city (Brisbane) for the past month or so.

I assumed he was trying to get a deal with Bronco's but it may have not worked out for him.

Few people saying he's no good.... quite an easy thing to say from the couch. He's a smaller guy but so is Corey Thompson, who played finals this year.

I wouldn't count him out, he could do a job.
For some club...

Not us though.
Newcastle maybe.

Think just he's size let's him down.

I think it is effort. I remember him on the wing pulling Anasta like stats. No runs, no metres, no tackles, 4 missed tackles.

 

[Demps]

One of my friends in QLD said Bevan French has been around the city (Brisbane) for the past month or so.

I assumed he was trying to get a deal with Bronco's but it may have not worked out for him.

Few people saying he's no good.... quite an easy thing to say from the couch. He's a smaller guy but so is Corey Thompson, who played finals this year.

I wouldn't count him out, he could do a job.
For some club...

Not us though.
Newcastle maybe.

Think just he's size let's him down.

I think it is effort. I remember him on the wing pulling Anasta like stats. No runs, no metres, no tackles, 4 missed tackles.

Yeah, I remember that game.
He was having a sulk if I recall correctly.

Wanted to be a fullback but made to play wing and literally made no effort at all.

Very embarrassing.

 

[Champ]

TIGERS LOCK IN ROBERTS

The Tigers have officially handed James Roberts a top 30 deal. The Tigers enticed James Roberts back through a train and trial deal during summer but the ex-NSW centre has impressed enough to be given a full-time contract.

Roberts’ joined the Tigers last season on a cut-price deal. He played 11 matches in the top grade for the Tigers. Roberts is the 29th player contracted to the Tigers for next season, leaving them with one roster spot to fill.

Via Daily Telegraph

Can we trust the Daily Tellalie?

 

[Champ]

MATEO’S NEW ROLE

Benji Marshall isn’t the only familiar face walking around Concord these days. Ex-Parramatta, Warriors and Manly back-rower Feleti Mateo has been appointed assistant coach of Wests Tigers Jersey Flegg team.

Good signing. This guy was a talented player. Hopefully teach some of that to the young guys coming through.

 

[Champ]

Signings for 2022 are still pretty light.

Yes, close to non existent

Gildart - Great Britain international
Hastings - GB international
Maumalo - NZ International
Tupou - ACT Brumbies and star raiders Junior
Peachey - recent NSW origin player

1 was here last year, 3 have no recent NRL experience and the last is a 30 year old that could not hold down a starting position at the Titans.

If we were semi finalists who had kept most of our roster, tinkering around the edges is acceptable. We needed major improvement and these guys are not that.

When your best 17 includes Kepoa, Garner and a question mark at centre, you are behind the eight ball to start with

I'm sorry but that is a falsehood regarding Peachey. By the end of the season he was first choice 5/8 for the Titans who played in the finals, he was picked ahead of a bloke they were paying $1mill a season

Maybe, but they showed him the door. GC

Signings for 2022 are still pretty light.

Yes, close to non existent

Gildart - Great Britain international
Hastings - GB international
Maumalo - NZ International
Tupou - ACT Brumbies and star raiders Junior
Peachey - recent NSW origin player

1 was here last year, 3 have no recent NRL experience and the last is a 30 year old that could not hold down a starting position at the Titans.

If we were semi finalists who had kept most of our roster, tinkering around the edges is acceptable. We needed major improvement and these guys are not that.

When your best 17 includes Kepoa, Garner and a question mark at centre, you are behind the eight ball to start with

I'm sorry but that is a falsehood regarding Peachey. By the end of the season he was first choice 5/8 for the Titans who played in the finals, he was picked ahead of a bloke they were paying $1mill a season

Maybe , but they showed him the door. . GC clearly didn’t rate him . His selection was probably “ best of a bad bunch” senerio . If he has the talent , clearly his attitude must of sucked. GC had the dollars to keep him & let go of him for a reason.

 

[Blocker1963]

Cannot access the article, Sydney Daily Telegraph states Chris Lawrence leaves club under controversial circumstances. He would have been great around the club, especially culture and leadership.