Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Champ1]

I go all the way back to the great Dragons sides of the sixties, with Smith as half and a slow but crafty Poppa Clay at 5/8,and the best backline ever eg. Gasnier, Langlands , King , Smith and others to cover for him. As a Tigers supporter we lost many big games we should have won owing to slow halves , other then Bolton and Peter Jones we constantly had slow halves. Look at the great halves, Tommy,Junee,Stewart,Toovey Fulton,Brass,Cronk,Sterling, Kenny,Langer,Lockyer to name just some,that were all part of the great sides. You may get away with one slow half , but not two.! SPEED is crucial all over the field but especially in the halves.

You forgot Steve Mortimer & Garry Hughes.🙂

 

[Champ1]

Justin hasn't been returning my texts today.

Yep I emailed him a month ago & asked him to find a couple of things. Clearly he didnt find them & maybe he just never had them cause im still waiting for a reply.

 

[gregjm87]

Lose Brooks and Douhie and go hard for Manu and Burton
1. Manu
2. Nofo
3. To'oa
4. kepoa
5. Ken M
6. Burton
7. Hastings

Yep get rid of two players contracted to us for next year and sign two players contracted elsewhere for next year (both of whom would have little reason for wanting to come to us).
Not sure why the club can't get that done?

 

[Spacecub]

I'd love to see Teddy return.

We need him more than he needs us.

But what a fairy tale ending that would be...

"Teddy takes junior club to first final appearance in over a decade."

Frothhhh

Would rather finish last than to have that germ back demps

 

[earl]

Would rather finish last than to have that germ back demps

He is dead to me. Absolute scum.

 

[versa]

I'd love to see Teddy return.

We need him more than he needs us.

But what a fairy tale ending that would be...

"Teddy takes junior club to first final appearance in over a decade."

Frothhhh

Been saying that since last season. The bloke has achieved everything in the game coming home and taking us to finals would be his greatest achievement yet. Surely we have the cap to offer him a 3 year deal 1.2 a year

 

[Scorpion]

Yeah mate heard they reached out about a week ago about coming over next season

This would be a good signing 👍👍

 

[Cobarcats]

This would be a good signing 👍👍

Hey mate, how come your nick is Scorpion and your avatar is a mudcrab.
I would've made my nick mudcrab, nasty but tasty 🤣
Looks good though 👍

 

[BAGNF05]

This would be a good signing 👍👍

Another Mikaele. Next.

 

[balmain boy]

Hey everyone I've been a long time follower of the forum I posted a bit a few years ago other than that it's been lots of browsing since then 😂 I have info on Brandon tumeth current contract status the source of this info is very reliable.. and I wouldn't be posting this for no reason if I felt this was not true. So apparently Brandon was all set to extend with us until Brett kimmorlly stepped in and offered his 62k for next year and guaranteed 110k for the year after.. the problem with this is that that amount of 62k is less than what he is on now he's been told to pay his own super aswel ontop of manager fees.. kimmorlly and Brandon have clashed in the past the part I don't understand is why is kimmorlly getting involved with contract discussions isn't that sheens job? His management have said come back with something better by Friday because they have meetings with the raiders and eels next week. His mother and management are ropeable let's hope sheens can smoothe this over or else we are about to loose another good junior due to poor management.

As far as trolls go, that's just pathetic

 

[Deleted member 3518]

As far as trolls go, that's just pathetic

If he’s offered a first tier contract there’s a league minimum of 110k lol . So what a load of bullshit . No matter what kimmorley offered him , he’s going to be in the 30 man / development player .
So… that’s absolute garbage that story .

 

[Demps]

Would rather finish last than to have that germ back demps

Lol, I see that side of the coin too...

But, if it takes us to the finals.. I'd allow it.

 

[batboy]

If he’s offered a first tier contract there’s a league minimum of 110k lol . So what a load of bullshit . No matter what kimmorley offered him , he’s going to be in the 30 man / development player .
So… that’s absolute garbage that story .

Nrl minimum is 110k - for 4 players only.
Development players are 60k

 

[Buttface]

Lol, I see that side of the coin too...

But, if it takes us to the finals.. I'd allow it.

We need a fullback, but I can’t see him coming back.

 

[twentyforty]

Love the way Wests Tigers leak stuff to "Scoop Hoop" and then after he reports it as an exclusive we do the opposite to make Hoop look like Poop.

I wonder how they find the time to play these games?

 

[1eyedmel]

We need a fullback, but I can’t see him coming back.

I would be looking at Charlie Staines for that position, I thought he played well in the national series last week and I think he is ahead of Laurie at this stage. For our forward stocks I also like Keenan Palasia from broncos.

 

[Demps]

I would be looking at Charlie Staines for that position, I thought he played well in the national series last week and I think he is ahead of Laurie at this stage. For our forward stocks I also like Keenan Palasia from broncos.

Palasia is great.
Had huge wraps a while back then fell out of favour.

There's potential signings around...
We just have to get the job done.

Then you see Lee and Co. In charge, making the deals harder.

 

[tigerbenji]

Would rather finish last than to have that germ back demps

I could just see the headlines now, Teddy returns home, Teddy said in the press today that he always wanted to come home & finish his career @ the Tigers & it was nothing to do with the Roosters pissing him off or the 1 mill a season the Tigers have paid him.

 

[THE_POM]

Quick Update:

Coaching:
Club had a zoom meeting with Kristian Woolf a couple days ago to purely gage his interest in being our coach, wasn't a lengthy meeting but all round positive response from both sides. John Morris has also been directly spoken on 2 occasions.
The club has had to applications put to the club via the Walker Brothers Management & Dean Pay's Management, neither of these are looking to be explored.
In relation to Shane Flanagan he's not entirely out of the equation but his aggressive background media push has made the club extremely cautious not to mention his previous indiscretions.
A left field name that has been discussed is Jason Ryles, but doubt he'll leave the Roosters.

Recruitment:

Charlies Staines - all the noise about him is purely from his management & we are just being used to get his name out there to see if any other takers will come into the fold.

Kade Dykes - As you can imagine everything went sideways with this, he hasn't committed to the Sharks at this stage, management waiting to see where we land with a coach.

Jordan Miller - We seem to have done enough to keep this young man with us for the future. 3 Year deal will development next year & top 30 in 2024

Brandon Tumeth - Well into discussions to keep him around, almost certain to be in top 30 in 2023.

Hastings & Doueihi - Sheens has been in constant contact with these 2 & made it very clear to the both of them that they are future leaders of this club, had lengthy 1 on 1 with them & cleared the air over recent events.

In relation to filling remaining spots for this years roster by August 1, we only need to fill 2 out of the 3 available, as Luciano was released in June under NRL rules we aren't required to fill his spot & don't have to allocate his money for the 2022 season, this can be rolled over into next years salary cap.

 

[Balmainlegend]

Yeah mate heard they reached out about a week ago about coming over next season

Sooo @Lee's fedora you knew about it but didn’t want to share it with us 😂😂😂😂😂😂