Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[pawsandclaws1]

i wish Liddle all success at St George.

The lack of signings since Sheens was announced the Coach is a worry.

Fingers crossed there are signings in the background ready to be confirmed shortly.

With Liddle gone and the two known additions for 2023 how many top 30 spots need to be filled?

I hope Shaun Blore is the saviour some WT Forum members think he is in 2023 and not another Matt Groat or Ben Murdoch-Masila.

Top 30 places are being vaccated and $ are being made available for a reason.

 

[Long Term Fan]

Apparently according to "The POM" his contact with St George is with the NRL to approve.

Wonder with David Furner joining our coaching ranks where does that leave Nathan Cayless (unemployed). Furner was a great player and experience in the coaching ranks so hope he can be an asset to WT.

 

[Kaito]

Apparently according to "The POM" his contact with St George is with the NRL to approve.

Wonder with David Furner joining our coaching ranks where does that leave Nathan Cayless (unemployed). Furner was a great player and experience in the coaching ranks so hope he can be an asset to WT.

Cayless going back to Parra
Apparently, good for him ...

 

[tigerbenji]

Apparently according to "The POM" his contact with St George is with the NRL to approve.

Wonder with David Furner joining our coaching ranks where does that leave Nathan Cayless (unemployed). Furner was a great player and experience in the coaching ranks so hope he can be an asset to WT.

I think Cayless has gone to Parramatta.

 

[Kaito]

Top 30 places are being vaccated and $ are being made available for a reason.

Yep. No suprise a big chunk of
The playing group got spoken to
And received letters in the mail.
Especially when you look at the
Performances under Kimmorly.
Sheens and Benji are starting
From scratch and I'm here 4 it

 

[TCL]

We play Hastings at 7 to start off with and chase Munster or Dylan Brown to partner.

Munster or brown would be great but a long shot.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Cayless going back to Parra
Apparently, good for him ...

Good for us, too.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Jacob Liddle will be released to the Dragons in the next week. Paperwork with the NRL. Club not paying a cent for him in 2023.

Good. Never kicked on and injured way too much.

The club needs to start cutting it's losses on these kids who never came good.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

i wish Liddle all success at St George.

The lack of signings since Sheens was announced the Coach is a worry.

Fingers crossed there are signings in the background ready to be confirmed shortly.

With Liddle gone and the two known additions for 2023 how many top 30 spots need to be filled?

I hope Shaun Blore is the saviour some WT Forum members think he is in 2023 and not another Matt Groat or Ben Murdoch-Masila.

Blore has been cruelled by injury. Solid defender and hopefully will kick on with the ball in hand next year as well. Going to be a lot of expectation on him so he will need to have a huge off-season.

 

[Stevec]

Liddle will be just another one who wasn't good enough for the tigers but will probably be in starting 13 with dragons
I got all excited we signed someone Furner ! Oh bloody hell just another coach not a player

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Yep. No suprise a big chunk of
The playing group got spoken to
And received letters in the mail.
Especially when you look at the
Performances under Kimmorly.
Sheens and Benji are starting
From scratch and I'm here 4 it

It sounds as though we can look forward to a substantial change in the roster as well as a refreshing change in the way we play and players are upskilled. It sounds like a good plan.

 

[twentyforty]

Top 30 places are being vaccated and $ are being made available for a reason.

And that reason is?
A.Opportunity war chest?
B.Even spread of top 25?
C.Push it to 24?
D. All of the above?

 

[Spartan117]

I'm pretty sure he is a club stooge but in a good way. It'd be funny if he was Pascoe.

Sometimes his information is released at the same time as it's released elsewhere. I think it's sanctioned from the club.

Love the Posts by @THE_POM

 

[pawsandclaws1]

And that reason is?
A.Opportunity war chest?
B.Even spread of top 25?
C.Push it to 24?
D. All of the above?

We will have to wait and see but it is encouraging how proactive the club is in addressing performance/squad issues.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Not by a long shot. Plenty of bigger problems and a number are outside the playing group

the Brooks hate from camel is relentless, gets blamed for everything from missing a tackle to interest rate hikes

 

[twentyforty]

the Brooks hate from camel is relentless, gets blamed for everything from missing a tackle to interest rate hikes

No 7 should have to consistently make more tackles than most of the forward pack. If Brooks had gone to Storm his share price would have caused a bull run.

 

[Bring back Olaf Prattl]

Brooks on $1.1 mill final year backended contract either we pay all of it and he plays for us or we pay about 60% and he plays for knights
Pretty sure Tim wants to keep him .So think they will offer newcontract
2023 - 2025 $2.3 mill
Same as his $1.1 MILL 2023
600k 2024
600 k 2025
So they can say new contract 3 years $2.3 mill or 767k per year
Its sounds better
But what do they think 9 years not enough to perform as great half but
Its the 10th year will be the breakthrough year !

If it's purely an economic decision pay the 60%. That amounts to around $650K and it's a clean cut.
Otherwise he's in the spotlight every game and the pressure that goes with that. The argument that the Hastings Brooks Doueihi combination is a winner is an admission that Brooks can't play half ( Also when Brooks got injured Madden filled the role just as capably ). We need a new half back ( and possibly a five-eighth ) putting a $600K ( less $200K long serving player ) band-aid on it won't assist the healing.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

If it's purely an economic decision pay the 60%. That amounts to around $650K and it's a clean cut.
Otherwise he's in the spotlight every game and the pressure that goes with that. The argument that the Hastings Brooks Doueihi combination is a winner is an admission that Brooks can't play half ( Also when Brooks got injured Madden filled the role just as capably ). We need a new half back ( and possibly a five-eighth ) putting a $600K ( less $200K long serving player ) band-aid on it won't assist the healing.

Madden didn't feel it just as capably we got smashed when Brooks didn't play and hence Madden is moving on.
If Madden was the answer Sheens would have kept him

 

[finnzo]

Liddle will be just another one who wasn't good enough for the tigers but will probably be in starting 13 with dragons
I got all excited we signed someone Furner ! Oh bloody hell just another coach not a player

If you had a choice between api and liddle who would you choose? I’m choosing api every day and we already have back ups who’s are on par with liddle it’s a wise move to let him go