Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[wet tiger coloured bird]

AD will spit the dummy he won’t get to play 6/7

hes so slow by the time the spit landed everyone gone home already

 

[Love_the_WestsTigers]

Yeah I think too many people here are confusing his poor positioning at fullback with being a poor defender. His tackling efficiency would be above average as a half. He defends in the line all the time, which is probably why he too often gets caught out of position.

I don’t think any fullback will look good with our middle defence. We are good at exposing our fullback 1on 1. We did that with Teddy and we do that with Laurie.
Guys like Kikau are no match for smaller fullbacks.

 

[weststigers]

Yep, I'm liking this move. It wasn't touted by the Tiger's management team and despite the rumours, the deal was done and suggests a better relationship betwixt the Bus Driver and our rabble. In fact, the rabble may be rousers now, given that we got him! Ok OK he may not be a world beater but he's still a kid with speed to burn and there's something simmering at the Club. I loved the Benji promo for the membership drive. This has all the hallmarks of Marketing 101 to not only attract members but also player talent. Changing our image as a stodgy dodgy club. Benji brings Energy ( unlike Reynolds who brought arthritis).

I don't want to piss on anyones parade, but the reason we were able to get Staines is:

1) Both players were willing to swap clubs
2) Both clubs were willing to swap players

No other club offered Staines anything. Staines was lucky to get a deal given his salary.

Players don't improve significantly in 6 months - watch some Penrith games from this year and you can expect more of the same with our club next year.

I really don't get why people expect players to become better when they sign with us. The bigger and very real risk is they become worse.

Glad it's only a one year deal.

 

[Love_the_WestsTigers]

Very interesting that Staines is for 1 year only. A mere stop-gap solution it seems. Appears even the WT's dont see him as a viable long-term replacement. Maybe waiting for Teddy to recommit lol.

No, I think it’s more a case of the player and club reassessing the value. He is on $500k which is on the high side
I’m sure if he performs at the same level they will throw a decent 3 year offer at him.

 

[wet tiger coloured bird]

I don't want to piss on anyones parade, but the reason we were able to get Staines is:

1) Both players were willing to swap clubs
2) Both clubs were willing to swap players

No other club offered Staines anything. Staines was lucky to get a deal given his salary.

Players don't improve significantly in 6 months - watch some Penrith games from this year and you can expect more of the same with our club next year.

I really don't get why people expect players to become better when they sign with us. The bigger and very real risk is they become worse.

Glad it's only a one year deal.

its just better to have staines than peach

 

[Love_the_WestsTigers]

Whichever way you look at it, our squad for 2023 is looking much better than previous years.
The only departing player I will miss is Luke Garner

Unlike Tuilagi and Luce, Garner put in an effort till the end.

 

[sleeve]

Whichever way you look at it, our squad for 2023 is looking much better than previous years.
The only departing player I will miss is Luke Garner

Unlike Tuilagi and Luce, Garner put in an effort till the end.

I agree with you ! He is all class, although many on this will not admit to having to eat humble pie, in the future.

 

[bathursttiger1]

AD will spit the dummy he won’t get to play 6/7

Hopefully Benji can catch it for AD.😂

 

[Camel2281]

How much a bottle? And what shop sells it ?

$109 but regularly on discount.

First Choice have it on sale for $85 at the moment and Dan Murphys have it for $98 if you are a Dans member and buy online (you just pick it up in store and half hr later)

 

[Tiger001]

just because he’s able to negotiate with others from November 1st dosent mean he’ll be signing for anywhere else
He’s be waiting to get a feel for the tigers once the season starts before making any decisions

I think the comment above was comedic.

 

[Camel2281]

No, I think it’s more a case of the player and club reassessing the value. He is on $500k which is on the high side
I’m sure if he performs at the same level they will throw a decent 3 year offer at him.

Exactly. The way I look at it the club is writing off $350k which was 🍑's salary. Then it's a case of paying a bit above the written off amount to actually get a player which is useful for the squad. Smart play not keeping Staines on longer on the same coin.

 

[cqtiger]

Dennis Tutty is probably the best known ex-Balmain player that went over to Penrith. Not sure, but I think Keith Outten did as well.

I thought Outten went to North Sydney

 

[aturkey]

Gold 😂 The Brooks stans on here are easily one of the most pathetic groups you’ll encounter

I reckon they'd look like Brooks doppelgangers if you saw them in person.

 

[Curly_Tiger]

I’d be surprised if the panthers paid a few game rookie $500k per year for three years back in 2020 with all the talent retention issues they had and with the depth of outside backs. Even $350k seems a lot

 

[yeti]

I thought Outten went to North Sydney

He did. And I corrected myself in the next post.

 

[getagrip]

So same as Brooks with the added ability to kick a dangerous spiral bomb?

setting a low bar

 

[tigerman 0]

This talk of old players is super boring. Can it possibly be discussed elsewhere? Ta

 

[Garrry]

I read on here today peachy played roughly 13 games this year, how many times was he sin binned???
Wasn't much help to his mates when he ran on, having to run off to the sin bin

 

[getagrip]

AD sulks at centre tho.

ha ha. You may be right

 

[Harvey]

Re Staines, happy to give him a go first before I death ride him. All I care about is that he is significantly better than Peachy so all in all a great swap.

On field contribution or what we have to pay??