Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[batboy]

The politics at Penriff is clear = unless you are a Samoan or Cleary then your job is not secure. Edmonds was MOM in GF but shunned by his teammates cos they were on Luai & Cleary side. Stains is a fullback held back by the improvement by Edmonds who BTW didn't make the OZ WC team.

What crap - Cleary and “Edmonds” are thick as… probably why they stuck solid with him when he was struggling a couple years back.
And Staines IS Samoan…

They have one of the games best fullbacks, rep wingers and a couple fullbacks coming through that they rate higher is all… Staines penrith contract probably doesn’t reflect where they thought he’d be by now also - which doesn’t help him.

 

[tigerballs]

This team is entirely possible for 2023

Staines

Nofo/T'oa

Naden

Kepoa/Talau

Ken/Tupou

Douehei

Brooks?Laurie

Hastings

Papi

Blore/?

Klemmer/Stef

Api

Leniu/Pole

Joffa, Twal, Rua, Matamua, Seyfarth,

Keeping Brooks, AD and JH together as that worked best 2022.

That pack looks 3 x more intense than 2022 with a superior hooker.

There's enough speed and size in the backline, only question is with Sheensball, can any of them hold the ball long enough to be effective?

 

[Spartan117]

So what has Brooks agreed to at Newcastle? A couple of sandwiches and the chance to join Ponga in a cubicle?

What a load of shit. We are talking and interested, but you have to choose the money from your current club or the mystery box on the table with us.

NRL is spineless. Set rules that they are unwilling or unable to enforce.

They do talk money each, it all just unofficial.

make no mistake the smart clubs make Deals well before November 1

 

[bathursttiger1]

Edwards, Mate I'm 65 with one eye and am drunk most of the time. Give me a brick

Spring chicken.

 

[bathursttiger1]

They do talk money each, it all just unofficial.

make no mistake the smart clubs make Deals well before November 1

Tigers with Stef.

 

[Don Kershane]

Is that still around?

Very popular with the just turned 18 HSC party crowd.

 

[Bring back Olaf Prattl]

" Keeping Brooks, AD and JH together as that worked best 2022. "
They only played 2 games in that combination, lost to a reserve grade side and lost to a side that just went through the motions ( strong argument to say we won that game ).
The good sides will soon work out the 2 running 5/8s strategy and then we'll be left with nothing, another spoon beckoning.

 

[earl]

" Keeping Brooks, AD and JH together as that worked best 2022. "
They only played 2 games in that combination, lost to a reserve grade side and lost to a side that just went through the motions ( strong argument to say we won that game ).
The good sides will soon work out the 2 running 5/8s strategy and then we'll be left with nothing, another spoon beckoning.

I'm not stating we are going to get the spoon but there isn't enough evidence to say this approach will work.

I'm pretty confident Brooks is gone and that changes the situation as well.

 

[tony soprano]

Anyone posted the sheens article?

 

[Demps]

Anyone posted the sheens article?

 

[diedpretty]

Cold Duck Ben Ean Moselle

Then there were these beauties.

 

[tigers4ever 0]

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Awesome article... I love going back to focusing on attack. Even when we lose games, at least they were more entertaining to watch! No more 5 hit ups followed by a bomb every set 🙂

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Then there were these beauties.

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The Bodega Sparkling wine. Brings back memories.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Awesome article... I love going back to focusing on attack. Even when we lose games, at least they were more entertaining to watch! No more 5 hit ups followed by a bomb every set 🙂

Mate, you'll upset the Maguire devotees on this forum. Isn't that great😁!

 

[Coastie_Tiger]

This team is entirely possible for 2023

Staines

Nofo/T'oa

Naden

Kepoa/Talau

Ken/Tupou

Douehei

Brooks?Laurie

Hastings

Papi

Blore/?

Klemmer/Stef

Api

Leniu/Pole

Joffa, Twal, Rua, Matamua, Seyfarth,

Keeping Brooks, AD and JH together as that worked best 2022.

That pack looks 3 x more intense than 2022 with a superior hooker.

There's enough speed and size in the backline, only question is with Sheensball, can any of them hold the ball long enough to be effective?

If we seriously manage to get Klemmer & Leniu over the line we'd have a fearsome pack, probably still a second rower light but maybe one of the cubs comes to the fore. For that to happen Brooks and or Ken would probably have to be sacrificed for cap reasons potentially.
There has been 2 suggestions in the past few days that both Klemmer & Leniu are on board so interesting times to see if the oil is on the money.

 

[tony soprano]

Awesome article... I love going back to focusing on attack. Even when we lose games, at least they were more entertaining to watch! No more 5 hit ups followed by a bomb every set 🙂

So true mate.

 

[mikey]

Then there were these beauties.

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Why do people insist on revisiting some of the worst alcohol nightmares ever to have plagued humanity? These are the cause of some of the worst hangovers I have ever had.

 

[Merlot]

The Bodega Sparkling wine. Brings back memories.

Funky Cold Bodega

 

[earl]

Awesome article... I love going back to focusing on attack. Even when we lose games, at least they were more entertaining to watch! No more 5 hit ups followed by a bomb every set 🙂

I don't think you can win consistently without being able to attack. Cleary had us defending great and playing dour footy and we won games early in the season but when teams started to get it together we couldn't go with them.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

Likewise, Gould has said similar about Staines. In that when he was debuting on the wing but he is at home at fullback and it’s a matter of time that he is a first grade fullback.
Makes me wonder though both Laurie and Staines wouldn’t cost you the bank. Despite Gus waxing lyrical about the two players why hasn’t their been interest from the Dogs?
Laurie could form a lethal partnership with Burton in the halves and Staines would be more solid then Avarilo as a fullback.
It’s like he endorses these players for certain teams, but when it comes to his own roster there’s other players he’d look at first.

If tigers sign up the likes of staines and Laurie then there’s less chance tigers can go after the players Gould wants. Just like when Gould was going into bat for Madge. He doesn’t care except that tigers were now in the hunt for ciraldo as well…which was in inconvenient, he’d have to work harder to land his fish.