Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[jadtiger]

Gee I love the way a lot of u on this forum want to throw spots to untried kids , most of them are at least 2 years away from been 1st grade standard , blokes like brown my not be the player he was years ago but he is way ahead of what we had last year, he will teach these kids what it takes to play week in week out , so unless u to have another wooden spoon , have faith in sheens , I think he is pulling together a great forward pack , and next year he wii address the backs

Completely agree about the young players coming through,many probably most will not make FG and that is just something we have to accept.Being the best team in an age group very rarely translates into a top NRL side having said that the club should be giving them as much support as they possibly can to make the transition.We as supporters need patience as all juniors are a work in progress and some that are not rated highly by the club may end up being the best with hard work and perseverance

 

[finnzo]

Any 1 who’s thinks we can throw a 20 year old in to play 25 rounds at lock is delusional. We need experienced players who can handle the week to week grind of nrl till these kids are ready

 

[Westsboi2019]

Anybody here know the status of Jimmy Ngutlik? Last I saw we were planning on handing him a train and trial.

 

[tony soprano]

Anybody here know the status of Jimmy Ngutlik? Last I saw we were planning on handing him a train and trial.

Think same as will Smith

 

[GCfan]

All good Champ, the beautiful thing is we dont have to agree.
But respect your opinion and hope if he does come he proves me wrong.

See man, that’s how you disagree with somebody else’s position on something. A bit of common courtesy goes a long way. We’ll played sir

 

[Champ1]

I'd have him behind Benny. Both great players but Benny had to win scrums and contested PTB's as well.

Yep saw Benny play & a great admirer. I think Benny was the first hooker i remember playing that third playmaker role & kicking from dummy half. But i still think Robbie perfected it.

 

[Champ1]

Jake Simpkin? He could be our Mitch Kenny, relieve lock and hooker

I rate this kid. A big mistake if we loose him at this point.

 

[Champ1]

All good Champ, the beautiful thing is we dont have to agree.
But respect your opinion and hope if he does come he proves me wrong.

Amen to that Ronnie, & love the differing opinions here. Also appreciate that we are all Tigers fans here & just want the Tigs to have a bit of sucess. Im the same as you mate..... Im happy to be wrong if we are winning.

 

[bigsiro]

Yep saw Benny play & a great admirer. I think Benny was the first hooker i remember playing that third playmaker role & kicking from dummy half. But i still think Robbie perfected it.

Benny was crafty like Farah was.
But Smith is clearly the best hooker ever. Possibly followed by Walters and Elias, depending on taste.

 

[ancient_magpie]

I rate this kid. A big mistake if we loose him at this point.

He falls off 2 many tackles and he's a hog close to the line
I'd rather have Rua he's got more size

 

[Champ1]

Benny was crafty like Farah was.
But Smith is clearly the best hooker ever. Possibly followed by Walters and Elias, depending on taste.

Gotta disagree.. Smith for his whole carrer, played behind exceptional forwards. At Melbourne , extremely talented ,well coached, salary cap cheating forwards. Please look at the Origin stats of Farah & Smith. Farah beats him in all bar 2. Unfortunately , some NSW supporters also bought into this QLD crap that Smith was a demi god. Swap teams - Farah for Smith. Under those conditions , I dont believe Smith would have made as many origin appearances as Robbie. IMO, Smith is like Cleary.......anyone who has played footy know its easy to dominate a game when you have good forwards lay the platform........ It is a true champion that plays behind the eight ball for most of his career & still comes up trumps.(eg Andrew Johns)

 

[Champ1]

He falls off 2 many tackles and he's a hog close to the line
I'd rather have Rua he's got more size

Yep agree , really rate Rua aswell, we dont want to lose him either. I think Robbie will help Jake in the defence dept aswell.

 

[SeanT]

Any 1 who’s thinks we can throw a 20 year old in to play 25 rounds at lock is delusional. We need experienced players who can handle the week to week grind of nrl till these kids are ready

Like who?

 

[Kaito]

There’s no way that I would ever help out Parramatta, they got a player that has bungee knees so they can suffer for offering unders to their better players.
Stuff Parra.

Haha, that's the spirit BT. They were
offering Brown a chance to sign
elsewhere too. Swap is absurd

 

[SeanT]

Haha, that's the spirit BT. They were
offering Brown a chance to sign
elsewhere too. Swap is absurd

Yeah I don't like it. I can see a year deal makes sense but bugger parra

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Benny was crafty like Farah was.
But Smith is clearly the best hooker ever. Possibly followed by Walters and Elias, depending on taste.

Walters had a great scoot from dummy half and was a solid defender. And that was it. No kicking game, sleight of hand or trickery at all. BE was miles ahead IMO

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

He falls off 2 many tackles and he's a hog close to the line
I'd rather have Rua he's got more size

Name one young hooker that doesn’t?

Key thing with Simpkin is he is the youngest Hooker in the NRL by 2-3yrs in 22. He also missed a heap of time due to covid. Simpkin (21) is also younger than Rua (22). I don’t get the love for Rua, he had an ordinary reggies year in 22 and before his 10min trial burst wasn’t a name on most minds.

No way would give Simpkin to Parra for Brown. Sheens talks about building a side for 2-4yrs time, Simpkin should stay if we are trying to build the best side possible depth rotation wise.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Name one young hooker that doesn’t?

Key thing with Simpkin is he is the youngest Hooker in the NRL by 2-3yrs in 22. He also missed a heap of time due to covid. Simpkin (21) is also younger than Rua (22). I don’t get the love for Rua, he had an ordinary reggies year in 22 and before his 10min trial burst wasn’t a name on most minds.

No way would give Simpkin to Parra for Brown. Sheens talks about building a side for 2-4yrs time, Simpkin should stay if we are trying to build the best side possible depth rotation wise.

Imo Simpkin will be pivotal to give API a spell.
Others get in line, they kept Simpkin coz he was the best option.

 

[Tigers_Wests]

Name one young hooker that doesn’t?

Key thing with Simpkin is he is the youngest Hooker in the NRL by 2-3yrs in 22. He also missed a heap of time due to covid. Simpkin (21) is also younger than Rua (22). I don’t get the love for Rua, he had an ordinary reggies year in 22 and before his 10min trial burst wasn’t a name on most minds.

No way would give Simpkin to Parra for Brown. Sheens talks about building a side for 2-4yrs time, Simpkin should stay if we are trying to build the best side possible depth rotation wise.

Simpkin needs to stay. Should be first choice back up and even a chance of relieving Api over the 80 minutes each week. He has got potential.

In regards to Rua, he only played 8 games in 2022. He was by far the best player for Magpies in those games. We were getting pumped week in week out and he was the only reason we were hitting the scoreboard most weeks. However he copped a long term injury and missed the remainder of the season. I hope we don't rush him back by throwing him into NRL too soon and give him time to get games under his belt and build confidence in NSW Cup again.

 

[OzLuke]

Was mentioned a while back that the Nathan Brown signing would be also a player swap with Jake Simpkin .

Would make sense because the eels don’t have a backup dummy half to no knees Hodgson .

Jake has limited opportunities here

I'd take Brown and keep Simpkin.
Give the Slimey's nothing at all.