Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Needaname said:
I love how all this is constructed on the assumption that the Tigers were never a threat to begin with.
The only reason why Riccio believes he will stay with the Eels is because the ‘impressive’ bulldogs have pulled out. Yeah let’s not consider…
His idol is now on the coaching staff and will be his first grade coach during his contract.
His best mate is in the team and they have always spoken about playing again together.
The coach that signed him to play first grade in the first place is back in the head coaching role.
The style of football he most enjoys is a lot more suited to a Wests Tigers coaching format than a Parramatta grind and shift style.
His former backrow in crime has moved to Wests Tigers.
His former dummy half has relocated to the dogs.
He and Brown tend to take space away from each other during games.
Money.
He lives in Putney. Geographically he is closer to Concord than Parramatta.

I’m not saying he is a given to sign with us, but Bly me the media are giving us nothing. There at the least a far more reasons why he would choose us over the dogs.
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Great points!! If Moses was staying at Parra you think he would have signed by now, just my thought. The longer it goes the better for us
 
bptiger 0 said:
So we are been told that Bateman can’t get a visa because of Xmas , and backlogs . I don’t buy this because we all know it’s not what u know it’s WHO u know , so we all our been told that no one At the tigers has no contacts in the government . I spoke to a barrister mate of mine and he said he had contacts that he could approach, but not saying he could get a visa , just seems very strange
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It would be strange if he got his visa approved already tbh and it wouldn’t matter if you knew Giles (he’s a top block btw - too sincere to be in politics) . Be patient brother he’ll arrive soon! 😉
 
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Needaname said:
I love how all this is constructed on the assumption that the Tigers were never a threat to begin with.
The only reason why Riccio believes he will stay with the Eels is because the ‘impressive’ bulldogs have pulled out. Yeah let’s not consider…
His idol is now on the coaching staff and will be his first grade coach during his contract.
His best mate is in the team and they have always spoken about playing again together.
The coach that signed him to play first grade in the first place is back in the head coaching role.
The style of football he most enjoys is a lot more suited to a Wests Tigers coaching format than a Parramatta grind and shift style.
His former backrow in crime has moved to Wests Tigers.
His former dummy half has relocated to the dogs.
He and Brown tend to take space away from each other during games.
Money.
He lives in Putney. Geographically he is closer to Concord than Parramatta.

I’m not saying he is a given to sign with us, but Bly me the media are giving us nothing. There at the least a far more reasons why he would choose us over the dogs.
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Valid points although being comfortable with what you know is a valid point too.
 
Conbat07 said:
Great points!! If Moses was staying at Parra you think he would have signed by now, just my thought. The longer it goes the better for us
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The opportunity to work under Sheens will not come up again (you would think). He only next year to do it.

Said from the start how much more is he going to learn from Arthur.
 
hsvjones said:
We basically got Klemmer for free this year and your concerned.
Tigers would not have paid any to Knights for Hastings and if we got Klemmer for 400k that is a bargain. Hastings was on around 400-500k I believe as well. Very Smart business especially if we land Moses.
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We would have got Klemmer anyway .
Stupid to lose a halfback with no decent replacement.
 
jrtiger said:
no. views himself as a 6 or a 7 and Brooks will be retained as a bargaining chip to lure Moses over. unfortunate given he's a local junior and is passionate about the club but I don't expect to see him here in 2024.
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You’re forgetting the link at the Lebanese team.
 
cktiger said:
We would have got Klemmer anyway .
Stupid to lose a halfback with no decent replacement.
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We don't get Klemmer for 400k without giving them something.

I am a massive Hastings fan and wanted to extend him but with his options to either stay here at 13 and get beat up each week OR go to Knights for a lot more and extended for 3 years it works for all parties. Clearly Sheens / Benji want to keep Brooks so it's a business decision and we made the most of it.
I do agree we should have had a better back up plan especially if we don't snag Moses but the club needed to make the call back then instead of waiting for Moses to decide and he still hasn't. Imagine we waited for Moses to decide we would have missed Klemmer and most like Bateman as well.

I think we won't get Moses (hope we do) but I also think we have a way better team this year and the halves of Brooks / AD / Daine L / Wakham etc will be fine behind the best pack we have had for like 10 years.
 
Moses manager asked questions of tigers to beef up the pack for 2024, we have done that with klemmer Papali Bateman Api.
In regards to halves pairing Moses is keen to play with Brooks hence Brooks was never ever going to Newcastle.
if we had kept Hastings we would be no chance of getting Moses, Brooks is a key draw card for Moses.
it will however cost us 300k more than Parramatta and the deal is for 4 years not 5
 
Jedi_Tiger said:
Moses manager asked questions of tigers to beef up the pack for 2024, we have done that with klemmer Papali Bateman Api.
In regards to halves pairing Moses is keen to play with Brooks hence Brooks was never ever going to Newcastle.
if we had kept Hastings we would be no chance of getting Moses, Brooks is a key draw card for Moses.
it will however cost us 300k more than Parramatta and the deal is for 4 years not 5
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300k more maybe but not on Salary cap. Would have to be 100-150k TPA in the offer. No way would you go over 1.25-1.3mill. not worth it
 
finnzo said:
I’m excited to see him have a go this year sounds like he hated Madge’s game plan of 5 hit ups and kick. Seriously how good would it be to see Luke Brooks succeed at this club he deserves it
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Probably pent-up frustration. You can read how sensitive that topic is on this forum with one or two replies to my initial post.
 
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