Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Jedi_Tiger]

No. The issue is the idea that a potential recruit can pick the team and manage the roster.

call BS on that if he said he wanted AD plenty on here would not have an issue...
Players like to k ow who they are going to play with all the time nothing new

 

[cktiger]

Moses is a very good player. As others have written, he wants to know who will partner him and have certainty over the combination.

There is never certainty and there never should be.
That’s been our curse in the last few years.
If Brooks stinks it up it’s off to Reggies… same should apply to any player.

 

[earl]

call BS on that if he said he wanted AD plenty on here would not have an issue...
Players like to k ow who they are going to play with all the time nothing new

I can't talk for other posters on here only myself. I have an issue with the principle of any player managing recruitment and retention for the Tigers. I have massive issues with a potential recruit doing that.

I'm assuming it's not true because it means Sheens and his staff are incompetent and unprofessional.

 

[Kaito]

if it was AD he was wanting to play with plenty on here wouldn't have an issue lol
But because it is Brooks ...

Respectfully, tigeraps mail isn't good.
Highly doubt he knows about such a
specific contract stipulation given
the fact there has been a freeze on
everything related to Moses since Xmas

 

[jadtiger]

Good players want to play with good players. We increase the quality of the players in our team - Klemmer, Koroiseau, Papali'i', Bateman, Staines - we get better results. Win win.

You never allow players to dictate who you sign,you certainly listen to them but that is as far as it goes

 

[earl]

If Brooks stinks it up it’s off to Reggies… same should apply to any player.

Replace Brooks with Doueihi or Pole or Stef or Joe O.

It's professional footy.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

There is never certainty and there never should be.
That’s been our curse in the last few years.
If Brooks stinks it up it’s off to Reggies… same should apply to any player.

that is different Moses is not guaranteeing first grade for brooks he is just wanting an extension. If form doesn't warrant selection then Moses can't pick the team but then that becomes form related

 

[earl]

Moses is a very good player. As others have written, he wants to know who will partner him and have certainty over the combination.

Well don't sign him then. He doesn't pick the team. It's a false promise anyway. If Moses doesn't perform he will get the sack.

 

[cktiger]

Replace Brooks with Doueihi or Pole or Stef or Joe O.

It's professional footy.

Lol- all those names would be up for a five eighth spot with Sheenius.

 

[king_sirro]

Can’t recall doing so … well, not in those words.
Unless you’re talking about Brooks being a Dally M Halfback of the Year 🤣
Anyways just stating the truth… even in reflection.

Sorry, that was Camel, my mistake, sorry about that.

You are outrageous how relentless you are on Brooks though. We get it, and your entitled to that option, but ramming it down everyone's throats non stop is tiresome.

 

[cktiger]

that is different Moses is not guaranteeing first grade for brooks he is just wanting an extension. If form doesn't warrant selection then Moses can't pick the team but then that becomes form related

So is he Brooks manager now?

 

[Kaito]

There is never certainty and there never should be.
That’s been our curse in the last few years.
If Brooks stinks it up it’s off to Reggies… same should apply to any player.

Jedi and Paws&Claws doing cart wheels
at the thought of the 'news' being true lol

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

So is he Brooks manager now?

they both have the same manager what on earth are you talking about...
As if players do not ask who will be in the team or likely signings prior to putting people to paper.
Difference here is Isaac manager both players plus klemmer and Bateman.

 

[WesternSuburbsBoy]

Isn't this a signings & rumours thread? why are we having yet another Brooks debate... growing quite tiresome tbh. Brooks should be treated like any other player & should be able to earn his contract extension not have Moses decide it for him. Same as AD or any other player in the squad... A contract is earned not handed on the back of another players say so.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Jedi and Paws&Claws doing cart wheels
at the thought of the 'news' being true lol

and you don't want to get Moses kaito ?

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Isn't this a signings & rumours thread? why are we having yet another Brooks debate... growing quite tiresome tbh. Brooks should be treated like any other player & should be able to earn his contract extension not have Moses decide it for him. Same as AD or any other player in the squad... A contract is earned not handed on the back of another players say so.

the position in the squad would be what the signing would be about no guarantees about the 17

 

[cktiger]

Sorry, that was Camel, my mistake, sorry about that.

You are outrageous how relentless you are on Brooks though. We get it, and your entitled to that option, but ramming it down everyone's throats non stop is tiresome.

Outrageous lol.
I have said repeatedly my only problem with Brooks is that he is not a halfback.
I have also said on many occasions he is a very handy five eighth or centre and suits the side in either spot… unless someone better come along.
If it seems relentless that I would actually like the right personnel in place, for our team to win for a change, then then I’ll happily be labelled relentless.
Brooks alone can change my opinion… here’s hoping he can for all our sakes.

 

[mikey]

Well don't sign him then. He doesn't pick the team. It's a false promise anyway. If Moses doesn't perform he will get the sack.

If true, isn't it the same rubbish we tried to eliminate in days of yore?

 

[Kaito]

and you don't want to get Moses kaito ?

I'm genuinely neither for or against
it bro.. I'm at the point where I would
like to see the matter settled asap haha

 

[twentyforty]

Most of the players who do not fit imo have been weeded out of the roster.

Flanagan for all his faults, did review the skillsets of his players at the Sharks and formulated a style and game plan to match. This is the opposite of the one sized fits all approach which we are all too familiar with at WTs.

Sheens was always known for his game plans and yes offensive approach - you get 6 or 7 opportunities to score in a game and you must convert 3 or 4 to win a game.

Brooks has had a change of heart after discussions with Marshall in that interview posted on the other thread. He also cheekily mentioned five hit-ups and a kick (not a bomb). So, the change is very real, real enough to have one of our players change his mind about his future. I don't believe it to be bullshit at all..

We’re talking about two different things and I’m halfway through mowing the lawn.