Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Kelce68]

Oloapu was unhappy at the Broncos because, from memory, he was playing hooker.

Left to play in the halves at the Bulldogs.

Now moving into lock?

I predict an unhappy camper down the road.

From what I heard out of Wavell, his major gripe was not being given an immediate shot at five-eighth in '23. It then snowballed from there.

 

[liltiger]

Gus goes and visits Fainu in prison, no mention of his cell mate Hayne plane, so anyone thinking this was an act of compassion think again.
Gould might not be looking to sign the kids in this instance watch out next contract, when inevitably he'll mention remember when i visited your bro in prison i have your best interests at heart.
He's a self serving snake of the highest order, shouldnt be allowed on TV to spin his rubbish each week.

How Gould is allowed by the N.R.L to use his clout the way he does is mind boggling, if all the other coaches said or did the things he's been alleged to have possibly been involved in, regarding Laundy rorting the cap to sign Tino. The other coaches would be investigated and fined into oblivion for all the comments against the refereeing, bunker and admin. I know he's not a coach but he is still a football club department head. He uses his t.v role to influence things in regard to his footballing role. It's a joke.

 

[Tucker]

Most of the time yes.
As much as I dislike Phil I wish he was workin it for the Tigers.

Haha no you don’t.
You’ve changed your narrative now we exposed your sooking.
You are clearly someone who never excels in life. Rather just whine about what others are doing.

Do you want to know why Gould always pulls our pants down? Because he is proactively seeking solutions and opportunities whereas we wait for them to come to us.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Gus is an intelligent operator. There’s lots of Fainu boys and having that relationship will probably serve him long term.

Exactly! And Gus also said on the show that the WT are going alright so he maybe he knows something we don't (i.e. the Fainus sought his advice on what to do & he advised to stay in Sydney and go to the Tigers).

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Good on Gus for doing what is needed to win players over. Don’t know why people are filthy at him.

The fact Gus was able to do it on the weekend and we haven’t nailed the deal for a while now speaks volumes of how bad we are atm especially when they came to us initially.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Gus doing his back door deals again... There is only 1 reason he went there and meet the boys..
This guy keeps saying he wants to build within but every day lookin

I believe also it is not only about acquiring a player but denying that player to another club.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Thomas Jenkins is off contract at the Panthers. Can't see how he makes their best 17 next season if everyone is fit plus Penrith have a plethora of outstanding young outside backs coming through. He is primarily a Centre who can also play Wing.

Anyone on this train?

 

[KingRobbie]

Thomas Jenkins is off contract at the Panthers. Can't see how he makes their best 17 next season if everyone is fit plus Penrith have a plethora of outstanding young outside backs coming through. He is primarily a Centre who can also play Wing.

Anyone on this train?

Need to see more of him at NRL level, but he looks better than any of our wingers are at the moment.

 

[tony soprano]

Alex McKinnon gave an opinion piece on fox strongly recommending holbrook for benj. Hopefully benji is not stubborn enough to know he needs help

 

[bptiger 0]

Need to see more of him at NRL level, but he looks better than any of our wingers are at the moment.

There one legged trainer looks better than our backs 🥴

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

The more I think about it, one of the players I hope Fulton/Benji have on the same page is BRAD PARKER. He is no game-breaker but would bring experience in the centres, strong defence, effort & leadership, all ingredients we lack in the outside backs.

He is a Manly junior so may not want to move but unlikely he is a Top 17 player next season unless they see him as a 2nd Row/Centre bench utility.

He could be our modern day Shane Elford!

 

[AdelaideTiger]

Alex McKinnon gave an opinion piece on fox strongly recommending holbrook for benj. Hopefully benji is not stubborn enough to know he needs help

I really don't rate Alex McKinnon's insight into the game at all.
I'm glad the NRL has supported the bloke, but I rarely agree with his opinions on footy.

 

[851]

The interesting thing was the two panel members who actually played football could see what WT are trying to do while the 2 muppets who have never set foot on a football field continued their usual " we hate WT crap". Rothfield banging on about Fainu and why waste money on Sezer. Tallis who i think might know a bit more about football than the drunkard stops him with WT need experience in the halves. He alluded to the fact that Brisbane had to do the same thing to turn things around. But as usual just looking at todays papers the muppets have just totally ignored what was said and just put their usual spin on it.

Gus actually reiterated his comments from earlier in the year on 100% footy, that the Wests Tigers are not far off a good team despite results and ladder position, he said they are heading in the right direction

 

[TYGA]

We need speed out wide it’s a slow team. Nofa, Tupou, Toa Kepoa are all powerful runners but lack speed. Sezer is also slow it will cripple us unless Naden comes good which I doubt.

 

[Lauren]

Staines, Blore and Seyfarth IMO should earn new contracts.
Centres that's all I'd like us to focus on, in addition to halves.

 

[twentyforty]

Buzz reckons 3 of the top player agents, O'Loughlin, Tartak, and Ayoub want Fulton in the joint to enable them to have any confidence in Wests Tigers.
Buzz always refers to player managers which gives the impression that it's the source of his info. Is it possible he has a drinking buddy on the board? if so, it would explain a few things. How suddenly the Fainu 4 are potential super stars, and Justin Holbrook is another opportunity.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

We need speed out wide it’s a slow team. Nofa, Tupou, Toa Kepoa are all powerful runners but lack speed. Sezer is also slow it will cripple us unless Naden comes good which I doubt.

So my recommendation of Brad Parker in the centres doesn't add speed but we should investigate Xavier Savage as a wing option (I'm sure the only way Canberra consider this is something good in return).

 

[Coastie_Tiger]

Staines, Blore and Seyfarth IMO should earn new contracts.
Centres that's all I'd like us to focus on, in addition to halves.

Stains and Blore yes i agree, Seyfarth has been impressive in the last few weeks id like to see if he keeps that going or if we can upgrade with someone better using his spot.

 

[The Chad]

I like Brad Parker too for his defence. Someone has been spruiking Xavier Savage, and yeah...I can get on board with that for sure. We do not have that kind of speed available. Keio Weekes would be my alternative to Savage- or both if we can't re-sign Staines. I wanted 2 centres at first, but Feledy needs a path into 1st grade. And I think maybe Tupou could slot in at centre too. Plus, To'a & Naden. What we don't want is too much congestion & players like Feledy get shuffled out of the mix.

Our wide defence needs upgrading. People that read the attack is vital. And defence includes taking high kicks successfully. So wingers that can catch are extremely important.

2 wingers & a centre & I think we are good out wide. Need competition for places out there.

The defence of our 5/8 is also important. No more swinging gates in defence please.

 

[supercoach]

Haha no you don’t.
You’ve changed your narrative now we exposed your sooking.
You are clearly someone who never excels in life. Rather just whine about what others are doing.

Do you want to know why Gould always pulls our pants down? Because he is proactively seeking solutions and opportunities whereas we wait for them to come to us.

So right, anyone with half a brain would have jumped straight in the car and headed to Bathurst. Gus is always in front of our mob, but so are every other club, maybe bar the Dragons