Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Just when a day passes and you think it's safe to check the Foxsports news, you come across another twisted anti-Wests Tigers headline - even when it's not actually us at all:

Eels poach Tigers star — Transfer Centre​


(The story is about Parramatta signing Manly's Kelma Tuilagi.)

Oh we are the forever-guaranteed click bait of the sporting universe!
 
Wearyfan22 said:
I think most importantly, the Panthers at the moment have a real affinity with their community. The players are always talking about what it means to represent THEIR communities, I think that means something. For me it's a big reason juniors will stick tough in the hope of coming through there. That and being able to play with Nathan Cleary, who is a "franchise player". It will be a similar story for the Broncos I think.

Posters on here who seem to know what they are talking about believe this lot of juniors have a genuine care for the club. The move back to Campbelltown and Leichhardt is a good one. Hopefully we can discover a franchise player or two from within (fainu, da silva, galvin). We must continue making signings in areas of weakness though. They cannot continue to spin us as a "development club" to cover up a lack of quality signings.
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You can’t buy a comp these days in the salary cap era (hasn’t stopped Roosters from trying though - oh that’s right they all sign for unders because of the great culture…).
Identifying and developing young talent, picking up a few undervalued first grade quality from other clubs, and a handful of key position top shelf players is what can win you a comp.
2005 might be a lightning strike, but we had a lot of good local juniors come through, some solid first graders from other clubs come in (Whatuira, Richards, Payten) and added some key positional top talent (Prince, Hodgson). It’s the best recipe for success. You can’t overhaul the roster every year to bring in established first graders.
 
Who could south’s release if they signed Keppie? There’s no way they can afford it without someone leaving you’d think
 
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