Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[craigtob]

He was out of gas by Round 12

Please....he was the only forward that made any difference at all. very consistent week in week out, you could not say that about any other forward besides (the captain) that took to the field for the Tigers. No wonder were are in the position we are in right now, we finally sign quality players and after just 1 year.....lets look at moving them on please, we deserve every bad media press that will come our way if this does come to it.

 

[rugbygoated]

Pardon me. Don’t ever refer to me as bogan mate coz I hold a different opinion.

I wasn't talking about you directly

 

[jirskyr]

On the Klemmer article -- "It’s understood neither Klemmer or his agent were aware of any attempts to offer the 29-year-old to rival clubs and that the passing of Klemmer’s name to potential suitors was made by a third party unrelated to the front-rower."

What the hell does that mean. Seems like another media beat up to me.

It was me, I passed on his name to a few blokes at the pub.

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

Saw Bradman Best a few hours ago at the boxing.
Some kid said see you at the Tigers next year.

He smiled & winked.

🔒 😂

It’s well known he has a twitch issue with his eye…and has whitened his teeth..

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

He made me sign a non disclosure statement about his future.

And said he would sue me if I broke it.

And then asked me if I liked his trench coat.

As long as he didn’t open his trench coat and show you…..

 

[Kelce68]

Another good move to try and move on spaghetti arms Klemmer.
He's cooked.

Yeh, totally.

139m/game and tackling at 98.9% efficiency.

Ship him off.

 

[TopTiger]

Surely signing Luai is not dependant on Klemmer moving on to free up cap space. How many players do the Tigers have on their books compared to other clubs on huge money, take Souths as an example they have Cook, Murray, Walker, Trel, Keon K, Arrow, Campbell, Wighton etc all on significant coin.

With Brooks gone we have no one on a million dollars or really close to that figure. Is Klemmer being moved on for a play at AFB rather than freeing up cap space for Luai or is this rumour purely BS given the Tigers are fair game and an easy target for the journos??

 

[teddy23]

Surely signing Luai is not dependant on Klemmer moving on to free up cap space. How many players do the Tigers have on their books compared to other clubs on huge money, take Souths as an example they have Cook, Murray, Walker, Trel, Keon K, Arrow, Campbell, Wighton etc all on significant coin.

With Brooks gone we have no one on a million dollars or really close to that figure. Is Klemmer being moved on for a play at AFB rather than freeing up cap space for Luai or is this rumour purely BS given the Tigers are fair game and an easy target for the journos??

It isn't......

Klemmer being 29 still blows my mind as well - he still has a lot of value both on and off the field.

If anyone was to make space it would unfortunately probably be AD.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Klemmer being 29 still blows my mind as well

I often think that myself. Feels like he’s been around forever.

 

[Spartan117]

Surely signing Luai is not dependant on Klemmer moving on to free up cap space. How many players do the Tigers have on their books compared to other clubs on huge money, take Souths as an example they have Cook, Murray, Walker, Trel, Keon K, Arrow, Campbell, Wighton etc all on significant coin.

With Brooks gone we have no one on a million dollars or really close to that figure. Is Klemmer being moved on for a play at AFB rather than freeing up cap space for Luai or is this rumour purely BS given the Tigers are fair game and an easy target for the journos??

Good post.

Financially Luai is a modest upgrade on Brooks with a proven record of success.

Where do we sign???

 

[twentyforty]

Surely signing Luai is not dependant on Klemmer moving on to free up cap space. How many players do the Tigers have on their books compared to other clubs on huge money, take Souths as an example they have Cook, Murray, Walker, Trel, Keon K, Arrow, Campbell, Wighton etc all on significant coin.

With Brooks gone we have no one on a million dollars or really close to that figure. Is Klemmer being moved on for a play at AFB rather than freeing up cap space for Luai or is this rumour purely BS given the Tigers are fair game and an easy target for the journos??

I too don't pay too much attention to what Journos say about a club's intentions regarding massaging the roster. I do think that some players hate the idea of being linked to Tigers, while others like Moses, Best etc see value in the concept.

 

[Kaito]

Luai is getting on our books!!!

 

[Kelce68]

It isn't......

Klemmer being 29 still blows my mind as well - he still has a lot of value both on and off the field.

If anyone was to make space it would unfortunately probably be AD.

*fortunately.

There you go, fixed it for you, Ted.

 

[Kaito]

Hopefully lmao 🤞🏼

 

[ROZELLE.O.G]

It isn't......

Klemmer being 29 still blows my mind as well - he still has a lot of value both on and off the field.

If anyone was to make space it would unfortunately probably be AD.

100% Klemmer has the best stats of any Wests Tigers forwards. Tough f?!?!?! that doesnt take a backwards step. When so many clubs make sure they have a forward leader in the club with experience and we have a guy that has all that and doesnt take a backward step against anyone and we want to show him the door. Plenty of others players you could move before Klemmer. Nofa and Doueihi are two that come to mind very quick.

 

[Sully]

It is probably Paul Kent as a ghost rider as he has plenty of time at home to lay the boot into the Tigers
Hooper would be rubbing his grubby little hands together making up the same crap. I know it will take us winning to silence the critics.

Not sure if anyone on the forum has listened to Bloke in the Bar podcast with Jackson Hastings, he spoke well about his time at the Tigers and how the media beat up has an effect on the team and they all know they are just made up. I know he has his supporters and detractors but I thought he spoke very well and also discussed his high shot on Talau and how it was blown up and how he respected Klemmer for standing up for his teammates and how he went out of his way to rectify the situation as did Tommy when the heat died down.

 

[WestsEffTheRest]

If anyone was to make space it would unfortunately probably be AD.

Not unfortunately. Heard from a close friend his knee is cooked & his long term future in the game is in doubt.

 

[WestsEffTheRest]

Getting rid of Klemmer would be absolutely insane but nothing surprises you with WT's anymore.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Yeh, totally.

139m/game and tackling at 98.9% efficiency.

Ship him off.

Agree. Obviously an underperformer 🤣🤣

 

[gregjm87]

Surely signing Luai is not dependant on Klemmer moving on to free up cap space. How many players do the Tigers have on their books compared to other clubs on huge money, take Souths as an example they have Cook, Murray, Walker, Trel, Keon K, Arrow, Campbell, Wighton etc all on significant coin.

With Brooks gone we have no one on a million dollars or really close to that figure. Is Klemmer being moved on for a play at AFB rather than freeing up cap space for Luai or is this rumour purely BS given the Tigers are fair game and an easy target for the journos??

Firstly none of those Souths blokes are reportedly on a million. Some maybe close(ish, say 700-850) but we also have about 5 in that range. Whilst there will always be questionable salary caps, I'd also suggest that the likes of Souths have more low end contracts to go with their top end contracts.
They also havent got any obvious over inflated contracts such as Nofoaluma or Doueihi nor would they be paying a couple of reserve grade kids 400k like we are the Fainus.

Certainly not saying the rumour is true and I think we could probably squeeze in Luai without making any drastic cuts.
Try going to the Roster Breakdown page and attributing a value (reported or estimated) to each of our players. I put us at just over 10.5Mil with still a player needing to be added, plus the value of the contracts we are alleged to have paid out. I don't think we are in as great a cap space as people think. Though I do think we can afford Luai.