Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Lestronge]

Andrew Voss just made the point that any player who was considering signing with us will probably look elsewhere due to the upheaval and instability. There's just too much uncertainty for any manger to point his players our way.
It's hard to argue he's wrong.
I feel sorry for Benji. The events of yesterday probably mean the squad he has now is the squad he'll have to make work.
I like having Shane Richardson running the show, but it's at the expense of the '24 and 25 seasons.

I don’t believe that . That screams of being someone’s mouth piece .
If anything this upheaval is the one that should have happened long ago , and the sacking of the board and more importantly Pascoe ,has been in one way or another , whispered about for years . If anything this finally once and for all , creates some stability , as with most things , there will be a grace period .
Also Richo has already come out, as recently as 1 month ago , and said stability and pathways has to be the tigers remit moving forward . So I don’t think he’s going to come in and run a broom through the joint .
I think he will just streamline processes and procedures , put standards in place and key metrics that drive those standards .
I think the football club/ department will be his priority, and I honestly think he was having a stab at Justin and Lee about having long lunches all the time .
If Benji has the work ethos and is a Bennett protege , as has been pretty much suggested by both Benji and Wayne , than I honestly can only see a strong working relationship between the new ceo and the coach .
I will say this , Richo has a strong opinion of himself , that is well justified in league circles , so I can’t see him suffering fools . Which IMO , has been sorely needed for a long time at this club at the CEO level . Hopefully he fixes the intangibles like the media team and the merchandising team , who have been a shit fight and unprofessional, for far too long .

 

[supercoach]

“But instead of actually working towards a plan to get that through, they charge off and they chase players that they’re never going to be a chance of picking up."

So if Richardson says you're not ever going to get Luai or Fonua-Blake what are we going to say then ??

Richo after looking at our roster and having a chat with Benji and Bozo junior will be onto Luai’s management along with AFB’s management and giving them a positive spin on the new world and vision in Tigertown and busting his guts for their signature

 

[craigtob]

Can someone tell me why Shane Richardson left Souths?, and what has he been doing since??.
as i think he is someone that we have needed for a long time now, lets all hope and pray that all the ins and outs of the coaching staff, and upheavals within the club finally comes to a end .

 

[Tito Santana]

Very excited for the club. I just question O’Farrell. I think he’s dodgy. The guy lost his gig as premier due to taking a bribe.

 

[coivtny]

Very excited for the club. I just question O’Farrell. I think he’s dodgy. The guy lost his gig as premier due to taking a bribe.

I'm not a fan of BOF at all but calling it a bribe is a bit OTT. A friend gifted him a bottle of Grange that he failed to declare on the gift register. When it came to light he was naive and handled it very badly which led to him stepping down as Premier. Dumb it was, a bribe it wasn't.

 

[Nonotmeagain]

Very excited for the club. I just question O’Farrell. I think he’s dodgy. The guy lost his gig as premier due to taking a bribe.

No adverse findings made by the ICAC and never charged by the DPP.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Very excited for the club. I just question O’Farrell. I think he’s dodgy. The guy lost his gig as premier due to taking a bribe.

That's a bit harsh mate. He made an error of judgement and accepted a gift. He paid the price for it.

 

[Jux]

Andrew Voss just made the point that any player who was considering signing with us will probably look elsewhere due to the upheaval and instability. There's just too much uncertainty for any manger to point his players our way.
It's hard to argue he's wrong.
I feel sorry for Benji. The events of yesterday probably mean the squad he has now is the squad he'll have to make work.
I like having Shane Richardson running the show, but it's at the expense of the '24 and 25 seasons.

I can think of four and a half million reasons why he is wrong.

 

[Todd Packer]

I'm not a fan of BOF at all but calling it a bribe is a bit OTT. A friend gifted him a bottle of Grange that he failed to declare on the gift register. When it came to light he was naive and handled it very badly which led to him stepping down as Premier. Dumb it was, a bribe it wasn't.

This sort of discussion about a bloke who by his previous occupation splits the supporter group down the middle is why they probably should've looked elsewhere.

 

[Lestronge]

No adverse findings made by the ICAC and never charged by the DPP.

Hate to break the news here , but every politician has taken a bribe , or some legal loophole variation of it , like donations . There’s no way you can get to any form of power without selling your soul to a lobby group , private business , smaller parties like the greens etc .
He just got caught . Wasn’t the first , won’t be the last , and he probably pissed off the wrong person , or the intended target did .

 

[PabloX]

If we have to match or better the offer for AFB from the Dragons, I hope we don't get him.

 

[AdelaideTiger]

Probably was not ideal for this to happen right now with two massive contracts on the table needing some ink. Although no time is ever good for a massive internal blow up, but this is a blow up that needed to happen and will bear fruit down the track.

Fingers crossed amateur hour is over at camp Concord and any perceived negativity out there in NRL world starts to turn around

Two sides of the coin I think, probably a pretty crucial time for the club to be ensuring that the right juniors are being kept and given a good environment to transition to the NRL.
I agree we couldn't let this slide any longer and if it has scuppered deals for luai and AFB then so be it.

 

[Eternal Tiger]

Andrew Voss just made the point that any player who was considering signing with us will probably look elsewhere due to the upheaval and instability. There's just too much uncertainty for any manger to point his players our way.
It's hard to argue he's wrong.
I feel sorry for Benji. The events of yesterday probably mean the squad he has now is the squad he'll have to make work.
I like having Shane Richardson running the show, but it's at the expense of the '24 and 25 seasons.

Everyone in Rugby League knows we've been mismanaged for over a decade, and our governance is dysfunctional, we actually make a change and he thinks players won't sign because of it, but would sign for a Board who clearly had no idea. That's actually the dumbest thing I've heard from Vossy.

 

[Kaito]

I had someone the other day (@Kaito maybe?) tell me it didn’t matter what was happening off field, that players sign on to play, so here’s hoping. I feel like over the years other clubs have used us as a selling point for them. Like “you really going to go and play for those clowns?”. All thanks to the incompetence of the people who ran us for years. With an administrator like Shane Richardson on board now (hopefully permanently), it will take time, but expect that perception to change.

Don't drag me into this haha. I said that
players sign up 4 coaches, high performance
staff and rosters in my original post. Agree
with the latter part. Richo is a dream 4 us.
NBWT posted some good clips on his page,
he's got me cold on Luai all of a sudden

 

[Nonotmeagain]

Barry O'Farell has already been Chairman of the Tigers and he's only the interim Chair at this point.

 

[jrtiger]

nothing changes in regards to Luai.

Pascoe had some involvement but it’s nothing Richo can’t sort out with a phone call with Luai and his manager to smooth it over. the bloke wants a paycheck and the chance to play halfback. yesterday’s events do not affect that in the slightest.

in regards to AFB, there’s some interesting comments made by Richo in his interview with James Graham about how there’s no need to sign middle forwards on upwards of $800k when you can sign someone who will do a similar job for less and have some cash left over for depth. don’t be surprised if our offer is rescinded in the next week or two.

 

[Nonotmeagain]

nothing changes in regards to Luai.

Pascoe had some involvement but it’s nothing Richo can’t sort out with a phone call with Luai and his manager to smooth it over. the bloke wants a paycheck and the chance to play halfback. yesterday’s events do not effect that in the slightest.

in regards to AFB, there’s some interesting comments made by Richo in his interview with James Graham about how there’s no need to sign middle forwards on upwards of $800k when you can sign someone who will do a similar job for less and have some cash left over for depth. don’t be surprised if our offer is rescinded in the next week or two.

And won't our dreams be shattered then.....

 

[Nonotmeagain]

Hopefully we'll win a few games in '24 in order to attract the $1M sponsorship for '25 onwards. 3 wooden spoons isn't a good marketing point in the current environment..

" I am contracted to the club in 2024 and I will honour my agreement."

 

[GNR4LIFE]

nothing changes in regards to Luai.

Pascoe had some involvement but it’s nothing Richo can’t sort out with a phone call with Luai and his manager to smooth it over. the bloke wants a paycheck and the chance to play halfback. yesterday’s events do not effect that in the slightest.

in regards to AFB, there’s some interesting comments made by Richo in his interview with James Graham about how there’s no need to sign middle forwards on upwards of $800k when you can sign someone who will do a similar job for less and have some cash left over for depth. don’t be surprised if our offer is rescinded in the next week or two.

I don’t think we are a realistic chance of getting AFB anyway. I’m happy for the club to stay focused on Luai

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Hopefully we'll win a few games in '24 in order to attract the $1M sponsorship for '25 onwards. 3 wooden spoons isn't a good marketing point in the current environment..

" I am contracted to the club in 2024 and I will honour my agreement."

I think people are looking too much into the sponsorship stuff. Even if Bryden‘s pull the plug, someone else will come along. Anyway, aren’t we supposed to have a millionaire backer?