Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

AdelaideTiger said:
Penriths back 3 benefit MASSIVELY from Penrith brutal defensive structure. They force teams to kick long from inside their own half and whoever gets it just sprints it back for an easy 30m.
Don't get me wrong I think Edwards is an incredible player, so smart and likely one of the fittest blokes in the league. To'o is a gun, and Turuva can certainly play too. But I think the success these guys have is a symptom of their success, not the cause of it. Their defence is relentless, everything else feeds off that.
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I see what you mean. The way they swarm and dominate in defence is unbelievable and guys like Leota, Fisher-Harris and Martin are walk up starters in any team (sidenote: cannot believe how good Eisenhuth looks in their system). While the wingers and edwards benefit from that, I think they contribute to it as well. If weren't so efficient coming out of their own end the Forwards would be picking up a lot more slack. Add Cleary and I guess you get one of the greatest teams in history.
 
hammertime said:
After what happened with noffa, I can't believe people are suggesting Schuster. From all reports, he's just as bad when it comes to training as nof.

Why would we risk tearing our standards down when we just built them up?
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Don't fret all you guys. He wont be coming here at any price.
Doesn't fit Benji's player/team profile so get off the band wagon on what he's worth........it aint gunna happen!
 
Tiger Stripes said:
Don't fret all you guys. He wont be coming here at any price.
Doesn't fit Benji's player/team profile so get off the band wagon on what he's worth........it aint gunna happen!
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Benji already knocked him back...
Scott Fulton would've had him taking the 800k and upgrading it.

No thanks.
 
GCfan said:
It cracks me up the whole “insert current Wests Tigers coach name here” would get the best out of said player comment that you see here.
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I reckon Benji 'has' got the best, or at least a lot better this year from players we had on our books last year.
And I believe Sezer has probably performed better under Benji than we thought he would.
If Sullivan has the natural ability and common sense to be at least a good Rugby League player, and I feel he has, I believe Benji has what it takes to do that for him.
But buying players from now on that we 'hope' will improve as we have done so many times previously just doesn't cut it anymore, unless Benji has had a bloody good chat with them to access their actual ability.
 
weststigerman said:
Speaking of centres. The Roosters are currently running with Pauga (struggled in NSW cup when at WT) and 35 year old Michael Jennings.

If you have a good spine and decent forwards you can get by with almost any centres.
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Those you mention did SFA last night...
When you have Manu, Sualii and Tupou having games like that it takes
some heat off the Centres.
 
Buttface said:
I see what you did there. 👍🏻
Yeah they cuzzez, Will is 31, this bloke is 25 and played plenty of rugby already and his stats weren’t worth writing home about, feels a bit like you’ve just pick up a new girl, taken her out, and two of ya mates go “I’ve been there already”. Ya still keen bcoz she’s still new to you, but ya now asking what’s wrong with her
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Tito Santana said:
Agreed.

I’d take Nathan Brown off Manly for 2 years and swap to Bateman.
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It's not going to happen either.
 
Schuster now officially released by Manly.
He would now only command about 250-300k maximum and I know it’s far from ideal recruiting known lazy trainers who carry that same laziness into game days, however not many players possess the size and talent of Schuster.
In NRL terms 250-300k is a low risk, if the player gets his act together, trains hard and produces his best we have a bargain, if he continues to be lazy we simply don’t re-son him past this season.
 
Vicious said:
Schuster now officially released by Manly.
He would now only command about 250-300k maximum and I know it’s far from ideal recruiting known lazy trainers who carry that same laziness into game days, however not many players possess the size and talent of Schuster.
In NRL terms 250-300k is a low risk, if the player gets his act together, trains hard and produces his best we have a bargain, if he continues to be lazy we simply don’t re-son him past this season.
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sorry … not committing the one Top 30 space left to another project
 
Vicious said:
Schuster now officially released by Manly.
He would now only command about 250-300k maximum and I know it’s far from ideal recruiting known lazy trainers who carry that same laziness into game days, however not many players possess the size and talent of Schuster.
In NRL terms 250-300k is a low risk, if the player gets his act together, trains hard and produces his best we have a bargain, if he continues to be lazy we simply don’t re-son him past this season.
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I don't think he has been officially released yet, just free to explore his options.
If he comes here with his head screwed on I would pay 300k max.
 
Tito Santana said:
Agreed.

I’d take Nathan Brown off Manly for 2 years and swap to Bateman.
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Why would we swap Nathan Brown in for Bateman?

I mean we could have signed Nathan Brown when he was looking to leave Parramatta. Hey I don't mind him as a player, but he probably has only 2 years of footy left.

Also if Parra is forking out 800k for Lomax, we may be able to interest them in taking Nathan Brown off their hands. We need a Depth forward but we really need a more Dynamic second rower. Luciano Leulia would really suit our current side if he was going for 300k and not this dilusion of 900k.
 
crazycat said:
Why would we swap Nathan Brown in for Bateman?

I mean we could have signed Nathan Brown when he was looking to leave Parramatta. Hey I don't mind him as a player, but he probably has only 2 years of footy left.

Also if Parra is forking out 800k for Lomax, we may be able to interest them in taking Nathan Brown off their hands. We need a Depth forward but we really need a more Dynamic second rower. Luciano Leulia would really suit our current side if he was going for 300k and not this dilusion of 900k.
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Nathan Brown has not played for Pawwa since 2022 so no deals for him from them,last year he was a rorter and this year an eagle
 
Camel2281 said:
Mate, do you watch footy? He's been the Roosters best forward this year. He's getting back to his representative form
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Hahaha nar not the roosters game and
Mate if he's not heading overseas he will be in a rooster's jersey wake up to your self , your just throwing out names as if it's a possibility..if he's going that good the roosters will do everything to keep him. you Muppet
 
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