Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[crazycat]

Seriously thought there would have been some signing announcements…but nothing! I’m lost to think what will come now?! Maybe more leaving? No one coming in. I don’t know, feels like this ship is sinking once again.

I mean it's 2 hours to midnight....

But we are clearly needing someone and no fringe grader has stepped up.

 

[Buttface]

The June 30 deadline and the November one, is always crickets at concord.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

did anyone know one of John Hopoate’s son’s is with us on a scholarship deal lol

It’s his 15yo nephew Monson, a centre currently carving up at the U15 Nationals - tall, rangy, fast & skilful. He’ll be playing Harold Matts for the Magpies next year.

 

[coivtny]

did anyone know one of John Hopoate’s son’s is with us on a scholarship deal lol

He's studying proctology apparently.

 

[Buttface]

It’s his 15yo nephew Monson, a centre currently carving up at the U15 Nationals - tall, rangy, fast & skilful. He’ll be playing Harold Matts for the Magpies next year.

Which club are we developing him for?

It’s dark in the tunnel at the moment.

 

[batboy]

It’s his 15yo nephew Monson, a centre currently carving up at the U15 Nationals - tall, rangy, fast & skilful. He’ll be playing Harold Matts for the Magpies next year.

Pretty sure Hoppa is related to Makasini Richter,
Might be one of his kids?

 

[Tigerstigerstigers]

Which club are we developing him for?

It’s dark in the tunnel at the moment.

Don’t worry Gus has never met him

 

[tigahhh]

It’s his 15yo nephew Monson, a centre currently carving up at the U15 Nationals - tall, rangy, fast & skilful. He’ll be playing Harold Matts for the Magpies next year.

thanks BWG! i had no idea
just seen some of his nationals stuff, speedy kid

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Pretty sure Hoppa is related to Makasini Richter,
Might be one of his kids?

The great Jackson Kaufusi

 

[Buttface]

Don’t worry Gus has never met him

There’s plenty of time the kid is only 15.

 

[Oldman]

It’s his 15yo nephew Monson, a centre currently carving up at the U15 Nationals - tall, rangy, fast & skilful. He’ll be playing Harold Matts for the Magpies next year.

Will be surprised if he doesn’t end up at Manly like his cousin’s

 

[GNR4LIFE]

The great Jackson Kaufusi

I found this amusing on his Wiki page.

Richter scored ten tries in his 24 appearances for the Wests Tigers in 2001 and 2002, including two tries in his first-grade debut. Unfortunately, Richter played during a particularly dire period for the club, with just 4 of his 24 appearances being victories

A dire period they say?

 

[innsaneink]

Yeah i sometimes think back to those days and recall thinking we had it bad then....seems like a walk in the park now

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Yeah i sometimes think back to those days and recall thinking we had it bad then....seems like a walk in the park now

Shows how loyal or how crazy we have been.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Please tell us that’s not true, 950k for a 35y.o hooker would be very Wests Tigers like.

If Da Silva is confident in his ability to play consistently good football in the NRL, he would have remained a WT and competed with Koroisau for the hooking role. Instead, he went to the Eels for an alleged $650 and we have been informed of some agreement not to block his path should Koroisau be re-signed. With the huge gulf in ability and attitude between Da Silva and Koroisau, the difference in alleged value is warranted. I wish we had more Koroisau's in our club with the fine example he sets to his fellow players.

 

[rihannafan1]

All I can think is that we have a lot of $$ left in the kitty and an independent board who based on their experience all know what they're doing. The community pathways bloke Mielekamp has the runs on the board too. Our Cup team has not been dire for 6 weeks now as the more experienced players recruited have made a difference. Our Flegg team looks to have improved. Surely, surely, all of that points to better times ahead.

However Benji is not it, imo, and that is our weakness atm. His management has led to Galvin leaving and I think TDS too (don't mind TDS going although not for free).

 

[426Tlgerland]

Well loads of players have left this year so far and June 30 is gone and again we do zero to improve our team for the rest of the season , we have 100% weakened it ( Galvin , Klemmer , TDS ) just to name 3 but for the life of me I can’t get why we don’t bring in new blood , is it now a fact nobody want to come hear again; KPP. Is next year where we’re a few to help this year , we don’t have enough to compete so a spoon is very likely

 

[liltiger]

There is talk that the Broadcast deal will be going up by 50 percent or even more come as early as 2027, but certainly by 2028 at the latest

This will lead to a proportionate increase in the cap…

You need to start thinking appropriately

Once it happens Tom, if you start signing players on that basis and the broadcast deal is only increased by 15% your cap is ruined.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

Maybe so. But to let them all go without a player in return just looks like a sh!t show.
Particularly local juniors who we have put a lot of development into. Perhaps we were boxed in by the whole Galvin legal stuff and didn’t have a strong leverage position, but I can’t see from any angle how we benefit from letting TDS go this year without something come back the other way. And if anyone says transfer fees, I, and pretty much every supporter says, who cares. Transfer fees are inconsequential to everyone but the bean counters.

You have to have 1)a player we wanted, 2)that player would have to want to swap clubs.

 

[liltiger]

Taylor was always a good assistant coach, his issue was always the people management a head coach needs at nrl level.

I think we should keep Benji but if he goes and Richo is still here then Peter's will be the first choice

Taylor is exactly the same as Barrett, great assistant coaches but terrible head coaches. No idea why they can't take the step up.