Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[bbobb]

In the games I have watched, Taateo has demonstrated a consistent ability to be able to break the defensive line and make good yardage. He has been in the Raiders' system but is a Panthers' junior so I wonder if some of our ex-Panther players know him.

I have watched him in KoE. He is a handful at that level. Consistently make metres and has good PCMs. Reminds me a bit of Sione Faunu in that he is both athletic and strong. A good pick up as he will add much needed depth to our middles.

 

[tigertuff]

Woods reckons he was in 68k in his final year at Manly and people were speculating loads more. You just never know unless they are a top line player where there is more info around.

He was over paid by about 68k then 😏

 

[Buttface]

Richo is like the return of Sheens to long out of the game, He offered Galvin a million plus for 5 years Stefano 850 for 4 years luckily both rejected. Then signs all his sons clients from the Easts tigers.
The good clubs have a recruitment committee, we have Richo pandering to Benji.

Yeah Mighty Boy would have been bad. But Gal, will earn his keep.

 

[Tom Shines]

We do hold Aces sometimes, but we see them as ones and play our hand accordingly.

Sometimes we get dealt an Ace, but occasionally we can throw it in before the end of the hand

 

[Red88_Tiger]

Well..it looks to me that he is giving Benji everything he asks so there is no excuses if the results don’t improve and he decides to move on next season …

I wanted my dad to buy me a v8 commodore ute
Do you think I got one

 

[hank37w]

If Souths are paying 750 for Dodds then they are copping a bit of a pineapple themselves i reckon

Yeah Dodd the Dud and Bud the Dud, best of luck Wayne.

 

[Buttface]

Sometimes we get dealt an Ace, but occasionally we can throw it in before the end of the hand

I’m no word-smith Tom, but I’m pretty sure that is exactly what I said, only with different words.
Numbers rule!!!

 

[Tom Shines]

I’m no word-smith Tom, but I’m pretty sure that is exactly what I said, only with different words.
Numbers rule!!!

You might be right there old mate !

 

[clontarfkid]

Madden is on $350k and they only saved $150k this season for Bud … so let’s hope Souths up the money for Bud

Or Bud returns and we don't need Madden..

 

[Tom Shines]

I wanted my dad to buy me a v8 commodore ute
Do you think I got one

It probably wasn’t an option for your dad to sack you from being his son if you disappointed him im assuming 👍

 

[hank37w]

I'm surprised half the board has the motivation to get up in the morning.

3 pages of...

Madden signing for $750k
Costing us Doueihi
Sullivan on somewhere between $550k & $700k
Souths chipping in only $20 for bus fare
Some unknown kid from Qld not coming to the Tigers shows we can't sign anyone
Upgrades for Taatteo, Tu'itupou & Mapapalangi locked in showing we can't sign anyone
Bula gone
Should sign Jaiden Campbell to replace Bula now
Madden to start at 7
Luai gone
Api close to being as agile as the Queen Mary

I've probably missed some

Sounds like one of our better days. 🤣

 

[TIGERS]

I somewhat agree. But before paying up I would look at what other options are available. It appears Campbell is one other option that I think is at least worth looking into. Now I doubt hed be much cheaper (for us) but he comes with a completely different skill set. Which skillset would better fit our desired play style?

Its a good question to ask greggy!!

I think Bula, like the whole team, could benefit from some legit strike from our outside backs. Our side is so unbalanced right now based on how little our centres are offering in and out of possession. We couldn't have beaten the Titans without Taylan May... no way. We were hopeless That's a fact.

I don't think there is a lot of revolutionary changes left for this team. It just needs a few more points at the right time, a couple of more tries that Doueihi or Toa aren't capable of getting us but a slightly better player is. Even if not a try than a line break or a tackle bust.

Neither Bula or Campbell have the skills to get us where we need to be alone. Not yet anyway. Get another gun Centre to go with Taylan and then we can get serious about who's coming short in other positions.

Ofc Easier said than done.

 

[TIGERS]

Yes he is.
His ceiling is higher than what we are currently seeing.
So you have to factor in a price for potential against the “Tigers Tax” applied to a high level recruit.
Better the devil you know and with better coaching we’ll be in front.

Yessir we agree. And I like that.

No way we get something better off the shelf.

 

[Telltails]

Yeah Mighty Boy would have been bad. But Gal, will earn his keep.

Yep Id say the Gal deal would be looking good business in two years time.

 

[tigahhh]

are we getting pumped today

 

[Tom Shines]

are we getting pumped today

No. I’d like to think they can at least compete strongly against a rival that a number of players know quite well

 

[GNR4LIFE]

are we getting pumped today

As in getting a score put on us? Quite possibly.

 

[Vicious]

You know what I’m hoping you haven’t missed ? The team has won the past 3 wooden spoons and is 7-11 so far this season. Do you want to compete for finals or are you just happy participating every year and finishing at the foot of the table … if you want to compete for the finals … how is the squad shaping up so far with most players already under contract next season ? Taylan and KPP moving that dial much ?

In the past 10 weeks they have had two scratchy wins against a reserve grade pack and a 1 pt win against the bottom feeders when they were actually the better team on the day … plenty of work to be done still

You confuse me Tom.
Your post is exactly how I see things, surely we must be sick of losing and the additions of Taylan May and KPP are very good, but doesn’t fill us with confidence that they alone are enough to catapult us into the same style of improvement that the Bulldogs have shown over the past 2 seasons.
Yes I mention the Bulldogs a lot because if they can go from being down the bottom of the ladder for a few years and then make some smart recruitment decisions and suddenly become regularly near the top of the ladder, then surely we are capable of doing the same.
We don’t need a lot, but we need at least 2 more quality additions to our NRL side.

 

[liltiger]

Well..it looks to me that he is giving Benji everything he asks so there is no excuses if the results don’t improve and he decides to move on next season …

100% if Benji wants someone and Richo can bring them across for a reasonable amount he will do it. Benji next year will have no excuse if we arnt in the 8. Our biggest issue is lock and another prop who can put minutes in to help May. We need 2 or 3 depth signings imo then there's no excuse at all for Benji to not have us playing finals.

 

[liltiger]

are we getting pumped today

Hope not, would love to jag a win against the Panthers, we didn't look too flash last week though.