jrtiger
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aren't you the bloke that is a self confessed lover of statistics?
if you are then you'd see full well the talent the kid posesses.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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if you are then you'd see full well the talent the kid posesses.
Tucker
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That may be so, but those stats mean nothing unless they are at NRL level.
If we are going to throw big cash, you don’t do it to untried and untested blokes in reserve grade.
That’s how we got in trouble multiple times.
jrtiger
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he's 21 and the best uncapped young prop on the market. tackle efficiency stats always translate into NRL, and given his average carry is above 10m that's extremely promising when compared to the other good young front rowers getting about (Pasifiki Tonga, Xavier Vaa, Hopwood)
$350k a year to get him out of Brisbane isn't going to get you into trouble. it's smart business.
Tucker
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You said throw the house at him
tigahhh
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we would’ve been out of minds if we didn’t look at cooper bai. he’s still on a t&t with titans and they are about to lock him up for a long time soon. we should snag him off them
jrtiger
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I like your thinking but I'd say he's long odds to leave the GC. elite talent though.
tigahhh
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yep has a huge future. titans aren’t exactly a desirable club, with a bit of convincing and decent $$ you never know 😂
tigahhh
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leniu is on Terrell’s newest poddy episode. surely he’s trying to recruit him to tigers lol
jrtiger
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we've got cap but we don't have that much cap.
Rock Hopper Steve
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All I know is we need more middle depth for next season if we don't sign any at all we will be in trouble if injuries hit.
Surely the club can see this it's only early and time to find a forward but if we don't by Christmas it will be a worry.
Surely the club can see this it's only early and time to find a forward but if we don't by Christmas it will be a worry.
tigahhh
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i’m curious to see if we are after a big fish or a just decent signing that will help the squad balance better.
If signing Russell Packer, Ben Matulino, James Tamou and David Klemmer as "the experienced pack leader we need" haven't taught you anything by now I'm not sure there's much else to say.
"After years of disappointment with get rich quick schemes, I know I'm gonna get rich with this scheme. And quick!"
Rock Hopper Steve
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Surely something's brewing in that big brain of Richo's, I'm not swallowing his comments from his podcast suggesting not to expect any more signings.
After all there's 3 spots left to fill, there must be some middles on his radar.
We went overboard in edge forward recruitment and forgot about the middle.
The other question is do we realistically have cap space available for a high quality middle as we have already spent quite a bit on the forwards we have ?
I don’t think we have much cap space available for a high quality player unless we offload a couple of players first.
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Matulino does not deserve to be put in the same category as Tamou and Klemmer as he tried his heart out for us (no self preservation) and nor does Packer as he was only interested in collection his pension.
Rock Hopper Steve
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Probably hinges on Bird's future, if he is here next season we will probably only have room for a depth forward, disappointing but needed and have to live with it.
He meant the out house
Rock Hopper Steve
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Boutique Point Piper out house, start bidding at 300k lol.
I'm not making any comment on anyone's effort or character. What I'm saying is every time we sign "the experienced pack leader we need" they turn out to be one or more of past it, crocked or not interested. I can't see any reason to imagine Asofa-Solomona would be any different.
