Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[upthetigers]

Josh Curran looks like he could become a free agent, I would sign him in a heart beat , the bloke is a worker and is
A 80 minute player

I suggested him here https://weststigersforum.com/threads/curran-to-play-lock.36841/ would fill the gap at lock, now we need a backup hooker and we're sweet

 

[balmain boy]

View attachment 29179View attachment 29180wondering if the young prop mentioned in the first post is Xavier Va’a from the article.

Doubtful. He's already on a first grade deal and the report claimed the player was offered dev contracts elsewhere but top 30 with us.

 

[gregjm87]

Zero internationals if you don’t include an international player lol what a stupid thing to say

Not many teams are going around flaunting 2 middles even when you mix and match the pacific lol

I think actually most teams do if you include Australia as well as the Pacifc sides. Just about every team but ours does if you extend that to Origin or injured players that would likely have been picked in the Rep sides.

 

[tigahhh]

Doubtful. He's already on a first grade deal and the report claimed the player was offered dev contracts elsewhere but top 30 with us.

yea wonder who it is then

 

[innsaneink]

manly ceo tony mestrov quit

😂

Bewdiful

 

[Lestronge]

Please........and the below names don't include the bench players, and we don't have one of them. And IMO they are all much better than KPP, so yes, half baked but you can disagree though.

Tonga
Addin Fonua-Blake
Siliva Havili
Stefano Utoikamanu
Siua Wong
Eliesa Katoa
Jason Taumalolo

Samoa
Josh Papalii
Jazz Tevaga
Payne Haas
Jeremiah Nanai
Simi Sasagi
Junior Paulo

Kangaroos
Pat Carrigan
Harry Grant
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui
Angus Crichton
Hudson Young
Isaah Yeo

Kiwis
James Fisher-Harris
Jeremy Marshall-King
Moses Leota
Briton Nikora
Isaiah Papali'i
Joe Tapine

You think Papalii ( he did nothing last year at the panthers , and even less the year before ) Sasagi , Tevaga ( who’s a reserve grader ), and Havilii ( another reserve grader) are worse than KPP?
Now you’re just making shit up to prove a point .

 

[upthetigers]

If we offered 400-500K for Curran would we have enough for Keaon?

I'd rather start Keaon and have Pole on the bench.

Wish we could get them for 2026.

I'm reading the dogs forum, Curran is a very polarising player. Some are saying his 2025 form wasn't good, I disagree.

 

[gregjm87]

You think Papalii ( he did nothing last year at the panthers , and even less the year before ) Sasagi , Tevaga ( who’s a reserve grader ), and Havilii ( another reserve grader) are worse than KPP?
Now you’re just making shit up to prove a point .

Papallii, yes, much better. Sasagi, probably not but he has outperformed KPP this year.

Tevaga and Havili, no but given they were picked as hookers, then yes I think they're probably much better hookers than KPP but of course we've never seen him play there.

 

[tigahhh]

If we offered 400-500K for Curran would we have enough for Keaon?

I'd rather start Keaon and have Pole on the bench.

Wish we could get them for 2026.

I'm reading the dogs forum, Curran is a very polarising player. Some are saying his 2025 form wasn't good, I disagree.

keaon will attract big money offers, you’d think like 700k-850k maybe even $900k. curran would be maybe just over half of that? and might answer our 13 issue

 

[upthetigers]

keaon will attract big money offers, you’d think like 700k-850k maybe even $900k. curran would be maybe just over half of that? and might answer our 13 issue

I think we're a slim chance of keaon I'm just in fantasy land

Early release Curran and I am hopeful about 2026

 

[Chunk]

You think Papalii ( he did nothing last year at the panthers , and even less the year before ) Sasagi , Tevaga ( who’s a reserve grader ), and Havilii ( another reserve grader) are worse than KPP?
Now you’re just making shit up to prove a point .

As mentioned before, 'Papallii, yes, much better. Sasagi, probably not but he has outperformed KPP this year'.

You forgot to mention Naufahu Whyte, Xavier Willison, Erin Clark, Felise Kaufusi, Siua Wong, Simi Sasagi, Francis Molo and Koloamatangi, Reuben Cotter, and Lindsay Collins.

Yeah he's nearly as good as which one?? Making shit up? 🙂

International my ar*e

 

[Tigerstigerstigers]

manly ceo tony mestrov quit

😂

 

[Tigerstigerstigers]

Why

 

[TheEnz]

Let's see what KPP can deliver in a Tigers Jersey, he had his moments at the knights yet seemed to be used as a decoy in their attack way too often (predictable), and they were very left side centric in attack. If Benji can unlock him he has the potential to be anything. If he plays like he did at the knights he will probably help shore up our right-side defence and deliver similar attacking output to Seyfarth without the regular brain explosions.

 

[Chunk]

Let's see what KPP can deliver in a Tigers Jersey, he had his moments at the knights yet seemed to be used as a decoy in their attack way too often (predictable), and they were very left side centric in attack. If Benji can unlock him he has the potential to be anything. If he plays like he did at the knights he will probably help shore up our right-side defence and deliver similar attacking output to Seyfarth without the regular brain explosions.

Yeah fine but to consider him 'international' class, is somewhat laughable. I just listed the bench players for the other team and they are much better then KPP. We are in trouble.

May is the closest thing we have to an international.

 

[innsaneink]

Why

Dce victim

 

[rex2ce]

Josh Curran looks like he could become a free agent, I would sign him in a heart beat , the bloke is a worker and is
A 80 minute player

I agree with your summation, but he’s not a prop or a 13

 

[das tigers]

I'd like KPP to go see Roger Fabri. A yard faster hitting a gap and he'd be a real weapon for us.

 

[KCtiger]

Yeah fine but to consider him 'international' class, is somewhat laughable. I just listed the bench players for the other team and they are much better then KPP. We are in trouble.

May is the closest thing we have to an international.

Id love to have some Tongan forwards they are going amazing right now

 

[KCtiger]

Please........and the below names don't include the bench players, and we don't have one of them. And IMO they are all much better than KPP, so yes, half baked but you can disagree though.

Tonga
Addin Fonua-Blake
Siliva Havili
Stefano Utoikamanu
Siua Wong
Eliesa Katoa
Jason Taumalolo

Samoa
Josh Papalii
Jazz Tevaga
Payne Haas
Jeremiah Nanai
Simi Sasagi
Junior Paulo

Kangaroos
Pat Carrigan
Harry Grant
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui
Angus Crichton
Hudson Young
Isaah Yeo

Kiwis
James Fisher-Harris
Jeremy Marshall-King
Moses Leota
Briton Nikora
Isaiah Papali'i
Joe Tapine

We have a better hooker then all but Aus

Better backrow pairing then Samoa and Tonga

Props Terrell is better then most named while Twal and Pole are also good players