Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Vicious]

For a team that were tight on the salary cap for this year they certainly seem to have money to get Fafita and now Elliot

Very strange that Elliott would choose Souths as they have Cameron Murray who will certainly be their starting 13 and always plays big minutes and they also rate Lachlan Hubner as another 13 to come off the bench.
If he played close to the best of his ability he would be our starting 13 which indicates if we wanted him we would be a much more suitable option than Souths or virtually any other NRL club for 2026.

 

[mtd#2]

With a lot of luck....

You honestly think we are that bad with the roster we have? I think you'll be surprised at some of the development this year.. time will tell I guess.

 

[innsaneink]

So why are we not still signing players , we got two spots left and I THINK we got some money left.
The backs are strong the props will do a good job , the backrow is good , we just need a high work rate lock and I think we can make the finals this year , or it will be the same old story come the finals

Richo said even before the HB cock up the squad was locked in....fir this year and.next.

Not saying i agree with it.but i dont know why people were expecting more signings when.he said there wouldnt be

 

[wstigers11]

Very strange that Elliott would choose Souths as they have Cameron Murray who will certainly be their starting 13 and always plays big minutes and they also rate Lachlan Hubner as another 13 to come off the bench.
If he played close to the best of his ability he would be our starting 13 which indicates if we wanted him we would be a much more suitable option than Souths or virtually any other NRL club for 2026.

I’d say we probably stopped showing interest. Only one spot left

 

[gregjm87]

Richo said even before the HB cock up the squad was locked in....fir this year and.next.

Not saying i agree with it.but i dont know why people were expecting more signings when.he said there wouldnt be

Was going to say the same. To me that is an indication there is minimal cap space remaining.
Additionally, the final couple roster spots typically goes to train and trial/development guys. Rightly so in my opinion. Can't expect them to be trialling for a contract if there is no contract spots to offer.

 

[wstigers11]

Was going to say the same. To me that is an indication there is minimal cap space remaining.
Additionally, the final couple roster spots typically goes to train and trial/development guys. Rightly so in my opinion. Can't expect them to be trialling for a contract if there is no contract spots to offer.

Exactly

 

[crazycat]

Halfbacks

Ah Hunt never actually got to play finals with Brisbane till 2025...

While Luai wasn't the Regular penrith halfback, he did play there and showed that in a good team he could be halfback...

 

[crazycat]

Richo said even before the HB cock up the squad was locked in....fir this year and.next.

Not saying i agree with it.but i dont know why people were expecting more signings when.he said there wouldnt be

Yes and that was before Benji was given 4 more years.

If your a coach, and you have that long a time to play with, you really want to get your side right.
We have a gap at lock, Josh Curran was on the market.

We said NO. Maybe we thought Josh was an Average lock, Maybe we thought he was too much money/not get into a bidding war over someone not quite right, maybe our coaches can see why the dogs coaches don't like him.

Maybe we want to see how team 2026 goes before hiring more people.

Benji shouldn't plan for 1x4 years. Benji should develop a 4 year plan.
No more panic buys. I think that's what Richo was thinking too before all the fuss happened. Start moving from "we have to fill these gaps with a panic buy" too " we start working out what positions we need and we will buy the right players at the right money when we want too".

Were tired of rebuilding years, but I am totally over us doing the same rebuild year after year after year.
Lets see our side improve for once and Gel. Would love to know were planning top 4 in 2028.

 

[gallagher]

Ah Hunt never actually got to play finals with Brisbane till 2025...

While Luai wasn't the Regular penrith halfback, he did play there and showed that in a good team he could be halfback...

How could you forget Hunts knock on from the kick off in the gf v the cowboys

 

[weststigers]

It's 'eyes up footy', not free flowing. Wayne Bennett and Tim Sheens both coach that way. It's prioritises decision making and calculated risk (in the right moments), over structured play. It's why Mitchell Moses is considered a better rep halfback than Nathan Cleary but Cleary has more premierships. Cleary is a clutch player within structure. Moses is always looking up for his next penalty to milk.

I prefer it over the structured/pragmatic approach for now given the way the salary cap is geared against us. 2 teams with roughly the same tactics, the team with the better players will usually win. But you have to stay the course. And that's not easy. Everyone here froths over Brad Arthur, but it wasn't until the end of his 4th season at the Eels that he had them playing finals footy.

I’m no expert, but I’ve always thought of clever structure as the default, not the end game.

You don’t drive somewhere because the road is exciting. You drive because it gets you to places where you actually can do something exciting. Once you see the turn-off you want, you can take it. If not, you stay on the road and keep going.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

View attachment 32392

Looks like he is off to Souths. I know we were linked.

I was surprised we were supposedly linked to him. He would not be a player I would want and is at the back end of his career with last year not impressive at the Knights.

 

[TIGERS]

I’m no expert, but I’ve always thought of clever structure as the default, not the end game.

You don’t drive somewhere because the road is exciting. You drive because it gets you to places where you actually can do something exciting. Once you see the turn-off you want, you can take it. If not, you stay on the road and keep going.

Yea, well, unless 8 other cars get there first faster than you can, and before at least 3 of them come and steal your transmission and brake pads.

 

[hank37w]

You should already know that Answer

Yes, no doubt in my mind that we would have a cunning plan that cannot fail. 🤣 🤣 🤣

But in the end will. 😢😢😢

 

[hank37w]

I don’t know if we tried for either player but given we’re a basket case again we won’t be landing anyone worthy for a long time. That could be why we didn’t sign them.

But surely you would know by now that disruptive boards making brain dead decisions that constantly have us in the media for all the wrong reasons have no effect on players or the playing group as a whole.

Rugby League players are all professionals, they don't ever look at any of the negative press or have any idea of what is going on in the back ground, of course they would never get disheartened by any of that sort of rubbish, they just play the game and never care whether the club is well run or a basket case, it has no effect on them what so ever.

 

[Tucker]

How could you forget Hunts knock on from the kick off in the gf v the cowboys

He was in the mix for the CC in that game until that moment.
Crushing thing to happen.

 

[Glenji95]

But surely you would know by now that disruptive boards making brain dead decisions that constantly have us in the media for all the wrong reasons have no effect on players or the playing group as a whole.

Rugby League players are all professionals, they don't ever look at any of the negative press or have any idea of what is going on in the back ground, of course they would never get disheartened by any of that sort of rubbish, they just play the game and never care whether the club is well run or a basket case, it has no effect on them what so ever.

It actually does have an effect on retention and recruitment, they might be professionals that doesn’t mean that all are idiots. There are players that look at the club itself before they decide whether to go there or not. Look at Ice for example he signed with us to play under Madge, then when the board decided to sack him he tried to get out of his contract before coming. All players hear the stories about us and some players have even directly admitted they would never come to us because it’s a poorly run club. I know if I was a professional RL player and the Tigers tried to recruit me I would laugh and would rather retire before coming here no matter how much they offered me. Being a basket case affects recruiting and retention it happens in almost every professional sports team that is one.

 

[426Tlgerland]

I was surprised we were supposedly linked to him. He would not be a player I would want and is at the back end of his career with last year not impressive at the Knights.

Elliot is a 13 we are trying to make one currently and if Bennett takes him it would be back up but a solid one , back up at south’s , starting 13 at tigers , last year he was injured but when he played he was good in both defence and attack , he would have been good for us. IMO

 

[Fainu Brothers]

Elliot is a 13 we are trying to make one currently and if Bennett takes him it would be back up but a solid one , back up at south’s , starting 13 at tigers , last year he was injured but when he played he was good in both defence and attack , he would have been good for us. IMO

Souths with Murray back look like a strong starting side.
KK and Arrow
Duncan and Fafita
Murray

Murray is so good and getting in behind the markers and getting quick play the balls. NSW missed him this year

 

[Odessa]

Yes, no doubt in my mind that we would have a cunning plan that cannot fail. 🤣 🤣 🤣

But in the end will. 😢😢😢

Yes a bit like Mr Bean

I like the one went he wins the church raffle and goes to the south of France


Tigers board = Mr Bean

 

[Curly_Tiger]

Curran and Elliott
Both okay but depends
“What are they asking?”
You’re not transforming your squad with either