Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[mtd#2]

Funny, when I ask you about facts, you casually ignore it.
You have an unhealthy predisposition about the people that saved our club from dying when Balmain imploded.
Yes, they have made mistakes, but the fact is they were the only ones that saved us when Balmain irresponsibly defaulted on it's half of obligations.
You don't give them any credit, rather you abuse them when there's any ripple in our club.
Lose a game ? HBG.
Someone doesn't sign yet ? HBG
We start winning games ? you still whinge about HBG.
Everyone in the game has said what a win win the Luai case has been. Except on here. We all know who's fault it is. 3 letters.
As for December, I don't know what happened. Either do you. But I don't go around pretending to, and then drawing nut-job conclusions based on my clueless assumptions.
Keep it up mate.
I'm not the one losing sleep, or bashing my head against a brick wall.
My "side of the discussion" is fine. But you keep going, you never know, you might change something.

You are exaggerating now.

They werent on my radar before December last year; discussion of them was slim to none. I've also never blamed them for losing a game 😂.

They chose to create a video and address fans as a collective when they sacked the board. Ill reinforce this. As the owners of the club, they chose to engage me, the fan.

Then they backtracked on this massive decision, the CEO quit and we havent heard a peep from them since. Apparently the whole purpose of the video update was for the fans...Well, where have they been to update us when shit hit the fan? They havent addressed any of it with us.

Ill give you an example of what good looks like. Benji fronted up for Galvin, the december saga and Luai. He is a fan favourite. Not only tigers fans love him, fans of other clubs think hes an absolute boss because he addresses shit.

You can try and make me out to be a loony all you want, but that doesn't negate the decisions that have been made and lack of communication in relation to those changes with the people they said they cared about.

 

[Merlot]

And Tyrone - the brother in the UK.
All 3 contracts expire at the same time

i think Jarome was sold on the glory of spearheading his own club, in a whole country…
I think he was perfectly chosen by Chammas for this reason.

I’ve heard the math on it, mostly spoken by ex footballers…
‘It’s like turning a 700k player into a 1.2mill player’? I don’t see it working like that. they’re adding the tax (they’re not paying) twice it seems to me.

If a player is a 700k player, he’s clearing maybe 400k (in rough, round numbers) savy investing / accounting would negate that, quite a bit if they’re doing it right.
The reality is it would be turning a guy that’s on 500 ish back into a 700k player.

I also believe elite sportsmen don’t pay the std PAYG tax of the common man, not considered in the above…

For that he has to go live caged Up with the fellas he works with in a borderline 3rd world country…
Don’t get me wrong, there’ll be plenty dumb enough to think they’re all in for it - but the shine will wear off very quickly..

The Luais and maybe a couple other high profile names will be treated like Royalty from the higher ups
- most of the others will just be the outliers…

Easy out ,the mental heath card
its a political stunt that is unworthy as the paper its written on
Those players that can get in the groove and hack it are on an easy win win
Totally makes a mockery of the salary cap, and the rhetoric of an even playing field ,which distanced us from afl for so long
All hail the con-glomerate and world domination

 

[Merlot]

You are exaggerating now.

They werent on my radar before December last year; discussion of them was slim to none. I've also never blamed them for losing a game 😂.

They chose to create a video and address fans as a collective when they sacked the board. Ill reinforce this. As the owners of the club, they chose to engage me, the fan.

Then they backtracked on this massive decision, the CEO quit and we havent heard a peep from them since. Apparently the whole purpose of the video update was for the fans...Well, where have they been to update us when shit hit the fan? They havent addressed any of it with us.

Ill give you an example of what good looks like. Benji fronted up for Galvin, the december saga and Luai. He is a fan favourite. Not only tigers fans love him, fans of other clubs think hes an absolute boss because he addresses shit.

You can try and make me out to be a loony all you want, but that doesn't negate the decisions that have been made and lack of communication in relation to those changes with the people they said they cared about.

Your staunch and stuck to your beliefs ya Looney.Its good that posters like you keep the hbg possers accountable .Which the few have no intelligent answers for,and just spin the same dance,you know their modis operandi-boring

 

[crazycat]

2040 is a very long time to wait for a Nuclear Sub

Ukraine are making under water mines which the ruskies can't detect

Which is my point.

All it takes is for a boat to drop a makeshift stealth mine and drop it near/around Australian waters.

There goes 1 out of 8 360Billion dollar subs.

Now could a submarine control a fleet of ocean drones? Or would it just be a giant floating target??

 

[Merlot]

Which is my point.

All it takes is for a boat to drop a makeshift stealth mine and drop it near/around Australian waters.

There goes 1 out of 8 360Billion dollar subs.

Now could a submarine control a fleet of ocean drones? Or would it just be a giant floating target??

Australia (wholly owned company ] Is at the forefront on drone submarines

 

[Merlot]

Which is my point.

All it takes is for a boat to drop a makeshift stealth mine and drop it near/around Australian waters.

There goes 1 out of 8 360Billion dollar subs.

Now could a submarine control a fleet of ocean drones? Or would it just be a giant floating target??

nice to know we paid PNG off to keep an eye out,for the greater good

 

[Fainu Brothers]

agree whatever happens he will be at tigers 2027

If he does not take a new deal, will the club just activate the option for 2027?

 

[Merlot]

If he does not take a new deal, will the club just activate the option for 2027?

hope we let him go early ,for some kickback of course if he chooses not to stay, he isn't worth 900 today
Drinkwater accountants - Dragons were desperate for good news
As we are ,lets not waste the money

 

[Wtiga]

No he didn’t.
Not when it came to player retention.

Lol.

Hi signed and got rid of players.

Wasn’t around long enough to extend.

Dude you’ve got zero idea if you think Richo was not or is not an effective CEO.

His results speak higher than anyone else in the game. Period.

3 premierships. 4 clubs. All basket cases. The other to a pre lim. I don’t need to say anymore.

And you seem intelligent so stop the Richo was sh*t campaign.

In two years got $100m in funding for two stadium. Signed most of our top new recruits. Got rid of deadwood. Now we’re humming. Then he leaves. And we’re losing players and now overpaying to keep others. Our board is full of magpie die hards and our CEO has zero rugby league CEO experience.

Even if benji did the motivational speech to recruit people. Having Richo to negotiate after that is key. If you think Richo isn’t a gun negotiator than we’re on diff planets

Recruits? Turuva, luai, may brothers, kpp. Stopped Pole going to melbourne storm. Extended Makasini and stopped rugby poaching him. Plus a host of fringe and junior players (madden, Andrews, extended Jared Haywood etc) . And probs others we don’t even know about. And all the Jarome was done by Pascoe is BS, he did t sign till Richo came and the dogs were going hard for him. It didn’t close till Richo did it.

 

[mtd#2]

Lol.

Hi signed and got rid of players.

Wasn’t around long enough to extend.

Dude you’ve got zero idea if you think Richo was not or is not an effective CEO.

His results speak higher than anyone else in the game. Period.

3 premierships. 4 clubs. All basket cases. The other to a pre lim. I don’t need to say anymore.

And you seem intelligent so stop the Richo was sh*t campaign.

In two years got $100m in funding for two stadium. Signed most of our top new recruits. Got rid of deadwood. Now we’re humming. Then he leaves. And we’re losing players and now overpaying to keep others. Our board is full of magpie die hards and our CEO has zero rugby league CEO experience.

Even if benji did the motivational speech to recruit people. Having Richo to negotiate after that is key. If you think Richo isn’t a gun negotiator than we’re on diff planets

Recruits? Turuva, luai, may brothers, kpp. Stopped Pole going to melbourne storm. Plus a host of fringe and junior players. And probs others we don’t even know about. And all the Jarome was done by Pascoe is BS, he did t sign till Richo came and the dogs were going hard for him. It didn’t close till Richo did it.

I think you hit the nail on the head re: richo's ability to negotiate.

Sales is an Art.
Everyone can do it.
Not everyone can do it well.

He was astute and we desperately needed that for our roster management.