Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[weststigers]

Is junior Toops really a better option than Luke L the rest of this season ?

Still could have signed him next season I assume..

This is a NSW Cup signing. Why do you care?

 

[Demps]

Kit Laulilii about to step out on the field for Ryde Eastwood in Ron Massey Cup this afternoon. First game since the trials.

Got the dub

 

[Tom Shines]

This is a NSW Cup signing. Why do you care?

He will be a top 30 signing actually

 

[Tito Santana]

This is a surprise Tito, was expecting you to say Tupou is shit.

Oh I will backtrack the moment he does play shit - you can bet on that mate.

 

[ShanghaiCharlie]

I thought Tupou showed some real promise in his first year here.
Got a lot of tools for a gun winger
And, yes, a few deficiences - like the consistent drop ball in him and positionally in D.

Concerning two coaches in a row haven't been able to get anything out of him though...
I can see him getting a good shot here. Might even be second choice winger after Turuva

 

[weststigers]

He will be a top 30 signing actually

So will Schuster...eventually. actually.

 

[Wiz]

The fact is, Tupou (or LL) is a fourth choice winger. Tupou also will be a fourth choice centre. We are talking about someone taking up roster spot 24 to 28. Any player we could sign for roster spot 24 to 28 will have something wrong with them given what they get paid.

 

[Lestronge]

Yes. Please tell Tom. Tupou will be playing NSW Cup. Top 30 means something to him, but to Tupou it means best centre in KOE Western Suburbs Magpies.

I think players like Luke L are clearly nrl standard . He will be on that bears wing for as long as they’ll have him. But guys like Tupou are too good enigmatic . Like Skelton or the Jennings brothers back in the day . Only teams like the broncos can afford to keep your Luke L types , most will go searching for an opportunity .
I think with Dunster Herbert and tupou you create far more depth , especially when you add tino and hopefully guys like saukuru , and Brookes. I think it’s not a bad signing . We need another edge backrower though . Even with Schuster.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Shawn Blore come on down, if, the price is right.

 

[weststigerman]

I mean we found Herbert on an excavator, I think Tupou is an upgrade on him.

 

[weststigers]

I mean we found Herbert on an excavator, I think Tupou is an upgrade on him.

Apparently Tupou has seen a real excavator before, so basically the same thing.

 

[crazycat]

On nrl 360 averillo salary averages at 700k a season!!! Massive overs imo

It's overs, but is Averillo quality?

Remember Josh Reynolds, he was overs for 700k. The biggest problem was not him delivering 350k of value, it was that he was useless once Marshall rejoined the side.

Moses Mbye was a stupid, stupid signing. for 750k I don't think he ever earned his paycheck. I hated that signing with a passion..
Yet to Mbye's credit, he turned up. He was on the field and often in our best 13, which says how bad the squad was. Mbye would deliver value, maybe 400k worth of value just never his 750k paycheck.

Looking more recent:
Terrell May, worth every penny.
Hunt, questionable as he performs very strongly for 20-30 minutes per game.
Jack Bird, punted 1 year into a 2 year contract.

I am less worried if Averillo provides 600 even 500k value. more that we sign someone and end up with a 700k paperweight.

 

[crazycat]

Fast? Luke would be faster. Both not great in the air, despite Junior’s height

The biggest problem with Tupou was he never put his body on the line to tackle.

Having Skelton and Turuva we learn the value of a winger who can defend. I still don't see defense in Tupou.

 

[weststigers]

I think players like Luke L are clearly nrl standard . He will be on that bears wing for as long as they’ll have him. But guys like Tupou are too good enigmatic . Like Skelton or the Jennings brothers back in the day . Only teams like the broncos can afford to keep your Luke L types , most will go searching for an opportunity .
I think with Dunster Herbert and tupou you create far more depth , especially when you add tino and hopefully guys like saukuru , and Brookes. I think it’s not a bad signing . We need another edge backrower though . Even with Schuster.

I liked Luke in the end. He is good out of yardage. Little tank.

Haven't seen Tupou play since he was with us, but he's been dumped by the Dolphins and now the Roosters.

Maybe when he comes to Pacific Islands United aka Wests Tigers, he'll start to shine in a comfortable environment.

Some women sell their urine online to desperate men, so there's worse people in the world than Junior Tupou. Unlike the many disappointed fathers of these women, hopefully Junior makes us all proud.

Can't comment about him really, even though I have.

 

[Betterdays22]

I think players like Luke L are clearly nrl standard . He will be on that bears wing for as long as they’ll have him. But guys like Tupou are too good enigmatic . Like Skelton or the Jennings brothers back in the day . Only teams like the broncos can afford to keep your Luke L types , most will go searching for an opportunity .
I think with Dunster Herbert and tupou you create far more depth , especially when you add tino and hopefully guys like saukuru , and Brookes. I think it’s not a bad signing . We need another edge backrower though . Even with Schuster.

Dunster, Herbert and Tupou even Schuster all seem to be similar type signings. All with good pedigree but all probably their last chances to crack it. Very Bennett-esque from Benji

 

[Fainu Brothers]

Dunster, Herbert and Tupou even Schuster all seem to be similar type signings. All with good pedigree but all probably their last chances to crack it. Very Bennett-esque from Benji

If one comes good its a bonus