Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Tom Shines]

Honestly it's silly the angst on here with him leaving, it's a good thing, anyone would think an asteroid was about to hit Concord.

Best scenario is he leaves for a better player, please be a big ugly mean prop.

not sure many are shedding any tears … just that it makes this club continue to look line amateurs

Will we be looking back on this signing as a success in years to come ? 😂

 

[weststigers]

No one is saying it’s not a good thing. However you can be glad he’s gone but acknowledge it’s again, another bad look for the club. In isolation it’s fine. But it’s just another on the pile.

Only bad if you're a misery guts. Never heard you put a positive spin on anything.

This is fantastic for the club.

It's not a fall out. Just the club saying hey mate...if you want to piss off, go ahead. It would help us a lot.

Drama queen.

 

[Tom Shines]

Brent Read on NRL360 said he’s likely to be at Parra. We are only paying a termination fee of $200k-300k. Parra will foot the rest

Must have read the SMH article …although tnat said $200k 😂

If they get out of it with $900k it’s a big win

 

[weststigers]

Brent Read on NRL360 said he’s likely to be at Parra. We are only paying a termination fee of $200k-300k. Parra will foot the rest

Love that. Moses and Luai...should be interesting.

 

[Tired Tiger]

I feel like we’ve played our hand here too early. Clubs know we want him gone and all leverage gone

I feel like the deals already done.....

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Brent Read on NRL360 said he’s likely to be at Parra. We are only paying a termination fee of $200k-300k. Parra will foot the rest

Parra did seem like the likely destination. They are probably the only suckers desperate enough to foot nearly the entire bill. What idiots.

 

[Fish88]

I doubt we sign anyone external with Luai money, not the Tigers way. We will upgrade internally, promote people to top 30 that will never see first grade, but I’d love to be proven wrong and even just sign a decent prop.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I doubt we sign anyone external with Luai money, not the Tigers way. We will upgrade internally, promote people to top 30 that will never see first grade, but I’d love to be proven wrong and even just sign a decent prop.

I wouldn’t be rushing into signing a replacement on that coin. Club needs some kind of internal review as to why these marquee signings come here and go ass up.

 

[Vicious]

not sure many are shedding any tears … just that it makes this club continue to look line amateurs

Will we be looking back on this signing as a success in years to come ? 😂

97% of our fans wanted him at any cost, so not many can accuse the club of making bad decisions when they would have made those same bad decisions themselves.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

No one is saying it’s not a good thing. However you can be glad he’s gone but acknowledge it’s again, another bad look for the club. In isolation it’s fine. But it’s just another on the pile.

With the state of our season, next to no chance of finals, who cares if the media sinks the boot in, different if we were finals bound.

If we can extend Sam soon will any of us give a shit I'm more concerned about our roster security the media can go shove it.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

With the state of our season, next to no chance of finals, who cares if the media sinks the boot in, different if we were finals bound.

Everyone cares about how the club is perceived. You serious?

If we can extend Sam soon will any of us give a shit I'm more concerned about our roster security the media can go shove it.

That will happen regardless.

 

[hodgo]

I feel like this is sammy into blore money

 

[crazycat]

We cannot score a try when attacking the opponents line, it needs tj be reviewed which of these players are letting us down ?

Why is it spine and not backs.

I mean:
Turuva
Makasini
Toa
Skelton

should be asked as many questions as to why they are not crossing the line as Bula/Luai/etc.

Look I do think the questions need to be asked of our spine and I think that is the main problem.
I also think the backs need to own them not crossing the line as well. Benji's changing of the backline hasn't helped and this has shuffled all our combinations..

Benji silence the critics and send NZ a message.

 

[Tom Shines]

97% of our fans wanted him at any cost, so not many can accuse the club of making bad decisions when they would have made those same bad decisions themselves.

I think you might have been one of them … can’t say I hated the signing at the time … they were multiple year spooners … you grasp at any straw …

Can’t say I’ve loved his time here though … particularly when you see the Titans game and how be can play

 

[Vicious]

Why is it spine and not backs.

I mean:
Turuva
Makasini
Toa
Skelton

should be asked as many questions as to why they are not crossing the line as Bula/Luai/etc.

Look I do think the questions need to be asked of our spine and I think that is the main problem.
I also think the backs need to own them not crossing the line as well. Benji's changing of the backline hasn't helped and this has shuffled all our combinations..

Benji silence the critics and send NZ a message.

We might send Benji to the South Island Orcas in a couple of years time if he doesn’t lift his game.

 

[JB9918]

not that i work near or at or around nrl head office
but two nrl contracts were lodged for the tigers today

no idea who they are

hopeful its samuela

Any update on this based on the Luai news. Latu & Samuela not finalised yet.

So who could be lodged as off today?

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Everyone cares about how the club is perceived. You serious?

It doesn't matter if the club does good or bad, the media will find something wrong with it and twist it for clicks.

As long as our roster keeps getting stronger I don't give a rats about the media anymore, to use one of your comments they can go piss up a rope.

 

[Vicious]

I think you might have been one of them … can’t say I hated the signing at the time … they were multiple year spooners … you grasp at any straw …

Can’t say I’ve loved his time here though … particularly when you see the Titans game and how be can play

Ronald Volkman would have carved up the Titans with every decision going our way at Leichhardt Oval.
Luai has started putting his body on the line and playing a little straighter, but it’s too little too late and I’m confident we will get just as much, if not more out of Latu for hopefully less than half the price.
If that happens we can then work on finding a couple of more players with speed and ability to get us on the front foot more often.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

It doesn't matter if the club does good or bad, the media will find something wrong with it and twist it for clicks.

As long as our roster keeps getting stronger I don't give a rats about the media anymore, to use one of your comments they can go piss up a rope.

No, they’ll just find something wrong with this and the never ending pattern we find ourselves in year after year.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

No, they’ll just find something wrong with this and the never ending pattern we find ourselves in year after year.

The media is fickle G, when we were flying at the beginning of the season they were taking numbers rushing to kiss our arse.