Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

craigtob said:
Yes agree Ethan is a good prospect, but he is from the roosters i believe?? do we have any home grown
good, big and mobile young forwards coming thru that look 1st grade ready ??
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I think Taoau moors has a lot of potential.. just needs a bit more fitness and mobility.. Archie duncombe also
 
Cultured_Bogan said:
That run of Penrith kids was generational talent all as well. By the time they had got to first grade they had been playing together for 5-10 years in junior representative teams. It won't be like that forever for them. Thinking that we are going to have a JFH, Cleary, To'o, Edwards, Yeo, Martin et al all fall in our lap at once is insanity. That probably won't happen again at Penrith for another 25 years.
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It can come from some very interesting places...just need some sort of trigger...prioritize sporting pathways or religious pathways.....maybe the Tigers need to connect to these churches in the south west.

www.nrl.com

Samoa and the Panthers: Mt Druitt, a church and Penrith’s golden generation

Thirty years ago the opening of a church in Mount Druitt set in motion a chain of events, which has helped the Penrith Panthers unearth a crop of players who have made them the NRL’s dominant force.
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king_sirro said:
One thing im certain of, Elijah Taylor needs to be brought in on 2 fronts. Number one, his analysis and dissecting the 1% plays and the knock on effect they have if you dont do them is first class. He really breaks it down so good that even our dumb pile of you know what should be able to comprehend. He should be the clubs "effort" coach.

Secondly, he should specifically work with our middles on how to engage the line and link with the halves. Elijah was before his time in playing straight and deep into the line as a lock. Terrel would really benefit from working with him. If Terrel qantst i play big minutes, then Taylor could turn him into a lock if he got lean and fit.
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One of my favourite players...all effort.
 
Garrry said:
When PNG get close to their salary cap limit I'm sure they'll fill the squad with young local talent getting paid very minimal, there'd be a lot of diamonds in the rough in PNG, the future Justin Olams, Marcus Bais etc
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Which is another advantage for them

Minimum wage in the NRL is $140,000 this year.

That $140,000 would do far more for a PNG national living in PNG than it would for them to migrate to Australia and set up here. So essentially, there is limited incentive for a PNG-bon player to migrate to Australia and essentially gives PNG a leg up in that respect.
 
Betterdays22 said:
at least we would get him coming into the peak of his powers... right?
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Hes not the player he was....on the gradual decline.

I cant help but see The Chiefs roster being severley unbalanced...they also want locals in there too.
If they cop.a.few injuries to their main players. .reps or suspensions...could be tricky for them
I'll wait to see their final 13 players
 
Milky said:
Which is another advantage for them

Minimum wage in the NRL is $140,000 this year.

That $140,000 would do far more for a PNG national living in PNG than it would for them to migrate to Australia and set up here. So essentially, there is limited incentive for a PNG-bon player to migrate to Australia and essentially gives PNG a leg up in that respect.
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The incentive is living in Australia and not PNG...there is a reason they needed to provide a tax free salary to the Aussies in order for them to come on board. None of them are going to take unders because their salary gets doubled with the tax free incentive, They are expecting double in order to actually uproot and play over there. So the salary cap is the same as any other club in the NRL...just really attractive to players looking for a big payday and driven by the $$...it will be an interesting case study in motivation...i.e. will they be successful when the only reason players are there is to chase the $$. Look who they have so far Manu has been chasing $$ since he left Rorters, To'o has been taking unders form panthers for a number of years now and wants his payday, Luai needed to take the 7 money x 2 as he was not going to get that in his next contract anywhere else, Lomax got screwed over $$ wise in his last move so needs to cash in and has always been a mercenary, Johnston gets a final payday etc... I predict it will be a mess and as they say a team of champions does not make a champion team.
 
I have been away for a while and so just to catch up and not read 100 pages of stuff have we (1) got to the sack Benji stage ( or is that to come ?) (2) Which players (other than Luai) have we scapegoated for the epic failures over the last 3 months ( apart from Alex S) ? (3) Have we signed anyone ? (4) have we let a whole heap of under-performers go - this applies to the assistant coaches as well.
 
innsaneink said:
Their time will come.
Do you expect them to be there from game one?
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I would have expected at least 5-6 PNG players in the starting lineup from game 1.
I think it’s defeating the purpose if you are just going to have an international starting lineup up based in PNG and I reckon the PNG natives would feel the same way,
A young PNG winger Dudley Dotoi who Wests Tigers actually contracted about 3-4 years, but he unfortunately got homesick is now regularly standing out playing on the wing in Qld Cup and scoring tries for fun.
Tall, strong and lightning fast, he is 💯 NRL ready, but the PNG side have signed 2 ageing wingers to block his path,
That’s just one example.
 
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Vicious said:
I would have expected at least 5-6 PNG players in the starting lineup from game 1.
I think it’s defeating the purpose if you are just going to have an international starting lineup up based on PNG and I reckon the PNG natives would feel the same way,
A young PNG winger Dudley Dotoi who Wests Tigers actually contracted about 3-4 years, but he unfortunately got homesick is now regularly standing out signpkauing on the wing in Qld Cup and scoring tries for fun.
Tall, strong and lightning fast, he is 💯 NRL ready, but the PNG side have signed 2 ageing wingers to block his path,
That’s just one example.
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The purpose has nothing to do with what you are implying and everything to do with political horseshit. The NRL doesnt give a stuff about growing the game in PNG and bringing locals into the league
 
Vicious said:
I would have expected at least 5-6 PNG players in the starting lineup from game 1.
I think it’s defeating the purpose if you are just going to have an international starting lineup up based on PNG and I reckon the PNG natives would feel the same way,
A young PNG winger Dudley Dotoi who Wests Tigers actually contracted about 3-4 years, but he unfortunately got homesick is now regularly standing out signpkauing on the wing in Qld Cup and scoring tries for fun.
Tall, strong and lightning fast, he is 💯 NRL ready, but the PNG side have signed 2 ageing wingers to block his path,
That’s just one example.
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A rookie on the wing
or they can have two proven wingers in
AJ
and
To'o

they will fill the squad up with local png forwards at the end for bottom dollar
 
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