Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Tiger_claws]

That's the forum for ya, opinions vary, I will hold back judgement till he plays for us if he signs.

Absolutely our opinions are different. I will respect yours but will stick with mine & look I really hope Schiller comes here & carves it up. I will happily put my hand up & say I was wrong if it works out well

 

[Buttface]

Security guard 🤣

I don’t remember his defence being that good?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Skelton played half the season this year. 13 games. So, being a like for like replacement, Schiller would see a fair bit of first grade. Sure, he might not start, but he would be in the mix every single week.

 

[mtd#2]

You are sometimes at the same protest with no idea what you are protesting about.
You know what, the people who never ever suggest a potential signing, really should not comment in the Rumoured Signings and Discussions thread and certainly should not get upset when players suggested within this thread are being discussed or signed by the club itself.

Dont be so sensitive mate
But I am still laughing lol

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Absolutely our opinions are different. I will respect yours but will stick with mine & look I really hope Schiller comes here & carves it up. I will happily put my hand up & say I was wrong if it works out well

That would be very noble of you, not many on here would.

 

[Odessa]

Exactly.
Some of our supporters expect superstars as fringe players, obviously not understanding there is a Salary Cap to work with and not understanding the need for speed and line breaking ability within our team.

Plus he can play more then 1 position which is a bonus

 

[skywalker]

Sad to hear of the death of former Tiger Trevor Ryan. Played 1st grade as a 17 year old centre and ended up in the second row. Great club man.

 

[MountainMan]

Sad to hear of the death of former Tiger Trevor Ryan. Played 1st grade as a 17 year old centre and ended up in the second row. Great club man.

Remember seeing Trevor play for Balmain in the mid seventies. Very solid player

 

[batboy]

He'd be our first choice back up.

Isn't that Tupou?

Stacking up Fringeys is great - But the reality is,
We went into this season with 1 First Grade Winger (Depending on the rating of Turuva)
And probably the same the year before to be fair.

Surely a Salary Cap affords us (at least) 2 Starting Wingers without question?

People arguing here about which Fringey is better than the Fringey we lost or still have
are really missing the point.

I like Schiller (Said that already) Great for Depth - Not one to pin hopes of a turnaround on.
But we have plenty of Depth and prospects in OB's, We need genuine proven 1st Graders.

 

[Lestronge]

No one’s arguing.

?? What forum are you reading

 

[hank37w]

Need some pace out wide. Need to get the ball out there first and stop it dying with the halves.

= NO DOUEIHI. 🤣 🤣 🤣

 

[innsaneink]

Need some pace out wide. Need to get the ball out there first and stop it dying with the halves.

Someone needs to remind Benji of how good we looked in that Roosters game...halves giving the backrowers and outside men good early ball

 

[wstigers11]

Someone needs to remind Benji of how good we looked in that Roosters game...halves giving the backrowers and outside men good early ball

Was it a coincidence Doueihi didn’t play

 

[Vicious]

Plus he can play more then 1 position which is a bonus

Exactly the point.
At the moment our back centres are Herbert on the right and Saukuru on the left.
Saukuru could improve in leaps and bounds with his NRL experience at the back end of the 2026 season and Herbert is ok for the odd game of we have a real bad run with injuries, but surely we want better than him as our main back up right centre, particularly when considering Averillo might be required to play other positions.

 

[cqtiger]

Looks like we’ve signed Frizell for one year

 

[Odessa]

Exactly the point.
At the moment our back centres are Herbert on the right and Saukuru on the left.
Saukuru could improve in leaps and bounds with his NRL experience at the back end of the 2026 season and Herbert is ok for the odd game of we have a real bargain with injuries, but surely we want better than him as our main back up right centre, particularly when considering Averillo might be required to play other positions.

Who would be number 1 fullback backup next year Schiller Attard?

 

[weststigerman]

I just checked Schiller’s stats in his 1 NRL game this year. He managed to miss 7 tackles on the wing which could be a record.

I haven’t watched him at all but I have concerns with that paired with the fact the team want to move him on under contract.

 

[Tiger Tarl]

We have a team that can compete when fully fit (easy to forget we were equal first after round 6 this year), but when hit with injuries, we lacked the depth and experience to maintain that standard.

To their credit, the coaching team have explicitly identified that and have gone about addressing it with these signings. All of which replace less experienced, less effective players.

While I don't think any of them (barring Averillo) change our starting 13, they each provide experience off the bench and can step in and do a job with more confidence than we had this year. That could be the difference.

Frizell will be worth his price on field and off. And Averillo is not just an upgrade at right centre, he's also a better first drop at fullback than what we had. Brailey is solid cover for Api and Mann for Twal. And the word is we haven't had too overpay for any of them.

The big question mark for 2027 is our halves, but it seems we're implementing a more robust structure around them, so who knows.

 

[Vicious]

Your facts again shoot you in the foot

Two of the 5 highest scoring games in NRL history are from the 1930s

Ok lett’s hope we run with your theory, don’t worry about speed or attacking ability, let’s just field a team of 17 good defenders every week and we will try win all our games 12-6.
Based on your theory Patrick Herbert should get selected ahead of Jake Averillo every week as he is a stonger defender.

 

[Tiger Stripes]

Was it a coincidence Doueihi didn’t play

And Skelton scored tries while he was out!