Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

gee some people on here come up with crap, trying to cover the clubs failure to sign players, the best been players still in the finals, WELL it didnt stop these players been named,

Ferguson to eels
ramien to knights
glasby to knights
sims to dragons
lee to knights
crithen to roooters

not to mention every other player who has changed clubs the name i dont see is the TIGERS signing anyone.
 
Maybe the club know of clubs in breach of the cap and are waiting for their players to come available. I hope this is the case…
The Knights are just so ruthless in making signings.. ponga, ramien, Pearce and possible TPJ.. plus all their young talent they have.
From a basket case to where they are. The club should look up to them.
 
Brown has made it clear that his top recruitment priority for next season is a “power forward” capable of putting the Knights on the front foot in attack.

I wish we'd make it clear what we're doing…
 
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gee some people on here come up with crap, trying to cover the clubs failure to sign players, the best been players still in the finals, WELL it didnt stop these players been named,

Ferguson to eels
ramien to knights
glasby to knights
sims to dragons
lee to knights
crithen to roooters

not to mention every other player who has changed clubs the name i dont see is the TIGERS signing anyone.
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Yes thats the reality of it. Looks like all clubs are recruiting normally.

We have this black ops operation going trying to secure these mystery players lol
 
I get it that a number of forum members don't like negative posts but the whole vibe around WT at the moment is not good. Finishing 9th in my mind was a better than expected performance but looking to the future I can't see us improving. Being realistic I see us dropping to the bottom 4 next year unless we sign 4 quality players at a minimum.
The silence as they say is deafening. I think there are behind the scenes troubles at WT surrounding Ivan's future and the failure to sign the players we need to take us from 9th to the top 8 or even top 4\. While I think the Ivan situation is undecided, the mere fact that it's uncertain is creating instability at the club. My take on Ivan is that he'll stay if he has to but will go if WT can agree a deal with Penrith.
While that is playing out we aren't able to sign the players we need to improve. And if Ivan does go we'll need a new coach and there's not a lot of quality out there on the coaching front. I don't accept the suggestion that we are waiting until finals are over before announcing signings out of respect for players who haven't finished their seasons. No other club is doing that so why would we. As each day goes by players are being announced as new signings by other clubs but the best we can do is announce one Roosters ISP player.
I hope I'm wrong but as each day goes by we are at risk of losing the 2019 season before a ball is kicked.
 
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I get it that a number of forum members don't like negative posts but the whole vibe around WT at the moment is not good. Finishing 9th in my mind was a better than expected performance but looking to the future I can't see us improving. Being realistic I see us dropping to the bottom 4 next year unless we sign 4 quality players at a minimum.
The silence as they say is deafening. I think there are behind the scenes troubles at WT surrounding Ivan's future and the failure to sign the players we need to take us from 9th to the top 8 or even top 4\. While I think the Ivan situation is undecided, the mere fact that it's uncertain is creating instability at the club. My take on Ivan is that he'll stay if he has to but will go if WT can agree a deal with Penrith.
While that is playing out we aren't able to sign the players we need to improve. And if Ivan does go we'll need a new coach and there's not a lot of quality out there on the coaching front. I don't accept the suggestion that we are waiting until finals are over before announcing signings out of respect for players who haven't finished their seasons. No other club is doing that so why would we. As each day goes by players are being announced as new signings by other clubs but the best we can do is announce one Roosters ISP player.
I hope I'm wrong but as each day goes by we are at risk of losing the 2019 season before a ball is kicked.
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well said, but we need to let the club know that we as supporters are not happy.
 
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I get it that a number of forum members don't like negative posts but the whole vibe around WT at the moment is not good. Finishing 9th in my mind was a better than expected performance but looking to the future I can't see us improving. Being realistic I see us dropping to the bottom 4 next year unless we sign 4 quality players at a minimum.
The silence as they say is deafening. I think there are behind the scenes troubles at WT surrounding Ivan's future and the failure to sign the players we need to take us from 9th to the top 8 or even top 4\. While I think the Ivan situation is undecided, the mere fact that it's uncertain is creating instability at the club. My take on Ivan is that he'll stay if he has to but will go if WT can agree a deal with Penrith.
While that is playing out we aren't able to sign the players we need to improve. And if Ivan does go we'll need a new coach and there's not a lot of quality out there on the coaching front. I don't accept the suggestion that we are waiting until finals are over before announcing signings out of respect for players who haven't finished their seasons. No other club is doing that so why would we. As each day goes by players are being announced as new signings by other clubs but the best we can do is announce one Roosters ISP player.
I hope I'm wrong but as each day goes by we are at risk of losing the 2019 season before a ball is kicked.
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Oh! well, you'll just have to wait, like the rest of us.
 
We need to sign better players. We will be better next year but so will the Eels, Cowboys, Knights etc. if we don’t improve the roster drastically we will be on the outside looking in again. This is a mid table team a lock for 9-10th spot every year.
 
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We need to sign better players. We will be better next year but so will the Eels, Cowboys, Knights etc. if we don’t improve the roster drastically we will be on the outside looking in again. This is a mid table team a lock for 9-10th spot every year.
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A healthy knights team as in ponga and pearce fit for the season they would've finished above us this year. Just seems strange that no rumblings from the media etc on who potential targets might be. Most secretive operation in NRL history with no leaks on who our potential targets might be.
 
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gee some people on here come up with crap, trying to cover the clubs failure to sign players, the best been players still in the finals, WELL it didnt stop these players been named,

Ferguson to eels
ramien to knights
glasby to knights
sims to dragons
lee to knights
crithen to roooters

not to mention every other player who has changed clubs the name i dont see is the TIGERS signing anyone.

Yes thats the reality of it. Looks like all clubs are recruiting normally.
**We have this black ops operation going trying to secure these mystery players** lol
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James Bond wouldnt be able to find out who these players are :laughing:
 
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If the Knights can talk to this class of players why cant we.

Why are we all hush hush until after the finals. Pangai Jnr is playing finals last time i checked.
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The short answer is that the players we are talking to are contracted for 2019 and possibly longer.
 
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We need to sign better players. We will be better next year but so will the Eels, Cowboys, Knights etc. if we don’t improve the roster drastically we will be on the outside looking in again. This is a mid table team a lock for 9-10th spot every year.

A healthy knights team as in ponga and pearce fit for the season they would've finished above us this year.
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disagree with this, the only top 8 side they beat (even when pearce was playing) was the broncos. knights definetly have a lot of upside moving forward but they got cut a lot of slack this year depsite finishing with the worst F/A in the comp.
 
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Maybe the club know of clubs in breach of the cap and are waiting for their players to come available. I hope this is the case…
The Knights are just so ruthless in making signings.. ponga, ramien, Pearce and possible TPJ.. plus all their young talent they have.
From a basket case to where they are. The club should look up to them.
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They’re backed by apparently one of the very richest clubs in Australia, Wests Newcastle. The TPAs, not to mention an inexpensive, low-pressure environment are something we cannot match. TPAs are the difference between the haves and have nots in this league. We’re right near the bottom in that category atm.
 
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Brown has made it clear that his top recruitment priority for next season is a “power forward” capable of putting the Knights on the front foot in attack.

I wish we'd make it clear what we're doing…
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They dont know themselves.
 
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Something doesn’t add up. I wish The Pom could give us an update. I think we need some good news re signings after a disappointing end to the season.
Don’t think I can be bothered watching the finals. If ever there was a year when the premiers get stripped of the title due to salary cap breach let it be this year. Yes I know I’m salty…
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Mate your not the only one the nrl is becoming a joke under greenburg.

Thinking of doing the same
 
does anyone have direct contact with pascoe, just to ask the question are we likely to make any key signings and how many do we look like getting. no names , or positions just a general answer for the fans and put us all at ease.
 
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does anyone have direct contact with pascoe, just to ask the question are we likely to make any key signings and how many do we look like getting. no names , or positions just a general answer for the fans and put us all at ease.
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He was on twitter and said they looking for players and have spots available. Have to get them filled as per nrl requirements and intends to have everything filled by Christmas.
 
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We need to sign better players. We will be better next year but so will the Eels, Cowboys, Knights etc. if we don’t improve the roster drastically we will be on the outside looking in again. This is a mid table team a lock for 9-10th spot every year.

A healthy knights team as in ponga and pearce fit for the season they would've finished above us this year. Just seems strange that no rumblings from the media etc on who potential targets might be. Most secretive operation in NRL history with no leaks on who our potential targets might be.
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We had Reynolds out for %95 of the season.
Liddell for 8 weeks
Marshall for 5
Fonua with broken arm
Thompson with season ender.
Players sacked
Tui exiled
I find it quite rich to say a team who finished 6 points behind would have been better if one player avoided injury.
Imagine where we would have been if we had our desired 17 each week.
 
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does anyone have direct contact with pascoe, just to ask the question are we likely to make any key signings and how many do we look like getting. no names , or positions just a general answer for the fans and put us all at ease.
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We've had no leaks which suggests greater professionalism and perhaps lots going on behind closed doors. I am happy to wait for the inevitable announcements.
 
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