Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Newtown]

By The Mole
40 minutes ago

WESTS TIGERS TARGET MANLY RISING STAR

The Tigers are leading the race to sign Manly superstar-in-waiting Josh Schuster. A former member of the NSW under-18 team, Schuster - the nephew of ex-Knights centre John Schuster - has been earmarked for the top grade for the past three seasons at Manly.

The 20-year-old Schuster is regarded as the next big thing in the game and his YouTube highlights reel is staggering.

The youngster is off-contract and has half a dozen clubs wanting to sign him for next season and throw him straight into first-grade. The Tigers have tossed big money at the rookie but he also feels a certain loyalty to Manly.

"It's a tough call for Josh and he will make his decision in the next few weeks," Schuster's manager Mario Tartak told Wide World of Sports.

The Tigers are building for the long-term and are excited about the signing of an 18-year-old centre, Reece Hoffman, who made his Intrust Super Cup debut for Wynnum Manly last weekend and celebrated the occasion with a try.

Both Hoffman and another new recruit, Jake Simpkin impressed for Queensland in the under-18 State of Origin against NSW this season and will formally join the club over the summer.

 

[momo_amp_medo]

By The Mole
40 minutes ago

WESTS TIGERS TARGET MANLY RISING STAR

The Tigers are leading the race to sign Manly superstar-in-waiting Josh Schuster. A former member of the NSW under-18 team, Schuster - the nephew of ex-Knights centre John Schuster - has been earmarked for the top grade for the past three seasons at Manly.

The 20-year-old Schuster is regarded as the next big thing in the game and his YouTube highlights reel is staggering.

The youngster is off-contract and has half a dozen clubs wanting to sign him for next season and throw him straight into first-grade. The Tigers have tossed big money at the rookie but he also feels a certain loyalty to Manly.

"It's a tough call for Josh and he will make his decision in the next few weeks," Schuster's manager Mario Tartak told Wide World of Sports.

The Tigers are building for the long-term and are excited about the signing of an 18-year-old centre, Reece Hoffman, who made his Intrust Super Cup debut for Wynnum Manly last weekend and celebrated the occasion with a try.

Both Hoffman and another new recruit, Jake Simpkin impressed for Queensland in the under-18 State of Origin against NSW this season and will formally join the club over the summer.

This would be a very good long term signing. As long as his head is in the right place and barring serious injury ...... this guy along the other two Queenslanders we signed would be in our 1st grade side within next two seasons. Madge would be the right coach for them.

 

[hammertime]

love the signing. But some posters on the manly forum seem to be pretty confident they have him locked up.

 

[Snake]

@Russell I think Momo could well be the sleeper moving forward .. if his kicking continues to improve and he puts in the hard work into his kicking ect over the pre season he could be a real keeper . He has the main attribute to make the grade his mental toughness , he has taken some heavy hits confidence wise over the last month or so and has brushed it off and come back with some good performances.. watch this space !

 

[avocadoontoast]

@Russell I think Momo could well be the sleeper moving forward .. if his kicking continues to improve and he puts in the hard work into his kicking ect over the pre season he could be a real keeper . He has the main attribute to make the grade his mental toughness , he has taken some heavy hits confidence wise over the last month or so and has brushed it off and come back with some good performances.. watch this space !

He's too slow.

 

[Russell]

@Russell I think Momo could well be the sleeper moving forward .. if his kicking continues to improve and he puts in the hard work into his kicking ect over the pre season he could be a real keeper . He has the main attribute to make the grade his mental toughness , he has taken some heavy hits confidence wise over the last month or so and has brushed it off and come back with some good performances.. watch this space !

He's too slow.

How fast do you think Meninga was?

 

[Roar_Power]

@Snake I don't get that feeling about Momo at all. He is paceless and doesn't seem to have a whole lot of skill. Maybe he can prove me wrong but I personally wonder if he will even be resigned beyond 2020 given the direction the club is heading.

 

[avocadoontoast]

@Russell I think Momo could well be the sleeper moving forward .. if his kicking continues to improve and he puts in the hard work into his kicking ect over the pre season he could be a real keeper . He has the main attribute to make the grade his mental toughness , he has taken some heavy hits confidence wise over the last month or so and has brushed it off and come back with some good performances.. watch this space !

He's too slow.

How fast do you think Meninga was?

He was very fast, especially early on. He also weighed 110kg in an era where most props didn't weigh that. He's also possibly the best centre of all time.

Comparing Momirovski to him is ridiculous.

 

[Russell]

@Russell I think Momo could well be the sleeper moving forward .. if his kicking continues to improve and he puts in the hard work into his kicking ect over the pre season he could be a real keeper . He has the main attribute to make the grade his mental toughness , he has taken some heavy hits confidence wise over the last month or so and has brushed it off and come back with some good performances.. watch this space !

He's too slow.

How fast do you think Meninga was?

He was very fast, especially early on. He also weighed 110kg in an era where most props didn't weigh that. He's also possibly the best centre of all time.

Comparing Momirovski to him is ridiculous.

I'm talking about speed Avo.....only speed.

Meninga was hardly Steve Renouf or Reg Gasnier but it didn't stop him, might have been big but used his brain.

Momo uses his as well - that is the point.

As for the best centre of all time --- I'll let that go through to the keeper.

 

[avocadoontoast]

@Russell I think Momo could well be the sleeper moving forward .. if his kicking continues to improve and he puts in the hard work into his kicking ect over the pre season he could be a real keeper . He has the main attribute to make the grade his mental toughness , he has taken some heavy hits confidence wise over the last month or so and has brushed it off and come back with some good performances.. watch this space !

He's too slow.

How fast do you think Meninga was?

He was very fast, especially early on. He also weighed 110kg in an era where most props didn't weigh that. He's also possibly the best centre of all time.

Comparing Momirovski to him is ridiculous.

I'm talking about speed Avo.....only speed.

Meninga was hardly Steve Renouf or Reg Gasnier but it didn't stop him, might have been big but used is brain.

Momo uses his as well - that is the point.

As for the best centre of all time --- I'll let that go through to the keeper.

I never saw Gasnier but i'll take Meninga a million times over Renouf. Meninga is one of the best players i've ever seen.

Momirovski tries hard but has no pace and limited skill. He wouldn't make any other teams first grade squad. He's just a plodder.

 

[balmain boy]

love the signing. But some posters on the manly forum seem to be pretty confident they have him locked up.

He's off contract and there were rumours back in Feb that he would be joining us. He's not a local junior, from blacktown originally i think. Think he still lives out that way so it would be an easier commute to concord than narrabeen.

But every sydney club would have a crack at him. But we have a clear opening for him in our top squad, and whether he's on a dev contract or straight into top 30 he'd be in a position to play first grade next year - form and fitness permitting.

 

[westy81]

By The Mole
40 minutes ago

WESTS TIGERS TARGET MANLY RISING STAR

The Tigers are leading the race to sign Manly superstar-in-waiting Josh Schuster. A former member of the NSW under-18 team, Schuster - the nephew of ex-Knights centre John Schuster - has been earmarked for the top grade for the past three seasons at Manly.

The 20-year-old Schuster is regarded as the next big thing in the game and his YouTube highlights reel is staggering.

The youngster is off-contract and has half a dozen clubs wanting to sign him for next season and throw him straight into first-grade. The Tigers have tossed big money at the rookie but he also feels a certain loyalty to Manly.

"It's a tough call for Josh and he will make his decision in the next few weeks," Schuster's manager Mario Tartak told Wide World of Sports.

The Tigers are building for the long-term and are excited about the signing of an 18-year-old centre, Reece Hoffman, who made his Intrust Super Cup debut for Wynnum Manly last weekend and celebrated the occasion with a try.

Both Hoffman and another new recruit, Jake Simpkin impressed for Queensland in the under-18 State of Origin against NSW this season and will formally join the club over the summer.


This would be a very good long term signing. As long as his head is in the right place and barring serious injury ...... this guy along the other two Queenslanders we signed would be in our 1st grade side within next two seasons. Madge would be the right coach for them.

Good manly can keep him, I spoke to my mate the other day about him and knows him as he coached him in Harold Matt’s

He said he has a lot of potential but only does the flair and good stuff against easy teams

But when the going gets tough against harder teams he seems to go missing and only catches and passes

 

[balmain boy]

https://twitter.com/NRL/status/1164356818849665024

Tried to embed this tweet but it doesn't seem to work. Here's a clip of Schuster in action... Only he's bigger now.

 

[Russell]

@Russell I think Momo could well be the sleeper moving forward .. if his kicking continues to improve and he puts in the hard work into his kicking ect over the pre season he could be a real keeper . He has the main attribute to make the grade his mental toughness , he has taken some heavy hits confidence wise over the last month or so and has brushed it off and come back with some good performances.. watch this space !

He's too slow.

How fast do you think Meninga was?

He was very fast, especially early on. He also weighed 110kg in an era where most props didn't weigh that. He's also possibly the best centre of all time.

Comparing Momirovski to him is ridiculous.

I'm talking about speed Avo.....only speed.

Meninga was hardly Steve Renouf or Reg Gasnier but it didn't stop him, might have been big but used is brain.

Momo uses his as well - that is the point.

As for the best centre of all time --- I'll let that go through to the keeper.

I never saw Gasnier but i'll take Meninga a million times over Renouf. Meninga is one of the best players i've ever seen.

Momirovski tries hard but has no pace and limited skill. He wouldn't make any other teams first grade squad. He's just a plodder.

You have missed the point of all this - SPEED.

You said Momo was too slow - the point I am making is that there have been good centres play International RL that were not fast.

Surely you do not think Meninga could have outpaced Renouf?

Maybe speed is good - not the be all and end all - you need some brains to go with it.

 

[851]

@Russell I think Momo could well be the sleeper moving forward .. if his kicking continues to improve and he puts in the hard work into his kicking ect over the pre season he could be a real keeper . He has the main attribute to make the grade his mental toughness , he has taken some heavy hits confidence wise over the last month or so and has brushed it off and come back with some good performances.. watch this space !

Well Momo is a five eighth who played centre at the roosters, with a quick centre and winger he could well work out

 

[avocadoontoast]

@Russell I think Momo could well be the sleeper moving forward .. if his kicking continues to improve and he puts in the hard work into his kicking ect over the pre season he could be a real keeper . He has the main attribute to make the grade his mental toughness , he has taken some heavy hits confidence wise over the last month or so and has brushed it off and come back with some good performances.. watch this space !

He's too slow.

How fast do you think Meninga was?

He was very fast, especially early on. He also weighed 110kg in an era where most props didn't weigh that. He's also possibly the best centre of all time.

Comparing Momirovski to him is ridiculous.

I'm talking about speed Avo.....only speed.

Meninga was hardly Steve Renouf or Reg Gasnier but it didn't stop him, might have been big but used is brain.

Momo uses his as well - that is the point.

As for the best centre of all time --- I'll let that go through to the keeper.

I never saw Gasnier but i'll take Meninga a million times over Renouf. Meninga is one of the best players i've ever seen.

Momirovski tries hard but has no pace and limited skill. He wouldn't make any other teams first grade squad. He's just a plodder.

You have missed point of all this - SPEED.

You said Momo was too slow - the point I am making is that there have been good centres play International RL that were not fast.

Surely you do not think Meninga could have outpaced Renouf?

I was just looking it up online and Wayne Bennett was quoted saying that Meninga could run 100m in 11 seconds when he was playing at 105kg.

 

[jirskyr]

love the signing. But some posters on the manly forum seem to be pretty confident they have him locked up.

It's all win-win for us, so long as we have a price that we stick to. If he is as good as some people say he is, then he's a good potential signing in a position where we don't have many long-term quality commitments apart from Matto.

If he chooses to stay at Manly, we've forced Manly to pay extras and it keeps them out of the race for other backrowers.

The lower-ranked clubs like us need to hardball all the best juniors, get talking to all of them,
to force clubs with depth in that position to either pay extra to keep the junior or force out the incumbents.

 

[supercoach]

Momo is slow but has a football brain, can defend, can goal kick and is competitive. I think centre is his go, but deserves a starting gig where ever. Reminds me of Hoppa, not fast but makes the right calls

 

[TheDaBoss]

this is good, madge is targeting young talent and looking into the future

 

[AnotherOne]

madge is targeting young talent

*Benji Marshall says hi*