On NRL 360 last night every panellist concurred that Mitchell was hard done by in respect to the length of the penalty - Even back door Benny agreed that “in his day” nothing would have happened as far as a penalty was concerned! All those so called media experts blabbed about how it ruined Mitchell’s chances at the Dally M Award! Latrell becomes “The Victim” see how it works folks? Not one mentioned the two Garner incidents which were just as damning as the elbow to Nofo’s head! One rule for the Millionaires and one rule for the Fibros! Nothing has changed!

Big Call - But this is Madge’s team for next year along with some current players. The Reggies/Flegg success is not by accident. This is the planned recruitment approach. Shades of Penrith. The COE is the start of the build. This year is our biggest Pre Season Trial ever. We are going to be the best club ever! Gardiner will be the next boss and Madge will become the “Gould Guru” type Old Wise Man in an advisory role.

We have a Premiership Winning Coach both here and in the UK.
We are a Club that hasn’t been in the Big Dance for over 10 years.
We are currently 1st in The Flegg
We are 2nd in the KO Cup
We either believe in the Coaching/Recruiting regime or We are Wankers
We have a COE that will be ready next year.
The boys who will become men from the recruitment into the new COE are our Future
When you wake TFU you will cheer TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS (or Maggies Maggies Maggies - I’m OK with that!)

BREAKING Latrell admits that his decision to reject the Tigers offer was due to the Fact that Corey Thompson was prepared to fight for the job, whereas he just expected it.

I’m 62 and have not seen a Rookie as good as this guy!

@TheDaBoss said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Or DouKei

and if the big kid gets a run on the left edge it might be TukiDoukei

@Newtown Does your success bread come in Wholemeal? Asking for a Vegan.

@finnzo said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Has any 1 seen a highlight package of Harry grant

I saw 4 Weddings and a Funeral - does that count?

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@pj said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

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@tiger05premier said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

![alt text](Stephen Crichton’s contract standoff costs Penrith a pretty penny
Many thought Stephen Crichton was crazy to walk away from a $500K handshake deal, but the move is about to pay off big time.

The NRL’s next millionaire could be made this week with the Penrith Panthers set to table a deal that will make Stephen Crichton rugby league’s richest centre.

Crichton will be offered a $10,000-a-game upgrade to his existing contract as part of a new deal that is expected to be worth $2.25 million over three years.

Hoping to end the contract saga that began with a revelation that “the next big thing” reneged on a $500,000 handshake deal, the Panthers confirmed that a revised contract had been finalised and would be put to Crichton as early as this week.

Stephen Crichton is poised to become the highest paid centre in the game. Picture: Brett Costello
“It has been a bit of a process since the grand final but we are almost there,” Penrith coach Ivan Cleary (inset) said.

“It (managing the roster) has been a challenge for us after a successful year that came as a bit of a surprise, but we are confident that he won’t be going anywhere.”

It is understood the $2.25 million will include a $250,000 upgrade to his current contract which is set to expire at the end of this year.

Penrith coach Ivan Cleary was confident the club would retain Crichton. Picture: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
The $750,000-a-year deal will leapfrog Crichton over Roosters powerhouse Joey Manu ($700,000) as the NRL’s highest-paid full-time centre in a stunning achievement for a 20-year-old who has played just 26 NRL games.

The Panthers are confident the new deal will be enough to fend off interest from a long line of rival clubs, led by the cashed-up Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

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Chuck 800 on the table

Save the money and throw a mill at staggs.
Play him at fb

The bloke did his ACL a few months ago. Huge gamble to do that. Not too keen on that decision just yet given our hideous past of paying massive money for blokes that barely got on the field year after year. Not to mention we supposedly signed Laurie to fill fullback.

MY Thoughts exactly, I think Crichton could be good anywhere in the backline,we have KEI and others who are promising centers.Staggs is too risky,and not needed.

Banking on unproven centres is more risky than picking up Staggs on a marquee contract.
Did Roosters go cold on Teddy after his two serious injuries when he was just starting out?

The Roosters were more concerned over Teddy’s teeth straightening recovery than his dicky knees.

@shooter-mcgavin said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Can’t see anywhere else but 7 News saying that Benji going to rabbits for a swansong…

On a Train & Complain Contract?

Why are our avitar images not posting Kul?

Clearly, the drugs Phil Rothfield is on are not on the PBS.

@cochise said in Team vs Manly Round 19:

Really nice touch from the club

https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2021/07/24/families-present-round-19-team-list/

I teared up!

@jayt said in Litmus test for Madge...:

We have outclassed all over. Broncos forwards even had the better of us. Loss by 20 points would be a great result. Expecting something like 50 10

I’m not so sure - MKM was the centre who was exposed last time & Musgrove who had a shocker isn’t playing nor is the other centre JTJ. The Mikaele 13 worked last week with Joffa offa the bench. Yes, Twal is missing, but I think Seyfarth will be hungry given a fresh chance. High scoring game with a Luke Brooks field goal at the death to win for mine!

@harvey said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

More New Ltd, this time Riccio:

NRL transfer market: Who your club wants to sign and what they need for 2022

WESTS TIGERS

The poor Tigers can’t land a tadpole let alone a big fish. Their latest move is an 11th hour bid for Dale Finucane after Tevita Pangai Jr and Scott Sorensen knocked them back. I keep hearing Aaron Woods, with his big-body, leadership qualities and emotional ties to his former club, could finish in the black and gold.

Awesome! Woods Joins Tamou & Packer - Zimmer Frame shares just skyrocketed!

@coastie_tiger said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@leichhardttiger said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@coastie_tiger said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@hsvjones said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Question - With Paul Vaughn looking like joining the Dogs on the cheap side do we look at entering the party??
He would come cheap and it would not be long term but he would come into the 13 straight up. If we don’t get him at least it will make dogs pay more

I would have no problems getting him for 400-450k for 2 years and not for his leadership but more for his work he does on the field.

I’d enter the race purely to make them pay more put their cap out of whack even further.

Pretty Sure our pack owned the Dragons pack twice this year.

Perhaps you should re read my comment

Perhaps you should consider the consequences of proposing a dodgy player negotiation. But, sorry, I quoted from the wrong post. The comment was to highlight to the previous poster that we don’t need him at any price. But setting the Dogs up and pulling out will just make us, as a Club, seem even less trustworthy for future recruits.

@coastie_tiger said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@hsvjones said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Question - With Paul Vaughn looking like joining the Dogs on the cheap side do we look at entering the party??
He would come cheap and it would not be long term but he would come into the 13 straight up. If we don’t get him at least it will make dogs pay more

I would have no problems getting him for 400-450k for 2 years and not for his leadership but more for his work he does on the field.

I’d enter the race purely to make them pay more put their cap out of whack even further.

Pretty Sure our pack owned the Dragons pack twice this year.

@wildcat777 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Lol the rugby league and contracts is a funny animal. We have to face reality. We have no idea what happens during negotiations. But what we do is that there are 3 types of payments. The agreed salary 1. And then there is the TPA 2. Both of which are registered with the NRL and then there is the 3rd component. The brown paper bag. Well this component dare I say is hidden and not disclosed and is most cases the difference between getting a signature or not!

ALDI Bags - but seriously, it was ever the way back in the day - Terry Hill used to leave with a sports bag full of lobsters when he visited a cafe in Surry Hills during his Manly days.

@jadtiger said in ‘It’s the truth’: compelling new WT doco:

@leichhardttiger said in ‘It’s the truth’: compelling new WT doco:

@demps said in ‘It’s the truth’: compelling new WT doco:

I saw the pom in episode 1.

Thought that was very underwhelming.

Specsavers for me tomorrow - I thought you typed “I saw the porn in episode 1”

So how many times did you rewatch it hoping to catch what you thought you had missed

Not as many times as Basic Instinct - I wore three VHS tapes out on that one! :disappointed_relieved:

@demps said in ‘It’s the truth’: compelling new WT doco:

I saw the pom in episode 1.

Thought that was very underwhelming.

Specsavers for me tomorrow - I thought you typed “I saw the porn in episode 1”