No big signings is a good thing for us. Trust me we won’t win anything if we continually recruit big money players. Keep at it sign young players with pedigree that want an opportunity. Build a club the kids want to stay at and play for. At some stage the investment in pathways will deliver the players we want at the right price.
Recruitment should only be to strengthen areas we are weaker at and or for experience or leadership to help the young players.
Madge has a strategy sign fat players that could be superstars. He will follow them around all offseason like a stalker and tell em put down the Canoli fatso.
The Tigers are showing discipline with signing targets and not paying overs. They are only going to offer extreme talents and proven origin level player big money. The reality of this is we will not get players as we are viewed as a weak club by players and player managers. We are doing things the right way and I applaud it. We need to build from within there’s plenty of talent on the roster Twal, Mikalele, Aloai, Leilua, Garner, MCK, Thompson, Mbye, Nofa, Brooks, Liddle, Seyfarth, Momirovski. Some veterans that can also help Packer, Benji, ET, Lawrence.
The club has identified rightly we are 2-3 strike players away from contention. If you can’t attract them you have to sign/develop younger players to make it happen.
I’d rather no news than paying overs for players who make us slightly better it will hurt in the longer term. The Storm hardly recruit any big names they sign them young and develop them mostly. Smith, Cronk, Slater, Inglis, Folau, Bromwich, NAS, Munster, Papynhuyzen, JAC, Vunivalu, Finucane, Chambers. I can’t think of any origin players they signed from another club.
Someone with ties to the club told me today don’t expect a deal on Matterson. The Tigers want a swap deal and offers are underwhelming. Paying him or fining him if he doesn’t turn up won’t impact anything. I have no idea if it’s correct but if so we have finally grown a set.
From my perspective Madge is trying to get all players to play a certain way. Direct, high line speed, break teams down in the middle and attack the edges. Good kick chase and solid defence.
The issue is the players can’t keep up the level of consistently required to play this way. If you don’t play this way and learn to play this way you lose.
First coach in a long time to stick with it and try to replace the players that can’t keep up for just don’t have it in them to win this way.
The complaints and whinging through managers and the media show that this club has been run by players not real about winning for a very long time. Unfortunately someone has to clean this up and getting rid of that guy whether it is Madge or anyone else is bad business.
There is real strategy to our recruitment which is a welcome change. The swap deal for Harry Grant releasing an outside back in Momirovski and overnight signing Douihei makes our team much stronger. It also has a long term succession plan for Benji at 6.
Directly replacing Matterson and Marsters with The Leilua brothers. Replacing Matulino with Musgrove and remaining with 1 spot left and salary cap space is a real good outcome. Promoting youth will be key with Garner, Talau, Mikalele, Twal, Clarke stepping up.
Madge is building this a brick at a time with no shortcuts. Slowly replacing expiring inflated contracts with better younger players is really smart work.
We need to play it smart. Recruit for 2022 now and increase and extend our players we want to keep. Keep bringing young players through. If we can get subsidised players from other clubs to bridge the gap that is the play for us this year.
Meaney if Fox goes to the Dogs and Angus Crichton would be wise in my view on the right money.
I can tell you for a fact the Sharks will be cheering if we take Moylan. They don’t want him at the club for the same reasons most on here feel about recruiting him. Overpaid, not coachable, injury prone. Tigers need to walk away.
This was badly planned by Aloai.
Tigers won’t budge here they have been burnt badly by Cleary and Matterson and we also have front row depth Tamou, Musgrove, Mikalele, Utoikamanu, Twal.
Unless a player becomes available that improves our team this will backfire. It’s also a straight breach of contract publicly blasting your employer. Big time to recoup contract money and sitting in the sidelines is what should happen here. If you don’t want to play sit out and sacrifice the salary.
It’s a big call I like the young bloke but this is straight disrespectful no matter how insulted you are over a contract.
Poor form. Just illustrating why Madge is doing what he is doing. There is something wrong with this squad we are clearly divided Nofas comments were clearly at some players. The performance last night tells me the issue is being dealt with.
I’d go with the Rookie Simpkin. Has some experienced players around him in Tamou, Ofehengaue,Twal, Brooks.
If he’s not ready it’s only a matter of time before it happens has more talent in his left finger than Liddle.
@spartan117 said in David Nofoaluma re-signs until 2025..:
This is a critical resigning for the WTs
Regardless of Players ability ( Though it is certainly there),
Nofo is largely our only really well known player now that Benji is gone.
This was about the Tigers showing that they can keep the players that they want and that that the Wests Tigers is a place to aspire to be.
I agree with this. He’s a top line player in a position we are weak, local junior staying to win with the club and not jumping ship to win elsewhere. Popular figure within the club who’s a top performer. His signing means more to us than to another team.
@Snake said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
Mbye’s only position in this team is 14… this is a very important position as a game progresses do not underestimate the value he will be in that position!
It’s important we get Laurie over this year. He’s a rookie but we have no fullback. Mbye is a elite 14 very versatile and not many players can play Fullback, Halves, Outside backs and hooker as well. He’s not a starter at any position but capable at many.
The other thing is he won’t get another big contract being a bench player and may take a cut to get an opportunity elsewhere.
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Not much in that article makes me think it’s a sure thing that we’re getting him anytime soon
Nicolussi pretty on the money usually with Tigers stuff.
I’m 3 from 3 in the rumour mill and I’ll be 4 from 4 after Laurie starts training with us after next week. It’s a done deal, the sticking point Cini but now resolved. Pemriff wanted a trade deal for Simpkins and were prepared to pay plenty so that’s probably a good sign too.
Which Simpkins? The dummy half?
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Yep, Hooker Simpkins
And we said yes? Surely we aren’t getting rid of him?
No, we didn;t say yes but he was the player they wanted.
Madge still has big plans for simpkins I hope?
He’ll be our long term 9.
That’s why I can’t understand Madge’s fascination with Cam McInnes.
While we have Simpkin and LiddleWe need consistency in the 9 jumper until liddle or Simpkin can prove they can play at least 60 mins as a starting hooker cam will be there and once one of them are ready he will
Move to lockWe have a facination for buying locks and 2nd rowers.We have Blore and a few others that may be good in this position.This is a different side then 2019, and with that extra year and different coaching and develoment staff . Maybe Cheese an Mac Guinness may be the way to go,but i’m confident these young guys will have a big year.
We are short a genuine lock at the moment. Twal needs to be part of the prop rotation. Maybe that’s where Madge sees/needs one of them to develop.
For the money we paid Nofa we could of picked up a decent lock
No we couldn’t have. We are already stacked with middle forwards. We have zero specialist wingers.
Nofa is a great club man. Everyday he realises Mbyes on twice his salary. Can’t blame the lad.
Nice work by the Tigers. These are the types of signings we generally get right. Missing out on marquee names is a blessing in disguise for us.
I posted a few months back Mitchell Pearce was on the outer and Roosters and Tigers were mentioned as the teams. It’s no surprise a leak from Knights has come out and not kept in house. Makes no sense for us or Roosters tbh but don’t be surprised if there’s truth to the old flogs article. They have a star in Walker coming through in 12 months and we have Brooks on a big long term deal no one will take.
If I had a guess the Sharks make a lot of sense.
@balmain-boy said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
I’ve been saying for a while we should target Toupouniua. Every bit as good as Fifita for half the price.
He turned us down last time off contract. All well and good to target players problem is few want to join. Juniors only way forward.
Well done to the Dogs 500k a year for the Dox is smart business he’s a game breaker.