Rumours and Stuff

[Poupou Escobar]

If true why does Bea continually surround himself with absolute duds??

Because that's all we can afford. Arthur's doesn't pay their salaries ffs.

 

[jk13]

Ennis has hair and he may now support us on fox

 

[hineyrulz]

As Pou would say, the extra length hopefully means he’s on less annually

*Anally.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Now we are stuck in our an old past it prop well past his best, FFS!!!!

ffs I hope we haven't paid too much. That was very quick for a re-signing at this time of the year. I assume the length kept his price down but ffs he will be 32 at the end of this contract.

 

[The Predictor]

Tigers already announced their assistants.

Wests Tigers appoint Cayless, Gardiner as Assistant Coaches

Wests Tigers have announced the appointment of Ben Gardiner and Nathan Cayless as Assistant Coaches to Head Coach Michael Maguire for the 2022 NRL season.

www.weststigers.com.au

Oh okay, cheers!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Fella's , just go to the Dragons sites to see what they think of Mary.

As if we'd listen to f**ken Dragons fans ffs. It's the only fanbase as dumb as ours.

 

[lucablight]

and yet you think we had a competitive advantage over them because they were paying some portion of RCH and Waqa's contract. That's what you said here.

and again here

Yes? Where have I been inconsistent?

 

[hineyrulz]

ffs I hope we haven't paid too much. That was very quick for a re-signing at this time of the year. I assume the length kept his price down but ffs he will be 32 at the end of this contract.

FFS!! Disgraceful from the club, can’t believe it!!

 

[hineyrulz]

Because that's all we can afford. Arthur's doesn't pay their salaries ffs.

Yep, just a shame we don’t have more money. Oh well supporting a little battler of a club is very exciting!!

 

[IFR33K]

Now we are stuck in our an old past it prop well past his best, FFS!!!!

Yep. Amazing how people were saying he’s replaceable and wouldn’t be worth the $$. Now they’ll be claiming it’s a master stroke. I see no reason why he can’t maintain the form he’s in for another 3 or so years. He’s hardly old

 

[lucablight]

No team that ever won a premiership was a 100% chance of winning. You build until you're at your best and then hope for some luck. Whether you jag a comp that year comes down to injuries (including the opposition) and bounce of the ball on the day. Some teams win more premierships than others because at their best they are a higher chance of winning. The Storm might be a 50% premiership chance in their best years. They might still be a 10% chance in their worst years. That's because they have so many resources at their disposal. A Sydney club not based in the inner city might only be a 20% chance of winning at their best and 0% in a rebuilding year. The idea of building to a guaranteed premiership is a falsehood. It's just sliding percentages year after year. You only see premierships (and non-premierships) as inevitable because your human brain wants to see everything as a story, with obvious cause and effect. Try listening to your lizard brain instead. A bunch of things could happen and in the end only one will, based on probability and random chance.

I’m not saying there’s any guarantee of a premiership. I’m saying that until we achieve some degree of success (i.e making or winning a grand final) we should be continually building not getting worse. Is the salary designed to make week 2 finals teams that aren’t getting any further each year to regress?

 

[84 Baby]

*Anally.

Whatever gets him across the line

 

[King-Gutho94]

At least penrith will still be chipping in 250k at least for 3 of those years. We may front end his contract with that being the case

 

[84 Baby]

Yep. Amazing how people were saying he’s replaceable and wouldn’t be worth the $$. Now they’ll be claiming it’s a master stroke. I see no reason why he can’t maintain the form he’s in for another 3 or so years. He’s hardly old

But that wasn’t wasn’t hiney’s point? The point was we wouldn’t be able to replace RCG AT $500k. I hope we have resigned him for $500k. That’d be brilliant

 

[Chipmunk]

ffs I hope we haven't paid too much. That was very quick for a re-signing at this time of the year. I assume the length kept his price down but ffs he will be 32 at the end of this contract.

Same age as JWH this year then, who was still the backbone of the Roosters forward pack this season.

 

[lucablight]

Having other clubs subsidise your players is only one way of getting more value out of them than their cost under the salary cap. Other ways are just signing them cheaper in the first place, like we did with Papali'i, Niukore and Mahoney. Or like the Roosters did with every player enticed by investment and post-footy career opportunities. The Panthers have done it too, by spending big on junior recruitment/retention. This gives them cap advantages with the handful of players that end up in the top 30. It's not just about finding a player some other club is happy to subsidise. I doubt the Warriors were subsidising Papali'i this year. Nobody will be subsidising Penisini next year if we get $500k worth of footy out of him.

Agreed. That doesn’t change the fact that we had a salary cap advantage over Penrith by virtue of them paying for some of our players though. The other cap advantages you mentioned come from within and not other clubs.

 

[Chipmunk]

Are we expecting any more announcements this arvo? Rein still not official.

 

[Matty Bhoy]

Great to have Reg committing to us. I’d imagine that as they re-sign one by one, it adds pressure to those who haven’t and have a deal on the table.

 

[King-Gutho94]

At least penrith will still be chipping in 250k at least for 3 of those years. We may front end his contract with that being the case

 

[King-Gutho94]

I love the ennis news i reckon he is the best analyst on Fox tbh. No BS about him either. He loves mahoney and gives us a presence in the media as well. I noticed how Ennis always stood up for canberra when he was there as a consultant. Plus he is a winner

So that means he played for 5 clubs as a player and has helped another 2 post his career with coaching. Nearly represented half the comp