Rumours and Stuff

[Chipmunk]

In the scheme of things the optics of letting him go before the end of the year is embarrassing without asking for any compensation.

He had another 18 months to go.

I don't think i could have copped it as a Parra fan just makes your club still look incompetent.

They have handed him over without a fight.

I can understand letting him go early come November 1 this year for the 2026.

But what if Api does his knee in round 25 this year and is out for 12 months.

Its just lunacy when you had a capeable backup contracted for next year anyway.

Sounds like us when we let our Captain and also our Player of the Year go with a season left on their contracts.

 

[Tiger5150]

Can't understand Tigers in this situation and no wonder they are rooted towards the bottom of the ladder. They are signing a 33yo hooker for what...2 years, 3? Admittedly a good one but well past his best and let go a 10 year hooker with plenty of upside potential. What are they thinking???

Actually this part of it makes perfect sense to me and I agree with what this decision.

Api is a gun and is still a gun right now and will be for a few more years. he will be 35 at the end of his career. Tigers need to win games now and in 26 and point bluntly Api makes that more likely and TDS doesnt. Tigers have Jared Haywood coming through who will take his place and will be a better 9 than TDS.

The timing (immediate now) makes no sense to me. I can hypothesise that they have written off this season now and using that money to front load Contracts, maybe Api's to make things work but TDS was on $400K and the year is half done so it would be less than $200K? I cant get my head around that part.

 

[Chipmunk]

So for all the crap MON and co were getting with recruitment, I reckon it's looking pretty good now...still more to do, but squad is building nicely..

Most of the promising juniors are locked up, all the promising players we have used this year, are locked up. And we have added 2 players who will improve our top 17.....

Just need to patient and not expect much media speculation on our targets.....

BTW - still reports we are interested in Garner.

We're still lacking 500 more NRL games experience in my view.

 

[T-Boon]

Was it the Parra game where we saw the defense deliberately giving up scrum penalties (near try line) by not packing in time OR by blatantly breaking the scrum early rather than allow the scrum play (to the frustration of the ref)?
Is this rampant in the league?
What do we glean from this?
Should it not be a catalyst for a wider conversation about coaches and rules?

One thing to glean is there doesn’t seem to be any NRL coach speaking up about that negative tactic only the refs and the commentators and this mast head (me) - as such, coaches are obviously out of step with what the people want and should therefore not have anything to do with the rules committee.

 

[Tiger5150]

Tigers forum insinuating there were off field factors at play

There are, but nothing that would result in this IMO

 

[T-Boon]

Sounds like us when we let our Captain and also our Player of the Year go with a season left on their contracts.

And when we did that with Jason Bell and Michael Beautner.

 

[Tiger5150]

On Moses apparently the Roosters didn't resign one of their half backs in their juniors as he was managed by Moses.. Kids off to the Dogs...

The Roosters "principled" stand on Moses is BS. They signed Tedesco & Suaalii who were both Moses players. If the player is good enough, they will deal with him.

 

[Tiger5150]

Possibly and if it works out that way, it’s good news for us, thanks. It’ll be difficult to carry TDS, Smith & Walker in the same team. But I think we provide a different job share than he had with 80min Api, where he can now be the senior partner at least. Even read an article from earlier this year where TDS said he wasn’t an 80 minute player yet

Mate it will be good news anyway. He is a good player.

TDS thinks he is a 80min player....... among other things.

 

[Avenger]

Love the signing but he needs to do something about those fake as f**k manicured eyebrows.

 

[Avenger]

Last photo of TDS before departing to the Eels.

 

[Grigor]

There are, but nothing that would result in this IMO

What other issues were involved tiger 5150 , I'm sure eels did there due diligence on him , btw what weak ass club wouldn't ask for compensation from another club for an immediate transfer ?

 

[Delboy]

So, we have finally started to get things done in the front office that look sensible and somewhat competitive. Not celebrating too soon as they have finally done their job, the real work needs to continue as there are at least 3 positions that need attention and there should be cap room and positions to get things done at a decent player level.

Middle, edge and centre and possibly a 6 if good one becomes available. That will set the club up for a run at the top 8.

 

[hineyrulz]

Last photo of TDS before departing to the Eels.
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He has more hair on his eyebrows than most Eels fans have on their heads ffs!!

 

[Tiger5150]

What other issues were involved tiger 5150 , I'm sure eels did there due diligence on him , btw what weak ass club wouldn't ask for compensation from another club for an immediate transfer ?

Damn.....I was just about to tell you what the issue was and then you said bad things about my club.....

 

[King-Gutho94]

Tigers forum insinuating there were off field factors at play

Maybe TDS got bullied into shaving those eyes brow off.

And he refused.

 

[85 Baby]

TDS thinks he is a 80min player....... among other things.

The Earth is flat?
He thinks he’s also a tugboat?
I’m Batman?

 

[Soren Lorenson]

On Moses apparently the Roosters didn't resign one of their half backs in their juniors as he was managed by Moses.. Kids off to the Dogs...

nothing to do with the kid having DCE, Sandon Smith, Hugo Savala, Sam Walker, The CHAD and Toby Rodwell ahead of him?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Matt Arthur only has a high ceiling because he’s a midget.

You wouldn’t want a short man at dummy half.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Coinakis is very small. Matt Arthur clone without dad’s footy shorts.

Matt Arthur is playing well in reserve grade, and only a year older than Coinakis, who has so far only played well in SG Ball.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He has been a bit unlucky.

2 wins from his last 24 games in senior footy. Like not many have managed that in the last 12 months or many ever manage that period.

Can't help bad luck i suppose.

Might it just mean he is playing in shit teams?