Rumours (signings, sackings & other NRL stuff)

[TheDefinitionOfMadness]

This won't happen and It may be an auditors nightmare, but I would rather there be conditions on contracts, that we pay them a base amount, than incentive bonuses increases if the player performs or the team reaches certain levels on the ladder like top8,4 etc. For too long now our club has been paying overs to players that are not delivering on their price tag.

Great idea. For a team like ours this is needed. The minimum spend of 90 or 95% encourages laziness in teams that are anchored to the bottom. Where's the incentive to perform when you're making double what your worth

 

[Tigerm]

'Top level talks' over $800k enigma's club switch

Potential player swap floated

wwos.nine.com.au

Manly has held top level talks with the Tigers about a possible switch of colours for enigmatic five-eighth Josh Schuster.

The move of highly-regarded recruitment manager Scott Fulton, who is very close to Schuster, from the Sea Eagles to the Tigers last week, has got tongues wagging.


If true, the plot thickens?

 

[Marshall_magic]

'Top level talks' over $800k enigma's club switch

Potential player swap floated

wwos.nine.com.au

Manly has held top level talks with the Tigers about a possible switch of colours for enigmatic five-eighth Josh Schuster.

The move of highly-regarded recruitment manager Scott Fulton, who is very close to Schuster, from the Sea Eagles to the Tigers last week, has got tongues wagging.


If true, the plot thickens?

He would offer some x-factor to our flat attack, however I don’t think he’s what we need. Poor attitude by the look of things.

 

[Pezz70]

W

He would offer some x-factor to our flat attack, however I don’t think he’s what we need. Poor attitude by the look of things.

We don’t want this kid has proven himself to be unreliable, shame about his injuries but the ones with the right mindset, dont
Let themselves blow out during the layoff, and they get stuck in without the accompanying sooking.

 

[Marshall_magic]

W

We don’t want this kid has proven himself to be unreliable, shame about his injuries but the ones with the right mindset, dont
Let themselves blow out during the layoff, and they get stuck in without the accompanying sooking.

they also don’t get dropped and punch on with the reggies players. I want to know what happened there, other bloke probably told him that 20 McNuggets is classified and as a share pack.

 

[Wizardman]

I hope you guys watched our ex-tigers tonight.

Kelma: Hahahaha!!!! His next contract will be at ESL or NSW cup. Not evolving at all.
Aloiai: Hhahahahahahahahaha!!!! Crap last year, an embarassment this year!!! Keep mowing those Brookvale lawns Josh!!!
Woods: Hahahahahaha!!!! Such a powder puff!!!!

The only sad part about tonight is that the guy who recruited these men is now at our club

 

[marshall stalin]

I hope you guys watched our ex-tigers tonight.

Kelma: Hahahaha!!!! His next contract will be at ESL or NSW cup. Not evolving at all.
Aloiai: Hhahahahahahahahaha!!!! Crap last year, an embarassment this year!!! Keep mowing those Brookvale lawns Josh!!!
Woods: Hahahahahaha!!!! Such a powder puff!!!!

The only sad part about tonight is that the guy who recruited these men is now at our club

Well you may get them all back mid season then

 

[Peach & Apricot]

Amazing that Sharon Woods still gets picked in first grade.

 

[Wizardman]

Well you may get them all back mid season then

The saving grace is neither of those players will ever be back due to a combination of either not wanting to be back or the fans not welcolming them back. Our fans are pretty damn good at voicing their displeasure at former players who turn into pricks.

Kelma: The prick basically played half assed for the second half of last season. Would not be welcome.
Aloiai: His comments when leaving the club seals the fact he won't be back.
Woods: A couple of times when it had been raised that he could come back, the fans were very united in not wanting him back. He won't be back either.

 

[WA Tiger]

The reason for Aloiais indifference on the field, is because he’s in line to be recruited as the clubs health and safety officer, councillor and pastor for the clubs jailed players. It has been reported he’s open to performing last rights for a club in decline.

 

[big hit!]

Would ponissi and bellamy sign this bloke?

I think when any potential recruit is considered, this question should always be asked.

Yes, those two have signed a few talented players, but they value character and effort just as much, and it's why players like Josh King thrive in that environment when he was simply considered a disposable extra in Newcastle. Because they're valued just as much as the superstars in Melbourne.

Besides, no one has ever called Munster, Grant, Paps, Hughes, Hynes, Finucane and every other player they've had through the club lazy. and if they are, they're weeded out.

 

[Tigerm]

This comes under "other stuff".

For those who support the Royals, Long live the King.

For those who don't, try and have a good night anyway.

Though more importantly, go the WT's tomorrow.

 

[gordsy]

Maybe Fulton was let go as he was signing up a bucket load of players managed by Isaac Moses. Half of Manly and the coach is managed by him. As soon as I read that only Saints and Newcastle were the only other clubs looking to sign him, my heart sank,
The dopes at fox also like him, which is a sure sign he will f**k things up for us.

 

[Tigerm]

Maybe Fulton was let go as he was signing up a bucket load of players managed by Isaac Moses. Half of Manly and the coach is managed by him. As soon as I read that only Saints and Newcastle were the only other clubs looking to sign him, my heart sank,
The dopes at fox also like him, which is a sure sign he will f**k things up for us.

Well, I guess there's a 50% chance you could be right, or a 50% chance you could be wrong, I hope you are wrong. We need it to work.

Also, I’d be pretty sure the recruitment manager doesn’t go out and sign players without approval from the coach and the board? He would recommend someone after looking at cap issues and requirements who is possibly available and then hopefully get them signed, if approved, I would have thought?

 

[Pezz70]

Maybe Fulton was let go as he was signing up a bucket load of players managed by Isaac Moses. Half of Manly and the coach is managed by him. As soon as I read that only Saints and Newcastle were the only other clubs looking to sign him, my heart sank,
The dopes at fox also like him, which is a sure sign he will f**k things up for us.

I find it hard to reconcile that the word is Schuster will come across when Scott’s sister was the first one to bag the shit out of Schuster with his fight at training. Some people it might not worry but Schuster from the outside seems a bit precious. I think there are harder, more reliable and resilient blokes out there for the money we’d have to pay

 

[Tigerm]

MSN

Sea Eagles stars fair game in Tiger hunt, says Fulton​

An interesting item to come out of this article?

As the NRL targets American betting revenue, rugby league’s governing body is also about to re-examine a gambling policy that has cost Laurie Daley and others a lot of money.

The code has been accused of being selective when it comes to the gambling links of key figures in the game. And privately they have been embarrassed by their stance in allowing Matt Tripp to be the chairman of the Melbourne Storm and the head of gambling company Betr, which is also majority owned by News Corp, another significant stakeholder in the game. It is, at best, inconsistent.

Tripp has been allowed to operate in his dual roles, and has gone unquestioned by the News Corp media, while Daley, Willie Mason and Robbie Farah have all been either stopped from being involved with gambling operators or questioned about their betting links.



This happened to us, when we looked at Daley to be our halves coach and the NRL knocked back because of his involvement with a betting agency? I wasn't aware that Farrah was involved with one as well?

 

[gordsy]

"We're down to two halfbacks of first-grade calibre," Sheens said. "Shaun Johnson has been discussed but that's only because we've lost Adam. "We're not talking about this year. I don't think Adam will play much next year, either, just quietly. "Hopefully he will but at the moment we can't count on that so we're looking for a short-term fix for that.+

Sheens must be off his meds, what decent player let alone a half signs a one year deal and what does he see in a.d that no one else does that makes him so special, we're only looking to recruit now he's Injured. Are you kidding me ???
So our plan will be resign Brooks, keep Wakeham or anyone else till A.d comes back in 2025. You can kiss goodbye any hope of finals in that case. It's almost as if they want us to fail...

 

[Perth Tiger]

Watching the Cowboys game and of course the roosters blow the chance for us to get off the bottom of the ladder. But it got me thinking what the hell happened to luciano leilua? Has he been stood down for the year or something?

 

[Tigerm]

Watching the Cowboys game and of course the roosters blow the chance for us to get off the bottom of the ladder. But it got me thinking what the hell happened to luciano leilua? Has he been stood down for the year or something?

I asked similar a few days ago, there haven't been many FG players who have left us and kicked on with other clubs, have there?

A few exceptions of course, Teddy, JAC and Koroibete come to mind.

Understandable I guess, we have been shit for so long, if you generally play here then you've been part of the problem?

 

[gordsy]

Watching the Cowboys game and of course the roosters blow the chance for us to get off the bottom of the ladder. But it got me thinking what the hell happened to luciano leilua? Has he been stood down for the year or something?

His dv case isnt for a few more weeks, he's been stood down till then.