Rumours (signings, sackings & other NRL stuff)

[Tigerm]

Mbye next to go apparently.

Yes, apparently not happy with having the captaincy taken off him, surely he is living in a bubble by himself if he thinks he has done well with that?

 

[Tigerm]

If you haven't already, when you get a chance, watch the "Ask the Boss" episode 2 (WT web site), has Hartigan on, nothing super informative, but does have a few things of interest.

 

[Disillusioned Tiger]

Any suggestion of who actually wants Mbye at that over inflated price? I hope it’s Melbourne!

 

[Tiger Ted]

Mbye next to go apparently.

The day this pathetic bum departs concord I shall open a bottle of blue label Johnny Walker

As far as I’m concerned he’s the biggest dud of all of Cleary’s toxic signings.Pissweak slow & nothing more than an average park footballer.

 

[Tiger Ted]

Yes, apparently not happy with having the captaincy taken off him, surely he is living in a bubble by himself if he thinks he has done well with that?

Hahaha what a delusional pissant.He isn’t a captains a/hole !

 

[Tiger Ted]

Any suggestion of who actually wants Mbye at that over inflated price? I hope it’s Melbourne!

No doubt we will be subsidising the majority of the bums contract.I wouldn’t sign him for 10% of what he’s currently on.

 

[Choiboi]

Another great resigning. Such a beast when he is on. Knocked back a big offer from StG, good to see him show some loyalty back. Seems like a rare quality these days.

Official

Wests Tigers are pleased to announce that talented forward Zane Musgrove has signed a new playing contract with the club.

The new, three-year deal will see the 24-year-old remain in Wests Tigers colours until at least the end of the 2024 NRL season.

https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2020/12/09/wests-tigers-re-sign-zane-musgrove/

 

[Vic Mackey]

Musgroves a very good keep. He was fantastic last year, just need to keep him on the field. Guy is absolutely massive and had his best games when starting. At 24 his just about to enter his prime. Well done team!

 

[Marshall_magic]

Glad to see a player turning down a big offer from another club to stay loyal. Been a while since we’ve seen that. In fact it’s been a long time since we’ve had such a good week in the player market. I guess a bit of stability with the coach helps in this department.

 

[Blackwhitegold]

Who is the png fella we signed from south’s?

 

[BrotherJim05]

While I wouldn't have Musgrove in my top 17, Madge seems to rate him highly and stuck by him through all the bs he went through. Whether Musgrove indeed is in our regular front row rotation, it's so good to see a WT player demonstrate his loyalty to Madge.

Just need to wrap up Madge and Nofo signatures and then we can look to fill up those final two spots

 

[Choiboi]

Who is the png fella we signed from south’s?

Edene Gebbie the human highlights reel. We signed him on a train and trail contract. He looks pretty legit. He's a fullback/winger

 

[Tigerm]

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While I wouldn't have Musgrove in my top 17, Madge seems to rate him highly and stuck by him through all the bs he went through. Whether Musgrove indeed is in our regular front row rotation, it's so good to see a WT player demonstrate his loyalty to Madge.

Just need to wrap up Madge and Nofo signatures and then we can look to fill up those final two spots

3 spots, are you counting Laurie for this year?
WESTS TIGERS 2021 NRL SQUAD
PLAYER CONTRACT
Shawn Blore 2021 2022 2023
Kane Bradley 2021
Luke Brooks 2021 2022 2023
Michael Chee Kam 2021
Zac Cini 2021
Adam Doueihi 2021 2022 2023
Luke Garner 2021 2022
Asu Kepaoa 2021 2022 2023
Daine Laurie 2022 2023
Joey Leilua 2021 2022 (CO)
Luciano Leilua 2021 2022
Jacob Liddle 2021
Jock Madden 2021
Moses Mbye 2021 2022
Thomas Mikaele 2021
Paul Momirovski 2021 2022 (PO)
Zane Musgrove 2021 2022 2023 2024
David Nofoaluma 2021
Joe Ofahengaue 2021 2022 2023
Russell Packer 2021
James Roberts 2021 2022 (CO)
Alex Seyfarth 2021
Jake Simpkin 2021 2022
Tommy Talau 2021 2022
James Tamou 2021 2022
Alex Twal 2021 2022
Stefano Utoikamanu 2021 2022 2023
Billy Walters 2021

 

[The Charlatan]

There's 3 spots, assuming Laurie is not coming this year.

We need to fill two by 1st Feb IIRC, and the last by 1st August.

I don't believe Grub was released just for cap space, there is likely something in the works. We have another two moves to make in the next 6-7 weeks.

 

[BrotherJim05]

I feel we need to sign a marquee 2nd rower to partner Lucy. Garner isn't bad but I feel he has one foot out the door. Maybe not... Just a feeling.

If Garner and Lucy are the starting 2nd rowers tho, we really need to move Garner back to left hand side. Him and Brooks had a very good combination but he was moved because he wanted to break up Leuilua brothers. Now it seems BJ will be back on left side so they should move Garner back to left.

 

[Perth Tiger]

Edene Gebbie the human highlights reel. We signed him on a train and trail contract. He looks pretty legit. He's a fullback/winger

I would take Gebbie on a small contract over Mansour on half a million any day of the week

 

[Vozzy]

I would take Gebbie on a small contract over Mansour on half a million any day of the week

If he can be anything like Justin Olam then yes. He may be raw but Sivo, Semi, Korabitie and Olam were all raw at first and are now in the top 3-5 players in their positions. Once you have a game plan that utilises their power sometimes without playing well these guys find the line without the team doing much.

 

[Tiger Ted]

I would take Gebbie on a small contract over Mansour on half a million any day of the week

If we can get mansour for 300k/yr for 2 yrs we would get great value for money & it would enable us to give Nofa a shot at fullback.Penrith are obviously going to subsidise his current contract while he plays elsewhere however as has been reported Ayoub is eager to get him a 3 yr deal which hopefully we won’t entertain as it’s 1 yr too many for someone his age

 

[Choiboi]

If we can get mansour for 300k/yr for 2 yrs we would get great value for money & it would enable us to give Nofa a shot at fullback.Penrith are obviously going to subsidise his current contract while he plays elsewhere however as has been reported Ayoub is eager to get him a 3 yr deal which hopefully we won’t entertain as it’s 1 yr too many for someone his age

No thanks to Mansour. He wants a 3year contract, we have a specialist FB coming in next year and I would rather give Nofa, AJ and Edene a shot at the wingers spots.. I don't see the spot for Mansour

I hope we can trade Cini for Laurie in 2021 and that'll solve our FB conundrum.

 

[Choiboi]

Madge officially resigned! Heck yeah!!!

OFFICIAL

Wests Tigers are pleased to confirm that Head Coach Michael Maguire has extended his contract with the club until the end of the 2023 NRL season.

Already contracted with the club for the 2021 season, the two-year deal will begin from the start of the 2022 season and will see Maguire become the second-longest serving coach in Wests Tigers history (behind Life Member Tim Sheens).

https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2020/12/10/michael-maguire-re-signs-with-wests-tigers