The Buying Season

[Magpies Forever]

When are we gonna buy someone worth note?
Dragons, Penrith even Parra are active in the market, what the fk are we doing?

2014 is already shaping as a nothing season...

With our huge recruitment budget I'm sure we will buy some crock on his last legs looking for retirement supplement.

Whilst in the real world we have once stars that are past their prime, not performing and should either be dropped to State Cup or booted. Instead we give them long term contract extensions, increased salaries and talk them up like their form slump is a minor, momentary bump. We don't even seem to notice or care that form slump or injury goes on for over a year or two. (Blair, Marshall, Lawrence & Tiquiri plus even Fulton & Galloway to a degree).

 

[Magpie Tragic]

An extract from an article on NRL.com....I guess that about sums it up for us this year, what you see is what you get....there won't be any cavalry charge coming to save us


"Meanwhile, coach Mick Potter revealed his squad would not be ‘propped up’ by supplementary front-rowers in 2013. Speculation in recent weeks pointed to the club adding to their forward stocks this season, but Potter revealed the Concord-based team no longer had room under their salary cap to accommodate additional players.
“We’re pretty stuck with how we’re using young guys,” Potter said. “The twist in the tale is once your quota of money in the second tier is full you can’t go and recruit – there’ll be no-one else coming in unless they’re amateurs… and amateur means they’re playing for nothing.”

 

[Matchball]

Remove cap scabs.
Lote is soaking up a prop on his salary.

 

[madunit]

Lote, utai, anasta, moltzen, blair, pettybourne - set em free, buy 2 back rowers & a prop at least, from that freed up coin

 

[Magpies Forever]

Zerotackle is reporting Anthony Tupou is being pushed out by Carney's deal to stay at Sharks. As usual Warriors sniffing around and ESL speculation as well. How would he go in WT colours? Should we make an offer? Swap deal for Blair??????????

 

[super_coach]

Zerotackle is reporting Anthony Tupou is being pushed out by Carney's deal to stay at Sharks. As usual Warriors sniffing around and ESL speculation as well. How would he go in WT colours? Should we make an offer? Swap deal for Blair??????????

another light weight being paid big dollars who has delivered very very little

 

[Radical Rat]

When are we gonna buy someone worth note?
Dragons, Penrith even Parra are active in the market, what the fk are we doing?

2014 is already shaping as a nothing season...

It's an absolute joke isn't it. We haven't been linked to anyone. So clearly we are in such a fu*ked up position, we're not even in the market.

It's painful to watch, but I can stomach that this year is a write off. But pretty depressing that 2014 already is.

 

[Radical Rat]

Zerotackle is reporting Anthony Tupou is being pushed out by Carney's deal to stay at Sharks. As usual Warriors sniffing around and ESL speculation as well. How would he go in WT colours? Should we make an offer? Swap deal for Blair??????????

He is the blueprint of another shit Tigers buy:

Way past his best - Check
Chronic injury problems - Check
Not wanted by current club - Check
On inflated salary - Check

 

[Matchball]

Lote, utai, anasta, moltzen, blair, pettybourne - set em free, buy 2 back rowers & a prop at least, from that freed up coin

Probably 1.5m in that 6 players there without even blinking.
We are the stupidest club in the comp, no doubt about it.