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1. Iongi
2. Lomax
3. Penisini
4. Russell
5. JAC
6. Papall'i
7. Moses
8. Paulo
9. Smith
10. Hopgood
11. Tuilagi
12. Kautoga
13. Debelin
14. Walker
15. Williams
16. Moretti/Doorey
17. Tuaviti
18. TDS
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1. Iongi
2. Lomax
3. Penisini
4. Russell
5. JAC
6. Papall'i
7. Moses
8. Paulo
9. Smith
10. Hopgood
11. Tuilagi
12. Kautoga
13. Debelin
14. Walker
15. Williams
16. Moretti/Doorey
17. Tuaviti
18. TDS
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"Joash is crap. Lorenzo is the player we need to put the time into."
"I think they have to buy a couple still, lot of the cup team has been taken and put into the nrl side. We short some backs for sure "
"So we only buy 1 player"
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Tell me how having almost a million dollars in the bank by not having to pay Matto and Hands in 2026 wouldn't assist with signing a huge name player , Floppa ? Putting aside the obvious that your mate MON couldn't get the job done.
Let's use Lane as an example for arguments sake. Let's say he doesn't retire and we have him on what 600k ? Throw Mattersons and Hands salaries on top of that and you're in the market for Tino , ya dope. Let's say he doesn't retire retire , then we are in the perfect position to buy a blue chip player. But we can't, why ? Because the guy you told us is the great lord almighty has us locked into stupid deals.
LB , I get what you're saying about a rushed signing , but that's the whole point, It's not rocket science. That's why I've been saying the clown needs punting for the last 5 years.
LB, you say panic signing, a dn dictate, well that is exactly what occurred previously. What has changed since then besides Ryles?
I say ridiculous; when has Matterson ever torn a game to shreds? Never for me; he did his job in say 2022 and that was it; he left us originally from reggies or the like to go to Easts; then did not last long and then Wests and then us; we were suckers and would have been better off bringing up two / three kids but if i recall BA was never one to bring on many kids in his time.
I doubt any NRL will pick up the cheque for Matterson and he will play reggies; tbh I would sit him out fullstop unless he shows something in 2026; his price will quickly reduce. Play him in reggies at prop.
Well name a panic buy this year? in 2024 we only signed Tuilagi and Harper. in 2023 we signed a bunch of fringe players hoping for them to be Papali'i type in their development. Then we signed Davey and Lussick mid year which were poor signings.
But 2022 exodus was seen for a long time but we did not react to it well and we suffered a bit from it. I reckon if you sit down with MON now he would definately say he would do it differently, particularly focusing on Papali'i and Mahoney more. It was apparent when in late 2022, when Papali'i was going cold on going to Wests, that we actually had the money to keep Papali'i. We regretted not acting faster.
Even before 2022 we were quite astute with our signings and re-signings. Look at us now extending alot of our depth and up and coming players, we are getting in early and extending them quickly.
That is my point LB, it seems Ryles has come in and taken over; the only consistency over the last period was MON.
There was a clear lack of kids being brought on / and ready to come on; where does the blame lie? mixture of chop and changing jnr coaches / CEO / NRL head coach? all of it. As you pointed out we signed fringe players who no-one was really after they did not seem to improve.
I also add not many who have left have dominated tbh
Astute or frugal? We had no cap space , that's why.
Cancer ain't contagious. Cattersons carry-ons just might be....amputation is the go.
No surprises with the departures. Dunster was injured a lot, Keir only played first grade with us last year becuase we had a shocking injury toll, Greig fell down the pecking order as did Lussick, Lussick were fourth choice hooker.
if we want to win the premiership next year, paying one million for jaydon campbell would be a good start. i cant see us getting him for less and that will mean we will only be over paying him for one season . i.e. offer him 4m for 4 years.
After the first year he we command a million anywhere and it won't hurt us now. maybe an enforcer type forward or one capable of being that for the remaining one player we need to buy.
https://www.nine.com.au/sport/nrl/news-2025-taylan-may-wests-tigers...
And for what this one above is worth, if I was Wests I would take the offer off the table. This piece of work would be nothing without footy.
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