Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Curly_Tiger]

What's the latest news on Luai curly?

All I know is we have an offer which makes him the highest paid player in the NRL
I sense it’s a 4 or 5 year deal
Penrith won’t be able to match it so unless there is another club willing to get to the $1.4m+ territory you’d have to think we are in the box seat
He’s a family man for all his bluster so I like our chances bigly

 

[Wearyfan22]

All I know is we have an offer which makes him the highest paid player in the NRL
I sense it’s a 4 or 5 year deal
Penrith won’t be able to match it so unless there is another club willing to get to the $1.4m+ territory you’d have to think we are in the box seat
He’s a family man for all his bluster so I like our chances bigly

That's a lot of money. I think he would be mad to turn it down (think we are a little mad to offer it). All the while being able to keep the Western Sydney community connection not having to relocate. Lots of pro's and con's to that kind of deal.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

That's a lot of money. I think he would be mad to turn it down (think we are a little mad to offer it). All the while being able to keep the Western Sydney community connection not having to relocate. Lots of pro's and con's to that kind of deal.

Yep. Will unbalance our cap a lot for a long time. He’s not the best player in the comp.

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

All I know is we have an offer which makes him the highest paid player in the NRL
I sense it’s a 4 or 5 year deal
Penrith won’t be able to match it so unless there is another club willing to get to the $1.4m+ territory you’d have to think we are in the box seat
He’s a family man for all his bluster so I like our chances bigly

Crazy money...he is not worth more than Moses, Cleary or Brooks

 

[team tigar]

This Blore talk is a dead horse. There’s no indication he’s going anywhere.

I don't believe it is remember Bellamy meet with blore earlier in the year I believe it's the real deal as will blore be

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

Crazy money...he is not worth more than Moses, Cleary or Brooks

IMHO,
Brooks, Burton < Luai < DCE/Reynolds/Moses/Cleary

 

[Magpies1969]

Would WT be any chance of getting Luai for 2024 or they don't have cap space or the money.

I would prefer to spend that money of Joseph Manu as he can play many position and is a amazing player.

We need a big signing like Luai or Manu to attract decent players going forward.

I hope we hold onto Blore as I think his best is yet to come.

 

[team tigar]

Fair enough, we’ll see whose speculation is closest to the mark during the off-season.

He will be a storm boy

 

[Wearyfan22]

We need a big signing like Luai or Manu to attract decent players going forward.

I would actually prefer Luai over Manu - we need (proven) halves and he is hopefully coming into the prime of his career.

 

[Camel2281]

Crazy money...he is not worth more than Moses, Cleary or Brooks

My god I hope you are taking the piss

 

[tony soprano]

Luai just doesn't make sense after the latu and Sullivan signing.

Luai goes over the top of them and they are signed long term

 

[Flippedy]

Luai just doesn't make sense after the latu and Sullivan signing.

Luai goes over the top of them and they are signed long term

You’re right it doesn’t in light of those signings. I wonder if Curly Tiger can shed some light as to why we are chasing Luai long term with big dollars.

 

[TigerGene]

Sorry but that absurd. Under no circumstances do we loan out Bula

We wouldn't get him back!!!

 

[Kelce68]

Luai just doesn't make sense after the latu and Sullivan signing.

Luai goes over the top of them and they are signed long term

It's not that difficult to make it work.

Long term -

Latu plays 6.
Luai plays 7.

Api (then TDS) plays 9.

Sullivan plays 14.

Or, Sullivan kills it and pushes Latu for the other halves spot.

But that's just with our current chess pieces, the landscape in 3/4 years is never what it looks like it could be now.

 

[Telltails]

Sullivan/Fainu become surplus if Luai signs. One is proven the others are potential. It would be so opposite to anything this club has been able to do if he was to sign, but given our rubbish results not sure the money would be enough of temptation.

 

[Oldman]

Seems he's been in at concord Training a bit this off season....
Another reason he should be kept.

Can Blore be at concord training from the 1st November if he isn’t on West Tigers books ?

 

[TopTiger]

Can Blore be at concord training from the 1st November if he isn’t on West Tigers books ?

He has a contract for 2024 with the Tigers.

 

[Wearyfan22]

It's not that difficult to make it work.

Long term -

Latu plays 6.
Luai plays 7.

Api (then TDS) plays 9.

Sullivan plays 14.

Or, Sullivan kills it and pushes Latu for the other halves spot.

But that's just with our current chess pieces, the landscape in 3/4 years is never what it looks like it could be now.

Yes. Sullivan has missed large chunks with hamstring issues too. You can't pass up the quality of Luai based on an unproven rookie and an injury plagued half who couldn't nail down a spot in a team marginally better than us. A Latu and Luai halves pairing sounds pretty good to me.

 

[Curly_Tiger]

You’re right it doesn’t in light of those signings. I wonder if Curly Tiger can shed some light as to why we are chasing Luai long term with big dollars.

No idea, because he's a top liner I'd imagine and we can build around him plus god forbid we have one too many maybe halves
We think of him as a Panther now but how about after 6-7 years with us?
A bit like GI as a Storm/Rabbit, Lazzo a Raider/Bronco, they become dual club men (3 for Lazzo I guess)

 

[ROZELLE.O.G]

He has a contract for 2024 with the Tigers.

i like Blore just needs a bot of luck with injuries. We need to throw everything at Bradman Best and Jarome Luai could be interesting as they are both with the same management team.