2025 recruitment & retention

[Wombat Junior]

I liked the raiders version of bateman, not so much the tigers bateman. The only thing I have said multiple times when watching him is “he’s good for a punch on”, I think it’s good to have aggression to an extent in a game, only because now how soft the game has gotten and how much they’ve cracked down on the rules, I already get nervous watching brown and hoping he doesn’t see red but bateman has those crazy eyes and doesn’t like to back down and you get brown and ola running in and before you know it someone’s in the bin.

 

[Dion Johnson]

If Guac maintains the form he is in then he aint getting moved off that right edge for nobody... he and Chez have a good understanding of each other...

I thought he was very good for Tonga 🇹🇴 on the left, Brooks may assist in getting him receiving the ball at pace.

 

[eaglebuzz]

I am sure I watched every Tigers game in 2024, maybe I missed 1.

I am a massive Bateman fan, well I was.

He was dreadful in 2024, especially his last few games.

In all honesty he would better off at the Titans or the Dragons.

He is below Burbo and Waddell in my rankings on 2024 form.

Judging any player on their form at the Tigers is a mistake

 

[BOZO]

We can’t afford a Liam Martin but we don’t need a youngster with zero experience and lots of potential either.

What no club can afford is to lose an opportunity in recruiting a young player with lots of potential to fit in their cap and flourish in their NRL team

Liam Martin was also once a youngster with zero experience Lots of Potential

Great coaches thrive on getting those youngsters with zero experience and Lots of Potential and turn their Lots Potential into Potent players .

 

[BOZO]

Judging any player on their form at the Tigers is a mistake

The Tigers are a disgrace to the NRL
3 wooden spoons is a row is diabolical ...Absolutely Pathetic
3 Wooden spoons is a row ... How low can you go ?
This is what happens when you have Mediocre people running a club

Look at all the Top clubs and they are run by the Top People in their trade
I have always said that an Organisations greatest asset is the Great People it invests in

The moral of the story
Great people have a solution for every problem
Losers like the Tigers have a problem for every solution

 

[frank stokes]

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He looked really good on the left the other night and that was outside lolohea. Could do it quite easily.

I do nof doubt he could do it, just noting that he and Chez work well together and I am not convinced that would/should be changed...
Guac just needs to time his runs and wind up a bit better on the ball for his link with Chez to go to the next level...
Surely if we are bringing an edge forward in then it is to play the left side...

 

[Nordburg]

I do nof doubt he could do it, just noting that he and Chez work well together and I am not convinced that would/should be changed...
Guac just needs to time his runs and wind up a bit better on the ball for his link with Chez to go to the next level...
Surely if we are bringing an edge forward in then it is to play the left side...

Their defence doesn’t work well together though

 

[double hoops]

He

He looked really good on the left the other night and that was outside lolohea. Could do it quite easily.

Yeah I favour that Brooks gives Guac more space at the line. Turtle's side shuffle, combined by his just don't dig into the line as a half just puts more defender in front of Guac.

 

[double hoops]

I rate Volkmann and am still hoping we get him. Will be interesting to see how our recruitment/ retention plays out. Who were we trying to move on?

 

[SeaEagleSI1]

I remember a game when Foran play on Guac side as DCE was on origin camp.
Gauc was getting early ball and running harder onto the ball. He hadn’t cramp up for a few games and he was gone by the 60 min mark.

 

[Tragic Eagle]

We should be using Brown as lock and not front row. He had a poor finish to the season because he looked busted to me. No wonder. Provided that Bateman comes with sleeves rolled up and with no chip on his shoulder he could a good partner to Big O in the second row. Jake to the front row starting then rotation and a nippy dummy half (Simpkins) with Tevaga at 14. Aloio 15, Bullemore 16 & Burbo / Sipley at 17.

 

[jbb/james]

I remember a game when Foran play on Guac side as DCE was on origin camp.
Gauc was getting early ball and running harder onto the ball. He hadn’t cramp up for a few games and he was gone by the 60 min mark.

Yeah a few of us remember it, but its mainly overlooked because we played the tigers Foran got the same out of Suli in a game doing the same. Apparently different structures, and not hogging the ball, and passing earlier is easier to do against the tigers and dogs so the data is tainted or some bag of bollocks

I respect they present different opposition but it has no bearing on setting a backine and passing early.

Dce uses up too much pointless time pumping, double pumping and sideways movement with the ball, waaaaay tooo often,
Its how he earned his headless chook reputation hoping players fall over and regularly gives oku the scraps

Oku power is the only thing stopping a full blown investigation

Last year when koula was out there, we had a mega thread about he he never gets it right on the right either

Our right side is the wild west, in attack and defence. Yeah yeah teams attack right, poor right side, 15 of em, living in a cardboard box in the middle of the road, and every morning they have to wake up, half an hour before they went to bed mind you, and lick the road clean with there tongues

Effing lefties

 

[manly al]

Be interesting of the details of Bateman 's loan arrangement at Warrington .
Also would think maybe in the 350 - 75 K range for him in the current circumstances .
Certainly had a high rating a few seasons ago , should still have it in him performance wise to some reasonable extent .
Still no definite indication Chee Kam is heading Manly 's way also .
Leo Thompson does looked to have come on well and would think to be in some demand if on the open market but still have Alioai on the books naturally and now Tavega, so some restrictions there .
Just would not be inclined to pay that much for Bateman even if there may be a fair prospect of him getting to a better or improved level again

 

[Eagle 1]

Be interesting of the details of Bateman 's loan arrangement at Warrington .
Also would think maybe in the 350 - 75 K range for him in the current circumstances .
Certainly had a high rating a few seasons ago , should still have it in him performance wise to some reasonable extent .
Still no definite indication Chee Kam is heading Manly 's way also .
Leo Thompson does looked to have come on well and would think to be in some demand if on the open market but still have Alioai on the books naturally and now Tavega, so some restrictions there .
Just would not be inclined to pay that much for Bateman even if there may be a fair prospect of him getting to a better or improved level again

Not a big fan on this signing. But on the plus side, he'll appreciate playing in a stronger pack of forwards and we could see a marked improvement in form from last year, from Bateman.

 

[Tragic Eagle]

IT would be hard going from a strong Raiders pack to the Tigers pack. Papali'i similarly went from a stronger pack to the Tigers pack and didn't thrive either.

 

[lsz]

Yeah a few of us remember it, but its mainly overlooked because we played the tigers Foran got the same out of Suli in a game doing the same. Apparently different structures, and not hogging the ball, and passing earlier is easier to do against the tigers and dogs so the data is tainted or some bag of bollocks

I respect they present different opposition but it has no bearing on setting a backine and passing early.

Dce uses up too much pointless time pumping, double pumping and sideways movement with the ball, waaaaay tooo often,
Its how he earned his headless chook reputation hoping players fall over and regularly gives oku the scraps

Oku power is the only thing stopping a full blown investigation

Last year when koula was out there, we had a mega thread about he he never gets it right on the right either

Our right side is the wild west, in attack and defence. Yeah yeah teams attack right, poor right side, 15 of em, living in a cardboard box in the middle of the road, and every morning they have to wake up, half an hour before they went to bed mind you, and lick the road clean with there tongues

Effing lefties

Based on nothing bad a bad memory I would think the fact our record is far better with DCE in the team than not (and I am prepared to be flammed for this) suggests that it does not actually impact the result

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Based on nothing bad a bad memory I would think the fact our record is far better with DCE in the team than not (and I am prepared to be flammed for this) suggests that it does not actually impact the result

Time is fast approaching (not fast enough for some) when, for the first time in almost a decade and a half, Manly will have a new halfback. Would be good to hear which player people think we should go for.

I've heard the Moses idea, and he's probably the top of the possibly-available range, although he'd be a fair bit more expensive than Daly's current deal.

My ideal replacement would be another DCE, that is, a young half ready to step up and play NRL quality from the get go, as Daly did.

So Arthur or Walsh, possibly? And we still have Bunting too.

 

[jbb/james]

Based on nothing bad a bad memory I would think the fact our record is far better with DCE in the team than not (and I am prepared to be flammed for this) suggests that it does not actually impact the result

given his career, his percentage of the cap i would be shellshocked if we didnt win more games with him playing. Seems a tad obvious mate

Same with tom and pretty much all million dollar players

 

[double hoops]

Time is fast approaching (not fast enough for some) when, for the first time in almost a decade and a half, Manly will have a new halfback. Would be good to hear which player people think we should go for.

I've heard the Moses idea, and he's probably the top of the possibly-available range, although he'd be a fair bit more expensive than Daly's current deal.

My ideal replacement would be another DCE, that is, a young half ready to step up and play NRL quality from the get go, as Daly did.

So Arthur or Walsh, possibly? And we still have Bunting too.

Tis a reason I'm keen on Volkman. With Volkmann and Arthur we'd have two good ones waiting in the wings.

 

[lsz]

given his career, his percentage of the cap i would be shellshocked if we didnt win more games with him playing. Seems a tad obvious mate

Same with tom and pretty much all million dollar players

I guess it is more about everything he brings (as well as the issues mentioned) and the overall being more positive than negative