2025 recruitment & retention

[Terry Zarsoff]

Crichton is a gun. Mobile and tough. He would be amazing if we could.

Still need a mobile middle thou.

Word on the street is that he is heading back to rugba.

Just a rumour of course.

 

[The Who]

Adam Doueihi is an interesting recruitment option. When he was fit he was a terrific and versatile player; someone who would fit into our backline. He's off contract at the end of the season and the Tigers are reportedly only prepared to offer him a base contract because of concerns about his ACL issues. There is a good chance he'll never recapture his form.
It's a gamble; much like recruiting The Shoe.

 

[Eagle thru 'n' thru]

Rooster given permission to talk to rivals; Tigers ‘low-ball’ injured playmaker: Transfer Whispers

Rooster given permission to talk to rivals; Tigers ‘low-ball’ injured playmaker: Transfer Whispers

www.foxsports.com.au

Injury prone (obviously) and we have enough of them already, but I do like Doueihi.

I like Doueihi aswell, but I think the Titans would be a better fit for him.

 

[master blaster]

Fifita, can you do a double backflip... Sorry, couldnt help myself, Dont worry, I am going to my room...

 

[Eagle 1]

I like Doueihi aswell, but I think the Titans would be a better fit for him.

Coming back after his 3rd ACL ...passing.

 

[BOZO]

Coming back after his 3rd ACL ...passing.

Hopefully its 3rd time lucky
Time will tell

 

[The Who]

Coming back after his 3rd ACL ...passing.

Obviously a club would need to check him out medically, and then have a series of upgrades in the contract, such as when he makes First Grade, and then reaches certain milestones.
I'm thinking that he could make a good lock. He's quite a big guy and is tenacious. It wouldn't matter so much if he's not as agile as he once was. He wouldn't have to play in the backline.

 

[Rocky]

Obviously a club would need to check him out medically, and then have a series of upgrades in the contract, such as when he makes First Grade, and then reaches certain milestones.
I'm thinking that he could make a good lock. He's quite a big guy and is tenacious. It wouldn't matter so much if he's not as agile as he once was. He wouldn't have to play in the backline.

I'm all for him coming to the club. The injuries are a concern but if Manly can get him for a reasonable number, then it is worth a punt.

 

[ricardo]

We should sign de Bellin.

Hear me out ... he could open a laundry in Dee Why as he folds cnts all day already. Between him and Jake no one's getting through our pack.

 

[Tragic Eagle]

I am concerned that we do not appear to be active in the player market. If Penn thinks we have sufficient talent in this squad to compete for the title then there is no sight of success in the foreseeable future..

 

[double hoops]

We should sign de Bellin.

Hear me out ... he could open a laundry in Dee Why as he folds cnts all day already. Between him and Jake no one's getting through our pack.

It is interesting that Jack seems to be out of favour at the dragons all of a sudden.

 

[Ryan]

3rd ACL (hugely injury prone)
Massive contract downgrade
Potentially unwanted / washed up
Tigers Reject
Likely slowing down substantially

Doueihi HAS to be on our recruitment and retention radar ! He fits our current and present strategy perfectly.

 

[spider]

If it was me I would be trying to get both Jaydn Sua and Hopgood who is only 24. Forget about Brown while he's been good for us he gets hurt to often and we have enough of them.

 

[Eagle 1]

If it was me I would be trying to get both Jaydn Sua and Hopgood who is only 24. Forget about Brown while he's been good for us he gets hurt to often and we have enough of them.

Sad but true in Brownies case, but I'm all for keeping him on the same coin he's on now.

 

[Scorpio]

It is interesting that Jack seems to be out of favour at the dragons all of a sudden.

He's a 33 year old middle forward and he's off contract for next year... not a huge surprise.

 

[JakeyB789]

We haven't really been active in the player market since 2016. To be fair that year was a real changing of the guard with most of our premiership core moving on or coming to the end of their careers, but we picked up some actual rep quality players like AFB, Walker, Koroisau, Taupau who we all got some good years from. Mind you there were some absolute duds including Myles and especially the absolute clown of a head coach but it's hard to imagine it's been 8 years since we've signed anyone that other teams would also be chasing. Just look at our signings over the last 3 years:

Brooks - probably our biggest name signing since but still no finals or rep games in over 200 games
Talau - done well for us so far but was a poor performer in the worst side in the comp
Paulo - cut from Souths and Roosters, first few games for us showed why
Waddell - inconsistent in a poor Bulldogs team, seemingly only brought back due to his sister
Brown - outstanding in the few games he's played for us, but body seems to be breaking down
Lodge - 4th club in 5 years, early signs were good but I think the ACL may have ruined him
Tuilagi - another from the wooden spoon Tigers and lasted one season for us
Woods - less said the better
Arthur - TBC, need to see how he plays over Origin in DCE's place (might actually be better for us)
Johns - now a radio host
Condon - slow middling forward that isn't good enough to get out of Blacktown
James - as above
Bullemor - the right kind of signing for us, has been a bit inconsistent but mostly solid and still has potential to get better imo

I would love to work out what's going on with the roster now because by my count we have 26 spots filled of the top 30, the likes of Woods, Matterson and drug dealer Wakeham who aren't in the 30 are on our extended bench and we had to have freed up some sort of money from releasing Schuster. I don't think any other team in the NRL are in a position like ours and yet we seem to be doing absolutely nothing!?

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

I don't think any other team in the NRL are in a position like ours and yet we seem to be doing absolutely nothing!?

Our recent signings have only been announced when they're done, which is way better than the leaking of rumours about who we're negotiating with, etc, that used to occur. I'm sure Manly's not "doing nothing" in fact I'd be amazed if we haven't got a couple of decent targets we're working on. Tough hard-working forwards I'd say.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Our recent signings have only been announced when they're done, which is way better than the leaking of rumours about who we're negotiating with, etc, that used to occur. I'm sure Manly's not "doing nothing" in fact I'd be amazed if we haven't got a couple of decent targets we're working on. Tough hard-working forwards I'd say.

Call it the ‘Fulton-Peters shut out factor’.

 

[Kiwi Eagle]

3rd ACL (hugely injury prone)
Massive contract downgrade
Potentially unwanted / washed up
Tigers Reject
Likely slowing down substantially

Doueihi HAS to be on our recruitment and retention radar ! He fits our current and present strategy perfectly.

Hasn’t been in trouble off the park so that’s a strike against him

 

[Ryan]

Hasn’t been in trouble off the park so that’s a strike against him

No, no - we good:

‘Embarrassing post’: Tigers star given ‘please explain’ over Instagram comment

Wests Tigers have stopped short of launching a formal investigation into Adam Doueihi’s post, but called the injured playmaker on Sunday for an explanation.

www.smh.com.au