Fainu Bros sign with Tigers.
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The '47ers
Your resident two-headed Queenslander
Rueben is another manly man and up there with who you mentioned
Honestly , that’s a ****load of money purely based on “ potential “.
As we’ve seen ( Schuster & possibly Burbo ) form in the lower grades doesn’t necessarily transpose to first grade.
Good luck to them , that’s seriously good coin for completely ( or almost ) untried players.
May end up being a Tigers masterstroke.
Could end up being more Tiger tears.
As we’ve seen ( Schuster & possibly Burbo ) form in the lower grades doesn’t necessarily transpose to first grade.
Good luck to them , that’s seriously good coin for completely ( or almost ) untried players.
May end up being a Tigers masterstroke.
Could end up being more Tiger tears.
Ah yes sorry , I forgot Sandwich, yes agree 110% he’s certainly a die hard.
But you ( I hope ) still get my point , there’s not that many.
And if you look at each club there’s less and less local juniors at all of them , some clubs have zero.
So my point to @The Who was the days of watching all the grades , and of the players developing up through those grades to eventually succeed in the big league, is really a thing of the past, and therefore no need to feel “ disassociated “ when you aren’t watching a bunch of locals run around.
Rarely makes it off the bench in reserve grade
frank stokes
I discriminate indiscriminately
And surely Fulton is on a percentage… $500K each is absolutely ridiculous dollars for a fringe first grader and a kid that plays well in juniors…
May suck in a couple of years but would suck more if we were throwing that sort of money at them now… I am still filthy that we were reportedly paying Latu $350K to play kids footy… just dumb…
Fox Sports story on this just uploaded on Facebook with a heap of talking heads saying it’s a desperate / dumb move , 4 million on two as yet untried kids.
As I say good luck to them it’s huge money for “ potential “ only.
As I say good luck to them it’s huge money for “ potential “ only.
frank stokes
I discriminate indiscriminately
I don’t think Manase would have been offered much more than that for his extra 2 year contract and he had played 20 odd NRL games and looked a superstar…
So long, good luck and well done (Mr Tartak and Mr Fulton)… the tigpies are in a really sh*t place right now…
That's what irks me the most! The club moved all the family to the northern beaches to supposedly get the boys away from the bad crowd and trouble, supported Manase through his shoulder surgeries and his court cases, supported the brothers through the junior grades and generally spent much money and effort on the family to now be repaid with the brothers departing. Farewell Fainu's, enough is enough.
frank stokes
I discriminate indiscriminately
Guac was doing the Guildford “61” gang sign and miming handcuffs as an act of support for Manase…
You can take the boys out of Guildford but…
Thewestisbest
Reserve Grader
To be fair Samuela should be picked every week in our seventeen.
AlxFromNthNarra
Rarely does big posts worth reading....maybe
Club did a lot to support the boys, and they didn't do much to their behaviour in reply. Might be a good outcome longer-term.
Hindsight:
The behaviour of Manase in even simply being in the position he was - whilst injured - was not behaviour where the thought 'Maybe this isn't a good thing for me to do for my Job/career' crossed his mind. Based on the stabbing conviction, it shows a complete lack of any consideration to club/career period. It was all about 'being the hard-c*nt' and not messing with the boys. Admirable in a twisted way if applied to team-mates. Minus the knife....
The club suffered with Manase in mandatory stand-down. Paying his wage, assisting his legal defence, eating club cap-space and ruling us out of pursuing another hooker - choosing to convert a dedicated journeyman instead. Most importantly we let Api go with this guy as the future we were willing to invest in, and this was the response.
And despite the club (even superficially) sticking with Manase all through this, they put their club image on the line. It surely shows a commitment to clan Fainu.
But here we are, boys chasing the money - as is their right. But jeez, there is no loyalty in this business is there.
Credit to Tartak for getting a favourable deal with a basket-case club that may work out well for clan Fainu - or maybe it won't. He doesnt care - his percentage is based on $$ and the more they get, the more he takes.
We miscalculated in investing in clan Fainu, thinking we could turn their family loyalty into club loyalty. Even with acts of supreme support and (arguably) sacrifice. Had we kept Api instead of letting him go to put our stick in Manase, how would our results have changed over those years?
Hindsight: Wonderful thing isn't it.
Hindsight:
The behaviour of Manase in even simply being in the position he was - whilst injured - was not behaviour where the thought 'Maybe this isn't a good thing for me to do for my Job/career' crossed his mind. Based on the stabbing conviction, it shows a complete lack of any consideration to club/career period. It was all about 'being the hard-c*nt' and not messing with the boys. Admirable in a twisted way if applied to team-mates. Minus the knife....
The club suffered with Manase in mandatory stand-down. Paying his wage, assisting his legal defence, eating club cap-space and ruling us out of pursuing another hooker - choosing to convert a dedicated journeyman instead. Most importantly we let Api go with this guy as the future we were willing to invest in, and this was the response.
And despite the club (even superficially) sticking with Manase all through this, they put their club image on the line. It surely shows a commitment to clan Fainu.
But here we are, boys chasing the money - as is their right. But jeez, there is no loyalty in this business is there.
Credit to Tartak for getting a favourable deal with a basket-case club that may work out well for clan Fainu - or maybe it won't. He doesnt care - his percentage is based on $$ and the more they get, the more he takes.
We miscalculated in investing in clan Fainu, thinking we could turn their family loyalty into club loyalty. Even with acts of supreme support and (arguably) sacrifice. Had we kept Api instead of letting him go to put our stick in Manase, how would our results have changed over those years?
Hindsight: Wonderful thing isn't it.
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frank stokes
I discriminate indiscriminately
Probably fair call but only cause our forward standard is bog average… he looks a decent player but he has not screamed “lock him down at all costs” to me…
Regardless, I am happier for Tigpies to pay him $500K than us taking that out of our salary cap…
yes we could have kept them for another year as they were contracted but Latu was on too much already and who knows the machinations behind the scenes?
Well I guess it’s done. It just feels like we have compounded the issue by losing promising players for middling players like brookes and talau.
I don’t think it will ever prove to be the right decision. But the extent of how bad it is won’t be fully known for sometime.
I just can’t see a method for the madness.
I don’t think it will ever prove to be the right decision. But the extent of how bad it is won’t be fully known for sometime.
I just can’t see a method for the madness.
Brooke
Bencher
I feel the method to the madness is all about getting the quickest results for the coach.
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