Josh Aloiai, and membership discussions.

[bSw]

All I said was that no one in our CURRENT SQUAD is a better hooker than Danny Levi... so who do you believe in our current squad is better than Levi?

All of them incl parker

 

[Blake A]

Depends on what you want your hooker to do.
I mentioned on another thread the way Qld played in SOO 1.
Munster left, Friend middle, DCE right - Friend was predominantly dummy half while he was on.

Replaced Friend with Hunt and all three shared the duties depending on where they were on the field, none of them overplayed their hand and they had three options in attack and shared the work load.

Maybe we could do something like that.
Start with Foz, Cust and DCE.
Give Cust a spell, bring on Schuster lhs, move Foz to the centre, DCE rhs

Brings Schuster into the game gradually and gives options.

I have my doubts that would work, mainly for the sake of cohesion... but you never know.

 

[Blake A]

All of them incl parker

Great, constructive comments.

 

[Blake A]

Wests Tigers prop Josh Aloiai has dropped a bombshell on the club, vowing to "never wear the jersey again" and demanding an immediate release to join Manly in 2021.
Tigers officials were left gobsmacked last week after one of their most committed players turned on the club in the hope of securing an immediate exit from the final year of his $350,000 contract.

Josh Aloiai is looking for the exit doors.CREDIT:NRL PHOTOS
Aloiai launched a fierce tirade against the Tigers just a month after his manager Tyran Smith approached the club for an extension, and two weeks after Smith emailed the club to tell them how well Aloiai had developed under coach Michael Maguire.
The sudden change of heart has caught the Tigers by surprise, especially considering how vocal Aloiai had been in support of the besieged Maguire throughout a turbulent season for the club.

Fed-up Wests Tigers officials privately believe the 25-year-old is taking a leaf out of Ryan Matterson's book and agitating for an early release because of a big-money offer at the Manly Sea Eagles.
"I find it very perplexing that only some four weeks ago, the player sat opposite to me and professed his love of the club and commitment," Wests Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis told The Herald.

"Now we have a situation where a form of release has been sought, with a view to taking up a contract elsewhere obviously for more money. It is curious as to how that seems to generate welfare concerns."
Aloiai's manager also looks after Addin Fonua-Blake, who was granted a release from Manly to join the Warriors on one of the most lucrative deals for a prop in the history of the sport.

Sources within the game were shocked that Manly were willing to release Fonua-Blake, the best prop in the game as voted by the players in a Sydney Morning Herald poll earlier in the year, for personal reasons without a replacement. However the recent events involving Aloiai could explain why.
"It is my understanding that he has agreed to terms with Manly for 2022 and 2023, but that is contingent upon a release in 2021," Hagipantelis said of the New Zealander who has played 90 games for the club since debuting in 2016.

Benji Marshall and Josh Aloiai at training together last year.CREDIT:GETTY
"In my view he has a contract with the Wests Tigers which he will fulfil in 2021 unless I can leverage a commercial advantage for the club. The days of players, or others, thinking that they can use the Wests Tigers as a stepping stone are over."
The Tigers are still reeling from missing out on Josh Addo-Carr's services last week after his manager, Mario Tartak, managed to use the club's four-year offer to extract an upgrade from the Storm, despite the winger requesting a release on compassionate grounds to be closer to family.

The problem with this is that he may do the same to us in a few years.

 

[Woodsie]

The problem with this is that he may do the same to us in a few years.

Seems to be part of the new world order ... but if the article is near the truth ... not only are the agents happy to entice players to break contracts at will ... clubs like Manly are happy to be complicit ..

Words like character, honesty, integrity, loyalty, and probity are forever being exterminated from the game ... only to be sparingly seen in rare individuals ...

 

[winnyason]

Look I don't like this **** of players doing this. They now run the market contracts are not worth ****

 

[Rynostradamus]

yesss bring it this kid punches on. Bring back some agro, bring back the fear factor. Yessss

 

[tookey]

Same manager as AFB

Same tactics Tell the club you refuse to play for them until they release you to take up an offer with another club for more money

These managers are grubs and are ruining the game and any loyalty while they encourage their players to break contracts and leave clubs for more money and more commission for the managers

 

[The Indian]

Yes it does have a certain element of Karma about this.... die by the sword, live by the sword in this case.

I think Aloiai is quite a decent pick up, not saying he's same class as AFB, but at a cheaper price might be a decent option in the circumstances.

If we swap out AFB and free up some cash to get a good outside back then its good business for mine.

 

[The Indian]

Same manager as AFB

Same tactics Tell the club you refuse to play for them until they release you to take up an offer with another club for more money

These managers are grubs and are ruining the game and any loyalty while they encourage their players to break contracts and leave clubs for more money and more commission for the managers

Indeed, but most of us will be much less annoyed about this one funnily enough.

Agree the managers are grubs BUT if they aren't doing this for their clients what is it they actually do for their 6.5 % ??? This is where they "earn their money". Unfortunately.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

No doubt Manly will be painted the villain here. And probably miss out on the player too!

 

[maxta]

What I find funny is 99% of the time a player wants out the past decade or more, the club lets them walk and all share the same theme - "It's no use keeping an unhappy player"....yet with both Saab and Aloiai, the clubs are sticking strong to not releasing them....and Manly is the common denominator....I expect both at Manly by 2021, but once again things don't go our way too easily these days....

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Same manager as AFB

Same guy also for Fainu?

 

[Shoe1]

Agree the managers are grubs BUT if they aren't doing this for their clients what is it they actually do for their 6.5 % ??? This is where they "earn their money". Unfortunately.

The also regularly scream “show me the money” into car phones.

 

[pjayz]

Same guy also for Fainu?

No, Fainu's manager is Mario Tartak , same as Schuster. AFB's is Tyran Smith.

 

[Disco]

The NRL need to do something about it.

What....I'm not sure

 

[davohan123]

No doubt Manly will be painted the villain here. And probably miss out on the player too!

I can't see why we should but you know we will.

Josh does not want to be at the tigers anymore we have offered a high paying figure and he w wants to come here.

Nothing wrong with that at all but as you said we won't be looked at favourably out of This.

 

[TimmyQ]

Tbh i know very little even about this bloke aside from a name that I've heard. Is he a gun or just another warm body we'll put on the bench????

 

[Blake A]

I can't see why we should but you know we will.

Josh does not want to be at the tigers anymore we have offered a high paying figure and he w wants to come here.

Nothing wrong with that at all but as you said we won't be looked at favourably out of This.

‘Nothing wrong with that at all’?... He is basically walking away from a contract HE signed for more money... there is plenty wrong with that.

 

[davohan123]

‘Nothing wrong with that at all’?... He is basically walking away from a contract HE signed for more money... there is plenty wrong with that.

On that front I totally agree but for whatever reason he doesn’t want to be there anymore and we are offering him an out.