Raiders player signing speculation 2022

BadnMean · Post by **BadnMean** » July 6, 2022, 4:05 pm

The Nickman wrote: ↑July 6, 2022, 3:13 pm Haha the year we made the grand final Stuart still only polled 5% of votes for Best Coach?

That says it all, really. Just a terrible, terrible coach.

Behind Stephen Kearney.

Neeeegz · Post by **Neeeegz** » July 6, 2022, 9:04 pm

bonehead wrote: ↑July 6, 2022, 2:36 pm
hakuna Rapana wrote:With CNK leaving and Recce Walsh going back to brissy the club should target Tesi Niu
certainly not lacking ability Tesi Niu but I think Savage is trending the right way.

We need a replacement ready for Rapana, he just can't keep dragging us around nearly single-handedly forever

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Harley Smith Shields shouldn't be forgotten, I hope he comes back strong, he looked destined for good things in his fg appearances

Bennyinthewest · Post by **Bennyinthewest** » July 6, 2022, 9:15 pm

Hard to argue....like not joking

We could get away with 2 scoots n a hit up every set because it was prime Cotric, rapa n BJ

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FROG · Post by **FROG** » July 7, 2022, 5:49 am

I'd love for us to have a crack at Adam Doueihi. Apparently he is fed up at the tigers as he wants to play in the halves. I know he has come off an ACL but he is a gun and it could allow us to move wighton to 13, which as many of you have said, is where his best years lie ahead.

Seiffert82 · Post by **Seiffert82** » July 7, 2022, 8:40 am

FROG wrote:I'd love for us to have a crack at Adam Doueihi. Apparently he is fed up at the tigers as he wants to play in the halves. I know he has come off an ACL but he is a gun and it could allow us to move wighton to 13, which as many of you have said, is where his best years lie ahead.

Doueihi goes OK, not really a game changer for mine, but it probably improves our team to get Wighton into the forwards.

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Seiffert82 · Post by **Seiffert82** » July 7, 2022, 8:41 am

We desperately need a ball playing fullback. That's where it's at these days. Bonus points if he can tackle.

Lol.

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LastRaider · Post by **LastRaider** » July 7, 2022, 8:59 am

Looked at my Twitter feed this morning and seeing tweets that are linking the Raiders and Luke Brooks together for next year

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The Nickman · Post by **The Nickman** » July 7, 2022, 9:04 am

LastRaider wrote: ↑July 7, 2022, 8:59 am Looked at my Twitter feed this morning and seeing tweets that are linking the Raiders and Luke Brooks together for next year

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I wouldn't pay much attention to that... most of those tweets probably came from afffakdjgjhtktktjja

LastRaider · Post by **LastRaider** » July 7, 2022, 9:13 am

But the sad thing is you could see the Raiders signing a Luke Brooks. You can imagine the conversation

Ricky: Hey Donny, Luke Brooks might be available. Great family man, good bloke and never played a finals game. Good fit eh?

Don: That’s a Raiders signing through and through. He is contracted at $950k a season… we can’t pay him that though

Ricky: Of course not, can’t have him paid more than my man Wighton. We’ll offer him $900k! What do you think?

Don: Bargin.

Ricky: That’ll shove it in the fans faces about not being able to recruit top talent. I’ll get on the blower now and tip of Kenty at NRL360

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President Clinton · Post by **President Clinton** » July 7, 2022, 9:30 am

Brooks needs to leave the Tigers.

We might see a Matthew Stafford to the Rams kind of success with his career. It’s been a very unhappy marriage.

Basket case of a club.

Crash Ball · Post by **Crash Ball** » July 7, 2022, 10:16 am

If the Tigers paid say 500 to 600k freight for Brooks he could be a good signing.

bonehead · Post by **bonehead** » July 7, 2022, 11:52 am

he didn't even need to wash his jersey Sunday, he is flat out ghosting

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luffraider · Post by **luffraider** » July 7, 2022, 12:36 pm

Raiders will never ever sign Brooks due to who is player manager is.

Post by **dubby** » July 7, 2022, 1:01 pm

Brooks isn't coming here.

Post by **Matt** » July 7, 2022, 4:20 pm

Ok... let's look at players we should try to pinch a yr early.

Off contract 2022:
Keenan Palasia - Bronx mid/edge.
RFM - Dogs edge
Dean Ieremia - Strom winger (solid depth)
Daejain Asi - Warriors half/FB/ctr
Jack Murchie - Warriors depth, return home?
Solomona Naiduki - another Eels Fijian flyer
Micheal Molo - Dragz young prop
Angus Crichton - Chooks edge (won't happen, for loads of reasons, but id throw coin at him and force chooks up).

Raiders_Pat · Post by **Raiders_Pat** » July 10, 2022, 11:20 am

Surely Broncos will have to lose a player with the Reece Walsh signing. He would be at fullback or five eight but they've also got Cobbo and Farnsworth wanting to play fullback, and Staggs and Mam wanting to play at five eight.

Dusty · Post by **Dusty** » July 10, 2022, 2:06 pm

Herbie Farnworth as a centre/fullback/wing would be a great pick up.

As mentioned earlier of elsewhere Rapana is on old legs and can’t carry the ‘get out’ load forever.

I’ve mentioned previously that Angus Crichton would be a very good pick up.

Also, what about Trindell from Cronulla… He has Moylan and Hynes blocking his path
1. Savage
2. Cotric
3. Kris/HSS
4. Farnworth *** / Timoko
5. Rapana
6. Trindell ***
7. Fogarty
8. Papalii
9. Woolford
10. Tapine
11. Young
12. Crichton ***
13. Wighton

14. Starling
15. Mooney
16. Rushton
17. Horsburgh
18. CHN
19. Whitehead
20. Schneider

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zim · Post by **zim** » July 10, 2022, 10:29 pm

Raiders_Pat wrote: ↑July 10, 2022, 11:20 am Surely Broncos will have to lose a player with the Reece Walsh signing. He would be at fullback or five eight but they've also got Cobbo and Farnsworth wanting to play fullback, and Staggs and Mam wanting to play at five eight.

Staggs has already had that convo. He's staying at centre unless someone gives him silly money. Their current fullback Martin is moving on.
Cobbo would remain at wing or even shift to centre over the next couple of years. Had enough fullback time to understand he needs to improve and more experience.
Farnworth the most likely to go.

julian87 · Post by **julian87** » July 11, 2022, 8:28 am

A few mentions of fringe outside backs from other clubs. I think we'd be silly to punt Anderson to have a punt on someone from elsewhere. I still think he'd hold his own as a winger in first grade.

With Rapana, Cotric, Savage, Timoko, HSS, Kris, (Croker) plus others including 2 junior origin reps this year I think it would be silly to spend any money there at all.

If we've signed the 3 hookers the squad needs a fullback option, backrowers, a utility and someone to pressure Fogarty and the make-up of the halves.

Hopefully the Connor thing has some legs. The squad desperately needs some natural creativity and ball play.

julian87 · Post by **julian87** » July 11, 2022, 8:31 am

President Clinton wrote: ↑July 7, 2022, 9:30 am Brooks needs to leave the Tigers.

We might see a Matthew Stafford to the Rams kind of success with his career. It’s been a very unhappy marriage.

Basket case of a club.

I can't believe it's taken so long but people have finally realised that Brooks' reign of 190 games as their halfback is a primary cause for their dearth of success for a decade.

Canberra Milk · Post by **Canberra Milk** » July 11, 2022, 10:22 am

Yeah I think we do the Broncos method, buy 2-3 fringe halves and hope one of them sticks

Buying backs and even forwards won't do much imo

It's not ideal, ultimately it worked for the Broncos because they got Reynolds...but I can't see much other option

Seiffert82 · Post by **Seiffert82** » July 11, 2022, 4:19 pm

julian87 wrote:
President Clinton wrote: ↑July 7, 2022, 9:30 am Brooks needs to leave the Tigers.

We might see a Matthew Stafford to the Rams kind of success with his career. It’s been a very unhappy marriage.

Basket case of a club.
I can't believe it's taken so long but people have finally realised that Brooks' reign of 190 games as their halfback is a primary cause for their dearth of success for a decade.

Take your point, but if I was a Tigers fan I'd be more pissed at an administration that let go of Tedesco, Moses, Leilua, Taupau, Addo-Carr, Papenhuyzen, Fifita, Sironen, Koroibete, Suli, Marshall-King...etc etc...

Blaming one person for the dysfunction of an entire organisation is a bit harsh.

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julian87 · Post by **julian87** » July 11, 2022, 4:37 pm

Seiffert82 wrote: ↑July 11, 2022, 4:19 pm
julian87 wrote:
President Clinton wrote: ↑July 7, 2022, 9:30 am Brooks needs to leave the Tigers.

We might see a Matthew Stafford to the Rams kind of success with his career. It’s been a very unhappy marriage.

Basket case of a club.
I can't believe it's taken so long but people have finally realised that Brooks' reign of 190 games as their halfback is a primary cause for their dearth of success for a decade.
Take your point, but if I was a Tigers fan I'd be more pissed at an administration that let go of Tedesco, Moses, Leilua, Taupau, Addo-Carr, Papenhuyzen, Fifita, Sironen, Koroibete, Suli, Marshall-King...etc etc...

Blaming one person for the dysfunction of an entire organisation is a bit harsh.

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Oh absolutely. They're a shambles. And have been for a very long time.

Definitely not blaming one person just acknowledging he's a huge part of the problem because he's pretty ****. His retention and current contract at this point of his career is definitely worse than any one of those players you've mentioned leaving imo.

Seiffert82 · Post by **Seiffert82** » July 11, 2022, 4:59 pm

julian87 wrote:
Seiffert82 wrote: ↑July 11, 2022, 4:19 pm
julian87 wrote:
President Clinton wrote: ↑July 7, 2022, 9:30 am Brooks needs to leave the Tigers.

We might see a Matthew Stafford to the Rams kind of success with his career. It’s been a very unhappy marriage.

Basket case of a club.
I can't believe it's taken so long but people have finally realised that Brooks' reign of 190 games as their halfback is a primary cause for their dearth of success for a decade.
Take your point, but if I was a Tigers fan I'd be more pissed at an administration that let go of Tedesco, Moses, Leilua, Taupau, Addo-Carr, Papenhuyzen, Fifita, Sironen, Koroibete, Suli, Marshall-King...etc etc...

Blaming one person for the dysfunction of an entire organisation is a bit harsh.

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Oh absolutely. They're a shambles. And have been for a very long time.

Definitely not blaming one person just acknowledging he's a huge part of the problem because he's pretty ****. His retention and current contract at this point of his career is definitely worse than any one of those players you've mentioned leaving imo.

He's definitely over-paid and not someone you build a team around, that's for sure.

I still think there's a reasonable player in there though. Clearly more of a 5/8 to me than an organising halfback. A bit like Milford (who was clearly more talented at his peak).

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Dusty · Post by **Dusty** » July 12, 2022, 9:41 am

It’s not on the radar or even possible but I’d love us to have a player like Patrick Carrigan at our club. Brisbane seem to have unearthed a few decent forwards, Kobie Hethrington is another.

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Seiffert82 · Post by **Seiffert82** » July 12, 2022, 11:21 am

Dusty wrote:It’s not on the radar or even possible but I’d love us to have a player like Patrick Carrigan at our club. Brisbane seem to have unearthed a few decent forwards, Kobie Hethrington is another.

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Our club is desperate for a young leader like Carrigan. The Broncos have a real gem on their hands there.

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julian87 · Post by **julian87** » July 12, 2022, 11:26 am

Seiffert82 wrote: ↑July 12, 2022, 11:21 am
Dusty wrote:It’s not on the radar or even possible but I’d love us to have a player like Patrick Carrigan at our club. Brisbane seem to have unearthed a few decent forwards, Kobie Hethrington is another.

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Our club is desperate for a young leader like Carrigan. The Broncos have a real gem on their hands there.

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I don't think it's that far out to suggest Mooney could possibly morph into that role. He probably should play out the remainder of the season in the NRL 17 to have him primed for next season imo. Get minutes into him at lock to see what he's made of young for mine. The season is in the bin there's not much point him playing NSW Cup while Sutton and Elliott play first grade.

Post by **greeneyed** » July 12, 2022, 12:30 pm

julian87 wrote: ↑July 12, 2022, 11:26 am
Seiffert82 wrote: ↑July 12, 2022, 11:21 am
Dusty wrote:It’s not on the radar or even possible but I’d love us to have a player like Patrick Carrigan at our club. Brisbane seem to have unearthed a few decent forwards, Kobie Hethrington is another.

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Our club is desperate for a young leader like Carrigan. The Broncos have a real gem on their hands there.

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I don't think it's that far out to suggest Mooney could possibly morph into that role. He probably should play out the remainder of the season in the NRL 17 to have him primed for next season imo. Get minutes into him at lock to see what he's made of young for mine. The season is in the bin there's not much point him playing NSW Cup while Sutton and Elliott play first grade.

I agree with the idea but it seems his ankle injury from the weekend might require surgery.

julian87 · Post by **julian87** » July 12, 2022, 2:47 pm

I've just read that. That sucks.

kiwi raider · Post by **kiwi raider** » July 12, 2022, 4:52 pm

Yea terrible to lose Mooney and Rushton. Fingers crossed Mooneys isn't as bad as feared.

Hopefully it's not an Achilles

magoo · Post by **magoo** » July 12, 2022, 5:41 pm

Once I realised our season was gone, the only thing keeping me keen was having a look at how our young fellas would handle 1st grade. Now that Harry and Mooney are injured I'm struggling to stay interested.

Post by **Matt** » July 13, 2022, 6:26 pm

Not sure who's cat Greg Marzhew ran over, but we should be chasing him. He is your modern prototype winger, aka a prop with speed.

Dusty · Post by **Dusty** » July 13, 2022, 6:37 pm

Truth

Also, great to see young Ethan Strange in the Origin tips video today.

He’s not quite ready but I think this kid will be our 7/6 for a long time

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BJ · Post by BJ » July 13, 2022, 7:42 pm

Dusty wrote:Truth

Also, great to see young Ethan Strange in the Origin tips video today.

He’s not quite ready but I think this kid will be our 7/6 for a long time

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Another Strange call from Dusty.

Botman · Post by **Botman** » July 13, 2022, 8:10 pm

Dusty wrote: ↑July 13, 2022, 6:37 pm Truth

Also, great to see young Ethan Strange in the Origin tips video today.

He’s not quite ready but I think this kid will be our 7/6 for a long time

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God i hope so. We desperately need the long term answer.