LEICESTER TIGERS 2020/21 SQUAD/TRANSFERS/CONTRACT THREAD Part 2

[Loob19]

The guy posting on Facebook with Veainu's name is a swimming instructor and went to St Andrew's College, Christchurch - is that Telusa?

[Leicestertinytiger]

Veainu's partner on facebook live stream chat
"#tigersfamily is the biggest load of (Other words for balls that get's censored) . They have never been a family club and never will be. Only care about the ££"
and
" I talk from experience. As the partner of a player who shares the opinion of most families involved in this club over the past years."

Could argue all they care about is the £££ hence why they are leaving.....

[Moose]

Veainu's partner on facebook live stream chat
"#tigersfamily is the biggest load of (Other words for balls that get's censored) . They have never been a family club and never will be. Only care about the ££"
and
" I talk from experience. As the partner of a player who shares the opinion of most families involved in this club over the past years."

I was tempted to reply to her, but didn't want to be inflammatory. Ultimately sport is a business, so when it comes to the crunch, yes it's about the £££. For me, the family club comes from supporting long -term injured players, providing opportunities for players after rugby etc. all of which I believe we do.

[cheltexile]

The guy posting on Facebook with Veainu's name is a swimming instructor and went to St Andrew's College, Christchurch - is that Telusa?

He found a new gig pretty quickly then!

[RagingBull]

The guy posting on Facebook with Veainu's name is a swimming instructor and went to St Andrew's College, Christchurch - is that Telusa?

yes

[Loob19]

Well, have to say, Veainu hijacking the interview makes him look like he has an axe to grind. Or he's just winding everybody up - just like Genge yesterday?

[MCC1964]

The guy posting on Facebook with Veainu's name is a swimming instructor and went to St Andrew's College, Christchurch - is that Telusa?

yes

Well I guess that means the club at this point don’t realise that it’s all over with JT. There wouldn’t be any point in not mentioning him with the others.

[sam16111986]

Veainu commented on the live feed that Taufua is leaving as well after Andrea didn’t mention him

Interesting. Bondi has gone back over the 5 name thing a few times. There's been a chance for Andrea to correct what she's said. Maybe there's been a late deal.

Hmmmm.......Bondi has confirmed o his twitter feed that Andrea listed five players but hasn’t directly answered in the affirmative that JT is staying.

I guess if TV genuinely has stated it on a Facebook live feed then it must be true.....

He's part of the media team. If Andrea says those are the five that are going then he's not going to undermine his boss by posting on social media not an hour later that she's wrong. It's not his department and not his place. He's also not going to get in an online argument with TV or someone posing as TV (don't know I watched it on YouTube) as that could get messy and he needs to keep his nose clean.

[SthrnTiger]

Well, have to say, Veainu hijacking the interview makes him look like he has an axe to grind. Or he's just winding everybody up - just like Genge yesterday?

My guess is its both.

[Bundy]

Veainu's partner on facebook live stream chat
"#tigersfamily is the biggest load of (Other words for balls that get's censored) . They have never been a family club and never will be. Only care about the ££"
and
" I talk from experience. As the partner of a player who shares the opinion of most families involved in this club over the past years."

Pity they couldn't take the chance to show the awful club how little ££ means to them then and agree the wage cut like others!!

[longlivethecrumbie]

Let's be honest, losing your job is **** and people deal with it and react in different ways. Especially if they feel hard done to. I'm not surprised that there's been at least some negative reaction from the players that are leaving.

Thank you to them all for their efforts over a varying number of years.

[TigerBoy1880]

Nadolo tweeted about 15 minutes ago that today is his first day as a Tiger. Veainu said welcome and the reply from Nadolo was “Can’t wait to play alongside you”. Nadolo hasn’t seen the news!!

[jgriffin]

The guy posting on Facebook with Veainu's name is a swimming instructor and went to St Andrew's College, Christchurch - is that Telusa?

yes

Well I guess that means the club at this point don’t realise that it’s all over with JT. There wouldn’t be any point in not mentioning him with the others.

There might be legal reasons, there might be practical ones. Frankly my dear I don't give a damn, they had their discussions and Pinchen made it clear that it is the ££, looking at potential £10m loss. They cannot be hired by any other Prem club so it's France, Ireland or Japan since Welsh in financial trouble and Scots short of £.

[westwinds31]

To be honest, I feel pretty sickened about the whole affair. Yeah yeah, the club is the main thing, that doesn’t help at the moment. Key players have left, the club have handled it abysmally and we have serious issues with regard to the leaking of information to the press. It would be great to think that we will crack on from this, pull together under Borthwick and rise again, but it feels like a long long way away at the moment. I wonder what the fallout will be in the squad. I’m sure Borthwick will play a straight bat but what he’s thinking privately god only knows. Sad and embarrassing couple of weeks for the club. We can’t even announce players leaving without messing it up.

[RagingBull]

Nadolo tweeted about 15 minutes ago that today is his first day as a Tiger. Veainu said welcome and the reply from Nadolo was “Can’t wait to play alongside you”. Nadolo hasn’t seen the news!!

OOF
This week has been so awkward.

Although may well be banter.