LEICESTER TIGERS 2020/21 SQUAD/TRANSFERS/CONTRACT THREAD EPISODE IV: A New Hope

[RagingBull]

Rugby Paper saying Tigers are chasing Tommy Taylor.

If this is this probably means no Montoya

Not sure why?

[ay2oh]

Rugby Paper saying Tigers are chasing Tommy Taylor.

If this is this probably means no Montoya

Not sure why?

Because I don’t see us paying 2 high salaries in one position especially as we already have four hookers on the books

[TigerFeetSteve]

Rugby Paper saying Tigers are chasing Tommy Taylor.

If this is this probably means no Montoya

I dunno, Kerr may be a little unsettled as he seems to have dropped behind Clare in the pecking order (hard to say he may have had Covid), if Youngs is retiring and one other is unsettled we may be looking at 2 signings. Even if it's just one I'm happy not to have all eggs in one basket, I mean if Montoya in his next gets a significant injury it would leave us stranded.

[RunTigerRun]

https://twitter.com/rugbypass/status/13 ... 79328?s=21

Edinburgh have been stated as favourites to sign Boan Venter (who was linked as an individual we are looking at) - wonders whether this has any impact on de Bruin or if that was also a done deal.

Shame to miss out on both, if this is the case.

[RagingBull]

Doubt it would have any impact on de Bruin.

[RunTigerRun]

Doubt it would have any impact on de Bruin.

Probably wishful thinking on my part!!

[RagingBull]

On Taylor I feel that's it's mainly agent talk from his side.
I also don't think he would be a big money signing really.

He's 29 year old Hooker with 1 England cap in 2016.
He's suffered from injury problems which has kept him from having a run of games.

I would say he's looking at a back up position for most if not all prem teams.
Bath - Dunn
Bristol - Thacker
Exeter - LCD, Yeandle
Gloucester - Singleton
Quins - Baldwin
Irish - Creevy
Falcons - Mcguigan
Sale - Akker
Sarries - George

The thing is with Wasps they have Cruse, Oghre and depending on position Barbeary.
They won't want to pay too much for Taylor, so my feeling is they are in talks with Taylor and playing hardball with him.

NOW who is his agency you might think, well I believe it's Greenroom sports which a certain Wilks brother is still currently involved in. so who knows.

Personally I also wonder if Mamu is on a 1 year deal. Montoya from all noise out of tigers is done for next season. I don't know if Youngs is quite ready to call it a day either he's been playing his best rugby since Cockerill left under Borthwick.
I don't think it would be unrealistic to think our Hookers stock being Montoya, Taylor, Youngs and Clare.

[TA30]

Suspect you are right RB, Taylor does not find himself in a strong negotiating position at wasps with oghre and barbeary coming through. If he does leave id expect sale to try and get him back, he'd improve their line out.

Would be amazed if Kerr is here next season, i hope both Youngs and Clare are still around alongside Montoya. Early days into a long season but Mamu is starting to give me panic buy vibes (not on the same level as enever) and would take Taylor over him, presumably on similar wage.

[kk20gb30]

Should the Taylor rumor have any substance I certainly would not object to his signature should he retain the ability he possessed at or near his peak.Badly hampered by injuries in the last couple of years , but prior to this highly accurate and efficient hooker.

[Snoopydog68]

Rugby Paper saying Tigers are chasing Tommy Taylor.

If this is this probably means no Montoya

I dunno, Kerr may be a little unsettled as he seems to have dropped behind Clare in the pecking order (hard to say he may have had Covid), if Youngs is retiring and one other is unsettled we may be looking at 2 signings. Even if it's just one I'm happy not to have all eggs in one basket, I mean if Montoya in his next gets a significant injury it would leave us stranded.

Some of the players who are being named as possibly not being with us next year are not out of contract next year. I think the only one who may be able to move is Lewis as his contract expires at the end of the 2020/2021 season. I may be wrong though! The others re-signed for 2 years plus in some cases during lockdown when Manu, Bateman et al all left.

[RagingBull]

Do you have a link that says the length of the contracts?

[Snoopydog68]

Do you have a link that says the length of the contracts?

I don't I'm afraid. A friend of mine knows someone who knows Kerr's girlfriend and Kerr has recently taken on a mortgage this year as he was signed for a further 2 years. Some of the re-signings were for 3 years but do not have any proof - Sorry - could all be heresay and I'm talking complete cobblers!

[sam16111986]

If this is this probably means no Montoya

I dunno, Kerr may be a little unsettled as he seems to have dropped behind Clare in the pecking order (hard to say he may have had Covid), if Youngs is retiring and one other is unsettled we may be looking at 2 signings. Even if it's just one I'm happy not to have all eggs in one basket, I mean if Montoya in his next gets a significant injury it would leave us stranded.

Some of the players who are being named as possibly not being with us next year are not out of contract next year. I think the only one who may be able to move is Lewis as his contract expires at the end of the 2020/2021 season. I may be wrong though! The others re-signed for 2 years plus in some cases during lockdown when Manu, Bateman et al all left.

Would make sense. A chunky pay cut would be more palatable if you've got a contract extension giving you financial security. We're assuming Kerr is annoyed at his lack of game time, behind the scenes Borthwick may have a development plan in place for him and they have a good working relationship.

[RagingBull]

Interesting that Kerr wasn’t announced among the re-signings this season and his last one was in the 2018/19 season for 2 years.

[TigerFeetSteve]

Saying Mamukashvili is a panic buy is definitely early, when we first signed him GM said after the restart he had a niggle, so only played a tiny bit right at the end since the end of the internationals (of which he played in all of them)

Brive we went with the combination that we had the week before

Bayonne we gave Clare a start and the Hooker most in need of game time, Kerr the start too.

Looking at it, with Clare concussed, I could also well believe that Hooker is possibly a position we wouldn't have needed much Covid exposure in this position round the squad for us to be unable to field a team.