Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Buttface]

Chipped in last year... He's all on us now...

Yes, I Know that, but over the course of his contract it works out ok compared to some of the other others named. Let’s not argue the finer points of one player’s contract when basically we agree that a lot of our players get gifted overs on extra years when negotiating with us.
Douhie is the prime example of some deluded idiot not being able to see this guy can’t nail down a posi and is a lazy, selfish, delusional footballer who refuses to work on his flaws, and then his off field comments. Unbelievable. But even Sheens couldn’t see it? Anyway let’s not get stuck going on about one particular contract, there’s a few of them that should have been terminated the previous contract.
And this Bullshit rule about spending a 80% of your cap pisses me off and I’d have no problem not adhering to that rule and then when the NRL come knocking telling them to stick ya BS rule up your arse, we are playing moneyball and ya shit rule is hindering our ability to be competitive. I’m sick of getting bent over by players and the NRL. I’d rather they fine us for having good contracts and we don’t spend enough cap than spend all our cap on shit long term contracts.

 

[Buttface]

Tuiaki was the only one who was a success since the JV started

Mmmm Tuiaki Chicken, those were the days. He was a fav with my fam.

 

[Buttface]

He let 2 bombs bounce [someone else's comment] and I seen one the week before. Not a good attribute for a fullback.
He used to be half, maybe a move from fullback is needed?

Yeah right, I haven’t seen him play this season, but I hate that, a fullbacks job is to catch the ball.

 

[Wiz]

I'd be shocked if Galvin didn't have 3 times the involvements as Tupou....
Don't know I've seen a player as disengaged in the game as Tupou, he looks like he'd rather be anywhere else...

Yes it wasn’t a criticism of Galvin on debut. You have to expect a few errors from rookies. I was at the game and what was most impressive from Galvin was his intent and will to be involved and try. Courageous on debut and hopefully the start of a mental shift for the squad as a whole. We need it.

 

[Wiz]

Seriously? If you look at the amount of touches and the role that Galvin plays then his mistake rate would be a lot lower than Tupou as a percentage.. also , Galvin was trying to create something, effort on effort.. this is so obvious that to compare the 2 is very unfair .. Even the over the sideline pass was thrown to where Staines probably should have been.. Tigers players seem unable to position themselves in a position to create danger for the opposition, pappenhausen is a master of running a line so that if the pass is good enough to find him then he is through the gap… just trudging up Willy nilly with no intent just does not cut it in first grade in the NRL

Wasn’t a criticism just a fact. See my other comment above. I agree with everything you say.

 

[Tom Shines]

The Dolphins showed a perfect example of how a committed hungry team with a fast backline can disassemble a big physical but slow team.

Their backline is way more talented than the backline the Tigers put on the field ….

None of the Tigers backs would be better than their Dolphin equivalent … The Hammer is an elite player in the competition… Farnsworth goes ok too…they are light years from any backs the Tigers currently have

 

[Kaito]

position themselves in a position to create danger for the opposition

Magnifique 🤌🏼

 

[Tito Santana]

I'd be shocked if Galvin didn't have 3 times the involvements as Tupou....
Don't know I've seen a player as disengaged in the game as Tupou, he looks like he'd rather be anywhere else...

Tupou looks like he’s smoked weed before he takes the field. Probably not far off.

 

[Needaname]

Every year we get a great rugby union prospect.
Every year they are flops. Waste of space and time trying to convert them.

Be nice if we get one that’s fit and firing and on their way up.
Not someone that showed something eons ago and is looking to recapture that form.

Theme for most of our recruitment actually.

Not saying you shouldn’t take a risk on these blokes, some teams do and it pays off; but the Tigers can’t afford to gamble with talent.
Need to pay sound money for sure things and build from there.

 

[Tito Santana]

Be nice if we get one that’s fit and firing and on their way up.
Not someone that showed something eons ago and is looking to recapture that form.

Theme for most of our recruitment actually.

Not saying you shouldn’t take a risk on these blokes, some teams do and it pays off; but the Tigers can’t afford to gamble with talent.
Need to pay sound money for sure things and build from there.

Yeah Alaimalo looked tezz

 

[balmain boy]

9 are reporting that Lechhardt is dead as of the end of next year. The council is shutting it down.

The same thing was said several years ago. It's just Darcy putting pressure on the state government to chip in funds for the redevelopment.

There are no real OHS issues at the ground.

 

[liltiger]

Galvin looked miles ahead of the rest of the squad and it was his debut. He made a few errors but tried his guts out, apart from api he seems to be the only player we have that can play with some vision.

 

[Don Kershane]

It seems all about confidence to me . The Dolphins ran onto the field happy and had confidence in each other as though the previous week didn't happen.. I wonder if having Farah around the younger guys scares them a bit as he seems a bit stern most of the time.

 

[Love_the_WestsTigers]

Tupou looks like he’s smoked weed before he takes the field. Probably not far off.

Yeah, he is looking for stars and fairies in the blue sky.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Yeah Alaimalo looked tezz

Reminded me of the broken version of Ken Maumalo

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

I just think you have to be realistic about the capabilities of this current squad and the unlikelihood of Benji being the bloke with the magic wand - assuming he will be the next person who fans are most likely to target.
There are too many individuals that are contributing to the failure on the field to expect one person off the field to fix it - especially when the teams that we oppose are all better, and week in week out expose our weaknesses.

We can compete for parts of games but can't defend our errors against stronger faster teams. If we don't get a fair share of possession and field position we will lose.
All comes back to roster - retention and recruitment which our club consistently for years has failed at, and still there are a number of players being paid too much money for output. Recipe for failure.
Brooks in a good system not a different player just got a better team around him. It's always been a bigger problem than anyone person can fix no matter who you target as most likely.

Agree re being realistic.

But our biggest issue is we lack intent & purpose.
We are a robotic team. We go through the motions & that’s it.

When we make an error and can’t defend right after it is about our defensive mindset intent which is stay on the line, conserve energy, ball watch & arm grab rather than move up aggressively & attack the players in our tackles.

We are a very unfit team mostly made of pillows that would prefer to jump on beds than tackle on the footy field.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

He let 2 bombs bounce [someone else's comment] and I seen one the week before. Not a good attribute for a fullback.
He used to be half, maybe a move from fullback is needed?

He has bad instinctive traits for a fullback IMO
Has speed & some good attacking instincts which we are in dire need of however.

Maybe a bench middle support style player might his position longer term if he can defend.

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

We shall swap Twal and Seyfarth for 2-3 hard running props, as one pillow "look, I always gain negative meters" prop that never offloads is too many for our team!

 

[weststigerman]

Way too early to write Mason on or off. Let him develop in NSW Cup and see where he ends up at the end of the season.

 

[Vicious]

Reminded me of the broken version of Ken Maumalo

Maumalo is at least fairly committed and safe under the high ball.
Alaimalo just looked scared to run hard, scared to tackle and scared to contest high balls.
You can only hope he improves as he has all the physical attributes required to be a very good outside back.