@tigertownsfs said in Tommy Raudonikis memorial jersey Rd 9 v Titans:

@tiger-tragic said in Tommy Raudonikis memorial jersey Rd 9 v Titans:

@tigertownsfs said in Tommy Raudonikis memorial jersey Rd 9 v Titans:

@tiger5150 said in Tommy Raudonikis memorial jersey Rd 9 v Titans:

@tigertownsfs said in Tommy Raudonikis memorial jersey Rd 9 v Titans:

Why can’t we just run this jersey as our home one and the tigers version (golden orange) as the alternative? Surely that would massively outsell any other design and also appease both fan bases.

Because neither are a Wests Tigers jersey and are the jersey of a different club?

Well then add some orange to the black and vice versa but the point being more that a traditional jersey design is a stronger brand than the “modern” takes on the originals

I’m just wondering what the SFS stands for in your profile name? In defending your push for more “tradition” in the playing strip, I imagine SFS can’t stand for Sydney Football Stadium? Like, the previous home of the Roosters that we un-traditionally used as a home base a few years ago?

1000% it stands for moving to the rebuilt SFS.

Feel free to sign up to the change.org petition

https://www.change.org/p/wests-tigers-one-home-ground-at-the-new-sfs

So your interest in tradition of the club stops with the jerseys? You’re fine with our “one home ground” being the one shared with the Roosters and possibly Souths?

@mike said in Revealed: Secret bid to buy battling Tigers:

@jirskyr said in Revealed: Secret bid to buy battling Tigers:

@leichhardttiger said in Revealed: Secret bid to buy battling Tigers:

@jirskyr said in Revealed: Secret bid to buy battling Tigers:

For the record I’m not really for or against Benny trying to buy up half of WT.

What I do find interesting is there’s been a lot of commentary this year about what Tigers can do differently, given a whole host of coaches, managers, CEOs, staff, players have tried to lift the club to reasonably consistent success, and failed to do so.

It is generally agreed that one of the few consistencies throughout this period has been the board, notwithstanding the Wets 90% buyout of recent years putting it much more firmly in the Wests Ashfield court. We haven’t really changed the Board much, aside from the Chairperson.

And a bloke comes along to suggest to buy a stake and shake things up a bit… and the forum reaction appears to be 99% negative. Here’s your chance to shake things up folks, we can hardly do much worse on the NRL Ladder or our finals success record. If you are an advocate for shaking up the club structure and ownership, Benny is probably the only bloke who is going to make an offer this side of 2040 (pun intended). Take it or leave it, but if you leave it, you’ll need to abandon your complaints about things Wests Ashfield might do in the future.

How on God’s Earth is the ownership going to change how Nofo’s defence will improve?

If the owner removes or influences the coach, then very quickly. Nofo’s defence could become the Magpies’ problem.

Exactly what you don’t want is an owner interfering with the operations of a team. That would be a disaster.

Like when Maddog Macdougall left Souths because Rusty was trying to teach him how to run line’s.
If I bought the Tigers I’d probably do the same as Rusty. He living the dream.

@cultured_bogan said in Good enough for a serious team:

They looked really serious tonight. 80 minutes and got trounced 50 blot.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@truetiger said in THE AMBUSH - Show Your Stripes..:

Unfortunately cant go because of work committments…

Maybe I could make the next Pasco and cochise show…

Don’t you mean the Cochise and Pascoe show

@tiger_fanatic3 said in Wests Tigers - Audio Interviews - Mega Thread:

@tiger-tragic said in Wests Tigers - Audio Interviews - Mega Thread:

Oh no. Adam Doueihi talking about the opportunitues for wins over the next few weeks. Mentioned the Titans as a team he/they feel WT can beat (which implies there’s others they don’t feel they can beat …lol).

History shows things turns ugly with inexplicable losses after such comments. I really, really, really hope it doesn’t happen this week.

Your username says it all. 😂

Ahahaha. Fair enough. I hope I’m wrong

@love_the_weststigers said in Shawn Blore:

@pj said in Shawn Blore:

@speed2burn said in Shawn Blore:

@pj said in Shawn Blore:

@speed2burn said in Shawn Blore:

@spartan117 said in Shawn Blore:

Early indication were that Blore would be back around now

Hows he tracking??

Would be great to see him named in first grade for this week!

I’d say give him 1 more hit out in reserves then bring him back…not sure who you replace him with though. Maybe Seyfarth

Tamou

I’ve always thought Blore would be good in the middle

the club sees him as an edge forward though

I just want to replace Tamou. Upright running plodder with no aggression

I have never held high regard for Tamou but I’m warming up to him.
Watch the reply again from Sunday’s game if you can, together with AD he was another player out on his feet but he still running across to cover.
He was trying it lead as a captain, I respect that.

It must be wearing off on to players.
Joffa and Luc are the others who want to compete to the end.

He’s improved a lot in terms of cover defence and inside presure, it makes the job of our edge defenders a lot easier.

However, still doesn’t hit the line with any impact, always surrenders in tackles for a quick PTB which is a good tactic in the opposition half but needs to use the leg drive to pig it out from our own end.

@toptiger said in Wests list management slander getting old:

Good article but I believe The Fox was in fact a Souths junior (I think SG Ball) before he went to Cronulla.

He was a souffs junior

If he lifts his game we couldn’t care less if he was on $650k or $900k. Poor bloke is confidence driven and he has hardly any of it.
With AD improving weekly as his halves partner we hope to see an improvement in Luke’s game.

We might not have the marque halves but once we build momentum and start to win games they will improve and look much better.

I’m sure 100% of us want Luke Brooks to become a better player and be successful. After all, he does wear our jersey.

@tiger_fanatic3 said in Madge Maguire - Mega Thread:

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-michael-maguire-revup-and-an-accountability-lunch-over-beers-restores-belief-at-wests-tigers/news-story/7f4009a792c7131a513373e13afd6e8d

Madge rev-up and an accountability lunch over beers restores ‘belief’ at Wests Tigers

A passionate Maguire’s pre-game rev-up and an accountability lunch over beers has been credited for instilling “belief” in the embattled Wests.

Tigers halfback Luke Brooks revealed the “pressure” had been relieved after the team’s crucial win over St George Illawarra.

Brooks revealed Maguire’s plea to play passionately and represent the Tigers’ jumper with pride resonated with the players.

“We’ve seen some good ones from Madge – but this was probably a seven or an eight out of 10,” Brooks said about Maguire’s pre-game speech.

“He did get a bit fired up right before the game, right before we were about to run out.
“It worked for us. It was good to see the passion from Madge. He has plenty of passion for our side and plenty of belief.”

Maguire also laid a strong platform for accountability in the lead-up to the Dragons game when he invited the players for lunch at a western Sydney pub to openly discuss the team’s woes.

He directly asked the playing group for feedback, including any issues with him as the head coach. Brooks said the players quickly dismissed any concerns with Maguire and shifted the focus to the team’s poor on-field form.

“A few of the boys spoke up and everyone said we’ve got to look at our individual performances,” he said.

“It is easy to blame other people, but you’ve got to look at yourself in the mirror and fix your performance first.
“But we are the ones playing, so he (Madge) wanted to hear what our thoughts were.

“We are committed. We’ve proven that we can match it with the best teams, so we’ve just got to go out and do that every week.”

Tigers captain James Tamou praised Maguire for putting himself in a vulnerable position and opening the door for player criticism.

Tamou believes this open mentality is a testament to the coach’s passion to see the Tigers succeed. “Madge is very passionate – if he could, he would strap on the boots and run out with us and make the tackles,” Tamou said.

“He is that passionate, and that is why everyone loves him.

I could understand this article if we won 4 or 5 on the trot and were entrenched in the 8. Not one ugly win against an average side, with no guarantees of backing it up.

@magpies1963 said in BJ Leilua:

@darlingst said in BJ Leilua:

@tigerskins said in BJ Leilua:

If we use BJ more often like that … give him some early ball with room to move outside he’ll make more runs over the opposition centres … use him correctly close to line having players in motion … Doueihi / Brooks with the ball … say Laurie coming back against run then popping the ball wide to BJ he’ll score more often … !!

With Talau out … is JTJ available or is this PEC muscle issue more serious than reported … ?? If JTJ is out, Mbye to centres, Liddle to the bench.

Jimmy out for a month, which is a good thing I think

I feel it’s a good thing @DarlingSt : if our mob get on a roll there’ll be a lot of positivity amongst the boys which should help JTJ once again be the jet we have seen in the past 🤞

yeh, i think he needs a break, find some form in reggies

@cairnstigers said in Reece Hoffman:

@gnr4life said in Reece Hoffman:

With the emergence of mullet man, looking like he may become a regular first grader, where does that leave Hoffman? With Cini, AJ, Tommy, and possibly Kei in the near future, does Hoffman fit in?

With AJ out for some time and with his 1st ACL, we can’t count on him now for some time
Tommy is more suited to centre IMO
We won’t see Roberts after this year
Bj may also be gone
And Cheekam although not a centre has had to play there
We keep Hoffman and try to develop him more
We need competition and a healthy one at that
These young guys can push each other all the way
Unless of course we snare a Staggs or similar

G’day @Cairnstigers and @pawsandclaws1 : you two are spot on with where Wests Tigers future is headed…Our Juniors…
For me personally…Madge’s methods are slowly changing from translucent 🔍 to transparent and we need to be supportive for the sake of Our Team and Our Fans.
I am feeling really positive about a good finish to this year leading into a big improvement in 2022, but even more so about 2023 when we will have our best year since 2005…maybe even better!!!
They say if it’s worthwhile…it’ worth the wait ✌ 😋
Hang on to your hats and scarves Wests Tigers supporters…we’re in for a wild ride.
Gees, I hope I dont fall of the perch before then 😂

@geo said in One home ground:

We should play all our home games at Wollongong Stadium…

75% win ratio…

Heeeeeyyyyy… I was gonna say that 😐

@tigerbalm said in Wests Tigers Podcast - Hosted by Helmsey&Eddie.:

@barnzee said in Wests Tigers Podcast - Hosted by Helmsey&Eddie.:

@helmesy said in Wests Tigers Podcast - Hosted by Helmsey&Eddie.:

A post-win edition of the Wests Tigers Podcast with Declan, Eddie and Garry… https://weststigerspodcast.com.au/wests-tigers-podcast-0107/

Hey boys if you are going to throw criticism make sure it’s correct Simpkln threw one forward to Joey and Brooks the other ,also I wouldn’t say he had a bad game bit harsh I thought .

I thought he threw both. Was one from a scrum? I might be miss remembering.

Yeah he threw the one off the scrum Brooks threw the other

@tigerbalm said in Wests Tigers Podcast - Hosted by Helmsey&Eddie.:

@barnzee said in Wests Tigers Podcast - Hosted by Helmsey&Eddie.:

@helmesy said in Wests Tigers Podcast - Hosted by Helmsey&Eddie.:

A post-win edition of the Wests Tigers Podcast with Declan, Eddie and Garry… https://weststigerspodcast.com.au/wests-tigers-podcast-0107/

Hey boys if you are going to throw criticism make sure it’s correct Simpkln threw one forward to Joey and Brooks the other ,also I wouldn’t say he had a bad game bit harsh I thought .

I thought he threw both. Was one from a scrum? I might be miss remembering.

@upthetigers said in Daine Laurie:

@dazza65 said in Daine Laurie:

@upthetigers said in Daine Laurie:

No one is talking about Daine Laurie’s run to get out of the ingoal what a talent this kid is he rips in every game

Whole thread on it…”Play of the day”

Just saw it after posting my comment. Thanks.

His best day in tigers colours by far, great to see his work out the back to go with his usual elusive running. Few linebreaks to top it all off building a great combo with Douehi

@tyga said in A compelling reason:

@strongee said in A compelling reason:

@tyga said in A compelling reason:

The player signings are an illusion Titans and Dogs will be buying a team with the ability to compete for the finals. They won’t challenge and eventually will end up where we are now.

Player development and youth is the only way. Big name players like Souths and Easts sign when contending is the only exception.

This exactly . By the time the continuity in those teams hits , if playing together , the coach will probably be gone , and the guys who signed just for the money , will be gone as well. Then the cycle begins all over again . Our problem is , that when we did this first time around , we kept firing coaches and changing the direction , so the kids were like “this sux , there’s no plan , im gonna take the mo way from the club I loved as a kid “ . This also meant we lost the next guys in the process because we put our eggs into the top guys talent (Papenhuyzen and JAC) . We totally ballsed the whole thing up.

If this is the plan we have to stick to it .

We will lose good juniors along the way that get cherry picked by Roosters, Souths, Storm. The hope is they develop enough that we keep the ones we want in a side that competes in finals every year. If we grow our own stars then you can pay a marquee player in a position of need reasonable coin to win. Panthers big signings have been Capewell, Korisau hardly big money when they signed.

We won’t be able to keep them all. That is just reality.

@jirskyr said in The Wests Tigers Lament Thread:

@tigerdave said in The Wests Tigers Lament Thread:

2: Yeah no argument about JAC, it was dumb of the club, but how about having a go at the Sharks for letting him go first?

Rabbits let JAC go first, then Sharks.

Pretty sure Isaac Liu never played for Tigers in any junior capacity? He was Keebra Park but signed on for Roosters NYC. Going to Keebra doesn’t automatically make you a Tigers junior, case-in-point Jordan Kahu who was supposed to come down, never set foot in Sydney and claimed family issues. Might as well add Greg Eastwood and others to the list of Keebra kids who didn’t go to Tigers.

Liu played for WTs in NYC.

Man the Guy killed it for us tonight.
Thinking Cini + Momo may have worked better for us then Roberts + BJ Leilua.

@kazoo-kid said in The State Cup form line...:

@elleryhanley said in The State Cup form line...:

@jadtiger said in The State Cup form line...:

@kazoo-kid said in The State Cup form line...:

Brooks played well in the second half.

Brooks defence was excellent all game.Hopefully confidence from that will spark his attack

His defense has always been good…as has his running game…

Brooksy’s issue is in the opp 20. He likely will never improve that, he has had 7 years. Our points score record in opp 20 is almost as bad as the historically terrible Dogs.

Maybe Brooks 14?

Brooks had a try assist and 3 forced drop outs all from within the opposition 20. Almost had another assist but for the hand of Joey Leilua. Yes he wasn’t great in the first half, but he was fantastic in the second half. Almost a flawless performance from a halfback in terms of controlling where the game is played and keeping pressure on the other team.

Great game management we had something like 65% possession (2nd half) and over 85% (match) completions. His short kicks were good too. Our attack is too lateral but that can be fixed. Good signs but as always it’s one week in a row.

@mike said in StatsInsider article on Wests Tigers:

@zach said in StatsInsider article on Wests Tigers:

Anyway someone can send this article to Pascoe so he can forward it on to Madge? Because he/everyone at the club needs to read it…

You don’t think Madge would know already?

No I don’t think he knows already