Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[GCfan]

By the end of this season Paws I am going to get a compliment for Madge out of you. It is my new medium term goal. 😆

Never!
I think Paws is taking his stance on Madge to the grave. And that’s his right to do so. Might not always agree but got to respect the man for his staunch take on the situation.

 

[Lee's fedora]

The guys we have injured aren’t even rep quality players, they ran 13th or something last year. Their return may or may not improve us. Sorry harsh truth.

Might not be rep quality but they still give us something you wanna be negative about everything we do go ahead but others with real footy knowledge know we are headed in the right direction

 

[GCfan]

he doesn't look like skelator at the pressers anymore

True. He doesn’t seem to be rolling out the constant ebbs n flows either. Seems to be a little more to his pressers than there used to be

 

[BAGNF05]

Might not be rep quality but they still give us something you wanna be negative about everything we do go ahead but others with real footy knowledge know we are headed in the right direction

LOL if you disregard the ladder 🤣

 

[Lee's fedora]

LOL if you disregard the ladder 🤣

Sometimes you gonna crawl through 50 yards of crap to get to the good side

 

[LeichhardtTiger]

3 in NQ game when we would have led at halftime and into a winning pos 2nd half. Watch the game again and listen to Voss explain why he won't comment on the "oh I won't comment on that". It was embarrassing to hear that from an opinionated commentator who seemed to be gagged from bagging the referring non decisions. I think he used the term "The Tigers just need the rub of the green" a few times - but maybe the refs were getting plenty of green by the terrible calls - not just last night but over the past many weeks. Unconscious Bias is alive and well in the NRL!

The look on Sutton's face when Tupou scores says it all. He looked pissed off and worried cos we were the more attacking side and looked on top for most of the 1st half. Corruption is big in the NRL

 

[LeichhardtTiger]

The look on Sutton's face when Tupou scores says it all. He looked pissed off and worried cos we were the more attacking side and looked on top for most of the 1st half. Corruption is big in the NRL

I wonder what side of the field Ziggy was on when the 2 forward pass tries and offside kick chase try were scored?

 

[weststigerman]

Never!
I think Paws is taking his stance on Madge to the grave. And that’s his right to do so. Might not always agree but got to respect the man for his staunch take on the situation.

Paws will never say anything nice about Madge, and will never say a bad word about Brooks regardless what happens.

At least he’s changed his tune a bit on Hastings.

 

[AL The Tiger]

Punt him.

Surely you're trolling?

 

[BAGNF05]

Sometimes you gonna crawl through 50 yards of crap to get to the good side

Hope your Crichton mail is good mate. Don’t need to crawl anywhere, just need to be better in the front office.

 

[BAGNF05]

Surely you're trolling?

Yes. I am. Our halves are the best thing going for this team

 

[Pascoes_barber]

Sometimes you gonna crawl through 50 yards of crap to get to the good side

(Paraphrasing Malcolm Tucker, The Thick of It)

Supporting Wests Tigers; this is the f**king Shawshank Redemption, right?

But with more tunneling through shit

And no f**king redemption.

 

[jirskyr]

Any team with our injuries would be spoon material we do have more upside and fight than most teams in the 8

That was a point I was trying to make on the weekend. Tigers finished the last game without our first-choice hooker, 5/8th, fullback and centre pairing.

Imagine Storm running around without Paps, Munster, Grant and Reimis Smith / Olam. Well actually don't imagine it, you saw half those guys out last weekend and they got lapped.

Imagine Panthers without Edwards, Luai, Koroisau, Crichton and Tago.

Imagine Roosters without Tedesco, Verrills, Keary, Manu and... well whoever their other centre is, sometimes Momirovski.

Our injured players are not at the level of those top players I mentioned, but it's still a massive toll on your side.

Tigers are not getting the wins, but the injury toll cannot be underestimated. Especially in centres - down 5 of our first-choice players and forced to field backrowers there every weekend.

 

[Lee's fedora]

That was a point I was trying to make on the weekend. Tigers finished the last game without our first-choice hooker, 5/8th, fullback and centre pairing.

Imagine Storm running around without Paps, Munster, Grant and Reimis Smith / Olam. Well actually don't imagine it, you saw half those guys out last weekend and they got lapped.

Imagine Panthers without Edwards, Luai, Koroisau, Crichton and Tago.

Imagine Roosters without Tedesco, Verrills, Keary, Manu and... well whoever their other centre is, sometimes Momirovski.

Our injured players are not at the level of those top players I mentioned, but it's still a massive toll on your side.

Tigers are not getting the wins, but the injury toll cannot be underestimated. Especially in centres - down 5 of our first-choice players and forced to field backrowers there every weekend.

Exactly sure our players aren't top tier but you put them all together we are a solid team

 

[BAGNF05]

Exactly sure our players aren't top tier but you put them all together we are a solid team

A solid team that runs about 13th in the NRL. Plays well every second or third week. Sounds about right. Nothing wrong with wanting better. 🙄

 

[Blake]

Burton could be a better fullback than 5/8.

He has a really elite skillset however has looked better at centre than 6.

Moving him to fullback could prove a master stroke.

Some club should try it....

Burton's biggest strength is his kicking game. I would have him at 7 so he is the person kicking on the last, not at 6 running on the 4th. Fullbacks don't kick very often so his kicking would be wasted. I am also sure he could play every backline position very well.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

The guys we have injured aren’t even rep quality players, they ran 13th or something last year. Their return may or may not improve us. Sorry harsh truth.

They are better than their replacements

 

[Blake]

There's a reason why so many are over the moon with Jackson Hastings this year.

As my man @The_Patriot said... he actually turns up, has a crack and does his job with pride.

Something we have not seen from our halfback in years.

What rubbish. When Brooks went off Hastings tried hard but could not do anything without a creative player to pass it to. Which is the same problem that Brooks has had for years. No one can distribute and create by themselves.

 

[Lee's fedora]

What rubbish. When Brooks went off Hastings tried hard but could not do anything without a creative player to pass it to. Which is the same problem that Brooks has had for years. No one can distribute and create by themselves.

Jackson also lost his hooker and other support half Brooks had how many years with a hooker and half next to him

 

[BAGNF05]

What rubbish. When Brooks went off Hastings tried hard but could not do anything without a creative player to pass it to. Which is the same problem that Brooks has had for years. No one can distribute and create by themselves.

Seems bloody obvious hey 🤦🏽‍♂️