Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[finnzo]

Brad Parker ?

🤦🏻

Have we been linked to Brad Parker? He’s a great player mate he’s tough and runs a great line and knows how to defend

 

[Aceshigh]

Sheens attracting the big names it seems. Who needs Klemmer when you can get Brad Parker?

But in fairness Brad is better then what we have , he is much better than our centres

 

[Red88_Tiger]

But in fairness Brad is better then what we have , he is much better than our centres

Tamou replacement 😃

 

[Tiger-ferret]

Sheens attracting the big names it seems. Who needs Klemmer when you can get Brad Parker?

I had to google him

 

[finnzo]

Are we actually linked to him?

 

[weststigerman]

But in fairness Brad is better then what we have , he is much better than our centres

It seems next years top 30 will be made up of centres and hookers.

Our centres don’t see the ball and Api is likely to play 80 minutes.

 

[Kaito]

Promising Wests Tigers halfback Jock Madden, who scored a slashing solo try in the narrow loss to the Dragons on Sunday, is set to quit the club.

The Tigers have a host of playmakers in their ranks including Luke Brooks, Adam Doueihi, Jackson Hastings and Madden and the former Australian Schoolboy believes he has a greater chance of playing first grade elsewhere.

Penrith and the Bulldogs are both believed to be interested in Madden.

The Panthers have lost their back-up half Sean O'Sullivan to the Dolphins while there are question marks over the future of Bulldogs playmaker Kyle Flanagan.

Madden has ability - he showed that with a dazzling 50-metre burst against the Dragons in which he broke the line and then beat the fullback to score.

"The Tigers just haven't given him much of a chance and we feel he will do better at another club," Madden's manager Gavin Orr told Wide World of Sports.

Tigers boss Tim Sheens said the club would be sorry to lose Madden.

"He can play and he is a good kid but we just don't have room for him in our 13," Sheens said.

"We have other players with more experience who we have committed to."

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Promising Wests Tigers halfback Jock Madden, who scored a slashing solo try in the narrow loss to the Dragons on Sunday, is set to quit the club.

The Tigers have a host of playmakers in their ranks including Luke Brooks, Adam Doueihi, Jackson Hastings and Madden and the former Australian Schoolboy believes he has a greater chance of playing first grade elsewhere.

Penrith and the Bulldogs are both believed to be interested in Madden.

The Panthers have lost their back-up half Sean O'Sullivan to the Dolphins while there are question marks over the future of Bulldogs playmaker Kyle Flanagan.

Madden has ability - he showed that with a dazzling 50-metre burst against the Dragons in which he broke the line and then beat the fullback to score.

"The Tigers just haven't given him much of a chance and we feel he will do better at another club," Madden's manager Gavin Orr told Wide World of Sports.

Tigers boss Tim Sheens said the club would be sorry to lose Madden.

"He can play and he is a good kid but we just don't have room for him in our 13," Sheens said.

"We have other players with more experience who we have committed to."

I'm sorry to see him go but it opens up a position for Kade Hill.

As for Brad Parker, I have no idea where this came from. Sheens did bring two solid Penrith centres to the club which certainly made a difference to the team.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

Promising Wests Tigers halfback Jock Madden, who scored a slashing solo try in the narrow loss to the Dragons on Sunday, is set to quit the club.

The Tigers have a host of playmakers in their ranks including Luke Brooks, Adam Doueihi, Jackson Hastings and Madden and the former Australian Schoolboy believes he has a greater chance of playing first grade elsewhere.

Penrith and the Bulldogs are both believed to be interested in Madden.

The Panthers have lost their back-up half Sean O'Sullivan to the Dolphins while there are question marks over the future of Bulldogs playmaker Kyle Flanagan.

Madden has ability - he showed that with a dazzling 50-metre burst against the Dragons in which he broke the line and then beat the fullback to score.

"The Tigers just haven't given him much of a chance and we feel he will do better at another club," Madden's manager Gavin Orr told Wide World of Sports.

Tigers boss Tim Sheens said the club would be sorry to lose Madden.

"He can play and he is a good kid but we just don't have room for him in our 13," Sheens said.

"We have other players with more experience who we have committed to."

Hmmm so no room for depth?

 

[Telltails]

"We have other players with more experience who we have committed to."
Have they committed to us though? Not so sure.

 

[Spacecub]

But in fairness Brad is better then what we have , he is much better than our centres

Hey im 60 years old, have stuffed knees, but would still be better than staford toa

 

[Kaito]

I'm sorry to see him go but it opens up a position for Kade Hill.

As for Brad Parker, I have no idea where this came from. Sheens did bring two solid Penrith centres to the club which certainly made a difference to the team.

Yeah, not very fussed.. Has to do
What is best for him the young
Fella, he's one of the good guys
Jock I wish him well - would be
Good if he went back to his jnr
Club and represented the knights

No idea where the Brad Parker
Stuff is coming from. Don't like
it either way paws, not the tonic.

 

[Cobarcats]

Silly season is starting. We are getting down because there are no quality players out there. That will change imo.
Players and there agents will be asking for more more money and releases and clubs may grant them because they're under cap pressure or they want to make toom for better players.
💰 talks so I can expect some movement.

 

[TV Ted Ellery]

If Jock Madden is leaving then Noddy should drop him for the final game and play Nu Brown and Doueihi in the halves. But he'll probably make him captain.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Silly season is starting. We are getting down because there are no quality players out there. That will change imo.
Players and there agents will be asking for more more money and releases and clubs may grant them because they're under cap pressure or they want to make toom for better players.
💰 talks so I can expect some movement.

Things can't be pleasant in the Bulldogs' sheds when the players either side of you are receiving big $ and you are performing on a pittance.

 

[Bus 2 Terrigal]

If Jock Madden is off to Penrith as the whispers suggest. I reckon this bloke would be worth a thought as a back up half for next season. He’s been killing it for Maitland this year ...

 

[batboy]

Hmmm so no room for depth?

Did you see the bit where he said
“no room in our top 13”

 

[batboy]

If Jock Madden is off to Penrith as the whispers suggest. I reckon this bloke would be worth a thought as a back up half for next season. He’s been killing it for Maitland this year ... View attachment 2453

He had a contract - threw it in to go to the pickers

 

[Aceshigh]

It seems next years top 30 will be made up of centres and hookers.

Our centres don’t see the ball and Api is likely to play 80 minutes.

Our centres continually drop the ball

 

[Eternal Tiger]

You can see that Sheens is writing off the year and has faith that if we can get all of our players on the park together for an extended period of time - including Api & Papi - we will see an improvement in results.
I'm also assuming that he has a plan of the style of football we want to play in moving forward as a club - although I'm not sure about this either as he didn't want the coaching job at all not so long ago (so we are told).
The reality is that for all of the stars to align in '23 - minimal to no injuries, a favourable draw, the rub of the green during games - the best this club would hope to achieve is 9th-12th. That's the reality.
For long suffering fans, that's not good enough. How can the board accept this?

The Board accept it because they don't care about on field results. They have allowed Pascoe to continue as CEO, that tells you the lack of care or knowledge they have of delivering a successful side.