Imagine he's only part of Balmain cos St Joseph's is in Hunters Hill. Doubt he has any loyalty to the club. And a long way from playing in a super elite rugby school boy team to NRL. Let's wait and see.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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Kelce68
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Gold-standard logic:
'We haven't managed to keep every single 17 year old in our whole system, therefore, the entire junior system is useless'.
Go play in traffic.
'We haven't managed to keep every single 17 year old in our whole system, therefore, the entire junior system is useless'.
Go play in traffic.
Jedi_Tiger
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Bill Young is a publican this is probably related to Laundy's and hotels
oldschooltiger
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Just read Woods is extending his stay at Dragons .He activated an option in his favour in his contract .Even someone not really wanted because of age not coming home to WT
We are the only club with no news on signings .
Message to Tim
There is zero chance of making the top 8 next year if your only plan to improve our roster is thru the juniors . That might work for 2025 season
We are the only club with no news on signings .
Message to Tim
There is zero chance of making the top 8 next year if your only plan to improve our roster is thru the juniors . That might work for 2025 season
His group owns a half dozen pubs in and around the inner west. Laundy and co are a competitor in the hospo space.
pawsandclaws1
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Were we interested in signing him?
Nope....and am glad we didn't....he is a massive tool for the way he treated this club on his exit and plodder..
FinestTigers
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Each time that these sort of signings happen,
Then the club must be transparent and give the fans a convincing explanation.
We've got enough problems as it is and this is one thing that the WT fans will not tolerate, why has this very promising junior sign with the Bulldogs and not us?
We have lost far too many good young players in the past,
And I'm not questioning the loyalty of the people who are now responsible for pathways yet, but without the necessary and convincing explanations by the club then you would have to ask where does their loyalty lie? is their loyalty mostly with the WT or with the other clubs? And are we just a development club for other clubs?
WT, Please explain.
pawsandclaws1
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Thanks mate.
Sure you read it right, Last I read - He's played enough games to activate the clause...
But hasn't done so yet. - That was last night
The title of the articles are misleading.
earl
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I think the best response to this post is this post.
People are complaining about not getting Woods.
We are terrible but geez cool the heat down guys.
Who says he's 'very promising'?
As per the last couple of pages of this thread, we already have at least two others in the system ahead of him in the same position.
FinestTigers
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Gus?
BlackWhiteGold
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Right now as we build hope and somewhat excitement over our recruitment & retention rollout over the next 2-3 months, I am hoping for these 3 announcements to start things rolling and here is why ...
1 - Jackson Hastings
We need a leader, someone that wants to play for the club and repay the club and not do it for the money. And importantly someone that has the attitude the rubs off on his team mates and juniors coming through (and also us fans). We need Alpha personality types within the playing group (and whilst Hastings isn't overtly Alpha he is a leader, he is vocal and he leads with actions).
He should be our number one priority to extend until 2025/6!
Disclaimer: I do hope that AD can join Jacko as this type of player for the Tigers but the Roosters game & his non-commitment to any agreement until after the World Cup has me second guessing how much he wants to stay. Jury is out for the moment.
2. John Bateman
Let's get him over! He is in the age bracket we need in the forwards, he is experienced, he comes from a winning culture and he leads defensive lines (OMG don't we need that). Jacko, get on Zoom with Tim & Benji and get your ol team mate to join the revolution. I enjoyed reading this old story on his impact at the Raiders initially: https://7news.com.au/sport/rugby-league/nrl-star-bateman-changed-raiders-culture-c-362192
3. Andrew (top 30) & brother David Fifita (T&T)
Controversial I know but hear me out! A theme I am running with here is bringing more Alpha personalities into the group as we have become the most passive group going around. Andrew has 1 year left in him. I want him for 20 mins per game off the bench. He brings experience, aggression, leadership of the young middles like Pole & Miller etc, ball playing skill and is very good at locking in the middle defensively.
David to join Andrew to bring that family club mentality. Only on a T&T contract to help lead & develop our middles in NSW Cup and be there if injuries strike next season. Brings that Wests Tigers DNA back into the Club. And before you shoot me down, I am only saying T&T contract and we NEED to mix experience with our youth.
@THE_POM please tell me the above is in motion 🙂
Then we can secure Dylan Brown & Spencer Leniu for 2024!
1 - Jackson Hastings
We need a leader, someone that wants to play for the club and repay the club and not do it for the money. And importantly someone that has the attitude the rubs off on his team mates and juniors coming through (and also us fans). We need Alpha personality types within the playing group (and whilst Hastings isn't overtly Alpha he is a leader, he is vocal and he leads with actions).
He should be our number one priority to extend until 2025/6!
Disclaimer: I do hope that AD can join Jacko as this type of player for the Tigers but the Roosters game & his non-commitment to any agreement until after the World Cup has me second guessing how much he wants to stay. Jury is out for the moment.
2. John Bateman
Let's get him over! He is in the age bracket we need in the forwards, he is experienced, he comes from a winning culture and he leads defensive lines (OMG don't we need that). Jacko, get on Zoom with Tim & Benji and get your ol team mate to join the revolution. I enjoyed reading this old story on his impact at the Raiders initially: https://7news.com.au/sport/rugby-league/nrl-star-bateman-changed-raiders-culture-c-362192
3. Andrew (top 30) & brother David Fifita (T&T)
Controversial I know but hear me out! A theme I am running with here is bringing more Alpha personalities into the group as we have become the most passive group going around. Andrew has 1 year left in him. I want him for 20 mins per game off the bench. He brings experience, aggression, leadership of the young middles like Pole & Miller etc, ball playing skill and is very good at locking in the middle defensively.
David to join Andrew to bring that family club mentality. Only on a T&T contract to help lead & develop our middles in NSW Cup and be there if injuries strike next season. Brings that Wests Tigers DNA back into the Club. And before you shoot me down, I am only saying T&T contract and we NEED to mix experience with our youth.
@THE_POM please tell me the above is in motion 🙂
Then we can secure Dylan Brown & Spencer Leniu for 2024!
Did he?
earl
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@BlackWhiteGold I hope we re-sign Hastings. The others are no good and we should pass on them. The exact opposite of what we need.
We don't need Alpha personalities (whatever that means). We need good players who can execute well consistently including when they are under pressure.
Dylan Brown & Spencer Leniu would be good pick-ups for the right price.
We don't need Alpha personalities (whatever that means). We need good players who can execute well consistently including when they are under pressure.
Dylan Brown & Spencer Leniu would be good pick-ups for the right price.
earl
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Apparently he said he could potentially be the new Mitch Brown. I rated him as a player. He was pretty decent.
FinestTigers
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Maybe he did or he didn't, them signing him would suggest that he would say that, it's besides the point, my argument is that the club must give it's fans proper explanations about each of these sort of signings.
