Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

weststigers said:
“Most people” here were asking why we didn’t make a play for Hynes.

There’s always one or two that go against the grain, but I think your assessment is not how it went down.

In fairness to the club, we already had Hastings, Brooks and Doueihi + Laurie at fullback.

In the context of our squad and the positions we needed to fill, we looked at other options.

In fact, I think we were offering Mitchell and Addo-Carr at the time.
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There were plenty on here saying Hynes was slow and rubbish and not good enough for us. No coincidence that alot of the perpetrators are the same blokes who consistently defend Luke Brooks and try and persuade people that he can play
 
weststigers said:
One thing to note is we have stopped the back-ended contracts that got us into cap trouble all those years ago.

Yes…we have made dud purchases, but they haven’t been compounded by big yearly salary increases.

Overall, I think the club is more astute in managing the cap. Player selection has been the issue of late…

Cleary picked 4 duds on big salaries which killed us for 3-4 years. Add Brooks who is being paid well above his worth and you have the 2022 Wests Tigers in a nutshell.

Finally, we are 1 year away from clearing the mess that was created by Ivan (mainly the Brooks contract) and we have some decent money to hit the market with.

Api and Papi are good value signings for what they will bring. The club did exceptionally well there.

I can’t believe the death riding that is going on!
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The current Brooks contract was signed under Maguire's tenure
 
Camel2281 said:
There were plenty on here saying Hynes was slow and rubbish and not good enough for us. No coincidence that alot of the perpetrators are the same blokes who consistently defend Luke Brooks and try and persuade people that he can play
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This. It was the usual Brooks fanboys who did what they always do the moment there’s someone who could replace him. They make passive aggressive comments and try to tear down the player. With Hynes, they said he was a system player.

Now he’s the reigning Dally M player of the year and lead his team to the finals and is an all round top bloke. Meanwhile, we’re stuck with a mute halfback who hasn’t made finals in his entire career and lacks the basic skills of a first grade halfback.

paws, Jedi et al are all Brooks fans first, Tigers fans second. Too damn arrogant to admit they backed the wrong horse and would see the team suffer.
 
Batmans Parents said:
This. It was the usual Brooks fanboys who did what they always do the moment there’s someone who could replace him. They make passive aggressive comments and try to tear down the player. With Hynes, they said he was a system player.

Now he’s the reigning Dally M player of the year and lead his team to the finals and is an all round top bloke. Meanwhile, we’re stuck with a mute halfback who hasn’t made finals in his entire career and lacks the basic skills of a first grade halfback.

paws, Jedi et al are all Brooks fans first, Tigers fans second. Too damn arrogant to admit they backed the wrong horse and would see the team suffer.
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So the reason we didn’t sign Hynes is a handful of forumers didn’t want him because of their love for Brooks?
 
mikey said:
If you only take into account our position on the table, we may have been better in the short term but he was a major part of the long term pain to follow. His, and the club's letting him, over-spending put us in financial difficulties and the long years of suffering that have followed. Sheens was directly resonsible for the stupid decisions that followed but he played a huge part in the initial stuff ups.

I wish I had your blind faith but God is not real, neither is the messiah Sheens. He was a bad boy and may still be so.
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I don't get this hate for Sheens. He presided over the only decent era of WT footy. We were crap before he came and crap after he left. When he was here we won the comp, probably should have won it twice!
 
tigerballs said:
I don't get this hate for Sheens. He presided over the only decent era of WT footy. We were crap before he came and crap after he left. When he was here we won the comp, probably should have won it twice!
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I don’t have any hate for Sheens, but I do remember the state we were in after he left, the back ended contracts, the poor recruitment/retention decisions, and at the end of the day 3 finals series in 10 years.

In hindsight 3 finals in 10 years is better than we’ve had since, but I can’t help but wonder if that’s part of the problem. You’ll never hit the stars if you don’t shoot for them.

Let’s hope he and the club have learned something since last time and we don’t end up regretting the decision to go back to the future.
 
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