Tiger-ferret
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Great postSorry Junior but I was happy for Madge to be moved on, but didn’t think it was ALL his fault,
*tigers had an abysmal cap situation since the Cleary debacle, that Madge had to work with/thru
•tigers had a selection panel driven by a an ex roosters recruitment manager (now gone for McDonald) and with interference by our chairman/sponsor (Noffa says thank you)
* Sheens decisions/achievements in 2022
+unable to secure Ciraldo after sacking Madge and no other plan in place, can’t imagine Gus or Politis being that dumb
+appointing Noddy (not noddys fault) instead of one of the better qualified assistant coaches,
+releasing players from an already injury riddled team, and
+publicly declaring his focus was on 2025.
The tigers will/should improve given the change in the tigers cap position, not because of Sheens but because of the quality players we can now afford.
Sheens has failed at Nth Qld, been sacked by the tigers previously and numerous Super League sides.
Since he sacked Madge he has signed 2 players on long term deals + reserve grade player from Penrith
Bateman who has struggled in super league for the past 2 years for abt $700,000 (yea I watch super league, hope he improves, definitely needs to on recent form)
David Klemmer on a reported $800,000 for 2023 then hopefully less for the next 2 years, but should be good
The Ferrari for $500,000 for one year
I don’t think anything above is factually incorrect, but it is just my opinion/observations
This is the first year since Cleary that the tigers have been competitive in the market and Sheens is just a very lucky boy to have this advantage when he is coach + head of football, a completely different scenario to Madge’s term in charge.