Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[SeanT]

Finnzo, you are spot on. Sheens said 2025 was the target to have the side ready for Benji ,that was realistic. Yes we have bought well, but we still do not have 13 quality players. The Dogs have bought well, and will challenge, Parra will drop a little, and the usual top sides are still ahead of us by a fair margin. I think we are 5 players short of a good side, and in the next 2 years we have to produce or buy these players. To do this requires smart planning, and money in the bank , and cap space. There is an urgency on the forum to buy, buy buy, but we could end up again with a crap roster in 2025. Baby steps are required at the moment.

Dogs are overrated to be honest. Their missing a halfback and lack in front rowers.

We are half a dozen in players away from being in the top 8 let alone being premiers. The premier's will be one of 4 teams again per usual. 2025 when Benji comes in hopefully we do have a decent side because there are so many teams just making up the numbers.

 

[Buttface]

It is my opinion ...right or wrong ...and we will never know if it's right or wrong

Yeah people have different opinions and I am not having a dig at you.
My opinion is winning the GF is the result your aiming for every year so when you do win that is a success.

 

[Camel2281]

https://www.zerotackle.com/every-nrl-teams-best-signing-for-the-2023-season-126746/

This article is hilarious. Kelma, Liddle, Garner, Hastings and Tamou all named as their new team's best signing for 2023

 

[pawsandclaws1]

https://www.zerotackle.com/every-nrl-teams-best-signing-for-the-2023-season-126746/

This article is hilarious. Kelma, Liddle, Garner, Hastings and Tamou all named as their new team's best signing for 2023

Our replacements take the shine off their best signings -

Bateman
Koroisau
Papali'i'
Matamua
Klemmer

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Who's Matamua taking the Shining off, And why - Based on what?

He is the young player recently promoted to the Top 30 by Sheens. That is all you need to know.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Who's Matamua taking the Shining off, And why - Based on what?

If we are comparing him to Tuilagi, based on the youngster's limited minutes this year in the top grade alone.

I was shaking my head in disbelief when so many were praising Kelma early in the season, at times even doubting my own opinion as others were gushing about him.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

My point exactly....

He's done nothing to be trumping (Or taking the shine off) any of the other players that have left.
His sample size in NRL is so small (and so poor) It's barely worth typing his name over
....... and over (And over)
Kids got potential, I'd be outside my mind to think we'll be talking about him this time next year because he's just had a killer season in the NRL.

He has impressed Sheens to be promoted to the Top 30. That is a tangible achievement at his age. The remainder is your opinion.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

😂😂😂😂

A coach with around a 40% Win rate,
And a Player with not much better win rate
- Who played 90% of his career in a team noted to be defensively poor,
suggests to me neither would be a lock to teach anyone anything about defence.....

Reality just isn't your thing..... Is it?

You attack the credibility/record of the coach because his opinion is not consistent with your own view.

Mullins, Daley, Stuart, Clyde, Lazarus, Walters, Marshall, Farah Prince - among a host of players. Those names might be familiar to you.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

What do ANY of those names have to do with Furners coaching career
And the poor results he achieved? - Especially defensively...
Dance, Dance Paws... Big Words - Lots of them.... You know how it goes.

Tip - Best way to pretend to be intelligent - Is to say intelligent things.

The predictable personal attack on me.

 

[Red88_Tiger]

Mitchell Pearce's performances have never been better the Brooks. He has consistently played worse then Brooks while having much stronger players (forwards in particular) around him.

He is the most one dimensional halfback to have a long career the game has ever seen. Brad Fittler at over 40 completely embarrassed Pearce at training one day. While training as a defender, Fittler predicted every move Pearce was making and either intercepted the ball, knocked the ball down or easily covered Pearce and his outside runner. Apparently it was very embarrassing.

People think Pearce is better then Brooks because he barks orders, but his actual play is pathetic.

First I have heard of this but I don’t doubt it truth at all

 

[happy_tiger]

https://www.zerotackle.com/every-nrl-teams-best-signing-for-the-2023-season-126746/

This article is hilarious. Kelma, Liddle, Garner, Hastings and Tamou all named as their new team's best signing for 2023

More importantly they are our key losses ...as much as I sorta liked Garner

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

I'm the same we need to draw a line in the sand, I'd be on to George Williams.

doubt Wigan will let Williams go after the Bateman signing with tigers

 

[Glenji95]

The predictable personal attack on me.

Becsuse at least 99% of the stuff you say is just rubbish. You’re either praising Sheens (who the fans do have a right to question his methods and style of coaching since he’s only got less then 50% win rate) or just praising the kids who haven’t proved themselves yet. Matamua has potential, but he hasn’t replaced anyone in the team. Kid played 2 games in first grade last season and showed he wasn’t ready.

 

[GCfan]

Guessing

Isnt the mole mates with Sheens?
Perhaps there’s some truth to it.

Or perhaps it’s simply speculation. Who really knows?
I’ll believe it when Moses starts following the Wests Tigers social media pages and Parra stop following Moses Socials. That seems to be how things are announced these days

 

[Tiger Tarl]

If my maths is correct, we have spent ~$6M on our top 10 players for 2023 (based on reported figures). That leaves a further $6.1M on the other 20 squad players, an average of ~$300k per player.

If say 10 of them are on minimum salary of $120k then that leaves ~$1.8M left in our salary cap. More than enough to fit in MM for 2023.

Of course, the salary cap is never as cut and dry as that with some contracts weighted differently each year but since back-ended contracts are no longer approved by the NRL it's a fair supposition.

Now, if MM is not released early and we have to wait till 2024, AND RTS gets word that he won't be in the All Blacks side for this year's world cup, THEN we could fit him in for 2023 with a frontloaded contract.

It's fun to speculate but not out of the realms of possibility...

 

[PabloX]

Give them Kepoa (don’t know what people see in him) and Starford Toa (not a first Graders ****hole).
Wanna keep a fit Ken
Wanna keep Nofa

Give them whoever they want

 

[GCfan]

Oh - I know exactly who he is.....
That wasn't my question though was it?

Not that you answer any questions - Ever.
Your riddles are getting old...

What’s getting old is many posters continuous dick measuring pursuits on here. Everyone’s got opinions and that doesn’t seem to sit well with many here. I don’t get it, surely we can just agree to disagree and move on.

 

[Love_the_WestsTigers]

Please
IP made it pretty clear he had signed to be coached by Madge

Tbh, I think he was trying to find a reason to renag on his contract.
He would have cooked up some other reason if Madge was still around. Like he doesn’t wanna play for the wooden spooners.

 

[Tim Sheens]

What’s getting old is many posters continuous dick measuring pursuits on here. Everyone’s got opinions and that doesn’t seem to sit well with many here. I don’t get it, surely we can just agree to disagree and move on.

Probably still using a Nokia 3310 in hand to make themselves feel better and/or bigger.

 

[Love_the_WestsTigers]

Madge wasn't a massive failure.
However he did not bring the bacon. I am glad Madge came to our club and I wish him well.

Yet by 2022, it was ground hog day. Same tactics, same playbook, same loss.

BJ, Peachy all failed. I will still defend James Roberts. He has a stack of faults but he tried, sadly he did loose his speed. Would be glad to buy that guy a beer.

The under 500k signing from Madge were pretty good. Stefano, Twal, Joe O.

Then come 2022 it goes crazy with Oliver Gildart, clearly we were muscling up in the middle then decide to import a british lightweight.. NOPE.

Either way agreed with Tiger tragic. We have better signings now and we know Klemmer will work well with Sheens.

To be fair on Madge, Gildart had played for his country. You don’t get selected unless you are good. Madge didn’t anticipate him to be a failure in NRL.
I would sign him any day assuming the same, represented his country, has to be special talent.