Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Jolls said:
To be fair Bennett started with a clean slate and purchased club combinations as a base; while we have a million dollar anchor tied to us at the same time we're trying to repair a plane that's in flight.

AD wasn't the saviour he was expected to be by the club (and his supporters) and Brooks has not magically improved behind a good pack (as many predicted). They either backed the wrong horse in the AD/Brooks combo behind the pack we purchased or they were being mindful of the cap. Either way we are in a shit state.

I expect that the driver for this year was to protect the cap and give us plenty of flexibility to recruit for 24. Had AD not been injured I think that his extension would have been a good move - he provides depth and utility. He may also have shown that he was capable of being developed into a quality 6. Unfortunately that failed so as we don't have contracts for many of our backline going forward the writing is on the wall for the 24 plans.

Not reading too much into Sheens' comments - I expect the three years means:

23 - build the pack, assess Brooks/AD as halves and experiment with the backline to unearth talent.
24 - adjust the pack (shed off contract deadwood) and build the backline. 24 is to develop experience and grow combinations. May jag a top 8 finish.
25 - first real chance at cracking the 8.
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We need to find a spine including a 13 and stick with them.
 
NO. JUST NO. Honestly only tigers supporters would settle for this. When do you ever hear about cleary, teddy, Cam smith ect battling attitude and weight issues. They are full time highly paid professional athletes they have all the high performance and Nutritional support money can buy, if they are having these issues 10 years into a career thats attitude. We dont need these kind of players did we learn nothing from joey leilua honestly
 
We'd be on the cusp of making the finals now if we'd kept Hasting and let Brooks go instead.

Our pack is playing as well as any in the comp. Backline is doing it's job. Api has been great. Even Staines showed promise at 1 (of course he gets moved immediately by our genius coach). It's just the halves at this point really holding us back.

Get a genuine halfback and we're pushing, if not making the top 8. Get a quality halves pairing and this team is absolutely good enough to make it.
 
Buttface said:
What a pussy look. The other players must have been laughing at him coz all the fans were.
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The only redeeming thing about him leaving Wests was it completely torpedoed his rep career. Still got reasonable money for years at Cronulla after being moved on by the Dogs but if he had any aspirations to continue on with his International and SOO career it basically blew up after he left us.
 
weststigerman said:
NSW Cup contract. Would be a bench hooker in NSW Cup, no impact on Top 30 and not worth getting worked up about.
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I think it is a top 30 as the article mentions he will be putting pressure on jake for the back up hooker role

“He will start his second coming at the Tigers in the NSW Cup but is expected to put pressure on Simpkin for the back-up hooking role as the season unfolds.”
 
Jolls said:
Wests and Balmain fans of old don't hate each other; well none that I know anyway. My old Wests and Balmain mates all follow WT now. As there aren't two entities in ownership we all have a mutual disrespect for the way our club has been mismanaged.

I don't think that is quite the same in the Dragons tent - definitely two entities pulling in different directions there.
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The irony is the only real thing that has merged the Magpies and Balmain fans into one, hasn't been the onfield performance not even winning the 2005 premiership did it, it was our mutual hatred for the way the clubs been run and the parasites at the top.
 
Yanz 85 said:
NO. JUST NO. Honestly only tigers supporters would settle for this. When do you ever hear about cleary, teddy, Cam smith ect battling attitude and weight issues. They are full time highly paid professional athletes they have all the high performance and Nutritional support money can buy, if they are having these issues 10 years into a career thats attitude. We dont need these kind of players did we learn nothing from joey leilua honestly
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Who's not putting in ?
 
Scare said:
I think it is a top 30 as the article mentions he will be putting pressure on jake for the back up hooker role

“He will start his second coming at the Tigers in the NSW Cup but is expected to put pressure on Simpkin for the back-up hooking role as the season unfolds.”
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Players outside the 30 can play NRL from Round 11 onwards.

That’s why it says “as the season unfolds”.
 
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