Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Coastie_Tiger said:
Taffe looks to be and out and out 6 to me, much like Brooks always seemed to be a 6. He’d be a great pickup imo pair him with a serviceable half like a Trindall ect and you have a decent 6 & 7 but that’s too sensible we won’t do anything of the sort.
Also Taffe would obviously be a great back up at number 1
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Agree with both Trindall and Taafe. Taafe is a specialist 7 he’s played all his junior football there. Honestly we need 3 new players in the halves.
 
Did we even try for Sexton ?
Our Roster is a serious problem . It seems almost daily I hear about other clubs recruitment Sexton to the Dogs ,Maybe Fainu Bros to Dolphins ,Tommy Talau and Luke Brooks to Manly
Joffa to Parra etc,etc,
LH says Wests Tigers are going to embark on a Massive recruitment program .!
Lee I couldn't agree more .Its exactly what we need !
However with our current image and ladder posItion I don't see how that is possible !
Unless we land at least 2 class playmakers and at least one class center and winger along with a bit more forward depth we are doomed to lose !
 
TYGA said:
Agree with both Trindall and Taafe. Taafe is a specialist 7 he’s played all his junior football there. Honestly we need 3 new players in the halves.
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When was the last time Taffe played half? Genuine question, because I think he has something but I don’t like him at fullback.

Talau was a specialist halfback when he played junior football, but will never be a good half at NRL level.
 
WesternSuburbsBoy said:
Mate he sacked Madge & just stood by & watched us lose every game & cop the spoon even though he knew he was going to be head coach this year. Last years spoon is as much on Sheens as it is on Lee & Justin. Brooks requested twice to leave last year meanwhile Hastings wanted to stay but was told he’s a lock now they’re both gone & we have no halves for next season.

We’ll always have admiration for what Sheens did in 05 but bringing him back was yet another stupid decision by our wonderful front office. Everyone thinks our pathways is a success because of Sheens but how could he do so much in a year? It was Madge who laid all the ground work for our pathway systems which he doesn’t get recognition for.
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It wasn’t just 05 but 10 & 11 as well we had a real shot to win one of those years as well. Remember gone in 12 then crickets since!
With Madge we were only heading one way, but he was hamstrung a bit by the great Cleary.
Hastings please, been sacked by nearly every club he’s been at, and that’s heaps. He’s a massively decisive individual, there were issues last years with players not getting on because of him. He’s always going to be like that, it’s his personality it won’t change. You can’t have as guy doing that at his level, it unbalances the side. Sheens would of known that.
Not saying Sheens is going to win us a premiership and I don’t know if bunji can make it, but they both love the club and want the best for us into the future. We didn’t have much choice with coaches due to our poor form, I would of went with Flanagan as I think he could of toughened us up, and that’s what we need. Sheens knows we need halves, let’s see what happens.
 

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Fairly balanced discussion from Caine, Sattler and one other person about the Fainu brothers decision to Dolphins or Tigers (weigh up pros and cons). The journalist (I assume) said he did some digging and the boys hadnt decided. It is 50/50 where they end up. They also discuss the coaching structure at the moment, good young talent coming through and Benji rejecting Schuster.

Start from the 43 minute mark to hear it.
 
Stevec said:
Unless we land at least 2 class playmakers and at least one class center and winger along with a bit more forward depth we are doomed to lose !
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This is what we are up against. It's not easy to get 4 quality players and potentially 5 players. 2 of those are halves as well.

It's not looking good next year either.
 
Stevec said:
Did we even try for Sexton ?
Our Roster is a serious problem . It seems almost daily I hear about other clubs recruitment Sexton to the Dogs ,Maybe Fainu Bros to Dolphins ,Tommy Talau and Luke Brooks to Manly
Joffa to Parra etc,etc,
LH says Wests Tigers are going to embark on a Massive recruitment program .!
Lee I couldn't agree more .Its exactly what we need !
However with our current image and ladder posItion I don't see how that is possible !
Unless we land at least 2 class playmakers and at least one class center and winger along with a bit more forward depth we are doomed to lose !
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I think he said “a very aggressive recruitment program “ which had me wondering about the difference with a “forensic and aggressive recruitment program “?
He used the word ‘forensic’ I think to describe the detailed analysis underway by Sheens and Marshall in their search for 15 year olds.
Is he now saying Fulton is targeting proven NRL level players?
 
earl said:
This is what we are up against. It's not easy to get 4 quality players and potentially 5 players. 2 of those are halves as well.

It's not looking good next year either.
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If we go back to England to look for some half’s , I can’t see how we could not entice someone to come here , I say this because there salary cap is about 1/2 of the NRL , so we have this massive cap , so we could nearly double there wages. Maybe we just not trying hard enough.
 
Stevec said:
Did we even try for Sexton ?
Our Roster is a serious problem . It seems almost daily I hear about other clubs recruitment Sexton to the Dogs ,Maybe Fainu Bros to Dolphins ,Tommy Talau and Luke Brooks to Manly
Joffa to Parra etc,etc,
LH says Wests Tigers are going to embark on a Massive recruitment program .!
Lee I couldn't agree more .Its exactly what we need !
However with our current image and ladder posItion I don't see how that is possible !
Unless we land at least 2 class playmakers and at least one class center and winger along with a bit more forward depth we are doomed to lose !
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No one knows if we went after Sexton or not.
We might have already signed some halves but not announced them yet.
 
We lowball Brooks and replace him with a reserve grader or ESL player wanting one last contract in the NRL. Another ugly year in 2024 and probably a few more after that. Don’t get me wrong we needed to part ways with Brooks but only if we could replace him with something better or something that has a high ceiling. Blokes like Clifford are a massive backward step. Although when your coming last I guess backward steps make no difference.

Zero confidence our mob could run a local A grade side, so Buckley’s of running a NRL side
 
teddy23 said:
There’s something in Taafe he would definitely be a good pick up - but where?

I’d personally prefer Fainu at 6 over him imo

He’s not taking Bula’s spot at FB and I don’t see him as being the type of 7 we need.

But I do see the talent
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Fainu is off to Dolphins .. according to Moley?
 
supercoach said:
We lowball Brooks and replace him with a reserve grader or ESL player wanting one last contract in the NRL. Another ugly year in 2024 and probably a few more after that. Don’t get me wrong we needed to part ways with Brooks but only if we could replace him with something better or something that has a high ceiling. Blokes like Clifford are a massive backward step. Although when your coming last I guess backward steps make no difference.

Zero confidence our mob could run a local A grade side, so Buckley’s of running a NRL side
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Oh FFS a I am glad Brooks Is gone.. have you not been watching for the last 10 freaking years ?? 🫣
 
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