Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Anyone have any update on the assistant coaches that was talked about earlier in the week. I wonder if we did in fact meet with Holbrook.
 
I want us to suss out Phillip Sami (Titans / off contract 2024) as a solution for centre next season & can be moved to wing when Feledy is ready. He is solid in both A & D as has speed to burn, in top 5-10 fastest players in NRL, & good taking cross-field kicks.

Offer AJ Kepaoa in a swap, same contract expiry, AJ can provide that strong backrow/centre utility for Titans.

Not as skilled as Lomax but twice as fast & would not require as much $$$ (maybe $400k).
 

Wests Tigers turn to facilitator in bid to find peace between warring factions​

After weeks of uneasiness, the Tigers warring factions finally got in a room together as they plan for a long road back from the bottom of the ladder. That could include a new-look halves pair.

Brent Read and Michael Carayannis

Wests Tigers warring factions were finally together on Thursday as the Tigers conducted a strategic priority session aimed at putting some distance between the club and the bottom of the ladder.
The likes of Benji Marshall, Scott Fulton, Tim Sheens, Brett Kimmorley and Justin Pascoe took part in the meeting which included a range of staff from across the club.
The meeting came 72 hours after a scheduled three-way meeting between Pascoe, Marshall and Fulton failed to eventuate. That meeting, which was scheduled to take place on Monday, was supposed to put out fires between Marshall and Fulton – the coach-in-waiting and the club’s recruitment boss had failed to see eye-to-eye on a range of issues in recent weeks.


Instead they held individual meetings with Pascoe where they told the club’s chief executive that they would act professionally and get along with each other.

That truce faced its first test on Thursday as they finally came together in Wollongong as part of an annual event where an independent facilitator helps bring the club together in a bid to try and have the organisation operate more smoothly.

The event took place just hours before the Tigers lost to St George Illawarra at WIN Stadium which left the Tigers with a tight grip on successive wooden spoons.

The strategy session capped a turbulent week for the Tigers. While they sit four points adrift at the bottom of the premiership ladder they dominated headlines in recent days for a string of off-field matters.

The Marshall-Fulton dynamic will continue to be an ongoing issue despite suggestions the pair have been told – and agreed – to work together.

The Tigers were boosted by the impending arrival of Manly talented duo Latu and Samuela Fainu on rich four year contracts starting from next year. They also locked in representative star Api Koroisau until at least the end of 2026.

The Tigers have also emerged as a likely destination for St George Illawarra half Jayden Sullivan who was formally given permission to negotiate with rival clubs on Wednesday.

Sullivan’s likely arrival, coming on top of the signing of Latu Fainu, will help ease some of the concerns over the club’s playmaking situation. While new faces are on the way, the Tigers suffered another setback on Friday when it was confirmed that Daine Laurie would return to Penrith next season.

Laurie was one of the Tigers best players in their loss to St George Illawarra, playing in the unfamiliar position of five-eighth. His promising performance at pivot came too late for him to win a new deal at the Tigers, the club having made it clear in recent weeks that they were exploring other options.

The Panthers took advantage of the Tigers’ hesitance as they signed Laurie back on a one-year deal.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:

Wests Tigers turn to facilitator in bid to find peace between warring factions​

After weeks of uneasiness, the Tigers warring factions finally got in a room together as they plan for a long road back from the bottom of the ladder. That could include a new-look halves pair.

Brent Read and Michael Carayannis

Wests Tigers warring factions were finally together on Thursday as the Tigers conducted a strategic priority session aimed at putting some distance between the club and the bottom of the ladder.
The likes of Benji Marshall, Scott Fulton, Tim Sheens, Brett Kimmorley and Justin Pascoe took part in the meeting which included a range of staff from across the club.
The meeting came 72 hours after a scheduled three-way meeting between Pascoe, Marshall and Fulton failed to eventuate. That meeting, which was scheduled to take place on Monday, was supposed to put out fires between Marshall and Fulton – the coach-in-waiting and the club’s recruitment boss had failed to see eye-to-eye on a range of issues in recent weeks.


Instead they held individual meetings with Pascoe where they told the club’s chief executive that they would act professionally and get along with each other.

That truce faced its first test on Thursday as they finally came together in Wollongong as part of an annual event where an independent facilitator helps bring the club together in a bid to try and have the organisation operate more smoothly.

The event took place just hours before the Tigers lost to St George Illawarra at WIN Stadium which left the Tigers with a tight grip on successive wooden spoons.

The strategy session capped a turbulent week for the Tigers. While they sit four points adrift at the bottom of the premiership ladder they dominated headlines in recent days for a string of off-field matters.

The Marshall-Fulton dynamic will continue to be an ongoing issue despite suggestions the pair have been told – and agreed – to work together.

The Tigers were boosted by the impending arrival of Manly talented duo Latu and Samuela Fainu on rich four year contracts starting from next year. They also locked in representative star Api Koroisau until at least the end of 2026.

The Tigers have also emerged as a likely destination for St George Illawarra half Jayden Sullivan who was formally given permission to negotiate with rival clubs on Wednesday.

Sullivan’s likely arrival, coming on top of the signing of Latu Fainu, will help ease some of the concerns over the club’s playmaking situation. While new faces are on the way, the Tigers suffered another setback on Friday when it was confirmed that Daine Laurie would return to Penrith next season.

Laurie was one of the Tigers best players in their loss to St George Illawarra, playing in the unfamiliar position of five-eighth. His promising performance at pivot came too late for him to win a new deal at the Tigers, the club having made it clear in recent weeks that they were exploring other options.

The Panthers took advantage of the Tigers’ hesitance as they signed Laurie back on a one-year dealThe Marshall-Fulton dynamic will continue to be an ongoing issue despite suggestions the pair have been told – and agreed – to work together..
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Confusing article

This part is concerning

The Marshall-Fulton dynamic will continue to be an ongoing issue despite suggestions the pair have been told – and agreed – to work together.
 
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balmain boy said:
Actually this season he's played 80 mins in 9/12 matches and 60+ in another. Nearly all at 5/8 or halfback. And if you remove the 2 tries against the most pitiful team in the comp he has one try and one try assist and only 4 forced drop outs.
He's had a very poor season.
If we can get him for 2 years on 200k a year that night be ok.as a gamble, but we'd need them to chip in 300k a session for that to happen
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He's scored 7 times in his career, I think it's disingenuous to only count the 3 tries of 2023 and dismiss those scored against Tigers.

I'm not advocating to pay him a mint and I'm not a particular fan of the player himself, but he definitely has attributes that current Tigers players do not.
 
liltiger said:
Apparently According to SEN if we don't make finals next year Steph becomes a free agent
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I might be in the minority in thinking this, but who has that put into their contract?

And who agrees to it?!

As a player, you are part of the reason the team does or doesn't make the finals.

And let's say you are unhappy at the Tigers: there has to be at least some small part of you that would mean (perhaps subliminally) you wouldn't give as much as you would otherwise.

It's like having a pre-nuptial saying "if you haven't lost 5kgs in a year I can marry someone in better shape".

At the end of the day, there really is no use having anyone in any workplace who doesn't want to be there; Unless their heart is in it then they're neither contributing as much as they should, nor are they truly invested in the betterment of the club as a whole.

I mean, is this even a real thing?! Sounds like clickbait crap to me, but then I'm not a player or manager....
 
BlackWhiteGold said:

Wests Tigers turn to facilitator in bid to find peace between warring factions​

After weeks of uneasiness, the Tigers warring factions finally got in a room together as they plan for a long road back from the bottom of the ladder. That could include a new-look halves pair.

Brent Read and Michael Carayannis

Wests Tigers warring factions were finally together on Thursday as the Tigers conducted a strategic priority session aimed at putting some distance between the club and the bottom of the ladder.
The likes of Benji Marshall, Scott Fulton, Tim Sheens, Brett Kimmorley and Justin Pascoe took part in the meeting which included a range of staff from across the club.
The meeting came 72 hours after a scheduled three-way meeting between Pascoe, Marshall and Fulton failed to eventuate. That meeting, which was scheduled to take place on Monday, was supposed to put out fires between Marshall and Fulton – the coach-in-waiting and the club’s recruitment boss had failed to see eye-to-eye on a range of issues in recent weeks.


Instead they held individual meetings with Pascoe where they told the club’s chief executive that they would act professionally and get along with each other.

That truce faced its first test on Thursday as they finally came together in Wollongong as part of an annual event where an independent facilitator helps bring the club together in a bid to try and have the organisation operate more smoothly.

The event took place just hours before the Tigers lost to St George Illawarra at WIN Stadium which left the Tigers with a tight grip on successive wooden spoons.

The strategy session capped a turbulent week for the Tigers. While they sit four points adrift at the bottom of the premiership ladder they dominated headlines in recent days for a string of off-field matters.

The Marshall-Fulton dynamic will continue to be an ongoing issue despite suggestions the pair have been told – and agreed – to work together.

The Tigers were boosted by the impending arrival of Manly talented duo Latu and Samuela Fainu on rich four year contracts starting from next year. They also locked in representative star Api Koroisau until at least the end of 2026.

The Tigers have also emerged as a likely destination for St George Illawarra half Jayden Sullivan who was formally given permission to negotiate with rival clubs on Wednesday.

Sullivan’s likely arrival, coming on top of the signing of Latu Fainu, will help ease some of the concerns over the club’s playmaking situation. While new faces are on the way, the Tigers suffered another setback on Friday when it was confirmed that Daine Laurie would return to Penrith next season.

Laurie was one of the Tigers best players in their loss to St George Illawarra, playing in the unfamiliar position of five-eighth. His promising performance at pivot came too late for him to win a new deal at the Tigers, the club having made it clear in recent weeks that they were exploring other options.

The Panthers took advantage of the Tigers’ hesitance as they signed Laurie back on a one-year deal.
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I wonder if ‘strategy’ is the new word for ‘therapy’?
 
Needaname said:
Ok for a low table club but all the top teams have forwards that aren’t just meter eaters. They have skills and variety and they are very much a factor of their sides ability to attack.
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That's because good sides have backs that demand attention from the defence, therefore the defence cannot be condensed to concentrate strictly on the middle. Watch a WT game and see how condensed the defence is against us because there is zero threat out wide. On the odd occasion we do go wide, watch how much yardage we gain, simply because the defence has to adjust and spread.
 
tony soprano said:
Confusing article

This part is concerning

The Marshall-Fulton dynamic will continue to be an ongoing issue despite suggestions the pair have been told – and agreed – to work together.
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That's an opinion.

The rest is bollocks, to lead with a title about Tigers "turning to a facilitator to find peace between warring factions" when it turns out they obtain this independent input annually, i.e. it's not specific to any current concern.
 
tigerballs said:
That's because good sides have backs that demand attention from the defence, therefore the defence cannot be condensed to concentrate strictly on the middle. Watch a WT game and see how condensed the defence is against us because there is zero threat out wide. On the odd occasion we do go wide, watch how much yardage we gain, simply because the defence has to adjust and spread.
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Fair point.
 
jirskyr said:
That's an opinion.

The rest is bollocks, to lead with a title about Tigers "turning to a facilitator to find peace between warring factions" when it turns out they obtain this independent input annually, i.e. it's not specific to any current concern.
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So just box ticking?
 
As much as I love Benji, he hasn’t attracted anyone. We need Fulton it seems and he has made some moves already. I like Sullivan - confident arrogant kid. Chuck in Sezer we have halves depth now. We need some outside backs. Tupou will continue to improve. We won’t miss Talau. Toa is strong but he makes too many errors. Nofa - time to go mate.

Also need a back up to Bula - god help us if he gets injured.

Feledy apparently goes well and has played with the Fainus.

If we could jag a tall fast winger and a centre we could probably compensate for Toa.
 
Tito Santana said:
As much as I love Benji, he hasn’t attracted anyone. We need Fulton it seems and he has made some moves already. I like Sullivan - confident arrogant kid. Chuck in Sezer we have halves depth now. We need some outside backs. Tupou will continue to improve. We won’t miss Talau. Toa is strong but he makes too many errors. Nofa - time to go mate.

Also need a back up to Bula - god help us if he gets injured.

Feledy apparently goes well and has played with the Fainus.

If we could jag a tall fast winger and a centre we could probably compensate for Toa.
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Yeh, benji and Fulton seem in completely different page. I much prefer Fulton recruitment.
 
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