Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Vicious said:
Vicious said:
Many unrealistic expectations.
Yes we are pinned to the bottom of the ladder and yes it’s not going to change overnight, there is nothing anyone can do to change that.
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The Warriors went from second last to top 4 in one year so it’s not an impossible task…

The Tigers won’t be doing that in 2024 though, looking at the squad they are putting together
 
tony soprano said:
People need to realise how low the club is at his arrival.

Fainus don't come to a club like ours because they think we are a good club.
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We've recruited a bunch of young kids but they are highly rated young kids. It's a risk but I reckon it's better approach than trying to recruit from more established players when we always end up overpaying and don't end up with a team good enough to get above 9th place at best.
 
Seems like the plan is to blood a lot of the youngsters next season. Realistically, this is the way the club achieves any kind of success. BUT- it will come with it's own issues. I'm not too worried about bringing through the young forwards- we built our experienced group through FA last year.

The backs look light though. I would expect a few names to still move. And the additions might be more structured to adding knowledge & guidance if we are going to push the young guys through.
 
426Tlgerland said:
100% correct , you don’t hear from Unca Nick or Panthers bosses hardly at all , even when roosters were heading south this season , Lee loves the lime light , I’ve been on boards , and you don’t get involved with the day to day running of the club , Lee wants to be face and centre of this club and it’s not good
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earl said:
We've recruited a bunch of young kids but they are highly rated young kids. It's a risk but I reckon it's better approach than trying to recruit from more established players when we always end up overpaying and don't end up with a team good enough to get above 9th place at best.
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I would be ecstatic with ninth place although that is a pipe dream with this team next year…

It’s looking to me that 2024 will be another year starting off 1 win and 8 losses and the season over Mid May..,

You gotta give the fans something to live for in the present rather than “building for the future” which never seems to come
 
Tom Shines said:
You gotta give the fans something to live for in the present rather than “building for the future” which never seems to come
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Agreed. You'd like to see some improvement next year and some players coming through and looking like they could be stars. I'm hopeful we can get some excitement from Fainu, Galvin and Sullivan ala Bula this year.

I'd also like to see Benji show some promise as a coach. So some good tactics and bringing kids on and more wins.
 
earl said:
Agreed. You'd like to see some improvement next year and some players coming through and looking like they could be stars. I'm hopeful we can get some excitement from Fainu, Galvin and Sullivan ala Bula this year.

I'd also like to see Benji show some promise as a coach. So some good tactics and bringing kids on and more wins.
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Im hoping you are right …as i would be satisfied with like 8-9 wins and moving off the bottom of the ladder .. so I wouldn’t say my hopes are unreasonable…

However mark my prediction that they will run 17th again next year if they turn out that same backline in 2024 + the two young halves… the wings and centres give up too many tries and can’t score enough to get the points back ..
 
Tim Sheens said:
rihannafan1 said:
The huge concern is that Fulton has been able to recruit no one but players from Manly and Super League.
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Less than 6 weeks to go until the 2025 contract free players become available, and WT will need to quickly nail a big signing or two.
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In his defence, there really hasn’t been anyone of scale on the market.

Look at dogs signings, yeah they keep signing players. But they will be 14-17 on any team.

Whilst depth is needed, let’s see what happens after November when a new range of quality players come on the market.

Realistically since the few dolphins signings it’s been slim pickings most of this year.
 
Vicious said:
Being on top of the competition the Panthers Chairman and CEO never get criticised, therefore there is no need to hear from them.
Our Wests Tigers fans understandably frustrated with long term lack of success love to throw the toys out of the cot and blame anyone and everyone, therefore our Chairman and CEO are constantly on the back foot trying to respond to all the criticism that comes their way.
Of course they hold vitally important positions within the organisation and need to be held accountable for lack of on field success, but if you dig deeper into the real reasons behind the long term lack of success and use a bit of common sense, you will find they have been let down by most of the coaches and football club staff they have employed.
Should they have made better decisions in who they employed ?
Maybe so, but the majority of them seemed to be good choices at the time, but didn’t work out mainly due to terrible decision making with recruitment and retention.
So our Chairman and CEO sick of the poor results, sick of the criticism, make the decision to hire their own choice of recruitment manager and still get criticised for it.
Anyone in their position would have done the same thing, not saying it necessarily had to be Scott Fulton, but something had to change, they made the change and now the blood will be on their hands if it doesn’t work out.
Same with hiring Benji as the coach and surrounding him with a coaching staff who have Wests Tigers at heart. When all the other outsiders have not worked out and seemingly didn’t care about the club, it was well and truly time to get people involved who do genuinely care about the club.
Again this is the Chairman and CEO’s decision, so if it doesn’t work out and Wests Tigers do not become a force within 3 years, they will be gone, no if’s and buts about it.
Let’s see how the next 3 years pan out, I don’t believe we will improve in 2024, it will likely be a 3rd straight wooden spoon and all the doom and gloom from fans will just get louder, but anyone with common sense will realise to heavy investment in youth is not a realistic chance of paying dividends until 2025/2026.
It’s a simple case of short term pain for long term gain and with no proven superstar NRL players wanting to sign with the club, there is no other choice other than to develop from within.
After all it worked out ok back in 2005.
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Lee, stay off the forum. You are not well liked around these parts.
 
phil1986 said:
In his defence, there really hasn’t been anyone of scale on the market.

Look at dogs signings, yeah they keep signing players. But they will be 14-17 on any team.

Whilst depth is needed, let’s see what happens after November when a new range of quality players come on the market.

Realistically since the few dolphins signings it’s been slim pickings most of this year.
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You gotta find guys that are NRL players that are stuck behind good players at other clubs … The Warriors found a few this year like that …
 
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