Buttface
Well-known member
This bloke instead of Olam would be the go.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
- Thread starter MacDougall
- Start date
The Chad
Well-known member
All these fans saying we don't need Olam when Kepoua starts in our backline...
tony soprano
Well-known member
Tom Shines
Well-known member
Kepaoa is a depth player who unfortunately gets picked from time to time through injury,..
I still think there is a chance that they move him on shortly to open up a roster spot..
The problem with Olam is that the Storm think he has jumped the shark and want to move on from him … and he is signed to big money for another 3 years
Benji faces exactly the same problem that the coaches before him face and Fulton now faces - players and managers aren't buying what this club is selling.
The last thing we need is the recruitment manager and coach at odds with each other because the new guy wants to prove he has contacts. Unless Fulton can attract top tier talent which to date seems he can not then the coach gets the say and he lives and dies by his squad like all those before him.
tony soprano
Well-known member
It's clear fulton sandbags when fighting with beni.plus fulton will attract players and benji will say no..
It's a messy situation
We could certainly use Olam next year but is the better play Olam in 24 for X years or someone else in 25.
I'm sure we can find a better centre than Olam for 25 and that won't also cost us Blore.
If Blore is leaving regardless however I am then less opposed to the trade.
Swap Blore for hm
How is it clear that Fulton will attract the players we need to this club anymore than anyone else? And in what club does a recruitment manager over rule the coach in terms of the squad?
If they back Fulton over Benji then they may as well sack Benji now and employ the coach happy to let Fulton make the recruitment decisions.
Todd Packer
Well-known member
So I asked Bing if the Tigers will win the 2024 premiership.
Here's the answer:
’m sorry, but I don’t have the ability to predict the future. However, I can tell you that Wests Tigers will play 10 of its 12 home games next season at its two traditional home grounds, Campbelltown Sports Stadium and Leichhardt Oval, as the club celebrates its 25th season in the NRL 1. The team has also signed Shaun Johnson on a two-year deal from 2024 worth $650,000 per season 2.
It’s worth noting that the club has parted ways with coach Tim Sheens at the end of the 2023 season and handed the reins to Benji Marshall 12 months earlier than planned 3.
I hope this information helps!
Bing knows we've signed Shaun Johnson and for only 650K.
Well done Pascoe!
Here's the answer:
’m sorry, but I don’t have the ability to predict the future. However, I can tell you that Wests Tigers will play 10 of its 12 home games next season at its two traditional home grounds, Campbelltown Sports Stadium and Leichhardt Oval, as the club celebrates its 25th season in the NRL 1. The team has also signed Shaun Johnson on a two-year deal from 2024 worth $650,000 per season 2.
It’s worth noting that the club has parted ways with coach Tim Sheens at the end of the 2023 season and handed the reins to Benji Marshall 12 months earlier than planned 3.
I hope this information helps!
Bing knows we've signed Shaun Johnson and for only 650K.
Well done Pascoe!
tony soprano
Well-known member
Yep.. one will go.
twentyforty
Well-known member
Where does Welsby fit in? 123456?
twentyforty
Well-known member
Is there any other club where a coach is overruled on his choice of a 7?
tony soprano
Well-known member
Brooks?
Good point,i have long thought that somebody on the board was insisting that Brooks get picked each week.I am not and was never a Brooks hater but to me something just never seemed to add up in team selections and there where options at times that were just not used and it did not matter who the coach was
vlad
Well-known member
Battlers join three-club race to sign 'brilliant' young gun
'The guy has been unbelievable in Super League'
wwos.nine.com.au
In the race for Welsby
Man , this is nonsense ! Sean Keppie has a not better than Alex twal . And it’s a roll of the dice between him and seyfarth .
If I was Benji I’d be pushing back against the manly invasion as well . Pluck the eyes out , sure , but replace the team with manly reserve graders . Who haven’t proven they can win a chook raffle without turbo , well that’s just insane .
HTF can Fulton be upset about Sezer ? Honestly I don’t get it , if he’s the pathways guru ?
You have a 22 year old ready to take a leap in Sullivan , you have the gun junior waiting in the wings , needing more seasoning , and just off in the distance you have Galvin , AD and really far off you have Large and those gun halves at Balmain not named Conti .
If we are serious about building from the ground up , you have to and I can’t emphasise the word HAVE in this situation enough , you HAVE to have an old head around the traps , who on his best day is good enough to steer you around , but can very easily , no politics , get punted to Reggie’s if Fainu is absolutely gunning it .
If you sign a Cogger , he’s barely a first grade player , spending years shitting the bed at Newcastle and the bulldogs , who’s now won a premiership with the panthers . So he’s gonna have an ego , and want to be given the keys . So what happens when he gets dropped ? Chaos ! It’s so risky for not much reward in my opinion . Benji is right on this one !
If I was Benji I’d be pushing back against the manly invasion as well . Pluck the eyes out , sure , but replace the team with manly reserve graders . Who haven’t proven they can win a chook raffle without turbo , well that’s just insane .
HTF can Fulton be upset about Sezer ? Honestly I don’t get it , if he’s the pathways guru ?
You have a 22 year old ready to take a leap in Sullivan , you have the gun junior waiting in the wings , needing more seasoning , and just off in the distance you have Galvin , AD and really far off you have Large and those gun halves at Balmain not named Conti .
If we are serious about building from the ground up , you have to and I can’t emphasise the word HAVE in this situation enough , you HAVE to have an old head around the traps , who on his best day is good enough to steer you around , but can very easily , no politics , get punted to Reggie’s if Fainu is absolutely gunning it .
If you sign a Cogger , he’s barely a first grade player , spending years shitting the bed at Newcastle and the bulldogs , who’s now won a premiership with the panthers . So he’s gonna have an ego , and want to be given the keys . So what happens when he gets dropped ? Chaos ! It’s so risky for not much reward in my opinion . Benji is right on this one !
Also if Fainu was a the gun everyone thinks he is , why would you put someone in his way ? Which is what you’re doing by signing cogger .
It’s like in NFL you draft a number 1 quarterback . He’s your future . Your franchise . No one’s debating it . So what’s the next smart thing you do ? You go out and sign the best veteran backup you can get , who can start the season and create some angst in the quarterback room . It not too much angst where the kid loses confidence . Just enough to humble him , give him some adversity , and buy some time . I just don’t understand the issue here , unless it’s pure ego , and “but I wanted him “ nonsense .
It’s like in NFL you draft a number 1 quarterback . He’s your future . Your franchise . No one’s debating it . So what’s the next smart thing you do ? You go out and sign the best veteran backup you can get , who can start the season and create some angst in the quarterback room . It not too much angst where the kid loses confidence . Just enough to humble him , give him some adversity , and buy some time . I just don’t understand the issue here , unless it’s pure ego , and “but I wanted him “ nonsense .
You're making some wild assumptions here. First is that the Sezer vs Cogger argument was true. I'll say this assumption is fair enough given the reporting around it. But...
2nd that Sezer is the type of old head that can help mentor others. This takes a very specific personality and skill set. Sezer may have it, he may not.
3rd Cogger will suddenly have an ego. Is there actually any sign of this? He isn't even assured of a starting spot at Necastle.
4th that even if Cogger did have an ego that dropping him would result in chaos. Plenty of players with egos have been dropped before without chaos ensuing.
I didn't want Cogger at the club. I also didn't want Sezer at the club. But I understand there is a role either of them could play so don't hate the signing of either one. IMO Cogger could perform that role better but he probably wants more than 1 year. Sezer the lesser option but the 1 year deal the preferred result.
Either way I think that discussion between coach and recruitment manager about the available options is actually a good thing. It should lead to greater consideration of all options and pursuing the best fit. If those discussions become heated I don't care as long as they can show up, move on and work together the next day. That remains to be seen but it seems more likely than unlikely to me, at least in the short term.
