Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[bptiger 0]

Euan Aitkin signs with south Sydney,
Blaize Talagi signs with the Panthers

And the tigers sign NO BODY

 

[BAGNF05]

And the tigers sign NO BODY

No player of note will announce signing with us while their club is still alive in season 24. You’re probably gonna be waiting till September at least mate.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

If you read this forum all our lives are unhappy because a team we support doesn't win enough games.

Well. It is sad to think that a football team can your make your life unhappy. But I totally understand the attachment. Its like a culture.

 

[rugbygoated]

I don't particularly have a strong opinion on this, but what would you do if we signed Christian Welch. Injury-prone, old and perhaps a massive risk. But also a guy who sets standards on and off the field from a great system. Wouldn't ask for big money too. Maybe I'm just crazy but he wouldn't be a bad signing on a 2 year deal imo on low money. After getting rid of some experienced players in the forwards in bateman, stefano, papali'i and no doubt klemmer soon enough, an experienced forward and leader could be what's needed. Pole and Twal won't be doing any heavy lifting by themselves

 

[BAGNF05]

Well. It is sad to think that a football team can your make your life unhappy. But I totally understand the attachment. Its like a culture.

People need to understand that you will be disappointed in life, Wests Tigers is the ultimate lesson.

 

[Buttface]

next year we need to promote Willet and makasini

Hopefully they promote themselves.

 

[lauriefromleichhardt]

Needs to also straighten the attack.

He looks like Benji at times, running across the field and taking the space of his outside men.

I will agree he has been good. With better players around him & a coach that can develop him he will be a star.

Needs to learn how to tackle. Missed Frizell twice when he scored

 

[Tom Shines]

Needs to learn how to tackle. Missed Frizell twice when he scored

He needs to get in the gym in the offseason and bulk up … he is a string bean …

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Needs to learn how to tackle. Missed Frizell twice when he scored

We need to be real. The kid missed any form of adult preparation footy and has skipped into first grade before he has finished his body development.

Add to this his practices benchmark each week is his own team mates and it’s easy to see why he makes defensively bad decisions/efforts at times. We don’t need exactly have big bodies, fast running or numbers at the line attackers.

He then had a new combo outside of him most weeks majority of which aren’t even nsw cup standard.

Not saying he shouldn’t be better but we also need to be real that Benji and the coaching staff are more to blame than Galvin is.

 

[mtd#2]

It's been said that we might be looking at him.I don't mind it.

From the weekend:
- 55 Minutes played
-14 Hitups
- 136 meters
- 56 Post contact metres
- 3 Tackle breaks
- 23 Tackles
- 3 missed tackles
- 1 error

It's not ground breaking. But on the cheap with the Eels paying part of his contract.... it makes sense.

He's had 941 post contact metres for the year and 11 offloads. Averages 11 hit ups a game (a few more id be happy)

That's better than Stef and Klemmer.

So there's the Stef replacement (we aren't talking about potential, but what he did for us).

We work on Johannsen and Fainu and hopefully both pay dividends, and all of a sudden things are looking up?

 

[Lebanese_Coach_aspiration]

Haha. Where's that bredda been? He disappeared

My heart is aitken cuz.
How can we improve when we dont even throw our hat in the ring for him?
this was out Kurt Mann moment
Lost....
like tears in the rain uleh

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

People need to understand that you will be disappointed in life, Wests Tigers is the ultimate lesson.

Yet. Not for the players.

 

[BAGNF05]

RCG two years subsidised by Parra, would be a guy I’d be considering, Parra’s woes have been mainly in their spine. Their forwards normally match Penrith when they go head to head.

 

[Fish88]

RCG two years subsidised by Parra, would be a guy I’d be considering, Parra’s woes have been mainly in their spine. Their forwards normally match Penrith when they go head to head.

Agree, Parras pack is good and RCG is very consistent. They can throw Hopgood in too haha

 

[GNR4LIFE]

RCG two years subsidised by Parra, would be a guy I’d be considering, Parra’s woes have been mainly in their spine. Their forwards normally match Penrith when they go head to head.

Parra have said he won’t be subsidised.

 

[BAGNF05]

Parra have said he won’t be subsidised.

Richo won’t take that without a discussion, they want him gone.

 

[BAGNF05]

He needs to get in the gym in the offseason and bulk up … he is a string bean …

He’s probably still 2-3 years off his physical peak.

 

[BAGNF05]

Naden’s a sad case because he can play, he’s just shown us far too many times that letting his teammates down doesn’t seem to bother him.

 

[Demps]

Brent Naden is 29 years old in December.

He's played 72 first grade games across three clubs.

I think the dream is over for him, sadly.

 

[Bellend]

Did West Tigers recruitment team do their homework on Bud Sullivan before they rushed out and signed him?? No is the answer because if they did, they would have realized Bud is nothing more than a overrated inconsistent footballer and nothing will change that.