Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[TigerLove]

This a great interview. This guy knows what he is talking about - change takes time. Dial down noise. War not battles. Even the shareholders agreement was a deep dive that most won’t understand but I respectfully do (I’m a lawyer so I just know how they play out) and it’s a process.

Hopefully you don't work for Bryden's because I hear the boss is a nutcase!

 

[Odessa]

Peak Andrew Fifita is still the best prop I’ve ever seen. Cant believe we let him go for Blair

We didn't let him go for Blair we let him go to keep Matt Groat

 

[Camel2281]

Funny, I thought Tapine was huger, along with Young.

Hudson Young is one of the most overrated players in the NRL. How he's played origin is beyond me. It's no coincidence that he's played 3 origins in the past two years for 3 losses. The 3 games he's been dropped NSW won all three.

 

[craigtob]

No he just has the very best team every year to work with, we would go alright with their roster or cap

Blah blah blah,we will never have a roster like that as we always self destruct year after year.

 

[ChilledChaos]

Fletcher Baker wants to return to a Sydney club! Rate him highly. We should go after him, real competitor 🔥

 

[Juice]

Fletcher Baker wants to return to a Sydney club! Rate him highly. We should go after him, real competitor 🔥

Really? He has looked awful at Brisbane IMO, another reserve grade player isn’t a inspiring signing for a team trying to get off the bottom

 

[851]

Jason Taylor could have won a comp with that roster. Terry Lamb even.

Too right, the media fawn over Robbo like he is the second coming of Jack Gibson or the like. Most coaches would excel with his roster every year, Robbo in my opinion has under achieved

 

[Dennisspicer1]

Too right, the media fawn over Robbo like he is the second coming of Jack Gibson or the like. Most coaches would excel with his roster every year, Robbo in my opinion has under achieved

Actually,
You make a great point,
Every year he has coached the Roosters he has had a team that could win a premiership, and he didn't do it, how would he have been rated as a coach if it was West Tigers he coached,
He probably Would have been sacked 5 years or more ago,
And never heard of again.

 

[Nounny]

Did you smash your head on the keyboard? 🤣

Absolute Gold !

 

[Sully]

Robbo reacting to the injuries yesterday….

Convince me he’s not a puffer fish….

Robinson is a massive sook. Whitehead went to apologise for the tackle and see how the cheese was and he carried on.
It is funny that he has no issues when JWH , Collin’s or Radley do the same thing.
Sport is funny when the favoured teams start to feel the pressure and you see it also in F1 where Verstappen was dominating the season he was cool calm and collected now McLaren and Ferrari have improved he is whinging like Trent has. I am all for sticking up for your players but injuries happen like Walkers ACL.

Hope the Wests Tigers win Friday and the Chooks go out in straight sets in the finals as I don’t see Trent as a great coach rather he has a great roster.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Hudson Young is one of the most overrated players in the NRL. How he's played origin is beyond me. It's no coincidence that he's played 3 origins in the past two years for 3 losses. The 3 games he's been dropped NSW won all three.

Maybe so, and thanks for your stats, but my comment was Tapine played a huge game Yesterday, and I thought Young also played well Yesterday.

 

[Enmore_Tiger]

We didn't let him go for Blair we let him go to keep Matt Groat

I thought we let him go to get the Gibbs transfer done.
He was better than last week, but again he was gassed after his 20 minutes and had to be taken off.

The blind side tackle, he was on an edge having a rest and they targeted him. To his credit he made the tackle well.

Minutes are a huge issue and limit his versatility. At this age I wonder if there is any scope to build his motor.

 

[Tito Santana]

We didn't let him go for Blair we let him go to keep Matt Groat

Wow!

 

[Tito Santana]

Robbo reacting to the injuries yesterday….

Convince me he’s not a puffer fish….

To assist with my earlier comparison

 

[weststigerman]

I do hope we get some good strength and conditioning staff particularly for the youngsters. I’d have the following targets in the off season.

Galvin, Laulilli x 2, Faagatu - bulk up and build strength

Miller - drop 5-7 kg of body fat, and increase endurance

Latu - strengthen hamstrings and focus on speed

Everyone - increase fitness

Training with more intensity can go a long way.

 

[Tito Santana]

Actually,
You make a great point,
Every year he has coached the Roosters he has had a team that could win a premiership, and he didn't do it, how would he have been rated as a coach if it was West Tigers he coached,
He probably Would have been sacked 5 years or more ago,
And never heard of again.

I have a conspiracy theory with him similar to that of Brooks.

Ie. He is a Freemason and has links to the powers that be. Who the fark was the guy? He was coaching league in France then comes to coach the Roosters which is star studded. The guy just needs to turn up to training. My six year old could coach that team and win a comp. Has he ever had a terrible roster? Never.

 

[Tito Santana]

Minutes are a huge issue and limit his versatility. At this age I wonder if there is any scope to build his motor.

There’s not. Pass.

 

[SwervinMervin]

Robinson is a massive sook. Whitehead went to apologise for the tackle and see how the cheese was and he carried on.
It is funny that he has no issues when JWH , Collin’s or Radley do the same thing.
Sport is funny when the favoured teams start to feel the pressure and you see it also in F1 where Verstappen was dominating the season he was cool calm and collected now McLaren and Ferrari have improved he is whinging like Trent has. I am all for sticking up for your players but injuries happen like Walkers ACL.

Hope the Wests Tigers win Friday and the Chooks go out in straight sets in the finals as I don’t see Trent as a great coach rather he has a great roster.

He is an absolute windbag and a bore. A complete sook.
JWH has the worst judiciary record in the comp since Hoppa yet he blows up when he has someone go down injured.
The Roosters are a blight on rugby league.

 

[balmain boy]

Richo in his media interview about the board. Just the way he said members will be told first about new signings. Seemed like their done.

He's been saying that since day one. Doesn't mean anything is done recently

 

[2041]

No we shouldn't try to use our wealthiest supporter who also happens to be one of the wealthiest people in the country. Run to a major sponsor of another club instead. Lol

Harry Triguboff has been the great white whale for this club for decades, always the supposed answer to any financial problems. In that time, Balmain has gone bust with its club falling into ruin, we’ve nearly been run out of Leichhardt half a dozen times because the place is falling down, we had to lean on the state government to get a training facility built and I don’t know how many players have left or not signed because there are sweeter deals on offer elsewhere. At what point will you twig that just maybe Harry isn’t actually that bothered, or at least not to the point that he’s going to separate himself from the thing he really cares about ie his beloved money?