BlackWhiteGold
Well-known member
I can see a 2025 where Bateman goes to Dragons to play lock & Bud joins the Rabbitohs as backup half to Dodd, both heavily subsidised by the Tigers at least 50/50.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
- Thread starter MacDougall
- Start date
pawsandclaws1
Well-known member
Pepper Money sponsored the PAC Performance Mazda 6 rotary drag car which I believe puts out over 2000hp. They were also involved with customers interested in a PAC Performance RX3 as per below. This superb example was initially for sale at around $200k.
Tucker
Well-known member
Robbo has been a head coach for 14 years. His record is as follows:
2011 - ESL - Prelim Final
2012 - ESL - Prelim Final
2013 - NRL Premier
2014 - NRL - Prelim Final
2015 - NRL - Prelim Final
2016 - NRL - 2nd Last
2017 - NRL - Prelim Final
2018 - NRL Premier
2019 - NRL Premier
2020 - NRL - Semi Final
2021 - NRL - Semi Final
2022 - NRL - Qualifying Final
2023 - NRL - Semi Final
2024 - NRL - Prelim Final
- 3 x Premierships Seasons,
- 6 x Seasons where he fell 1 game short of the GF
- Played finals 13/14 seasons
Like I said, If he were the WT's coach - He'd be walking on water....
And we'd have played Finals.
Tucker I’m quite confident you would have got the same results with the playing rosters he’s had to work with.
Let’s see how he goes in 2025 with a well below average playing roster, if he makes the top 8 he’s a genius.
Tucker
Well-known member
Not a chance in hell.
Hes had one terrible year in 14 and competed for the title at least 9 of the remaining 13 times.
Its a very naive take to suggest anyone could do anything with good rosters. We have proven recently that substandard coaches make a massive difference.
No doubt thats a fantastic record and as WT we would kill for that. The Roosters slogan is “we play for premierships” which he has coached 3 in the NRL. He had SBW at his peak who changed the culture and Cooper cronk led them to another 2. The Roosters have lost a lot of players for next year Manu, Sualai, JWH, smith and walker serious injuries. This will be his biggest test no doubt. I have heard he is out of excuses, his record against the Storm and Panthers has not gone unnoticed. I would love to see how he went at a bottom 4 club, to me he is arrogant and can not cop the way he whinges are his losses, always blaming the ref. He will get sacked next year. Uncle Nick wants success
Buttface
Well-known member
Yeah people, and I, used to question Wayne when he had the easiest jig in NRL, but yes he has had success elsewhere since. You don’t coach NRL for long if you’re not a decent coach and I think your last sentence was perfect.
Although Bellend cheated, I still think he created the aura of excellence they have, even though he cheated poorly. He also changed the way the game is played or not, ie; the chicken wing tackle.
Quality of cattle is the thing though. Bellend and Robbie have always had it, but Cleary has had to coach some average rosters, and done ok with them at times. Wayne has always been employed with an open cheque book so obviously he knows the only way to win is good cattle. 🐮
We have proven nothing as we have not had a competitive roster for a long, long time.
As much as we would have liked them too, our past coaches were not able to turn water into wine.
As it currently stands we finally have a highly competitive roster for 2025, so no excuses for Benji and likewise no excuses for someone like Trent Robinson with what I believe is a very poor Roosters playing roster for 2025.
crazycat
Well-known member
I don't get why you would move Galvin into 13 at all.
The guy has match fitness and really, we want him to be an 80 minute player.
Latu seems built for 13 at the moment. I would like to see him get some time at 1 as well as he will see more and learn more of the game that way.
TopTiger
Well-known member
Wests Tigers “working closely” with Galvin to extend contract
Less than six months ago, his management asked for an early release.
The Wests Tigers are attempting to extend the contract of teenage sensation Lachlan Galvin as he enters the second season of his NRL career.
One of the best rookies in the NRL, Galvin was one of the standouts and highlights for the Wests Tigers in another miserable season that saw them claim their third consecutive wooden spoon.
"We're working closely with Galvin, his family and his agent about extending him in the new year," Wests Tigers CEO Shane Richardson said on Behind The Roar.
In only 21 first-grade matches, Galvin showed that he is a future star of the competition and has already earned praise from former NRL icons turned media pundits Andrew Johns and Phil Gould.
During these outings, he scored four tries, forced nine drop-outs, provided 16 try assists and nine line-break assists and averaged 130 running metres per match.
Unfortunately, despite being the favourite, he could not claim the 2024 Dally M Rookie of the Year honours because he was suspended for three matches at the beginning of the season for a hip-drop tackle against his former team. Capping off his stellar first season in the NRL, the 2023 Australian Schoolboys captain was selected to represent the Prime Minister's XIII alongside teammate Alex Seyfarth.
Contracted for the next two seasons, Galvin will be able to speak with rival teams from November 1 and is bound to attract a ton of interest on the open market if he doesn't extend before then.
Set to earn $600,000 over the next couple of years, the 19-year-old is likely to receive a significant pay rise in his next deal as the club attempt to keep him for the long term.
The news of the club and his management "working closely" to sign an extension comes less than six months after reports emerged that Galvin's management approached the club to ask for an early release from the remainder of his contract.
Multiple clubs, such as the Penrith Panthers and Sydney Roosters, would closely monitor the situation before he made it clear that he wanted to stay at the Wests Tigers, with whom he played in the junior representative levels - Harold Matthews Cup and SG Ball Cup.
"(Galvin's parents) made it clear that he wants to stay and he wants to be here and he's with us, with our vision moving forward," Benji Marshall has said in the past.
"That's all that needs to be said. He's going nowhere."
www.zerotackle.com/wests-tigers-working-closely-with-galvin-to-extend-contract-217431/
Less than six months ago, his management asked for an early release.
The Wests Tigers are attempting to extend the contract of teenage sensation Lachlan Galvin as he enters the second season of his NRL career.
One of the best rookies in the NRL, Galvin was one of the standouts and highlights for the Wests Tigers in another miserable season that saw them claim their third consecutive wooden spoon.
"We're working closely with Galvin, his family and his agent about extending him in the new year," Wests Tigers CEO Shane Richardson said on Behind The Roar.
In only 21 first-grade matches, Galvin showed that he is a future star of the competition and has already earned praise from former NRL icons turned media pundits Andrew Johns and Phil Gould.
During these outings, he scored four tries, forced nine drop-outs, provided 16 try assists and nine line-break assists and averaged 130 running metres per match.
Unfortunately, despite being the favourite, he could not claim the 2024 Dally M Rookie of the Year honours because he was suspended for three matches at the beginning of the season for a hip-drop tackle against his former team. Capping off his stellar first season in the NRL, the 2023 Australian Schoolboys captain was selected to represent the Prime Minister's XIII alongside teammate Alex Seyfarth.
Contracted for the next two seasons, Galvin will be able to speak with rival teams from November 1 and is bound to attract a ton of interest on the open market if he doesn't extend before then.
Set to earn $600,000 over the next couple of years, the 19-year-old is likely to receive a significant pay rise in his next deal as the club attempt to keep him for the long term.
The news of the club and his management "working closely" to sign an extension comes less than six months after reports emerged that Galvin's management approached the club to ask for an early release from the remainder of his contract.
Multiple clubs, such as the Penrith Panthers and Sydney Roosters, would closely monitor the situation before he made it clear that he wanted to stay at the Wests Tigers, with whom he played in the junior representative levels - Harold Matthews Cup and SG Ball Cup.
"(Galvin's parents) made it clear that he wants to stay and he wants to be here and he's with us, with our vision moving forward," Benji Marshall has said in the past.
"That's all that needs to be said. He's going nowhere."
www.zerotackle.com/wests-tigers-working-closely-with-galvin-to-extend-contract-217431/
Last edited:
innsaneink
Well-known member
Yep he did so well when Fittler was coaching them
Tucker
Well-known member
Thats just fanboy bullshit excuses.
We had teams that should have competed for Grand finals in 2010 and 2011 and 2012....we were the favourite for the title in 2012. We have had quite a few other squads that should have competed for finals appearances over the years as well.
Coaching is an enormous factor. If we dont play finals in 2025, the entire coaching staff, including pathways needs the arse on the spot.
Wasn't that long ago he was in a semi with this side....
There's some Quality there no doubt - But every team has Quality (Even ours)
but there is also some Dross, and a few blokes on the Wrong side of their career...
They got pumped, But they were there for a spot in the Qualifier.
1 James TEDESCO (c)
2 Daniel TUPOU
3 Josh MORRIS
4 Adam KEIGHRAN
5 Matt IKUVALU
6 Lachlan LAM
7 Drew HUTCHISON
8 Jared WAEREA-HARGREAVES
20 Benjamin MARSCHKE
10 Isaac LIU
11 Angus CRICHTON
12 Sitili TUPOUNIUA
13 Victor RADLEY
14 Sam WALKER
15 Nat BUTCHER
16 Egan BUTCHER
17 Fletcher BAKER
People still banging on about Bennett
- But he's done very little when he has an Ordinary Roster (Even walked himself from them)
And also done ordinary with good Rosters in the past....
He's still running off Credits for his old history for mine.
Let’s see what he does in 2025, I’m highly confident Roosters finish bottom 4 and that’s with a handful of current internationals still on their books.
Dennisspicer1
Well-known member
No, if he were West Tigers coach for last 4 years,
he would have been sacked after his 3rd spoon,
And if Benji was Rorters coach for the last 12 years, he would have his name touted as one of the greatest coaches ever.
Wasn’t Sheens thinking similar by wanting to use Hastings at lock ?
I’m not certain if Benji will prove to be a good coach or not, but he deserves to be judged on 2025 results.
He wasn’t gift wrapped a team choc full of experienced quality internationals like others such as Trent Robinson at the Roosters.
GNR4LIFE
Well-known member
Epic delusions
