Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Vicious said:
The point I’m trying to make is we are bringing the wrong players in 90% of the time, so of course they won’t work if they don’t have the characteristics we need.
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True, though imo a good coaching set up is more than capable of bringing players in and developing the skills required to function well within a teams systems. That's on coaching. Doesn't really matter who you get, a winger is a winger. A locks a lock etc, etc. A good coach can help them develop their game and skill set to become a better player.
 
tigahhh said:
Mason copped a 1 game ban
No idea who’s gonna be fullback now
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Watching the Magpies V Roosters atm. Alex Lobb is the fullback here…that will get the forum drooling. (Btw - he has played ok today. Very safe under the high ball and scored a try from kick).

Seriously though I imagine Luke L gets the nod.
 
watersider said:
We don't need better players, we don't need more money, we can't blame injuries or Galvin or Gould or the refs, it's not the facility we train at, it's not the ground we call home, it's not that we need just another 3 or 4 quality players or that we just need our juniors to mature...it doesn't take much cash to setup cones at training, you just have to know what you're doing.

We've walked into a train wreck here where half our best players are devoted to Benji and the other half stopped playing for him and left. To sack him would be to rip everything apart once again in year 14 or so of ripping it apart and starting again. We seem to have completely destroyed another promising set of juniors, if they were ever so, and we are staring into the reality of a huge and obvious mistake in hiring an unqualified coach with inadequate guidance. What an absolute horror show. I love Benji, wow his play changed what I thought was possible on the rugby league field, but this club destroys absolutely everyone it touches.

Against Manly I believe we saw the new Tiger's version of Terrell May locked in: lethargic and slow, getting through the minutes. It took just over half a season to properly brake his spirit. Welcome to the Klemmer, tamou, Stefano mediocrity club, where props go to disappear. I suppose it's not possible to really compete when you witness such disorganisation and your efforts get your team nowhere but more mediocrity.

In order to persist with something you have to be able to see improvement, see a spark and a pathway to success. This season has only found us out once again. Teams have gone to another level this season as it has gone on, they've gotten better in their structures and it's more obvious how they want their attacking and defensive movement to work. Our team has collapsed. Yes, we never really did much at the start of the season, but good teams and coaches go through that sort of phase and build from it and refine and lift.

I'd say this game revealed more than any other the total fallacy of progress, of belief in what Benji is doing. It was too many mistakes, too many shifts, too little structure, no clarity. So many moments where there are matches where the club has a chance to prove something and responds by being flatter than ever.

I was against sacking sheens version 1, I was confused by both of his replacements, I never felt Madge go a shot at a proper roster and was ripped down in the year before he had a chance but I think we have decent enough players this year, enough for better than this and, while I've never really felt it was the coach and that you can expect much from changing them...

I'm really sorry Benji, but you have to go. It's time to try again.
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You lost me at Madge didn’t get a shot.
WE WERE WORSE EVERY YEAR for nearly four years.
 
Demps said:
Off contract forward, Villiami Fifita playing for the dragons tonight.

Jersey #16

Some one we should definitely be having talks with.
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i’ll give him a close watch
Vicious said:
Te Maiire Martin still looks sharp & classy.
He’s only 29y.o and currently without a contract for next season.
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been saying he’d be an alright pick up for back up halves , kiwi connection Benji
 
Demps said:
Reckon he's settled but did i see something saying hes open to a superleague move? Not sure.
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He would be a superstar in the UK Super League, he’s worth 500k per season over there, so he will probably take that money late in his career.
Pity as he strikes me as someone who would combine very well in the halves with Luai and his experience would be a big help to a team like ours.
 
Vicious said:
He would be a superstar in the UK Super League, he’s worth 500k per season over there, so he will probably take that money late in his career.
Pity as he strikes me as someone who would combine very well in the halves with Luai and his experience would be a big help to a team like ours.
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Always been a fan.
Shame it didn't work out for he and the Tigers.

Very skilful player and all round nice guy.
Good to see him enjoying his footy.
 
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