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[GNR4LIFE]

Wests Tigers bolster roster with seven new signings

Wests Tigers are continuing to build for next season and beyond, signing seven players to new contracts at the club.

www.weststigers.com.au

How many are still at club? 3?

These sorts of announcements prove to be great “Where are they now” trivia questions 5 years later

 

[weststigers]

My loyalty is with Wests Tigers winning enough games to make the top 8 on a regular basis.
The current t roster is not good enough and that is down to Benji and Shaun Miekekamp’s predecessor.
I would not be sacking Benji right now, but he needs to be put on notice to fix our roster within 12-18 months, otherwise he will have to go.

What about HBG coaching choices makes you confident the next coach will be any better than our multiple other coaches?

The selectors are HBG...I assume the buck stops with them?

 

[balmain boy]

Probably because of the money they spend on the players at the top …not the bottom of the roster ,,,as my mate Vicious reminds me on a daily basis

Coming into the season we only had two players on over 750k. It's not the top end that we have an issue

 

[mtd#2]

My loyalty is with Wests Tigers winning enough games to make the top 8 on a regular basis
.The current t roster is not good enough and that is down to Benji and Shaun Miekekamp’s predecessor.

I would not be sacking Benji right now, but he needs to be put on notice to fix our roster within 12-18 months, otherwise he will have to go.

Name me a club that has cleaned out 20 of its 30 man roster in 2 years? You can't. But you will blame Richo instead of the inept owners who allowed the roster to get the way it was. There was a god damn team selection committee at one point under this ownership!! Pull your head out of your ass, you are so full of it.

 

[Vicious]

What about HBG coaching choices makes you confident the next coach will be any better than our multiple other coaches?

The selectors are HBG...I assume the buck stops with them?

As I just explained to you, how many boards take the blame for bad decision making from people they put in power to make those decisions ?
In theory it makes some sense, but in reality it very rarely happens that way.

 

[Tom Shines]

Coming into the season we only had two players on over 750k. It's not the top end that we have an

it is for us …

 

[mtd#2]

As o just explained to you, how many boards take the blame for bad decision making from people they put in power to make those decisions ?
In theory it makes some sense, but in reality it very rarely happens that way.

How many boards decide to sack half of the board members and reverse the decision, forcing the CEO to step down? Then don't even have the decency to address the fans to explain the backflip (because they were so quick to tell us they were making the changes in the best interest of the fans). Your ties to the group have clouded your judgement.

Btw we made the most progress in the last 10 years with Richo here.. but keep blaming him for everything because of the whispers your dinosaur mates tell you. As long as Lidcombe is safe huh

 

[AnonTiger]

Honestly, the more I watch him..
I’d be putting Doueihi in the back row.
He doesn’t have the appetite for work to make it there, but what’s his best position?

Getting May seems to have reminded everyone what a real centre is supposed to look like and what they can do….

Doueihi mainly plays for himself, so put him in the back row and let him work it out there…
He’s been tried everywhere, and not been decent for any stretch in any position.
I’m over the headache of it.

This time last year we were trying to sign a 35 yr old half back from the Broncos. Now they’re trying to sell us we had one here the whole time - please.

Yeh not a bad shout backrow.
He is a good footballer but he aint a half.

 

[batboy]

These sorts of announcements prove to be great “Where are they now” trivia questions 5 years later

How do you sign 7 players to Roster spots and NOT jag an NRL player in there - or even half decent back up!?

 

[Vicious]

Name me a club that has cleaned out 20 of its 30 man roster in 2 years? You can't. But you will blame Richo instead of the inept owners who allowed the roster to get the way it was. There was a god damn team selection committee at one point under this ownership!! Pull your head out of your ass, you are so full of it.

I can’t take you seriously, you are still full of praise for someone who stuffed the playing roster of the team you supposedly support.

 

[Speed2burn]

Name me a club that has cleaned out 20 of its 30 man roster in 2 years? You can't. But you will blame Richo instead of the inept owners who allowed the roster to get the way it was. There was a god damn team selection committee at one point under this ownership!! Pull your head out of your ass, you are so full of it.

You’d have to do some digging but I reckon Gould’s first couple years at the Dogs he easily turned over half the squad

 

[Vicious]

How many boards decide to sack half of the board members and reverse the decision, forcing the CEO to step down? Then don't even have the decency to address the fans to explain the backflip (because they were so quick to tell us they were making the changes in the best interest of the fans). Your ties to the group have clouded your judgement.

Btw we made the most progress in the last 10 years with Richo here.. but keep blaming him for everything because of the whispers your dinosaur mates tell you. As long as Lidcombe is safe huh

What progress, having a bog average playing roster that cannot beat a team that was being talked about as one of the worst teams in history ?
Do you call that progress ?

 

[weststigers]

As o just explained to you, how many boards take the blame for bad decision making from people they put in power to make those decisions ?
In theory it makes some sense, but in reality it very rarely happens that way.

Well you see...I will do some explaining to you if I may...most boards are what we call..."accountable". What that means is they can get voted out by the members/shareholders. Sadly our guys don't have that accountability...

Also by your logic, if the board passes the blame to Benji, and then Benji passes the blame to the players, then the players pass it on to the refs, and the refs pass it on to the NRL...then we can simply buck pass infinitely right?

Your logic is so flawed...there is a reason for the saying "the buck stops with me"...the board cannot simply buck pass anymore.

 

[Vicious]

You’d have to do some digging but I reckon Gould’s first couple years at the Dogs he easily turned over half the squad

You too the words right out of my mouth.
There are countless examples and it absolutely can be done.

 

[Vicious]

Well you see...I will do some explaining to you if I may...most boards are what we call..."accountable". What that means is they can get voted out by the members/shareholders. Sadly our guys don't have that accountability...

Also by your logic, if the board passes the blame to Benji, and then Benji passes the blame to the players, then the players pass it on to the refs, and the refs pass it on to the NRL...then we can simply buck pass infinitely right?

Your logic is so flawed...there is a reason for the saying "the buck stops with me"...the board cannot simply buck pass anymore.

You live in fantasy land if you truly believe boards take the blame for their company or in our case teams lack of success.

 

[mtd#2]

I can’t take you seriously, you are still full of praise for someone who stuffed the playing roster of the team you supposedly support.

Your words, now back it up.
Give us the roster pre Richo vs post Richo...
For once in your life, back up your claims.

 

[mtd#2]

You live in fantasy land if you truly believe boards take the blame for their company or in our case teams lack of success.

If ever I needed confirmation you had no idea, this is it. What industry do you work in (or did you previously work in)?

 

[Vicious]

Your words, now back it up.
Give us the roster pre Richo vs post Richo...
For once in your life, back up your claims.

Our results and style of play tell it all, have you not been watching ?

 

[batboy]

Your words, now back it up.
Give us the roster pre Richo vs post Richo...
For once in your life, back up your claims.

Was gonna say the same thing.
It’s literally the best roster we’ve had in recent memory….

 

[Vicious]

If ever I needed confirmation you had no idea, this is it. What industry do you work in (or did you previously work in)?

I work for one of the biggest insurance companies in the country, so I happen to know a thing or two about how boards operate.