We do not have a top 8 squad on 2026 unless we are 💯 injury free which we are not.
That should tell you that strengthening up in a few positions including our depth is vital if we are to improve enough tj become serious contenders in 2027.
If we get Doueihi and Taylan May back real soon and we have no more long term injuries to our key players.
Samuela Fainu, Adam Doueihi and Taylan May are close to our best 3 players, we are doing well to win any games without them.
Let’s hope so he would be a great signing in my opinion.
The good news is we no longer need to sign superstars to improve us enough to become a genuine top 4 team. We simply needs 3-4 competent NRL players to cover positions we are currently lacking.
Something like this team seems very...
The 2025 version of Shibasaki yes, but he has not backed that up this season.
He is also a specialist left centre where we hope to have Taylan May fit and playing with Makasini as his back up.
In any case our team lacks speed, so someone like Averillo would help rectify this.
If true Averillo will help us immensely being a specialist right centre with plenty of speed, a competent goal kicker and would also provide very good cover at fullback.
He is not a great defender, but his speed alone means he has the ability to get into spaces that many others are not capable of.
He simply doesn’t have the speed and athleticism required for the modern day edge back rower.
Not his fault that Benji keeps playing him there due to lack of trust in our other options.
The good news is we will have absolutely no problem with a rival club buying out Seyfarth’s full contract if...
Luai definitely in our top 3 players last night.
Probably Skelton just ahead of May for the other with others such as Madden, Turuva, KPP and Pole not all that far behind.
We have to give plenty of credit to To’a for his defence, but his attack was again very sluggish and lacklustre.
Bula played well and was definitely in our top 3 players last night, but his try saved on Crichton only made up for a very poor missed tackle on Kiraz when he scored.
Not forgetting his dropped ball near halfway not long before halftime that very nearly cost us another try.
Not forgetting his...
That’s the point, replacing a few players who are not good enough to challenge for NRL positions or provide NRL quality cover when we have a couple of injuries.
You need a certain amount of speed and athleticism to play edge back row effectively at NRL level and as hard as they try, players such as Seyfarth and Sione Fainu just don’t have the required speed and athleticism for that position.
The problem for us is it’s also very borderline whether our...
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A 500k contract for Seyfarth sounds unrealistic and bizarre.
Even for Wests Tigers fans such as myself who value him as a hard working and loyal bench forward, it’s hard to see any value in him if being paid anymore than 400k as he is not considered as a starting player unless we have 2-3...
Not a bad goal kicker and looks a very instinctive player, but I think we need better than him tj help our strength in the centres.
We need someone who is better than average NRL quality ASAP.
I don’t think any better than average NRL centres will be available as an early release for us this...
They poached a 5/8 when they already had a good quality 5/8.
Who’s fault is that ?
I’m glad we didn’t end up with Ciraldo as our coach, he’s extremely arrogant and it’s only a matter of time before he loses the dressing room.