We currently have Twal, Sukkar, Seyfarth, Bird in the pack and he has just moved Doueihi there. He has given Charlie Murray a run this year plus they have recruited KPP and tried to recruit Koby Hetherington.
1) The term "Elite sporting team" would not apply to the Tigers - they would be more the subject of an autopsy rather than the rigorous study required for a Phd;
the more we are starved success the happier they are as we dominate the NRL news cycle, negativity sells
This is too right, this forum is a prefect example of wanting success immediately. Unfortunatley, it doesn't happent that way and to build the systems we need to achieve our goals takes time and money. Time we has been wasted though infighting and money that is prioritised by HBG back into the cubs that generate it as opposed to the club that needs it. I can't really blame them though as we have lurched, under HBG guidance, from one plan to another never seeing out the first under the political type of terms you described.
Loose forwards are our biggest weakness. You can't use Seyfarth or Sukkar as a serious attacking threat. There's plenty to play out in the off season around recruitment as there is each year. Let's hope we jag a couple of players that move the dial for us.
No one's doubting how good he can be when he's sound jr but the problem is every season he ends up lame in some part of his body which keeps on happening every season, it's looking like he's made of glass.
'V for Vendetta' some may say has been playing out of the Concord cinema starring Tim Sheens with a support cast of Warren Mac, Isaac Moses, Wayne Lambkin, Peter Gentle, Luke Vella, and The Mole as The Mole and introducing Lachlan Galvin, Onitoni Large & Tallyn Da Silva with parental permission.
Yep the over-arching point about needing hard edged, intimidating forwards I agree with. I don't agree it is a problem with too many polynesian players, or that Benji favours them, which is what the first comment was about. E.g. I would take Kaufusi in a heartbeat he is exactly what we need.
I don't think that accurately reflects the situation.
Interesting to know how many years Toa has been with us and how many games he has played.
Yes. They are, easily, no better than our pack.
Hopefully.
I don't have the detail but from what I pull from the Wests Tigers Faithfull boys there is talent in the pipeline. What I do see lacking though is investment into the pathways team. We need to invest into developing a system, as part of the overall system, that is almost set and forget. That is the science that underpins the pathways - the art is recruiting the right person to have those in the pathways believing that this is the best place for them to develop, at the right rate, to become a consistent FG at WT when the time is right.
it’s an elbow. if you’ve played with a bad one, you’d know how hard it is, especially when his mobility is limited the way it is.
Mate I think we need to take a serious look at Kaufusi for a short term contract if nothing comes onto the market. He's not going to make a huge amount of line breaks, but he's another one that is good with his defensive line speed and aggression.
nailed it, as usual.
What a crock. What proof do have of that?
