@fade-to-black said in Madge Maguire - Mega Thread:

Hypocritical of Lee to criticise certain people of playing out things in the media. He seems to love doing that himself.

Certainly doesn’t hate seeing his name in the papers, I would prefer a bit less yapping from him it’s been more destabilising than anything.

@tiger_heart said in Spudd as defence coach?:

Can we, for ONCE, attract someone who a) has runs on the board; b) is not a rookie and c) is not at the end of their career - from board to water boys…please!

IBilly Slater is being chased for QLD Origin coach without any experience

@tonytiger said in Who should Madge's assistant coaches be for 2022?:

Someone mentioned Spud Carroll - I like his passion and he always talks up the Tigers juniors during commentary- he’s just thrown his hat in the ring (as defensive coach) - he has a pulse, unlike the assistant muppets we had to endure in the coaches box this year

Has it actually been confirmed that they have been moved on.
Shane Millard and Wayne Collins. I’ve only seen Collins Name mentioned in a Hooper article.
Has anything offical come from the club?

How many assistant coach positions are vacant?

@bagnf05 said in The Wests Tigers Board:

@rihannafan1 said in The Wests Tigers Board:

@bagnf05 said in The Wests Tigers Board:

@rihannafan1 said in The Wests Tigers Board:

It also gives them a lot of time to identify his replacement if need be, and give that person time to actually build what they want.

That’s one procedure we need to change. Stop getting rid of people before lining up a better replacement. It’s an old Sterlo quote about good clubs.

I hadn’t heard it but it makes sense. That coach gets more of a say on recruitment, gets more time to organise assistant staff, may even get a a say in how the team is playing, all before they arrive.

The successful clubs normally have an assistant quietly learning their trade in a good system, full of good players with high standards. That’s the place WT need to be aiming at.

Good clubs have succession planning at all areas / roles of the business.

@don_kershane said in Who Should Coach the Wests Tigers:

@magpies1963 said in Who Should Coach the Wests Tigers:

@jedi_tiger said in Who Should Coach the Wests Tigers:

@cochise said in Who Should Coach the Wests Tigers:

Id rather @MAGPIES1963 and @Jedi_Tiger as co-coaches than have Flanagan

Haha too good Cochise
Nofoaluma first bloke picked in my team 😛

You and I would have made a great coaching combo 👥 @Jedi_Tiger
But I will have to hand my spot over to @mike who I am very confident will do an even better job, as I am currently packing my Subaru Forester 🚙 ⛺ 🚐 🏖 ⛰ and will be gone within a few days to spend the last of my days on the road as a Grey Nomad 👴
But dont worry guys, I will still be on here to pass on my witty 😁 and intelligent 🤔 knowledge from wherever I am 👋 👋 .

Don’t forget to do a bit of scouting on your trip. An 'Official Wests Tigers Recruitment Scout" sign next to your banana chair might work or would at least be a conversation starter.

👏 👏 🤗 Great suggestion @Don_Kershane …thanks.
Banana 🌙 chair here I come.

@kade7 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Billy Magoulias Would be a good pickup

Not sure Billy moves the needle. We have a few billies.

@gazlord95 said in 2022 Membership info:

Wow from the storm…storm.PNG

Easy to do when you know your membership is actually greater outside of Victoria.

Swap him for moon ster

Just received (again via my partner) a social media from the Mayor of my LGA that our LGA has reached over 95% of the population over 15 with the first vaccine shot (68% double vaxxed).

If the rest of the city/state nation/ got to 95% I think we’d be fine. I hope this is the way it rolls out everywhere.

Being completely honest and realistic.

1- shake up in coaching staff. Madge is staying that’s sorted, then we need new and innovative assistants to bring new ideas and networks to the squad.

2- 3 quality signings, I’m not talking $1mill players. I genuinely just want 3 starting players signed. Making our 17 much stronger overall.

I don’t want squad fillers or bench players, I want improvements on current roster spots.

3- Some accountability from the head office staff in someway shape or form.

All very realistic before the start of the season.

Gould and co are idiots. They are saying it’s the NRLs fault for encouraging this. No one has been fined for last 2-3 years about this that I know of but Panthers have been caught twice.

The rules are there… Sleezy coaches like Cleary want to do everything they can do bend them (every coach does), but Cleary wants to pretend he’s above it.

Zero tries.

All heart though.

Rock of the team.

🔥🔥🔥

Today it was announced that GD (General Dynamics) Electric Boat USA will work with ASC Adelaide on the Collins Class LOTE (life of type extension), maintaining the world class capabilities of these non nuclear submarines.

The LOTE is a comprehensive packing including -

new diesel engines (MTU diesels)
new generators
new electric motor (permanent magnet)
optronic masts (no persicope)
new sonar setup
new revision of combat system
new power distribution system

EB are a highly respected US company well versed in maintaining the US nuclear subs as well as previously assisting the Armada with their S80 Class.

@tiger5150 said in STREAMING FINDS and RECOMENDATIONS:

Currently watching “The Bureau” on SBS on demand. Its a French spy thriller. Very cool, slow burn. Really enjoying it.

Not the first I’ve heard to pump that one up.

Justin Matamua looks like a keeper.

@coivtny said in Something you never knew:

@mike said in Something you never knew:

@coivtny said in Something you never knew:

@mike said in Something you never knew:

@coivtny said in Something you never knew:

@mikey said in Something you never knew:

@don_kershane said in Something you never knew:

@mike said in Something you never knew:

@mikey said in Something you never knew:

@papacito said in Something you never knew:

一昨日

Nande nihongo wa shitteru? Soko wa sunda koto aru?

"Klaatu barada nikto”?

Which Phantom comic is that from?

It’s from The Day the Earth Stood Still. There is no translation.

Was Klaatu the name of the guy or his robot?

The alien guy was named Klaatu. The robot’s name was Gort.

Thank you. Klaatu was the role played by Michael Rennie I believe.

That is correct.

I was born in 1951. I can remember a lot of actors from movies in the 1950s and 1960s and a couple of decades after but couldn’t tell you much about movies from 2000 onwards.

You’re not missing much from Western cinema that’s for sure.

@magpie_magic said in NRL looking at Gus' plan for summer comp:

The Magpies might actually win a premiership if they allow that competition to run.
Gould must have been not thinking straight

I think Gould has a soft spot for us…. But in all seriousness our young kids need something to keep them keen I reckon

@rah53 said in NFL Season 2021:

@cochise said in NFL Season 2021:

@rah53 said in NFL Season 2021:

@fade-to-black said in NFL Season 2021:

@the_patriot said in NFL Season 2021:

@thedaboss said in NFL Season 2021:

Watched raiders and ravens highlights

What a game

I enjoy NFL at that level better than most NRL games, except maybe origin.

Nothing better.

If the game is close, it’s awesome. The pressure and minute detail that goes into creating the tension.
Absolutely hate the fact that teams can just take a knee and kill off perhaps the last 2 minutes of the game. That is garbage IMO. I understand you have to use timeouts wisely etc but taking a knee is just a poxy way to end a game. It’s like the NFL equivalent of when Sam Walker ran the ball backwards 80 metres to wind down the clock for the Roosters.

Taking a knee is showing mercy to your opponent, in other words, saying “we’ve won this game, no need to inflict anymore harm to one another”. Unlike the NRL, points for/against has no bearing on league, just wins & loses.

Not in a close game it isn’t. It legal time wasting, taking away the opponents opportunity to compete for the ball.

It’s not time wasting. It’s clock management.

So, if you’re on a team with a lead, you’d want your opposition to have an opportunity to win the game if it’s close??

No different in the NRL with less than a minute to play, and the team leading has the ball, deliberately slows down the play the ball, when all game, they’re trying to play the ball as fast as they can. It’s clock management. They don’t care about the spectacle, just getting out with the win.

It’s rubbish. Just a real poxy way to finish a game, it’s embarrassing TBH. You could have the most exciting Superbowl of all time and the last 2 minutes of the game is just a bloke taking a knee without any realistic chance of the opposition being able to make a play on getting a turnover.

@aturkey said in Season 2022:

Short off season, long season

Still be 4 weeks too short …again …as usual