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I wouldn't say Bird is an excellent signing. Disappointing. And Royce Hunt, like Bud Sullivan, signed by Benji on good money but dropped midway through their first season. There have been some excellent signings, and some head-scratchers.

Yet Taylor had us at 9th. He had a 60% win record, far better than Benji or Maguire. This 'conventional wisdom' among Tigers fans is wrong, just like opinions of Adam Blair.

This is false. It's an outdated view. There is no current friction between the two joint venture clubs. Mainly because Balmain has long ceased to exist in reality. It has no money, no leagues club, little say in the running of WT, who, in reality, is wholly owned by Holman Barnes Group, aka...

Makasini makes his KOE cup debut for Magpies this round, against Raiders. Unfortunately, the game is on at the same time as WT v Roosters.

I doubt Benji would accept a former head coach as his assistant.

What confidence can we have, given the club’s retention failures, that they will stay long term?

Richo has shown that all they have to do is raise the possibility, and they can leave mid contract.

Richo, by his own admission, put out the welcome mat for TDS to leave.

I don't buy that view at all. What problems exist are not down to the joint venture. It was a joint venture in 2000. It's not, in 2025, and hasn't been for years. Balmain is dead. No money, no leagues club, little say in the running of Wests Tigers. It's the Wests/HBG show. What disharmony...

I'm not joining the chorus of condemnation of the article. Looks about right to me.

Yes. Hunt was back to his best for Magpies v Roosters last week. Destroyed the Roosters forwards. Knocked one out cold. Set up a try. He's better than Charlie Murray who is in the team instead

You'd put Staines fullback? The Magpies didn't think so, last round v Roosters. They put Alex Lobb there and he had a blinder, scoring a triple. Staines played wing, not outstanding. The other winger, Tu'itoupu, scored a double.

I'd prefer to see Holman Barnes Group sell up.

Team announced No Royce Hunt. No Kurt Falls. No Tu'itoupu. Opportunity missed. Turuva Staines (should have been Tu'itupou) L Laulilii (should have been Doueihi) T'oa Skelton Doueihi (Should have been Falls 7, Latu 6) Latu May Hope Pole Samuela Bird (should've been Sukkar or Seyfarth) Twal...

At least the crap NRL media is distracted now by the DCE story and is leaving Galvin alone.

I've been a critic of both Doueihi and Twal, but both have played so well in the new season that I've raised my opinion of both. They are club stalwarts and playing like it.

I hope so. Sezer should not be used again this year.

We wasted Laurie. He's a very good fullback. Was very good in his first year here. Very good again now, back at panthers. Something happened in between. The usual Wests Tigers curse that makes good players lose form. G

People say we've improved this year. We haven't. And there's not a lot of optimism for 2025 unless some good forwards come in.

Sione Fainu injured