2025 Wests Tigers predicted team

[frullens]

I know its dark times now, but let's have some positive thinking abs look forward 4 years from now to see what our top 17 could look like if we had a core focus on building from within.

I've had a crack to guess a top 17 - only selecting players currently in our system. I don't get to see the lower grades, so keen to hear your team?

2025 - 4 years time

1 - Laurie - 26yo
2 - Ogden - 23yo?
3 - Talau - 25yo
4 - Cooper - 27yo
5 - Dillon - 23yo?
6 - Doueihi - 27yo
7 - Hastings - 29yo
8 - Utoikamanu - 25yo
9 - Simpkin - 23yo
10 - Twal - 29yo
11 - Blore - 25yo
12 - Tuilagi - 26yo
13 - Simpkins - 23yo

14 - Stevanovic 23yo?
15 - Seyfarth - 26yo
16 - Joffa - 29yo
17 - Musgrove - 29yo


Could be in:
AJ - 25yo
Mikaele - 27yo
Maddern - 25yo
Hoffman - 24yo
Cini - 25yo
Kei - 25yo
Fuatimau - 23yo?
Who else?

Probably won't be here:
Garner - 29yo
Gildart - 29yo untested in Australia
Luciano will be 29yo - same age as BJ is now
Brooks 30yo - will had his time
Nofa and Momaulo will be in their 30s
The rest of squad too old or no good

 

[Demps]

Lol.... ehh.
Who knows eh?

Maybe by then NRL will be gone and Ultra League (C) will be in control.

 

[nrlsurvivor]

Mikey Tannous should be in the squad by then. Either in the halves or at Hooker.

 

[JRDee]

I know its dark times now, but let's have some positive thinking abs look forward 4 years from now to see what our top 17 could look like if we had a core focus on building from within.

I've had a crack to guess a top 17 - only selecting players currently in our system. I don't get to see the lower grades, so keen to hear your team?

2025 - 4 years time

1 - Laurie - 26yo
2 - Ogden - 23yo?
3 - Talau - 25yo
4 - Cooper - 27yo
5 - Dillon - 23yo?
6 - Doueihi - 27yo
7 - Hastings - 29yo
8 - Utoikamanu - 25yo
9 - Simpkin - 23yo
10 - Twal - 29yo
11 - Blore - 25yo
12 - Tuilagi - 26yo
13 - Simpkins - 23yo

14 - Stevanovic 23yo?
15 - Seyfarth - 26yo
16 - Joffa - 29yo
17 - Musgrove - 29yo


Could be in:
AJ - 25yo
Mikaele - 27yo
Maddern - 25yo
Hoffman - 24yo
Cini - 25yo
Kei - 25yo
Fuatimau - 23yo?
Who else?

Probably won't be here:
Garner - 29yo
Gildart - 29yo untested in Australia
Luciano will be 29yo - same age as BJ is now
Brooks 30yo - will had his time
Nofa and Momaulo will be in their 30s
The rest of squad too old or

Surly Benji will be back by then

 

[frullens]

The best teams like Storm and Roosters have had consistency in their squad, with a planned roster turn over with an older player being replaced by a younger player.

We have the basis of a very good young group of players that we can build a strong team around - Laurie, Ute, Blore, Talau, etc

To give some perspective- look back 4 years ago in 2017

2017 Wests tigers players still in our 2021 - 5 players and different coach
Nofa, liddle, Brooks, MCK, Twal

2017 Storm players still in 2021 squad - 11 players and same coach
JAC, Munster, Hughes, Bromwich x2, finucane, NAS, cheese, welch, kaufusi, Kamikamica

2017 roosters players still in 2021 squad - 11 players and same coach
Butcher, Collins, cordner, friend, keary, liu, manu, radley, Taukeiaho, tupou, JWH

 

[Needaname]

The best teams like Storm and Roosters have had consistency in their squad, with a planned roster turn over with an older player being replaced by a younger player.

We have the basis of a very good young group of players that we can build a strong team around - Laurie, Ute, Blore, Talau, etc

To give some perspective- look back 4 years ago in 2017

2017 Wests tigers players still in our 2021 - 5 players and different coach
Nofa, liddle, Brooks, MCK, Twal

2017 Storm players still in 2021 squad - 11 players and same coach
JAC, Munster, Hughes, Bromwich x2, finucane, NAS, cheese, welch, kaufusi, Kamikamica

2017 roosters players still in 2021 squad - 11 players and same coach
Butcher, Collins, cordner, friend, keary, liu, manu, radley, Taukeiaho, tupou, JWH

Interesting concept. How many have been around since 2013 for each team?

Robbo has often talked about cycles in rosters, he is adamant 2016 had to happen. But I believe since then he has learnt the Bellamy way of how to refresh a roster without dropping your performance levels.

 

[Needaname]

The best teams like Storm and Roosters have had consistency in their squad, with a planned roster turn over with an older player being replaced by a younger player.

We have the basis of a very good young group of players that we can build a strong team around - Laurie, Ute, Blore, Talau, etc

To give some perspective- look back 4 years ago in 2017

2017 Wests tigers players still in our 2021 - 5 players and different coach
Nofa, liddle, Brooks, MCK, Twal

2017 Storm players still in 2021 squad - 11 players and same coach
JAC, Munster, Hughes, Bromwich x2, finucane, NAS, cheese, welch, kaufusi, Kamikamica

2017 roosters players still in 2021 squad - 11 players and same coach
Butcher, Collins, cordner, friend, keary, liu, manu, radley, Taukeiaho, tupou, JWH

And can I be annoying and ask you to put their ages alongside the players currently in your 2017 list. I’m curious how it would match your 25 list for us.

 

[Radoush]

Lol.... ehh.
Who knows eh?

Maybe by then NRL will be gone and Ultra League (C) will be in control.

Is that like that old James Caan movie Rollerball ??

 

[frullens]

The best teams like Storm and Roosters have had consistency in their squad, with a planned roster turn over with an older player being replaced by a younger player.

We have the basis of a very good young group of players that we can build a strong team around - Laurie, Ute, Blore, Talau, etc

To give some perspective- look back 4 years ago in 2017

2017 Wests tigers players still in our 2021 - 5 players and different coach
Nofa, liddle, Brooks, MCK, Twal

2017 Storm players still in 2021 squad - 11 players and same coach
JAC, Munster, Hughes, Bromwich x2, finucane, NAS, cheese, welch, kaufusi, Kamikamica

2017 roosters players still in 2021 squad - 11 players and same coach
Butcher, Collins, cordner, friend, keary, liu, manu, radley, Taukeiaho, tupou, JWH

And can I be annoying and ask you to put their ages alongside the players currently in your 2017 list. I’m curious how it would match your 25 list for us.

Feel free add the ages of the 2017 if you're interested - i just used Google.
They both seem to have a good spread of age though

 

[boonboon]

Laurie
Hoffman
Kepoa
Talau
Ogden
Douehi
Hastings
Joffa
Blore
Tumeth
Stefano
Simpkin
Twal

Musgrove
Simpkins
Mikelle
Connor Watson

 

[Needaname]

2017 Wests tigers players still in our 2021 - 5 players and different coach
Nofa, liddle, Brooks, MCK, Twal
2017 Storm players still in 2021 squad - 11 players and same coach
JAC, Munster, Hughes, Bromwich x2, finucane, NAS, cheese, welch, kaufusi, Kamikamica
2017 roosters players still in 2021 squad - 11 players and same coach
Butcher, Collins, cordner, friend, keary, liu, manu, radley, Taukeiaho, tupou, JWH

Current ages

2017 Wests tigers players still in our 2021
Nofa 27
Liddle 24
Brooks 26
MCK 29
Twal 25

2017 Storm players still in 2021 squad
JAC 26
Munster 26
Hughes 26
Bromwich K 29
Bromwich J 32
Finucane 29
NAS 25
cheese 25
welch 27
kaufusi 29
Kamikamica 27

2017 roosters players still in 2021 squad
Butcher 24
Collins 25
Cordner 29
Friend 31
Keary 29
liu 30
manu 25
Radley 23
Taukeiaho 29
Tupou 30
JWH 32

 

[Needaname]

The best teams like Storm and Roosters have had consistency in their squad, with a planned roster turn over with an older player being replaced by a younger player.

We have the basis of a very good young group of players that we can build a strong team around - Laurie, Ute, Blore, Talau, etc

To give some perspective- look back 4 years ago in 2017

2017 Wests tigers players still in our 2021 - 5 players and different coach
Nofa, liddle, Brooks, MCK, Twal

2017 Storm players still in 2021 squad - 11 players and same coach
JAC, Munster, Hughes, Bromwich x2, finucane, NAS, cheese, welch, kaufusi, Kamikamica

2017 roosters players still in 2021 squad - 11 players and same coach
Butcher, Collins, cordner, friend, keary, liu, manu, radley, Taukeiaho, tupou, JWH

Interesting concept. How many have been around since 2013 for each team?

Robbo has often talked about cycles in rosters, he is adamant 2016 had to happen. But I believe since then he has learnt the Bellamy way of how to refresh a roster without dropping your performance levels.

2013 roosters still in 2017, 2021 squad
Aubusson
Cordner, 2021
Friend, 2021
Guerra
Kenny Dowall
Liu, 2021
Napa
Pearce
Tupou, 2021
Hargreaves, 2021

2013 Tigers still in 2017, 2021 squad
Brooks, 2021
Lawrence
Nofoaluma, 2021
Seumanufagi
Simona
Sue
Tedesco
Woods

2013 Storm still in 2017, 2021 squad.
Bromwich J, 2021
Bromwich K, 2021
Chambers
Cronk
Glasby
Griffin
Harris
McLean
Slater
C Smith

 

[PJ_]

Have we made the finals by 2025?

 

[Pascoes_barber]

7. Brooks.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

So the 17 will be everyone in the current system with not one recruitment in that whole time? Sounds legit.

 

[Harvey]

Predicted position: 9th

 

[Harvey]

Coach????

 

[jrtiger]

yikes. this’ll be good

1 Daine Laurie
2 Jordan Hill
3 Israel Ogden
4 Harley Smith-Shields
5 Iverson Fuatimau
6 Adam Doueihi ©
7 Michael Tannous
8 Alex Twal (total career tries: 2)
9 Jake Simpkin
10 Stefano Utoikamanu
11 Shawn Blore
12 Solomone Saukuru
13 Tuki Simpkins

14 Corey Thomas
15 Alex Seyfarth
16 Kelma Tuilagi
17 Fonua Pole

a lot of players in our junior ranks that may well be there or thereabouts

Asu Kepaoa
Henry O'Kane
Brandon Tumeth
Compton Fuatimau
Api Saukuru
Kitione Kautoga
Tyler Field
Kurt Dillon
Braydon Guyan

 

[balmain boy]

Ridiculous thread

 

[balmain boy]

Half the players we'll have by then either won't be at the club now or won't have even debuted yet. Absolutely pointless speculating which teenagers may step up this far in advance