Anxious Reynolds wants to repay Tigers..

[TrueTiger]

Youre not making sense gal… your all over the shop..they'll be concerned the week the play us

I was replying to Happy's comment that the other 15 clubs would not be concerned with us. I think that can be an advantage.
That's all.

Oh sorry …i thought you were replying to me, seeing as you quoted me.
Glad we cleared that up.

Well lets put it another way , they would far rather play the WT's twice in a season than have to play Melbourne or the Cowboys twice based on 2017

All I can say to some of you blokes is,the Wests Tigers will surprise many teams next season,they may not win every game,but teams will know they played us…its a new culture and attitude arising at Concorde..Ivan should mould a very good team from his squad and there is plenty of talent and experience amongst them..

 

[greatodensraven]

I was replying to Happy's comment that the other 15 clubs would not be concerned with us. I think that can be an advantage.
That's all.

Oh sorry …i thought you were replying to me, seeing as you quoted me.
Glad we cleared that up.

Well lets put it another way , they would far rather play the WT's twice in a season than have to play Melbourne or the Cowboys twice based on 2017

All I can say to some of you blokes is,the Wests Tigers will surprise many teams next season,they may not win every game,but teams will know they played us…its a new culture and attitude arising at Concorde..Ivan should mould a very good team from his squad and there is plenty of talent and experience amongst them..

x 2

Bring it on

 

[Tigerdon]

Oh sorry …i thought you were replying to me, seeing as you quoted me.
Glad we cleared that up.

Well lets put it another way , they would far rather play the WT's twice in a season than have to play Melbourne or the Cowboys twice based on 2017

All I can say to some of you blokes is,the Wests Tigers will surprise many teams next season,they may not win every game,but teams will know they played us…its a new culture and attitude arising at Concorde..Ivan should mould a very good team from his squad and there is plenty of talent and experience amongst them..

x 2

Bring it on

Change had to happen. Ivan came in and gave the club
a clean out and influx of genuine NRL players.
Looking forward to seeing how they go. They won’t all work. I have my doubts about one or two but we have good depth and pressure on for every position.

Hopefully a more solid team that competes for every minute and no more blow outs like we had at the beginning of this season. And our F/A looks healthier

 

[Black_n_White]

You can have a go at Reynolds lack of class, but nobody could take away from his infectious competitive attitude.
We can all think of more games in a season than not, where our boys have dropped their heads, slipped a few percent in quality and the game got away from us. Players like Reynolds can infect a squad, can turn that few percent drop around… dont think about Reynolds being 80% the player that Cronk is, think about him possibly lifting our team 3% via attitude when the chips are down. Across 16 other players thats a combined 48% lift.
God knows to this day we dont have the type of player that can do it alone, and to be fair I dont think Josh can either, but between him and ET, if they cannot make the others buy into a winning never say die attitude, nobody can.

 

[gallagher]

How many current 5/8s in the NRL can say they won a SOO series with the blues.
He'll be a fan favourite .

 

[WT2K]

Hopefully Josh can prove his many doubters wrong

 

[Tiger_Steve]

Paul Kent on 360 tonight buying into the Tigers rebuild. Said He liked the ‘no hero’ roster and believes we can make the 8\. As I’ve said before I’m sold on our buying philosophy- I’m more excited about the season starting than I have been for years.

 

[Tigerdave]

I think I'm just happy about a potential change in culture at the club, it's been a long time coming. Just as long as everyone remains focused

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I see a lot of similarities between this team and the team he put together at Penrith in 2014\. He went into the market and signed seasoned first graders like Soward, Wallace, Kite and ET. They ended up going within one game of a gf. And they did it with an horrific injury toll. Cleary has shown that he can do well with this kind of team.

 

[Tacky]

Hopefully Josh can prove his many doubters wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wy0Ch9JiVQ

 

[Geo]

Hopefully Josh can prove his many doubters wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wy0Ch9JiVQ

Lot of good in that Highlights reel…which is common for highlight reels but the thing for me that stands out is Reynolds competes on everything and never gives up on a play..

I believe this is why Cleary targeted him in recruitment..

 

[FreddyK]

I hope that Ivan gets rid of Josh's self-deprecating talk. Ivan needs to give Josh the confidence to step up to the next level of top players. I am looking forward to next year and seeing some of our big boys working with Josh.

 

[jadtiger]

We have needed someone like Reynolds at the club for years(Farah was closest).He detests losing and plays to the full limit of his ability at all times.There are definately better quality players in his position but he is a massive asset to the squad with his attitude

 

[jirskyr]

Doesn't hurt either that Reynolds knows how to kick a pressure FG… coz Brooks certainly does not.

 

[TheBusDriver]

Reynolds will help us heaps. especially around the 50 minute mark where we start to drop off mentally. we need someone to keep going and say to the younger guys… "keep up with me and dont give up"...

Josh might get a few penalties but with the tight games he's awesome and with players like Marshall, McQueen, Taylor together they should calm the team down enough to win the tight ones!!!

Im pumped!!!

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

I'm one who thinks he isn't worth the money especially on a 4 year deal. I hope I'm wrong.

When you run close to the bottom of the comp for a few years and be club emerged in drama, that is the sort of money you have to pay to attract any player who is rated above average. I also think four years is maybe a year or two long, but we probably had no choice.
I also think he is just the player we need for the coming season, with so many new faces we need a player like him to build up the team spirit

With Reynolds loving the Bulldogs as much as he did, it sent a strong message about the Tigers when he moved over. He wasn't just another bloke off contract, he was someone a club would have to give a strong reason to move to shift from a club he loved so much.

It shocked people and countered the brand damage of Woodsy/Ted doing the reverse a tad. We really needed it at that point.

HT. I think that the fact that his club obviously didn't want a bar of him after his last contract, and he was able to get a lot more money, plus a way longer contract than he would have been able to get anywhere else, says more about the deal than any strong message about the Tigers.

The only message that I can see from the signing is that we have to still pay overs to get players here , and that we still haven't learnt much about long contracts for players towards the end of their careers

 

[fibrodreaming]

I'm one who thinks he isn't worth the money especially on a 4 year deal. I hope I'm wrong.

When you run close to the bottom of the comp for a few years and be club emerged in drama, that is the sort of money you have to pay to attract any player who is rated above average. I also think four years is maybe a year or two long, but we probably had no choice.
I also think he is just the player we need for the coming season, with so many new faces we need a player like him to build up the team spirit

With Reynolds loving the Bulldogs as much as he did, it sent a strong message about the Tigers when he moved over. He wasn't just another bloke off contract, he was someone a club would have to give a strong reason to move to shift from a club he loved so much.

It shocked people and countered the brand damage of Woodsy/Ted doing the reverse a tad. We really needed it at that point.

HT. I think that the fact that his club obviously didn't want a bar of him after his last contract, and he was able to get a lot more money, plus a way longer contract than he would have been able to get anywhere else, says more about the deal than any strong message about the Tigers.

The only message that I can see from the signing is that we have to still pay overs to get players here , and that we still haven't learnt much about long contracts for players towards the end of their careers

Are we paying overs ? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that we are paying Reynolds approximately what Parra are paying Moses, and substantially less than the original offer we made to Moses.

For approximately the same money, I would take Reynolds over Moses every day of the week.

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

When you run close to the bottom of the comp for a few years and be club emerged in drama, that is the sort of money you have to pay to attract any player who is rated above average. I also think four years is maybe a year or two long, but we probably had no choice.
I also think he is just the player we need for the coming season, with so many new faces we need a player like him to build up the team spirit

With Reynolds loving the Bulldogs as much as he did, it sent a strong message about the Tigers when he moved over. He wasn't just another bloke off contract, he was someone a club would have to give a strong reason to move to shift from a club he loved so much.

It shocked people and countered the brand damage of Woodsy/Ted doing the reverse a tad. We really needed it at that point.

HT. I think that the fact that his club obviously didn't want a bar of him after his last contract, and he was able to get a lot more money, plus a way longer contract than he would have been able to get anywhere else, says more about the deal than any strong message about the Tigers.

The only message that I can see from the signing is that we have to still pay overs to get players here , and that we still haven't learnt much about long contracts for players towards the end of their careers

Are we paying overs ? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that we are paying Reynolds approximately what Parra are paying Moses, and substantially less than the original offer we made to Moses.

For approximately the same money, I would take Reynolds over Moses every day of the week.

That doesn't make either of them worth the money . And I certainly not give either a four year contract
The point is that we had to pay through the nose to get him.
And for four years. He's not getting any younger, and is a gamble Imo
A lack of not being wanted at Belmore, And big money is why he's here.

 

[Roar_Power]

With Reynolds loving the Bulldogs as much as he did, it sent a strong message about the Tigers when he moved over. He wasn't just another bloke off contract, he was someone a club would have to give a strong reason to move to shift from a club he loved so much.

It shocked people and countered the brand damage of Woodsy/Ted doing the reverse a tad. We really needed it at that point.

HT. I think that the fact that his club obviously didn't want a bar of him after his last contract, and he was able to get a lot more money, plus a way longer contract than he would have been able to get anywhere else, says more about the deal than any strong message about the Tigers.

The only message that I can see from the signing is that we have to still pay overs to get players here , and that we still haven't learnt much about long contracts for players towards the end of their careers

Are we paying overs ? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that we are paying Reynolds approximately what Parra are paying Moses, and substantially less than the original offer we made to Moses.

For approximately the same money, I would take Reynolds over Moses every day of the week.

That doesn't make either of them worth the money . And I certainly not give either a four year contract
The point is that we had to pay through the nose to get him.
And for four years. He's not getting any younger, and is a gamble Imo
A lack of not being wanted at Belmore, And big money is why he's here.

I dont think it was a case of not being wanted at Belmore. They had cap issues and he was a way to alleviate that. Josh doesn't have the skill of some of the younger guys but passion provides motivation in the 70th minute when lungs are burning and the game is on the line. He will be good for culture, has won premierships, played in grand finals. For me, 4 years is to much - would have been happy with three.

 

[Tim Sheens]

With Reynolds loving the Bulldogs as much as he did, it sent a strong message about the Tigers when he moved over. He wasn't just another bloke off contract, he was someone a club would have to give a strong reason to move to shift from a club he loved so much.

It shocked people and countered the brand damage of Woodsy/Ted doing the reverse a tad. We really needed it at that point.

HT. I think that the fact that his club obviously didn't want a bar of him after his last contract, and he was able to get a lot more money, plus a way longer contract than he would have been able to get anywhere else, says more about the deal than any strong message about the Tigers.

The only message that I can see from the signing is that we have to still pay overs to get players here , and that we still haven't learnt much about long contracts for players towards the end of their careers

Are we paying overs ? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that we are paying Reynolds approximately what Parra are paying Moses, and substantially less than the original offer we made to Moses.

For approximately the same money, I would take Reynolds over Moses every day of the week.

That doesn't make either of them worth the money . And I certainly not give either a four year contract
The point is that we had to pay through the nose to get him.
And for four years. He's not getting any younger, and is a gamble Imo
A lack of not being wanted at Belmore, And big money is why he's here.

I share some of your concerns, but then didn't the panthers just sign a three year contract for a guy that is already the age Reynolds will be at the end of his contract.