Are Wests Tigers recruiting the right players?

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I wont lie, i've thought the same myself. Every signing is a risk and the signing that we've made as the artilces point out have struggled for consistency.

But with the signings, one thing is clear. No one will be a superstar in this team. It'll be a team effort.Either the whole team will struggle or each individual will lift the other up.

We know the skill set of most of these players, it's what's between the ears next year will count the most.

Good post
With our history of recruitment I can't help but be apprehensive too.

All new recruits are something of a gamble

Blyth doesn't seem to understand the concept of working to a common goal… Does he expect it all to click on day 1?

No Ink you don't understand that Blyth doesn't understand anything (he is the 0 in Zero tackle).
 
It appears that this Jack Blyth graduated from Charles Sturt University just a couple of years ago with a diploma in journalism. Wests tigers fans can breath a sigh of relief that he is not the club coach.
 
Dear writer, it's all about getting the right balance - something this team hasn't had for a very long time. Spending all our cap to sign one superstar half, while leaving all the other positions weak won't get us anywhere. I'm pretty sure we've tried this before :wink: Who would we have with speed to run off him? And how could he work his magic behind a pack that is being dominated all the time? No, sorry mate, but I trust Cleary's judgment on this one not yours.

And just as an aside, why do all the people, who write about us, insist on calling us the 'black and gold' all the time? It's in just about every story written about us! I don't see them ever calling other teams by their colours, except for perhaps the 'tri-colours' referring to the Roosters occasionally. If they insist on putting it in then at least get it right - it's black, white and gold!
 
Who is this 2 bob journalist…

This is what I posted on his article...bet he doesn't reply.

Hey Jack, what are your talent scout qualifications?, or are you just a pot stirrer(or something else)!!

Will you have the courage in 12 months time when the Tigers are climbing the ladder to write another article apologising to the WT and Ivan Cleary ??
 
We have brought more NRL experience into the 2018 sqaud than we have ever done…4 definite starters with their current club or any Club...The others are a mix of solid and potential like all Clubs...

I think this article was written by gct....
 
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Jack Blyth who is this no talent idiot with no consistancy?

Don't give up your brick laying job or whatever it is you do for real.

Because you know nothing about Rugby League. You are a waste of oxygen.

Agree.

The dogs are struggling because of disquiet in their ranks, some of their key forwards have been inconsistent and they're running with 3 halves. As for suggesting Reynolds should play at 9… :crazy
 
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We have brought more NRL experience into the 2018 sqaud than we have ever done…4 definite starters with their current club or any Club...The others are a mix of solid and potential like all Clubs...

I think this article was written by gct....

No, the formatting isn't gimped enough for that…
 
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There's a lot of truth about the article , and I hope he's wrong, but there's a few there that look like "hope" signings

Who do you suggest we should have recruited that was on the market?

Dane Gaggai,Blake Ferguson James Roberts Dugan
But i really don't think we will know how affective the players we have signed are till 2019 at least
 
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There's a lot of truth about the article , and I hope he's wrong, but there's a few there that look like "hope" signings

Who do you suggest we should have recruited that was on the market?

Dane Gaggai,Blake Ferguson James Roberts Dugan

None of those players are consistent either, with the exception of Dugan. Unfortunately one of the things Dugan does consistently is get injured.
 
I like the signings we've made so far. I reckon our forwards and backline looks a lot better than what we have this year. Yes we need another signing or two especially in the forwards however so far it's been great.

We won't know how successful this recruitment has been until a fair way into next season however I thought we looked good this year and we've imploded on the back of poor inconsistent and disinterested players.
 
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There's a lot of truth about the article , and I hope he's wrong, but there's a few there that look like "hope" signings

Who do you suggest we should have recruited that was on the market?

Dane Gaggai,Blake Ferguson James Roberts Dugan

None of those players are consistent either, with the exception of Dugan. Unfortunately one of the things Dugan does consistently is get injured.

Yes but so does Brooks Dugans latest injury was a bit of bad luck
 
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I wont lie, i've thought the same myself. Every signing is a risk and the signing that we've made as the artilces point out have struggled for consistency.

But with the signings, one thing is clear. No one will be a superstar in this team. It'll be a team effort.Either the whole team will struggle or each individual will lift the other up.

We know the skill set of most of these players, it's what's between the ears next year will count the most.

Good post
With our history of recruitment I can't help but be apprehensive too.

All new recruits are something of a gamble

Blyth doesn't seem to understand the concept of working to a common goal… Does he expect it all to click on day 1?

At least the money is spread across the squad, and most importantly there'll be depth. We've already got excess backs now who can perform in FG with the new signings, so if they don't aim up it won't be through lack of trying. We're also picking up players in their prime now, the likes of Packer, Matulino and Reynolds are all experienced players but not in the twilight of their career.

We could do what we've always done, pay stupid overs for two or three "star" players and then expect kids and no-namers to lift around them or we can sign seasoned players across the board who can share the burden.

The jury is out until 2018 rolls around and the results book starts filling up.
 
IMO we havent really signed too many word beaters this recruitment drive, but we have signed players that will make us a far better prospect all across the park. The other option was to throw massive money at Moses, Teddy & Woods and put a bunch of reserve graders around them and we all know how thats turned out. Sure id love a marquee player or two but Cleary has already stated he wants a team not a so called big 3 or 4 im happy with the way things have gone decent first graders Packer,Matulino,Reynolds ect and some prospects like Milne and Fonua.
 
I read this article on ZT and thought to myself, what is this garbage.

Matulino is top 10 props and Packer is really proving himself.
Reynolds is an origin winner and played in a grand final, great talent.

MWZ, Thompson, Fonua, Gamble - all great depth signings that will really benefit us.

Milne is a potential game breaker looking for a start, he'll prove to be a really handy pick up for us.

Twal is potentially another Aloiai, out of nowhere - under rated, star signing.

All the pieces are falling together for us, our recruitment is outstanding.
The ins list really outshines the outs list.

DW about these gronk journalist dingos.
 
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That article is bordering on embarrassing.

Agreed, the author either has no idea or is trying to create a reaction/click bait.

Most rationale observers are commending the tigers recruitment efforts.
 

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