Confirmed: Matterson released from Wests Tigers.

[Tigerlily]

Whether Matterson’s original intention was just trying to up his worth with our club (money grab if you prefer) it has spectacularly back fired on him in so many ways, the hole his dug for himself is just getting bigger and bigger...Yes it’s so very disappointing from a fans point of view, Ryan would know doubt have known what the Club and the fans went through with Cleary drama last year and yet here we are going through the wringer again...The ones I feel sorry for are the players how betrayed would they feel that a team mate/mate of theirs has sold them all a massive furphy his played them all for a bunch of fools...

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Haha that's amazing Happy...

Club dogs players = Clubs fault

Players dog club = Clubs fault

Club dogs coaches = Clubs fault

Coach dogs club = Clubs fault

"The Happy Tiger hypothesis of WT perpetual responsibility."

No one is arguing that the club finds a way to turn things into amateur hour with an uncanny regularity, but it does not follow that everything negative that happens with this club is always the clubs fault. Deadset, if we didn't haven't have a bite at Matto and he went elsewhere on a discount contract you'd have been whinging that we didn't have a go at him. The club can never win.

 

[jirskyr]

And your comparing us to Manly because .......one sin binning from being one step from a GF and we destroyed by the team Manly destroyed

Manly have a strong history of performing ......the WT's ??????


Are you on one of your melancholy rampages again ?
?

Nah ......just amazes me how some always find it is always everyone's elses fault bar the WT's fault

...and some would blame the club for bad weather.

We have had more than our fair share of negative publicity.potter Farah thing
Botched attempts to resign JAC
The Taylor years with the Farah sacking
Clearygate
Salary cap breach
And now Matto thing

At some point you have to look ar yourself and ask some hard questions


This a thousand times, and you can add the ‘big 3’ debacle to that list as well.

I just want one year, just one bloody off season where we are not in the news for all the wrong reasons - is that too much to ask?

You're going a bit OTT. Outside of the forum, I haven't seen anything about this for a week. The club hasn't done anything wrong, nor has anyone in the media claimed we have. Its been the opposite, we've received a lot of sympathy. To put it in perspective, a player wants out of his contract, he hasn't been accused of rape or been done drink driving. And it's not a situation where the club will be dudded like it was with the big 3, cos we have him under contract for 2 more years. And the only way that changes is if we can get a better outcome than we would by keeping him. Exactly like the Cleary situation. You complain about that, but there's no doubting we came out of that drama better for it with a better coach.

Agreed. Yes we've had negative press but you only need to give it 2 minutes thought to see that this stuff extends to so many clubs year on year. It's the nature of footy, the spotlight and the large number of morons who play professional rugby league.

I personally believe it's more about how you handle the situation, rather than the fact that situations occur. Tigers have handled everything quite well the past 2 seasons, all things considered.

E.g.

* Dogs - Foran injuries, Dylan Napa sex tape, coaching crisis, Board overhaul, salary cap crisis, releasing a number of popular old players, Aaron Woods, Moses Suli, nude Mad Monday
* Knights - Brown walks away, Ponga demanding high money, failing to make 8, Ramien left, Nathan Tinkler, Mullen drugs, Houston and Wicks jailed, Saifiti fight
* Parra - salary cap fraud, releasing Norman, Corey Norman videos, wooden spoon, Jarryd Hayne, Kenny Edwards
* Titans - general lack of success, wooden spoon, previous financial issues, coaching turmoil, long-term scrutiny, crowds, Jarryd Hayne
* Manly - Trent Barrett, ownership fights, asbestos, Jake Turbo grabbing people, injury toll, salary cap fraud, DCE / Hastings fight
* Dragons - coaching issues, high profile signing failures, De Belin
* Broncos - pokiesgate, Seibold failure, Bennett on bad terms, poor decision-making on juniors, injuries in key spots, under-performing players, lack of success despite advantages, Jimmy Jet
* Sharks - suspended coach, salary cap fraud, peptides, Andrew Fifita's general behaviour, off-field financial struggles, lack of sponsorship, goal kicking
* Panthers - paying players to play elsewhere, mass exodus, failed coach head-hunting, all eggs in one Cleary basket, Phil Gould leaving, sex tapes
* Cowboys - Ben Barba, failing seasons, post-Thurston struggles, coaching concerns, Scott Bolton assault

The reality is, if you don't have a very successful season - literally, it needs to be very successful, at least Top 6, more likely Top 4 - then negative stories abound. And even when you do have a good season, Pearce fake roots a dog and Jesse Bromwich snorts coke in a gay nightclub.

But this is obvious, because winning clubs are usually happy clubs. It's much easier to keep your crew together and happy when everyone is doing well, being paid well and covering themselves in on-field glory.

Someone said before, we just need some winning seasons and then the bits and pieces of crap will reduce.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Souths - Arizona assault, George Burgess nuding up, Sam Burgess nuding up on cam, players OD'ing on painkillers, owner getting offside with players and running them out of the club.

 

[jirskyr]

Souths - Arizona assault, George Burgess nuding up, Sam Burgess nuding up on cam, players OD'ing on painkillers, owner getting offside with players and running them out of the club.

Sam Burgess suspensions and outspoken misconduct, Burgess eye gouging, 3 coaches in 3 seasons, losing top players to Roosters, Roosters winning comps, being unable to beat Roosters when it matters, basically everything to do with Roosters

 

[Deleted member 3518]

@clokan yep . I see that . My bad

 

[matchball]

Souths - Arizona assault, George Burgess nuding up, Sam Burgess nuding up on cam, players OD'ing on painkillers, owner getting offside with players and running them out of the club.

Roosters- Mitchell Pearce sexual assault on dog.
Canberra- Joel Monahan the same thing.

 

[Newtown]

Souths - Arizona assault, George Burgess nuding up, Sam Burgess nuding up on cam, players OD'ing on painkillers, owner getting offside with players and running them out of the club.

Roosters- Mitchell Pearce sexual assault on dog.
Canberra- Joel Monahan the same thing.

 

[WT2K]

@jirskyr you can add frizell wanting out to the dragons point

 

[supercoach]

@jirskyr ....yes agreed all clubs have internal drama, but we seem to lurch from one to another.
Yes the club may be innocent of blame in a lot of cases, but still question have to be asked what they can do better so these things don’t arise every few months.
IMO most of our issue stem from our lack of success, a winning club is a happy club...most of the time

 

[jirskyr]

@jirskyr …yes agreed all clubs have internal drama, but we seem to lurch from one to another.

No they basically all lurch from one to another. But if you are winning football matches, nobody really cares.

It's the Todd Carney effect.

 

[The_Patriot]

For what it's worth, Buzz said on NRL 360 tonight, Matto will end up at the Titans



As much as i dislike it ill take Sami and Brimson thanks. Its a fair trade.

Arrow and Brimson for Reynolds & Matto would be heaps better



Of course it would but im being realistic.


If we covered the salary gap/freight we still end out infront roster wise. I’m not thinking a 1 for 1 swap. With the links between clubs and players could be an option. If the clubs actually talk.

All well and good but if Arrow leaves the Gold Coast the top teams like the Roosters will be all over him. We are next to no chance of signing him.

better to work out a realistic option.

 

[TheDaBoss]

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/luke-lewis-slams-unprofessional-outgoing-tigers-star-ryan-matterson/news-story/8292b69138a9ce70a66d70aa1bba8927

 

[GNR4LIFE]

@jirskyr ....yes agreed all clubs have internal drama, but we seem to lurch from one to another.
Yes the club may be innocent of blame in a lot of cases, but still question have to be asked what they can do better so these things don’t arise every few months.
IMO most of our issue stem from our lack of success, a winning club is a happy club...most of the time

How can you agree that all clubs have internal drama, yet believe we are the only ones who lurch from one drama to another when there's evidence posted showing otherwise. Its obvious you never look outside the WT's bubble to see what happens at other clubs to believe only bad things happen to us.

 

[iofthetigers]

For what it's worth, Buzz said on NRL 360 tonight, Matto will end up at the Titans



As much as i dislike it ill take Sami and Brimson thanks. Its a fair trade.

Arrow and Brimson for Reynolds & Matto would be heaps better



Of course it would but im being realistic.


If we covered the salary gap/freight we still end out infront roster wise. I’m not thinking a 1 for 1 swap. With the links between clubs and players could be an option. If the clubs actually talk.



All well and good but if Arrow leaves the Gold Coast the top teams like the Roosters will be all over him. We are next to no chance of signing him.

better to work out a realistic option.

From the horses mouth, he stated he is not chasing money he is going to a club with a chance to win a premiership.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

For what it's worth, Buzz said on NRL 360 tonight, Matto will end up at the Titans



As much as i dislike it ill take Sami and Brimson thanks. Its a fair trade.

Arrow and Brimson for Reynolds & Matto would be heaps better



Of course it would but im being realistic.


If we covered the salary gap/freight we still end out infront roster wise. I’m not thinking a 1 for 1 swap. With the links between clubs and players could be an option. If the clubs actually talk.



All well and good but if Arrow leaves the Gold Coast the top teams like the Roosters will be all over him. We are next to no chance of signing him.

better to work out a realistic option.

From the horses mouth, he stated he is not chasing money he is going to a club with a chance to win a premiership.

So either way we're no chance?

 

[Spida]

@iofthetigers it might be from his mouth but it’s a lie.did he think we were a premiership winning team 12 months ago???cmon, it Was always going to take longer than 12 months.

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

For what it's worth, Buzz said on NRL 360 tonight, Matto will end up at the Titans



As much as i dislike it ill take Sami and Brimson thanks. Its a fair trade.

Arrow and Brimson for Reynolds & Matto would be heaps better



Of course it would but im being realistic.


If we covered the salary gap/freight we still end out infront roster wise. I’m not thinking a 1 for 1 swap. With the links between clubs and players could be an option. If the clubs actually talk.



All well and good but if Arrow leaves the Gold Coast the top teams like the Roosters will be all over him. We are next to no chance of signing him.

better to work out a realistic option.

From the horses mouth, he stated he is not chasing money he is going to a club with a chance to win a premiership.

What is he going back to the Rorters

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

@iofthetigers it might be from his mouth but it’s a lie.did he think we were a premiership winning team 12 months ago???cmon, it Was always going to take longer than 12 months.

That's obvious. He came here to showcase his ability because he'd crawl backwards into our starting 13, and then when the suitors come knocking he would chuck the toys out of the cot.

 

[Yossarian]

For what it's worth, Buzz said on NRL 360 tonight, Matto will end up at the Titans



As much as i dislike it ill take Sami and Brimson thanks. Its a fair trade.

Arrow and Brimson for Reynolds & Matto would be heaps better



Of course it would but im being realistic.


If we covered the salary gap/freight we still end out infront roster wise. I’m not thinking a 1 for 1 swap. With the links between clubs and players could be an option. If the clubs actually talk.



All well and good but if Arrow leaves the Gold Coast the top teams like the Roosters will be all over him. We are next to no chance of signing him.

better to work out a realistic option.

From the horses mouth, he stated he is not chasing money he is going to a club with a chance to win a premiership.

So thats explains why he left the Roosters with their chronic lack of success and signed with us for 3 years since we're constantly challenging for the premiership...