OFFICIAL Esan Marsters [Discussion]

[Masterton]

@Russell 2014 Mbye says hello....however I still think he’d make a good 6, fantastic passing game..decent speed for a half, however he’d have to work on his kicking game...

I like Mbye as a fullback or even centre. IMHO, he was one of the worst defensive 5/8s I had ever seen.

 

[rustycage]

it's not as though he's done a matterson.....

the guy got offered silly money to play in FNQ, and he took it....good for him

apart from a few mistakes he did well for us

good luck to him

Another great prospect ( yes he was one of our best players) let go - he may not have played his best this season,, but I did hear that he was playing with an injury - I am anxious to see who will be his replacement.

I am concerned that these players leave our club and go on to play fantastic footy for another club - why is that:scream_cat:

Most players that Tigers let go don't go on to anything. We are a middle to bottom club most years, so we aren't usually letting go of players of high quality in the first place.

But literally, you can count on one, maybe two hands the players that we misjudged and let go, who became really good - Fifita, O'Donnell come to mind. JAC, though he jumped ship too early to truly count in.

Then there are the players over whom we have no control, because they receive massive offers or want to play in clubs that are on a premiership tilt - Tedesco, Woods, Paps, Taupau.

There are the players we didn't have any choice in releasing - Suli, Lodge, Rob Lui, Tim Simona.

And then another 200 hundred or so players that we let go, who did absolutely nothing more in their careers. In just the previous 3 completed seasons up to 2018 - Idris, McIlwrick, Joel Edwards, JJ Felise, Tim Grant, LJL, Kyle Lovett, Frozone, Rankin, Ava, Bayley Siro, MWZ, Mahe, Pita Godinet, Tui Lolohea, Buchanan, Cherrington, Asipeli Fine, Justin Hunt, Nathan Milone, Jesse Sue.

So odds are very much stacked against players leaving Tigers and becoming superstars. Some folks seem to remember as 1 or 2 instances as being "standard", when actually they are the exception.

This is a fair statement jirskyr so how are we to get and KEEP a good team of players together so that we can be the club that all players would want to come to (like Rooster/Melbourne) because we are capable of winning or at least achieving top 8's year after year..
.Esan Marsters will go on to be a great player unlike some of the others you have named in the latter group here - we are going to have to replace him with someone else, I just don't see the sense in that - what if he decides he wants to leave as well ie Ryan Matterson:white- and Marsters frowning_face:

we keep a squad like that together by winning matches and harping on about the brotherhood that comes from winning.

Dare I say, lets just see how our latest brotherhood gel. Garner, Clark, Aloiai, Mikaele. I've got absolute faith in these fellas. The question is, Who's next on board?

 

[TheDaBoss]

Cows will now make finals next year

 

[Tweed_Tiger]


 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Good luck to him. He didn't kick on this year with us for whatever reason, and I'm OK that the club didn't start talking extensions. If the Cows want to take that risk, power to them.

 

[4jtigers]


looks skinnier - good luck to him and his family - I am sure it would have been a hard move

 

[BZN]

G'day @momo_amp_medo: re your "I'm afraid that no matter how good you are and how great your potential is, if you don't fit into the playing group best thing for both parties is to part company".

Well said momo.

Your post is probably the most sensible I have read on here since the Ryan Matterson saga started.

Yep, people are entitled to express their opinion/feelings, but honestly...the way a lot of posters on here have been reacting to nothing more than rumors re Matterson just simply astounds and disappoints me.

It seems to me there are a lot of people on here that seem to be only too ready to throw scorn and hatred on people and things that don't sit right with them, without first knowing or understanding the 'facts', and that's a real pity.

 

[Tigerboy]

Well said momo.

Your post is probably the most sensible I have read on here since the Ryan Matterson saga started.

Yep, people are entitled to express their opinion/feelings, but honestly...the way a lot of posters on here have been reacting to nothing more than rumors re Matterson just simply astounds and disappoints me.

It seems to me there are a lot of people on here that seem to be only too ready to throw scorn and hatred on people and things that don't sit right with them, without first knowing or understanding the 'facts', and that's a real pity.

A bit of situational awareness never goes astray, at least he isn’t getting in trouble overseas. I still believe he’s done irreparable damage to his character; a bit of a shame

 

[Demps]

@Tweed_Tiger 😂😂

 

[Wimpy's Well]

Tommy Talau to start or Zac Lomax ?

 

[Guest]

Tommy Talau to start or Zac Lomax ?

We haven't signed Lomax...

 

[tigerap]

What a fall from Grace since he left us...

listed as a reserve for the Cowgirls with Connelly Leumelu (who struggled to make Canterbury Cup) listed to play centre...

Also we went hard for Zane Tetevano, he ended up with the Riff, he too is a reserve...

Some big named and highly paid players are struggling in 2020

 

[Needaname]

1st week back from injury for Tetavano. Not sure what the deal is Esan.

 

[JC99]

It’s funny that people talked him up as a great signing for cowboys. He fixed none of the issues he had at tigers and has seemingly got worse his defence and work ethic is atrocious

He even asked Madge for more money apparently, dodged a bullet there.

 

[boonboon]

Tetevano has been brilliant for Panthers just coming back from injury this week - prob not fit still

As for Esan - well wasn't a surprise for anyone here really

 

[JC99]

Tetevano has been brilliant for Panthers just coming back from injury this week - prob not fit still

As for Esan - well wasn't a surprise for anyone here really

We tried to warn everyone he’d be crap

 

[Speed2burn]

The game last year where Latrell Mitchell made him look like a mug, I was convinced he was a career reserve grader after that

 

[05TIGZZ]

To think some people were upset we lost him. So much potential but as soft as they come.

 

[happy_tiger]

Tetevano has been brilliant for Panthers just coming back from injury this week - prob not fit still

As for Esan - well wasn't a surprise for anyone here really

Yeah the games I saw him play before injury he has been good

 

[GNR4LIFE]

1st week back from injury for Tetavano. Not sure what the deal is Esan.

1st week back from injury for Tetavano. Not sure what the deal is Esan.

Think it’s obvious, First game after the coach has been sacked. It tells you how much Josh Hannah rates him.