For all the people moaning about signings

[goldcoast_tiger]

If nothing changes nothing changes, unless t improves or goes south… We need a defensive line that repels the first 3 hit ups of the opposition's sets...i dunno if it's personnel training coaches or a bit of all three.... This mob better improve or it'll just be more of the same old same ol

We’ve picked up Matterson
who could be very good for us and Momo, who might be ok, but is still potential. But we haven’t bought much else( correct me if I’m wrong)
If we only have two spots left on our cap, where have we spent out money ???
LoLo has gone and we saved some there!
I understand that Reynolds is costing us a bundle, but we must be paying some overs when you look at our team
It’s not as if we had 6 or 7 stars on the books.

 

[gallagher]

That's a small period of three months so you can't take much away from that stat either way.

**Will our round 1 team be much better than this year's round 1 team? Not by much at this stage if you ask me.**

2018
1\. Lolohea
2\. Thompson
3\. Marsters
4\. Naiqama
5\. Watene-Zelezniak
6\. Marshall
7\. Brooks
8\. Packer
9\. Godinet
10\. Eisenhuth
11\. Lawrence
12\. Rochow
13\. Taylor
14\. Matulino
15\. Twal
16\. CheeKam
17\. McIlwrick
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2019

1\. Mbye
2\. Thompson
3\. Marsters
4\. Momorovski
5\. Nofoluma
6\. Reynolds
7\. Brooks
8\. Packer
9\. Liddle/Farah
10\. Matulino
11\. Lawrence
12\. Matterson
13\. Taylor
14\. Twal
15\. Eisenhuth/CheeKam
16\. Farah/Liddle
17\. Garner/Aloia
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2019 at this stage looks a hell of lot better than 2018.

Matterson and Mbye are big improvements. Much the sameness everywhere else though.

 

[gallagher]

I dont think it will be our downfall but i dont think its moving us forward or imroving the roster. Wehave Gamble in the top 30, we dont need him and Marshall. Lino from the Warriors would have been a consideration if we need 4 halves in the top 30.Mybe can switch to the halves if injures hitaswell. Thompson looks a better fullback than winger to me anyway.

Farah? I can just see that blowing up when Liddle starts getting more match time.Seggy and Luke were both off contract and both better players this year.

Its just side way moving, not going forward.

Again, though, you're complaining about who the Tigers selected to be their backup hooker and backup half. It's a sideshow. There's not a team in the comp that wouldn't be massively damaged if their first-choice 9 or either of their first-choice halves went down for an extended period.

The problems the Tigers have in the spine are (1) the guy they gave a lot of money to be their starting 5/8 can't get fit, and (2) the guy they've decided is the future in the number 9 jersey also can't get fit. As it happens, I think they got way more out of both Marshall and Farah this year than they had any right to expect. But that's not really the issue - the issue is that half the spine missed 90% of the season.

Tell me how the Storm would have gone without Smith and Munster, or Souths without Cook and Reynolds. The Roosters might have been able to cope but only because Friend is probably the weakest player on their roster, but would they have won the comp if he and Keary had barely got on the park?

So all those teams made the top 4 without an experienced back up halfback/hooker. I dont see how that is proving your point .

Having Benji and Robbie is a good thing.
Almost as if there’s two coaches out there.
You need old guys in your team if you want to manage and win the right games.
Robbie’s last six weeks of footy was very good.
And Benji wasn’t our worst nightmare.
He got a lot out of brooks and we’ll all benefit from his time back here…..maybe not next week but a few more years helping brooks and who knows.
These are guys that want to be at your club, isn’t that what what we want? Blokes who wanna be here.

Everyone has a used by date, I just think they've reached theirs.

 

[Tiger_Steve]

If nothing changes nothing changes, unless t improves or goes south… We need a defensive line that repels the first 3 hit ups of the opposition's sets...i dunno if it's personnel training coaches or a bit of all three.... This mob better improve or it'll just be more of the same old same ol

We’ve picked up Matterson
who could be very good for us and Momo, who might be ok, but is still potential. But we haven’t bought much else( correct me if I’m wrong)
If we only have two spots left on our cap, where have we spent out money ???
LoLo has gone and we saved some there!
I understand that Reynolds is costing us a bundle, but we must be paying some overs when you look at our team
It’s not as if we had 6 or 7 stars on the books.

It’s a good question GCT.
All I can think is - remember Pom said there were a couple of decent signings in the mix. Maybe there is a bit of money left for numbers 29 and 30 with the view they will be top line players. That’s all I can think

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

If nothing changes nothing changes, unless t improves or goes south… We need a defensive line that repels the first 3 hit ups of the opposition's sets...i dunno if it's personnel training coaches or a bit of all three.... This mob better improve or it'll just be more of the same old same ol

We’ve picked up Matterson
who could be very good for us and Momo, who might be ok, but is still potential. But we haven’t bought much else( correct me if I’m wrong)
If we only have two spots left on our cap, where have we spent out money ???
LoLo has gone and we saved some there!
I understand that Reynolds is costing us a bundle, but we must be paying some overs when you look at our team
It’s not as if we had 6 or 7 stars on the books.

It’s a good question GCT.
All I can think is - remember Pom said there were a couple of decent signings in the mix. Maybe there is a bit of money left for numbers 29 and 30 with the view they will be top line players. That’s all I can think

Yeah, I remember something like that, hope so.
It’s just that when you look at our team list , its hard to correlate our team and the money that we’re spending, certainly hope that there’s more cavalary coming :smiley:

 

[Balmainian]

That's a small period of three months so you can't take much away from that stat either way.

**Will our round 1 team be much better than this year's round 1 team? Not by much at this stage if you ask me.**

2018
1\. Lolohea
2\. Thompson
3\. Marsters
4\. Naiqama
5\. Watene-Zelezniak
6\. Marshall
7\. Brooks
8\. Packer
9\. Godinet
10\. Eisenhuth
11\. Lawrence
12\. Rochow
13\. Taylor
14\. Matulino
15\. Twal
16\. CheeKam
17\. McIlwrick
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2019

1\. Mbye
2\. Thompson
3\. Marsters
4\. Momorovski
5\. Nofoluma
6\. Reynolds
7\. Brooks
8\. Packer
9\. Liddle/Farah
10\. Matulino
11\. Lawrence
12\. Matterson
13\. Taylor
14\. Twal
15\. Eisenhuth/CheeKam
16\. Farah/Liddle
17\. Garner/Aloia
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2019 at this stage looks a hell of lot better than 2018.

Matterson and Mbye are big improvements. Much the sameness everywhere else though.

Farah, Mbye and Reynolds(spine players).
Garner and Matterson are good upgrades too.
There’s enough quality players in our side to get excited for next year, it might be a good one.

 

[Geo]

That's a small period of three months so you can't take much away from that stat either way.

**Will our round 1 team be much better than this year's round 1 team? Not by much at this stage if you ask me.**

2018
1\. Lolohea
2\. Thompson
3\. Marsters
4\. Naiqama
5\. Watene-Zelezniak
6\. Marshall
7\. Brooks
8\. Packer
9\. Godinet
10\. Eisenhuth
11\. Lawrence
12\. Rochow
13\. Taylor
14\. Matulino
15\. Twal
16\. CheeKam
17\. McIlwrick
\
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2019

1\. Mbye
2\. Thompson
3\. Marsters
4\. Momorovski
5\. Nofoluma
6\. Reynolds
7\. Brooks
8\. Packer
9\. Liddle/Farah
10\. Matulino
11\. Lawrence
12\. Matterson
13\. Taylor
14\. Twal
15\. Eisenhuth/CheeKam
16\. Farah/Liddle
17\. Garner/Aloia
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2019 at this stage looks a hell of lot better than 2018.

Momirovski….I I I... :brick:

 

[happy_tiger]

That's a small period of three months so you can't take much away from that stat either way.

**Will our round 1 team be much better than this year's round 1 team? Not by much at this stage if you ask me.**

2018
1\. Lolohea
2\. Thompson
3\. Marsters
4\. Naiqama
5\. Watene-Zelezniak
6\. Marshall
7\. Brooks
8\. Packer
9\. Godinet
10\. Eisenhuth
11\. Lawrence
12\. Rochow
13\. Taylor
14\. Matulino
15\. Twal
16\. CheeKam
17\. McIlwrick
\
\
2019

1\. Mbye
2\. Thompson
3\. Marsters
4\. Momorovski
5\. Nofoluma
6\. Reynolds
7\. Brooks
8\. Packer
9\. Liddle/Farah
10\. Matulino
11\. Lawrence
12\. Matterson
13\. Taylor
14\. Twal
15\. Eisenhuth/CheeKam
16\. Farah/Liddle
17\. Garner/Aloia
\
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2019 at this stage looks a hell of lot better than 2018.

Momirovski….I I I... :brick:

Oh you mean Moo Moo

 

[Telltails]

Still cant see who is going to make the metres up front. We got found out at the backend of last year with a pack that went backwards against the opposition, and we have made no improvement what so ever in that area.

 

[NT_Tiger]

Still cant see who is going to make the metres up front. We got found out at the backend of last year with a pack that went backwards against the opposition, and we have made no improvement what so ever in that area.

Yes. Id still like to see some movement there before the season begins.

 

[Tigerdon]

Still cant see who is going to make the metres up front. We got found out at the backend of last year with a pack that went backwards against the opposition, and we have made no improvement what so ever in that area.

I tend to agree. we are definitely at least one big bopper short, at the very least.
For our back to have any chance, our forwards need to be making inroads through the line.
Once Packer did his knee In 2018 we went on a loosing streak. Need some solid depth in this area.

 

[NT_Tiger]

Still cant see who is going to make the metres up front. We got found out at the backend of last year with a pack that went backwards against the opposition, and we have made no improvement what so ever in that area.

I tend to agree. we are definitely at least one big bopper short, at the very least.
For our back to have any chance, our forwards need to be making inroads through the line.
Once Packer did his knee In 2018 we went on a loosing streak. Need some solid depth in this area.

There is also the Cleary's apparent use of the forwards primarily in defence, saving energy in attack, If we end up with a new coach, will we have the forwards to handle a changed approach?

 

[Tim Sheens]

Some extra meters would be handy, though for mine deficiencies when Packerlino are not on the paddock, especially together is more of an issue, as that is generally the period when WT are not holding their own.

Would like another prop signing if one comes available through cap pressure or similarly, but hope our youngsters can rise to the occasion.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Still cant see who is going to make the metres up front. We got found out at the backend of last year with a pack that went backwards against the opposition, and we have made no improvement what so ever in that area.

I tend to agree. we are definitely at least one big bopper short, at the very least.
For our back to have any chance, our forwards need to be making inroads through the line.
Once Packer did his knee In 2018 we went on a loosing streak. Need some solid depth in this area.

There is also the Cleary's apparent use of the forwards primarily in defence, saving energy in attack, If we end up with a new coach, will we have the forwards to handle a changed approach?

Not cheaply turning over the football in poor position means we won't have to defend as much.

 

[TheDaBoss]

Some extra meters would be handy, though for mine deficiencies when Packerlino are not on the paddock, especially together is more of an issue, as that is generally the period when WT are not holding their own.

Would like another prop signing if one comes available through cap pressure or similarly, but hope our youngsters can rise to the occasion.

dont forget about dylan smith and makale they were in decent form last year and have been promoted recently :wink:

 

[hugh1954]

X2

 

[TheDaBoss]

Still cant see who is going to make the metres up front. We got found out at the backend of last year with a pack that went backwards against the opposition, and we have made no improvement what so ever in that area.

I tend to agree. we are definitely at least one big bopper short, at the very least.
For our back to have any chance, our forwards need to be making inroads through the line.
Once Packer did his knee In 2018 we went on a loosing streak. Need some solid depth in this area.

There is also the Cleary's apparent use of the forwards primarily in defence, saving energy in attack, If we end up with a new coach, will we have the forwards to handle a changed approach?

Not cheaply turning over the football in poor position means we won't have to defend as much.

on the upside, a lot of people said our defence was a highlight of this year, but unfortunately that was only at the start of the season :frowning:

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

I tend to agree. we are definitely at least one big bopper short, at the very least.
For our back to have any chance, our forwards need to be making inroads through the line.
Once Packer did his knee In 2018 we went on a loosing streak. Need some solid depth in this area.

There is also the Cleary's apparent use of the forwards primarily in defence, saving energy in attack, If we end up with a new coach, will we have the forwards to handle a changed approach?

Not cheaply turning over the football in poor position means we won't have to defend as much.

on the upside, a lot of people said our defence was a highlight of this year, but unfortunately that was only at the start of the season :frowning:

Because we were completing.

 

[TheDaBoss]

There is also the Cleary's apparent use of the forwards primarily in defence, saving energy in attack, If we end up with a new coach, will we have the forwards to handle a changed approach?

Not cheaply turning over the football in poor position means we won't have to defend as much.

on the upside, a lot of people said our defence was a highlight of this year, but unfortunately that was only at the start of the season :frowning:

Because we were completing.

True, perhaps the problem is that the tigers don't know how to count and think that a set is 3 tackles :neutral_face:

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Kick on the 3rd

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