@clontarfkid said in [Tigers want Hastings immediately](/post/1322807) said:
Think the stumbling block with Hastings was a 200000 quid transfer fee to break his contract,which gets counted against our cap and is essentially dead money
But were a dead and buried club in 2021 unless we get a defence coach AND an organising half,and neither Brooks nor Douhi nor Mbye are the latter
Madge has to roll the dice on Hastings to save his own coaching career IMO...he's bought more deadwood than Ivan tbh, with only Lucy and Laurie having a crack and looking like NRL contenders.
Joffa/Tamou/Douhi/JoeyL and Koepa either underperforming or just dont have sufficient skills to make it,and JtJ too early to tell whether he still has it
I like Madge,but so far Im VERY underwhelmed.Needs stronger recruitment and retention plus player indivudual skill development (most are going backwards),and new approaches to fire up motivation and ownership
Were heading for the Broncos spoon unless something changes..fast
I think you are being too critical of Joffa and Tamou.
Nah.....theyre both recent SOO players and were comprehensively out played by Roosters reserves.Aggression was what got Joffa there a few yrs ago,and hes just going thru the motions.Tamou hired for leadership ..lack of talk was damning,but the brush off by Collins said it all.Think Stefano and Musgrove will offer twice as much at half the price
Early days,but both big bucks props are both shaping up as Packer 2.0
Madge chose em,and its his job to motivate them
