Gee I’m glad our coaching staff don’t take much notice of what some rocket scientist on here come up with.
If I was coach and had some young players with nothing more than potential on the roster (like we have) and players such as Roberts and Mansour are available on the cheap than I would definitely take a risk and sign them.
Yes 2 year max, and let’s face it if they can’t handle it they are both only one breakdown away from medical retirement so very low risk.
These Guys are first grade ready and alternative option to fill our roster with large % of young & untried at first grade level players is fine but don’t expect any great team improvement short term.
You want to buy blokes you know are one injury away from retirement? One that had been shown the door at every club he's been at?
Low ceiling mate
To be fair, every player in the league could be one injury away from retirement
Tuiaki and Dwyer both great players and young but retired due to injury
It can happen to anyone
But signing a player who has had repetitive injuries to the same area such as continually tearing calf muscles or chronic shoulder injuries is a different story
Nether Roberts or Mansour fall into this category
The issue with Roberts is wether he has his mind in the game or elsewhere
That is something that the club MUST consider very carefully
If they sign Roberts and he lets us down of the field, then heads in the front office must roll
They need to make dam sure he is ready for football
Why doesn’t the club call Bennett for his opinion on signing Roberts
Its quite interesting if you think about it
Does Bennett put a good word in for him, and by doing so could disprove the reason for a souths release
Or does he say stay away because his head is not in it
So where has the heads rolled when we signed the following,
Mybe, Reynolds, Packer???? (Admin Wise)
Pascoe has been here since 2015 and looking like has learned nothing when it comes to recruiting.
All these players above were signed on these $ on his watch???
Then he cost us $675k Salary cap over 2 years with the Robbie Farah ambassador role???? The issue is at the top if we sign these type of players.
**Pascoe Signing story.**
It had taken the Tigers three months to find their man, however club chair Marina Go described Pascoe as the best candidate for the job.
"Justin's experience both here in Australia and overseas across a number of positions means that he brings a unique set of skills to Wests Tigers," she said.
"And we look forward to him joining the club and working with us to achieve the lofty goals set out in our strategic plan.
"The appointment of Justin is another step that the club has made towards building a winning culture that is focused on performance outcomes.
"We are committed to building a successful club that will compete for premierships."
Appointment in 2015, how have we fared.....?????
Would need to know what the goals were from the Strategic Plan and if he achieved them.
If they were
* Being CEO of a Club that hasn’t finished in the top half of a 16 team Comp for the entirety of your tenure
*Being suspended for 6 months because you bungled a deal with a player
*That error hampering our Cap by over $600k over 2 seasons
Then he’s nailed it
He has 'achieved' all that and more. You left out he gave total power to his mate to sign up all his manager's clients on huge deals, rat on us and leave us with years of cap hell.
People rush to defend him though, and that is fine.
My only question to them is would Pascoe, with his record, have kept his job for so long at another club?
Would another club be fine with the way he presents himself? Would another club have accepted the self inflicted errors and the long term pandering to a bunch of largely unsuccessful senior players?
I would venture to say the answer would be 'no'.
Didn't realise Pascoe missed tackles
