Jimmy the jet??

[Swordy]

One thing I know is 100% certain. 80% of what you read in ANY media is fiction or conjecture. If it comes from the club, its true. Otherwise, even with quotes, I take anything written by the usual media 'personalities' with a grain of salt.

What does perplex me though is the number on this forum that take everything they read as gospel and then want to shoot everyone and everything at the club.

What is true is that up until a few years ago, we were run like an under 7's team and not a professional joint venture organisation. No one can legitimately argue that hasn't changed. There is plenty of evidence, REAL evidence that shows the organisation and the team are moving in a more positive direction. It will take several years to sort what has been. We are getting to the end of that soon.

There is clearly a strong media agenda from some. Another reason I don't read or listen to the dribble coming out. It's click bait garbage, New Idea magazine type stuff.

I suggest those people who are so easily whipped into a frenzy after reading what is an opinion piece from deadbeats, drawing long bows and garbage conclusions - just engage your brain.

 

[TillLindemann]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!

I'd be happy to be like the Broncs. They will finish ahead of us next year. Their good young players have all been given a taste of the NRL and will know how hard they have to work in the off season.

I don't think repeated demoralising 50 point thrashings is a good first taste of NRL.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!

I'd be happy to be like the Broncs. They will finish ahead of us next year. Their good young players have all been given a taste of the NRL and will know how hard they have to work in the off season.

I don't think repeated demoralising 50 point thrashings is a good first taste of NRL.

But we all know the Broncs will be back bigger and better next year. Will we be?

 

[TillLindemann]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!

I'd be happy to be like the Broncs. They will finish ahead of us next year. Their good young players have all been given a taste of the NRL and will know how hard they have to work in the off season.

I don't think repeated demoralising 50 point thrashings is a good first taste of NRL.

But we all know the Broncs will be back bigger and better next year. Will we be?

Yes, we will win the grand final 🙂

 

[cochise]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!

I'd be happy to be like the Broncs. They will finish ahead of us next year. Their good young players have all been given a taste of the NRL and will know how hard they have to work in the off season.

I don't think repeated demoralising 50 point thrashings is a good first taste of NRL.

But we all know the Broncs will be back bigger and better next year. Will we be?

Neither would we if just put all our young players out there, there is a big difference between the Bronco's juniors and ours.

 

[Russell]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!

Is he an upgrade on Asu “AJ” Kepaoa?

Certainly not faster, not taller, not a better defender.

 

[TillLindemann]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!

Is he an upgrade on Asu “AJ” Kepaoa?

Certainly not faster, not taller, not a better defender.

Perhaps not, but we will still have AJ. I favour giving AJ first crack, but Mansour is a handy option!

 

[pawsandclaws1]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!

I'd be happy to be like the Broncs. They will finish ahead of us next year. Their good young players have all been given a taste of the NRL and will know how hard they have to work in the off season.

I don't think repeated demoralising 50 point thrashings is a good first taste of NRL.

But we all know the Broncs will be back bigger and better next year. Will we be?

Neither would we if just put all our young players out there, there is a big difference between the Bronco's juniors and ours.

That is an issue. We are supposedly a development club.

 

[cochise]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!

I'd be happy to be like the Broncs. They will finish ahead of us next year. Their good young players have all been given a taste of the NRL and will know how hard they have to work in the off season.

I don't think repeated demoralising 50 point thrashings is a good first taste of NRL.

But we all know the Broncs will be back bigger and better next year. Will we be?

Neither would we if just put all our young players out there, there is a big difference between the Bronco's juniors and ours.

That is an issue. We are supposedly a development club.

We abandoned that strategy after the big 4 disaster, we are only just returning to it now.

 

[Russell]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!

Is he an upgrade on Asu “AJ” Kepaoa?

Certainly not faster, not taller, not a better defender.

Perhaps not, but we will still have AJ. I favour giving AJ first crack, but Mansour is a handy option!

So you would pay Mansour to come here and play him in Reserve Grade until AJ "cooks his own goose."

 

[sleeve]

We must wait,wait,for 2022.Try to have no rubbish on our books in 22.Next year be a build year and try younger talent and only spend big money on quality and value.Burnt out players eg-MBYE,REYNOLDS,BENJI,PACKER,ETC are the reason we are in the shit. Give me a motivated young guy over a stale player any day.

 

[avocadoontoast]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!

Is he an upgrade on Asu “AJ” Kepaoa?

Certainly not faster, not taller, not a better defender.

Perhaps not, but we will still have AJ. I favour giving AJ first crack, but Mansour is a handy option!

That’s the problem. Mansour is not coming to play reserve grade and it limits promising players from getting game time.

 

[Red88_Tiger]

Jet > mansour
Only room for 1 imo

 

[TillLindemann]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!

Is he an upgrade on Asu “AJ” Kepaoa?

Certainly not faster, not taller, not a better defender.

Perhaps not, but we will still have AJ. I favour giving AJ first crack, but Mansour is a handy option!

So you would pay Mansour to come here and play him in Reserve Grade until AJ "cooks his own goose."

Well no I wouldn't put it that way, but it's good to have options, and there's worse options than Mansour.

I expect AJ to kick on, but why not have an insurance policy who has played for NSW and Australia? (of course, not if it's too expensive and too long term). I thought Robert Jennings would be a star winger, but it didn't work out that way. I thought Taniela Tuiaki would be a winger for many more years, but it didn't work out. You need options, because things ALWAYS go wrong. If we can have AJ and Mansour on reasonable money, why not have both?

 

[TigerWest]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!


You can’t dovetail Mansour into a group including James Tamou. Tamou is a prop, captain of a gf team. He could prove the buy of the decade.

He could, but so could any new signing, I am happy to trust the process.

 

[mike]

This is where I think most fans are at, in that we want to know the ins and outs in addition to trusting the process.

**I think that this is completely delusional.** I don't want to know this and if we were told I think it'd be meaningless.

Sorry if my comment offended you but the key word in it was "most", so there's no need to be insulting.
Was only speaking out loud that most of us do want to know the more intricate details re:recruitment.


I agree with you 100% on that Lauren. I personally feel that the process of recruitment is more complex than it needs to be.
I would like to see a more streamlined process without the leaks to media, which are mostly opinion pieces.

We haven't leaked to the media in ages. I see recruitment as an extremely complex endeavour, how would you streamline recruitment?

Easy. There’s gotta be what, about 30 different players on the market that could improve the WT. we need to put a dollar value on each one and engage their manager with our interest.

From there you have maybe 8-10 that show any interest. Then it should be up to Madge to decide which ones we go after. In my opinion we should be offering about 25% more than other clubs due to our predicament/reputation.

Land none of them and we rely on the kids. Questions need to be asked why and changes need to be made.

Land 3-4 of them and we are back in the game.

Current strategy reeks of desperation and lack of planning.

This exactly what the club does. The current strategy is if not plan A, plan B. If not plan B then plan C on so on. If a player doesn’t want to come here on our terms then that’s fine, next.

I don’t think it reeks of desperation at all, in fact the exact opposite. We are not losing our heads and no longer paying ridiculous amounts In overs just to snare a player, which would then totally unbalance our cap.

Our recruitment has been deliberate and steady. It’s certainly not flashy any more which is fine by me.


Define “deliberate and steady”? Mike it looks more reactionary to me, but I’m happy to be corrected.

Reactionary to what? Not signing player A, so we move to player B and or C. What would expect to happen? It’s a process. If player A doesn’t sign, you can use those funds for player B or C.

If player D becomes available and fits in better with your plans than player B or C, then you need to be agile enough to look at signing player D instead.

It seems we are agile enough and move to the player that better suits. That’s being smart.

We haven’t wasted what cap we have by paying overs for players and frankly that’s a relief.

The club isn’t being driven by the hype that has been generated in the media and panicked. It’s refreshing. The media can go shove it where the sun doesn’t shine.


I’ll put it this way Mike..when the steering committee profiled players in their vision of the WT premiership winning team, were all these D players in that mix?

They have a clear understanding of the areas in the team that need improvement. A comprehensive rating on players wanted and when available.

I can profile a premiership winning team, but you would have no chance of signing any of them unless you are prepared to pay overs, either because they are already contracted or they have reasons, increased contract amounts etc for not leaving.

The only players on the free market are players not wanted by their club. If those players don’t fit then pass. So what you do is target the youth that other clubs can’t keep and that you see could fit and that’s exactly what Wests Tigers are doing.

 

[Russell]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!

Is he an upgrade on Asu “AJ” Kepaoa?

Certainly not faster, not taller, not a better defender.

Perhaps not, but we will still have AJ. I favour giving AJ first crack, but Mansour is a handy option!

So you would pay Mansour to come here and play him in Reserve Grade until AJ "cooks his own goose."

Well no I wouldn't put it that way, but it's good to have options, and there's worse options than Mansour.

I expect AJ to kick on, but why not have an insurance policy who has played for NSW and Australia? (of course, not if it's too expensive and too long term). I thought Robert Jennings would be a star winger, but it didn't work out that way. I thought Taniela Tuiaki would be a winger for many more years, but it didn't work out. You need options, because things ALWAYS go wrong. If we can have AJ and Mansour on reasonable money, why not have both?

Because we only have 30 spots and at least 26 of those are filled, maybe 28 with Seyfarth and Laurie.

Think we need a couple of better players NOW to fill the 2 spots than back ups. Just my opinion Chief.

 

[TillLindemann]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!

Is he an upgrade on Asu “AJ” Kepaoa?

Certainly not faster, not taller, not a better defender.

Perhaps not, but we will still have AJ. I favour giving AJ first crack, but Mansour is a handy option!

So you would pay Mansour to come here and play him in Reserve Grade until AJ "cooks his own goose."

Well no I wouldn't put it that way, but it's good to have options, and there's worse options than Mansour.

I expect AJ to kick on, but why not have an insurance policy who has played for NSW and Australia? (of course, not if it's too expensive and too long term). I thought Robert Jennings would be a star winger, but it didn't work out that way. I thought Taniela Tuiaki would be a winger for many more years, but it didn't work out. You need options, because things ALWAYS go wrong. If we can have AJ and Mansour on reasonable money, why not have both?

Because we only have 30 spots and at least 26 of those are filled, maybe 28 with Seyfarth and Laurie.

Think we need a couple of better players NOW to fill the 2 spots than back ups. Just my opinion Chief.

Fair enough, I get where you're coming from. I just don't see many better options available.

 

[earl]

Was only speaking out loud that most of us do want to know the more intricate details re:recruitment.

I don't think that this is a true comment. Can you name another team that provides these details ? To me that would show a poorly run team.

 

[earl]

The image of WT can be reflected in it’s recruitment strategy. I thought we were on track with adding players like Momo and Matterson. Talking to the likes of Laurie, Burton etc. these are talented footballers who are looking for an opportunity. That’s the limitless image of expectation we should be projecting. We want to be seen as a place on the up. Not the “retirement home” or “the last chance saloon.” I just feel the image we project around our recruitment behaviour can go a long way to making the job easier. I would like us to be known as the club which offers opportunity to rising stars. Is that too much to ask?

I get what you are saying, but there are only so many Lauries and Burtons on the market, and you need to fill a squad. The Jimmy the Jet rumour mentioned a figure of 130k or something like that. It's completely unrealistic to expect someone better than Jimmy the Jet on anything like that kind of money.
We have a lot of talented youth coming through, which is great, but you have to sprinkle that with a bit of experience (and you can do worse than Tamou and Mansour) otherwise you end up like this year's Broncos.

Mansour may be past his prime, but he's still by any measure an upgrade on Robert Jennings!


You can’t dovetail Mansour into a group including James Tamou. Tamou is a prop, captain of a gf team. He could prove the buy of the decade.

He could, but so could any new signing, I am happy to trust the process.

All the complaints to me just don't seem to reflect reality. The club to me is going after the right players. We just aren't getting the big fish like Latrell and JAC. We also don't seem to have any good signings coming up but I fail to see who we can get. Maybe we just have to see what happens next season when a lot more players are off contract.