Keepers and move them on

[andrew 474]

What would Taylor do ? My thoughts are
Keepers , Thompson resign
Lawrence bulk up back row
Halatau back up
Austin contract extension add 2 more years

Move on
Tim Moltzen
Andrew Vella
Keith Lulia
Keith Galloway
Nathan Brown
Fulton ,Retired dam shame
Patterson , retired not a big deal
Anasta , retired not a big deal

Should have a few dollars left towards new signings for 2016'as I don't think we will buy for next year
Lodge will step up even better than this year , and with Blair , woods , Gavet , Thompson , Marty , Ava , Sirro hopefully fit all year and a change of coach I think we will still compete

 

[balmain boy]

One can't exactly just move on p[layers under contract you know? Galloway has 2 more years, and unless someone is going to pay him a large chunk of that he's not going anywhere..!

Moltzen, Lulia and Brown all also under contract..!

 

[The_Tooth]

Although Taylor is supposedly going to be given full control, it was mentioned that one of the criteria's for his appointment was that he was happy to work with players like Galloway and Lawrence (long term players still on contract).

Something tells me Mayer wants these guys to see out their contracts, I'd imagine purely for financial reasons.

For mine, doesn't mean he cant drop them to State Cup if need be or move Lawrence into the back row - hopefully he has some control over these two especially.

Pretty much agree with the rest, bar Thompson, not fussed if he goes and the day Blair moves on I will be a much happier man.

 

[Spartan117]

Keith Galloway and Nathan Brown have got heaps to add, the later in particular

 

[Yossarian]

I think people are a bit quick to write off Chris Lawrence. Fully fit he still has the potential to be a top line NRL player. He's hardly at Blake Ayshford level yet

 

[spearby]

didn't moss move Jennings and luke lewis out of Penrith with years on their contract maybe this is why we have put him in as manager he knows how to manage the cap .I don't think in the past it has been a very strong point at wests tigers

 

[Newtown]

I think people are a bit quick to write off Chris Lawrence. Fully fit he still has the potential to be a top line NRL player. He's hardly at Blake Ayshford level yet

What position has he the potential to be a top line player? I would suggest that if he still wants to cling on to a centre position he must have, well before the next season begins, a full medical (orthopaedic?) examination to determine what has been hindering him over the past two years in playing anywhere near his potential.

 

[Spartan117]

didn't moss move Jennings and luke lewis out of Penrith with years on their contract maybe this is why we have put him in as manager he knows how to manage the cap .I don't think in the past it has been a very strong point at wests tigers

Do we know if Moss was working for Phil Gould all this time including 2014 ???

 

[tig_prmz]

gee there are quite a few players in our top 25 i completely forgot about

halatau has another year, moltzen a couple more i think?, nathan brown didnt play a game this year iirc

we certainly do have a lot of talent, i hope we have the correct off field staff to manage it.

 

[Yossarian]

I think people are a bit quick to write off Chris Lawrence. Fully fit he still has the potential to be a top line NRL player. He's hardly at Blake Ayshford level yet

What position has he the potential to be a top line player? I would suggest that if he still wants to cling on to a centre position he must have, well before the next season begins, a full medical (orthopaedic?) examination to determine what has been hindering him over the past two years in playing anywhere near his potential.

Centre. Like I said, fully fit. He wasn't disappointing this year - I'm not sure he was as bad as some people here made out

 

[supercoach]

didn't moss move Jennings and luke lewis out of Penrith with years on their contract maybe this is why we have put him in as manager he knows how to manage the cap .I don't think in the past it has been a very strong point at wests tigers

Yes he did move them on but their was a long line of clubs willing to take on the majority of their contracts. Hard to imagine the same thing will apply with the players we have on the "find a new home list"

A well coached and a well run club things may turn around for a lot of players,l although I think Taylor needs some new blood to work with just to break things up a bit from last year, you dont want the same squad with all the same scars from last year

 

[yeti]

I think 2015 will see pretty much the same playing group. A lot of contracts up at the end of next season - so this should allow a bit of wriggle room for Taylor to engage his own roster.

 

[Geo]

Get rid of them all and replace them with a Souths Roosters Storm Manly Dogs Hybrid… :unamused:

 

[Flippedy]

I think people are a bit quick to write off Chris Lawrence. Fully fit he still has the potential to be a top line NRL player. He's hardly at Blake Ayshford level yet

What position has he the potential to be a top line player? I would suggest that if he still wants to cling on to a centre position he must have, well before the next season begins, a full medical (orthopaedic?) examination to determine what has been hindering him over the past two years in playing anywhere near his potential.

Centre. Like I said, fully fit. He wasn't disappointing this year - I'm not sure he was as bad as some people here made out

Gee Yoss, I don't know. He certainly ran a bit harder this season than he has for a while, but he was a total turnstile in defence and he seemed to have suffered a bad case of the dropsy for most of the year. I lost count of how many tries were let in down his side of the field, either through a bad read or a dropped ball. I think a move to the second row is imperative.

 

[happy_tiger]

Look I know this seems a strange comment , but Rowdy from memory seemed to play better and his hands were better when conditions were bad / wet

 

[TrueTiger]

@Flippedy,good point ,I would just like to say as I did in another thread,he may need a confidence boost and someone like Taylor could provide it for him.The horrific injury he suffered isn't easy to get over and he could be letting it get the better of him at the moment,also a specialist rehab person could turn things around for him,his head needs sorting more than anything.

Just my thoughts and I could be totally off the mark,not sure…..

 

[razor7]

Even a bulked up Lawrence is too small for the second row.The size of the Souths - Dogs packs shows guys of Lawrence build are purely backs under the current way the game is played. Rebadge him as 5/8 in NSW Cup where he can be a back up if Austin or Moses are injured

 

[phil1986]

Even a bulked up Lawrence is too small for the second row.The size of the Souths - Dogs packs shows guys of Lawrence build are purely backs under the current way the game is played. Rebadge him as 5/8 in NSW Cup where he can be a back up if Austin or Moses are injured

Wrong, josh Jackson probably the best of the up and coming forwards.

Is almost 10 cms smaller then lawrence. And similar weight. If we can put a frame on him (chest, arms and legs) that Jackson has for a higher build.

I can't see why he wouldn't be competitive with other backrowers???

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[TigerSJ]

Wow - reading this thread about Lawrence… sorry but I can't see him cutting it in the second row in NRL. Putting on the bulk he carries now is what slowed him down years ago - he has stacked on plenty since the days he was making breaks and scoring length of the field tries. Then came all the injuries which have slowed him down even further. Any more bulk and he'll be chasing Buchanan and Keithy! His defence has been poor and I can see a lot of quicker guys stepping past him right through the middle. His hands have also let him down, especially balls under pressure with defence up in his face. As for being competitive - take a look at the back rowers in the top 10 teams and unfortunately ours can't compete with any of them. It's a key position in our squad that is severely lacking in quality and depth (although so is Centre!!)