OFFICIAL Moses Mbye [Discussion]

[Demps]

Mbye has no concrete position....

Played fullback, centre, 5/8, half, hooker at the doggies and tbh he sucked at all of them with centre probably being his most decent because he had the least to do compared to the other positions.

He's fast - in space - but obviously doesn't go looking for it or create it.
He's in no way safe under the high ball and his defence is average.

As stated - he's been said to be an "athlete" but not a "footballer."
We're stuck with him... and as mentioned, along with the NZ dud front rowers, broken down Reynolds and over-rated Esan.

Very unfortunate. Was almost "our year..." until round 1 lol...

 

[tigerap]

Can’t argue with your very valid points...sheet Cleary has left us a mess for the next 4 years with his recruitment

 

[WT2K]

Which one of you started the petition to drop mbye 🤣
https://www.change.org/p/wests-tigers-moses-mbye-to-be-dropped-from-wests-tigers-first-grade-asap

 

[TYGA]

I’m afraid Cleary has left Madge with some absolute monster long contracts that will cause us pain for years Mbye, Reynolds, Packer between them earn 1.8m a year.

Dont forget matalino

He wasn’t on big coin 400k off memory and tbh he’s solid enough. Every team needs a Matulino he makes a lot of key tackles and some tough runs. His contract also ends next year.

 

[upthetigers]

@Demps You can't say he sucked at the dogs when shifted to fb he was one of their best players. Heck he was even discussed in Origin talks you can't say he's a complete dud. You would have thought moving to a new club would have helped maybe making him captain when he probably didn't expect it wasn't such a great idea but who else do you pick...

 

[WT2K]

I’m afraid Cleary has left Madge with some absolute monster long contracts that will cause us pain for years Mbye, Reynolds, Packer between them earn 1.8m a year.

Yup. Up 💩 creek without a paddle.

 

[Demps]

@upthetigers Not sure how many games you watched but Hoppa was way better than him at fullback.
He was so good they released him and signed a reserve grader (Nick Meany) to replace him - who is going quite well.

Gotta feeling Mbye will never play ORIGIN.
He's a media man - talks the talk, speaks well, says the clichés and doesn't deliver.

I like him but lets be honest... the thread is 100% correct.

 

[Demps]

@TYGA no excuses.
Matulino & Packer are garbage.

Twal is essentially a rookie compared to those two and he's outplaying them every week.
Our best front rower for sure.

Parra recruits really do us well it seems.
Maybe we should check out their ranks and see who else we can get that'll impress.

(Matterson, Aloiai, Eisenhuth, Twal are all Parra juniors I believe)

 

[TYGA]

@TYGA no excuses.
Matulino & Packer are garbage.

Twal is essentially a rookie compared to those two and he's outplaying them every week.
Our best front rower for sure.

Parra recruits really do us well it seems.
Maybe we should check out their ranks and see who else we can get that'll impress.

(Matterson, Aloiai, Eisenhuth, Twal are all Parra juniors I believe)

No excuses I don’t thank Matulino is the problem nor is he paid huge dollars. Issue is we need better front rowers as he’s a bench or replacement prop.

 

[upthetigers]

Not sure how many games you watched but Hoppa was way better than him at fullback.

You can't be saying that with a straight face Hoppa would be one of the worst fullbacks in the NRL he offers NOTHING in attack. They released Mbye not because they wanted to but cause they had to to release cap pressure. Not sure what games you were watching if you didn't think Mbye was one of their best players. A big part of their improvement was due to his switch to fb.

 

[happy_tiger]

Take Hopoate in a heartbeat

 

[Geo]

A week is a long time in Rugby League..

 

[upthetigers]

@happy_tiger You musn't like being happy if you'd take Hoppa in a heartbeat. Boggles my mind how he even played Origin...

 

[happy_tiger]

A week is a long time in Rugby League..

168 hours to be precise

 

[hobbo1]

A week is a long time in Rugby League..

It’ll be someone else next week ...
That’s how we roll !

 

[Tigers4ever]

@TIGERAURA I think you have nailed it!!!

Masters was totally poor he needs to be dropped ...this type of performance is becoming the norm these days , he is not a centre to slow and very lazy , Momo in next week or the coach is a joke !


Agree... Including half the team...
Since we lost our orange jerseys we have lost our MOJO ( not a wests dig ) seriously it has ripped our soul out not only losing but looking colourless....

I think you have nailed it!!!!

 

[Jimmy]

See the thing is when we r on we r good...but i feel this side is too inconsistent....if I was coach I’d take the good and get rid of the bad or put them in different positions where they can flourish

1. Thompson
2. Momo for his height
3. Fonua. Makes great meters n the best we hv atm
4. Masters
5. Jennings
6. Mbye...seems to work will wit brooks
7. Brooks
8. Mats
9. Farah
10. Twal
11. Matterson
12. Garner
13. ET for his defense in the middle

14. Packer...Huth is wayyyy to slow offers nothing
15. Mikaele
16. Aloiai...great impact player
17. Liddle....Farah ain’t getting any younger

 

[JD Tiger]

See the thing is when we r on we r good...but i feel this side is too inconsistent....if I was coach I’d take the good and get rid of the bad or put them in different positions where they can flourish

1. Thompson
2. Momo for his height
3. Fonua. Makes great meters n the best we hv atm
4. Masters
5. Jennings
6. Mbye...seems to work will wit brooks
7. Brooks
8. Mats
9. Farah
10. Twal
11. Matterson
12. Garner
13. ET for his defense in the middle

14. Packer...Huth is wayyyy to slow offers nothing
15. Mikaele
16. Aloiai...great impact player
17. Liddle....Farah ain’t getting any younger

Though I think the quality of our cattle is severely lacking, this is probably the best we could do right now.

 

[bigsiro]

@TYGA
I have no doubt NRL is managed in a particular manner to keep certain clubs down.

 

[JD Tiger]

@TYGA
I have no doubt NRL is managed in a particular manner to keep certain clubs down.

Managed and refereed, I have no doubt either.