TheDaBoss
Well-known member
For him to be chosen captain he must be doing something right
OFFICIAL Moses Mbye [Discussion]
- Thread starter foreveratiger
- Start date
Congrats to Moses. I think this is a great decision.
Amazing how quickly things change. If you wandered into a betting agency a year ago and asked about the odds of the Tigers starting the 2019 season with Michael Maguire as coach, Moses Mbye as Captain and Robbie Farah starting at number 9… I think you might have got one very large collect.
Amazing how quickly things change. If you wandered into a betting agency a year ago and asked about the odds of the Tigers starting the 2019 season with Michael Maguire as coach, Moses Mbye as Captain and Robbie Farah starting at number 9… I think you might have got one very large collect.
@TYGA said:
Players wanted Mbye fwiw..
Like most, I didn't see this coming but it makes sense.
Its a continuation of the change sweeping through this club.
Well done coach.
Its a continuation of the change sweeping through this club.
Well done coach.
Magpie4life
Member
You don’t want to give Brooks the captaincy, he has enough pressure on him as chief play maker. He finally lifted to the next level last year.
Magpie4life
Member
Modern day talk for people. God this generation is so damn lazy!
https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2019/02/13/humble-mbye-reflects-on-surprise-captaincy-selection/?fbclid=IwAR1nnxv4q6GmgSB5g2qowiFlYXedVDfC-thfaXN-yGk3Obl3b24dQzRqJSU
# Humble Mbye reflects on surprise captaincy selection
Author
Dan Talintyre
Timestamp
Wed 13 Feb 2019, 03:44 PM
## Share on social media
* [Share via Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3a%2f%2fwww.weststigers.com.au%2fnews%2f2019%2f02%2f13%2fhumble-mbye-reflects-on-surprise-captaincy-selection%2f)
* [Share via Twiiter](http://www.twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.weststigers.com.au%2fnews%2f2019%2f02%2f13%2fhumble-mbye-reflects-on-surprise-captaincy-selection%2f&text=Humble+Mbye+reflects+on+surprise+captaincy+selection&via=WestsTigers)
* [Share via Reddit](https://reddit.com/submit?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.weststigers.com.au%2fnews%2f2019%2f02%2f13%2fhumble-mbye-reflects-on-surprise-captaincy-selection%2f&title=Humble+Mbye+reflects+on+surprise+captaincy+selection)
* [Share via Email](mailto:?subject=Humble+Mbye+reflects+on+surprise+captaincy+selection&body=New%20Wests%20Tigers%20captain%20Moses%20Mbye%20said%20he%20was%20surprised%20and%20honoured%20to%20be%20given%20the%20top%20job%20by%20new%20Coach%20Michael%20Maguire.%20https%3a%2f%2fwww.weststigers.com.au%2fnews%2f2019%2f02%2f13%2fhumble-mbye-reflects-on-surprise-captaincy-selection%2f)
**New Wests Tigers captain Moses Mbye said he was somewhat surprised when new coach Michael Maguire gave him the top job — saying he felt honoured to lead the team forward in 2019.**
Having played just nine games for Wests Tigers since joining the club midway through the 2018 season, the 25-year-old Mbye said there was some initial reluctance to take on the new role given his young family and his new arrival to the club before a conversation with Maguire helped ease his concerns.
"I think it's a responsibility that I'm quite enjoying so far," Mbye said.
"It means more than just football — it means leading from the front.
"It's about building a culture and driving a culture that has trust around the whole organisation.
"I do have a pretty full plate with three kids at home so I did think twice about it," Mbye admitted. "I had some deep chats with Madge about it and we worked it out and this is the outcome.
"I was concerned with the commitments at home — my responsibilities as a father means my family comes first — and I didn't want to devote too much time than what was needed. But the way Madge is controlling things and the strength of the leadership group we have, the time thing wasn't going to be so consuming for me.
"I thought that, as far as leadership goes, I had the qualities of that," he added.
"Everywhere you go in life, it doesn't matter whether you've been there one day or ten years; you try to be yourself and lead from the front. If you have that quality of leadership then you express that and you try to be the best version of yourself.
"I'm truly honoured that the boys and coaching staff thought of me in that way.
"It's humbling and something I want to put my best foot forward in."
Still only 25 years of age, Mbye will be one of the youngest captains in the NRL this year — leading to questions about his ability to tell players like Benji Marshall and Robbie Farah, who he grew up idolising, what to do on the field.
"It's not so much about telling people what to do," he said.
"Everyone assumes that the captaincy is about barking orders but I'm not their schoolteacher and I'm not their father. We work as a collective leadership group and we're a really strong group — guys with over 200 games experience — and I think we're far more powerful as a group when we put our heads together."
*See what Moses Mbye had to say in full about the role in the video above!*
# Humble Mbye reflects on surprise captaincy selection
Author
Dan Talintyre
Timestamp
Wed 13 Feb 2019, 03:44 PM
## Share on social media
* [Share via Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3a%2f%2fwww.weststigers.com.au%2fnews%2f2019%2f02%2f13%2fhumble-mbye-reflects-on-surprise-captaincy-selection%2f)
* [Share via Twiiter](http://www.twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.weststigers.com.au%2fnews%2f2019%2f02%2f13%2fhumble-mbye-reflects-on-surprise-captaincy-selection%2f&text=Humble+Mbye+reflects+on+surprise+captaincy+selection&via=WestsTigers)
* [Share via Reddit](https://reddit.com/submit?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.weststigers.com.au%2fnews%2f2019%2f02%2f13%2fhumble-mbye-reflects-on-surprise-captaincy-selection%2f&title=Humble+Mbye+reflects+on+surprise+captaincy+selection)
* [Share via Email](mailto:?subject=Humble+Mbye+reflects+on+surprise+captaincy+selection&body=New%20Wests%20Tigers%20captain%20Moses%20Mbye%20said%20he%20was%20surprised%20and%20honoured%20to%20be%20given%20the%20top%20job%20by%20new%20Coach%20Michael%20Maguire.%20https%3a%2f%2fwww.weststigers.com.au%2fnews%2f2019%2f02%2f13%2fhumble-mbye-reflects-on-surprise-captaincy-selection%2f)
**New Wests Tigers captain Moses Mbye said he was somewhat surprised when new coach Michael Maguire gave him the top job — saying he felt honoured to lead the team forward in 2019.**
Having played just nine games for Wests Tigers since joining the club midway through the 2018 season, the 25-year-old Mbye said there was some initial reluctance to take on the new role given his young family and his new arrival to the club before a conversation with Maguire helped ease his concerns.
"I think it's a responsibility that I'm quite enjoying so far," Mbye said.
"It means more than just football — it means leading from the front.
"It's about building a culture and driving a culture that has trust around the whole organisation.
"I do have a pretty full plate with three kids at home so I did think twice about it," Mbye admitted. "I had some deep chats with Madge about it and we worked it out and this is the outcome.
"I was concerned with the commitments at home — my responsibilities as a father means my family comes first — and I didn't want to devote too much time than what was needed. But the way Madge is controlling things and the strength of the leadership group we have, the time thing wasn't going to be so consuming for me.
"I thought that, as far as leadership goes, I had the qualities of that," he added.
"Everywhere you go in life, it doesn't matter whether you've been there one day or ten years; you try to be yourself and lead from the front. If you have that quality of leadership then you express that and you try to be the best version of yourself.
"I'm truly honoured that the boys and coaching staff thought of me in that way.
"It's humbling and something I want to put my best foot forward in."
Still only 25 years of age, Mbye will be one of the youngest captains in the NRL this year — leading to questions about his ability to tell players like Benji Marshall and Robbie Farah, who he grew up idolising, what to do on the field.
"It's not so much about telling people what to do," he said.
"Everyone assumes that the captaincy is about barking orders but I'm not their schoolteacher and I'm not their father. We work as a collective leadership group and we're a really strong group — guys with over 200 games experience — and I think we're far more powerful as a group when we put our heads together."
*See what Moses Mbye had to say in full about the role in the video above!*
happy_tiger
Well-known member
Last time a Qlder captained the Wests Tigers was Scott Prince in 2005
We're winning the comp ladies and gentlemen
happy_tiger
Well-known member
Well maybe
Or Mbye will announce at the start of the 2020 season he is going to play for the Gold Coast because his wife wants to work for Qld Ambulance and the Titans will organize a free house
Glass half full …...Glass half empty
Or Mbye will announce at the start of the 2020 season he is going to play for the Gold Coast because his wife wants to work for Qld Ambulance and the Titans will organize a free house
Glass half full …...Glass half empty
Why would you make the Bulldogs reserve grade Captain!
It's probably for contractual reasons. If you had to make anyone, go Corey Thompson, Nofo, Rowdy, anyone else.
Sadly this was probably done to keep Mbye.No, I mean NnnooooooooOOO. If he had a nice deal with the Titans, Parra or Melbourne reserve grade we could have been clear. This is not the player you want.
Damn Nemesis you have won this round.
It's probably for contractual reasons. If you had to make anyone, go Corey Thompson, Nofo, Rowdy, anyone else.
Sadly this was probably done to keep Mbye.No, I mean NnnooooooooOOO. If he had a nice deal with the Titans, Parra or Melbourne reserve grade we could have been clear. This is not the player you want.
Damn Nemesis you have won this round.
LeichhardtTiger
Well-known member
What drugs are you on colmcd? Have they been tested? What a dopey comment.
Right. We made Mbye Captain.
Mbye, the player that when promoted to the Canterbury halves turned them from a GF team to a 'try too make the 8' team.
I mean he is a great fullback, A great fullback behind Tedesco, tom trbojevic, Billy Slater, Alex Johnson, Greg Inglis, RTS, Moylan, Clint Gutherson, Darius Boyd, Matthew Duffy, Kalyn Ponga etc.
He is almost as good as Michael Gordon, Jack Wighton and Sean Meaney.
But hey lets LOCK IN the reserve grader. Make him Captain and make it so that when his reduced contract expires we pay FULL Freight for someone Canterbury overpaid by 450K.
I want him to prove me wrong. But I don't see the 11th best fullback in the league taking us anywhere.
Mbye, the player that when promoted to the Canterbury halves turned them from a GF team to a 'try too make the 8' team.
I mean he is a great fullback, A great fullback behind Tedesco, tom trbojevic, Billy Slater, Alex Johnson, Greg Inglis, RTS, Moylan, Clint Gutherson, Darius Boyd, Matthew Duffy, Kalyn Ponga etc.
He is almost as good as Michael Gordon, Jack Wighton and Sean Meaney.
But hey lets LOCK IN the reserve grader. Make him Captain and make it so that when his reduced contract expires we pay FULL Freight for someone Canterbury overpaid by 450K.
I want him to prove me wrong. But I don't see the 11th best fullback in the league taking us anywhere.
