Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[The Chad]

He's 20.

He finished in '22 at Marsden.

Jesus.

I'm getting old & time is flying past....

 

[weststigers]

Does anyone know why we released Brandon Webster-Mansfield while he was contracted to us for 2024 ?
He’s big enough to be a tackle busting second rower, fast enough to play in the centres as he is doing for Souths NSW Cup team now, these types of players are valuable and don’t grow on trees.
Baffling how we decide to keep players such as Kepaoa over local juniors with plenty of potential to become regular NRL players such as Webster-Mansfield.

Can we agree that if he was such a stand out, he would have pushed into first grade already? Like Galvin or Sam Fainu?

 

[jrtiger]

Does anyone know why we released Brandon Webster-Mansfield while he was contracted to us for 2024 ?
He’s big enough to be a tackle busting second rower, fast enough to play in the centres as he is doing for Souths NSW Cup team now, these types of players are valuable and don’t grow on trees.
Baffling how we decide to keep players such as Kepaoa over local juniors with plenty of potential to become regular NRL players such as Webster-Mansfield.

Mansfield was playing in Group 7 a fortnight ago and didn't stand out. while I agree that we should prioritise local juniors over externally recruited players, the only reason he's playing Cup for Souths is because of their massive injury crisis.

 

[hank37w]

Agree 💯BAGNF05. The Poms are certainly competitive.
They gave the Nazis are rite hiding 👊💪in WW2.

Don't mention the war.

 

[hank37w]

Who else goes of not Richo?
We don’t have a recruiting manager atm.
If we are aiming to offload players we need to wine and dine - Richo is our best sales person.

Re Benji I get the optics but lets be real how does him spending 3-4 days in fiji change anything when the rest of the squad is off as well? Do we honestly think he won’t be talking to Richo or thinking about footy.

Bennet heads to his farm to break away and does it often. Bellemy goes to QLD often. Cleary went to NZ and Bali the last 12mths during the byes. They all breakaway. Fiji is a 3hr flight, basically same distance to the farm/brisbane to those - it’s just the optics fiji presents to the others.

It’s important to sometimes take a breath for yourself. Post the bye we head into the 2nd half of the season but a massive player drive out which will destabilize the team, he will no doubt bring rookies in and he has experienced heads injured for extended periods. All things considered his head is probably spinning.

Funny if Benji comes back with Semi Radradra MkII and Richo has a few Burgi clones in tow.

 

[Spacecub]

Heard somewhere recently parra have told Ryan Matterson he's free to find a new club...what's that word karma

 

[Love_the_WestsTigers]

What? We still have Twal for 3 more years.

He is on fire. 2 career tries, watch out.

 

[weststigerman]

Heard somewhere recently parra have told Ryan Matterson he's free to find a new club...what's that word karma

It's going be hilarious if Madge ends up at Parra.

 

[weststigerman]

Mate, I tell you if I could bag Margot Robbie, I’d have one of the hottest women on earth AND I’d be an instant millionaire.

Not instantly, what's the period you have to last to get half the assets? 12 months defacto?

 

[Kelce68]

Funny if Benji comes back with Semi Radradra MkII and Richo has a few Burgi clones in tow.

Burgi is a funny plural.

 

[851]

Just got around to watching the replay of the Cowboys game,
Still impressed with how two of our youth policy (S.Fainu & Galvin)
are performing, teenagers playing NRL and holding their own 👍
I can see Galvin turning into a Lock in a couple of years when he’s body naturally fills out and a couple of off season’s in the gym.
Hoping the plan for S.Fainu is to keep his body shape as is and not bulk him up and lose speed.
Don’t treat him as a player that can cover middle as well, just leave him as an edge.
Let’s hope when we finally see his brother (the half) for 4 or 5 games in a row he gives us some more positives for the future.

I said when we signed him he was an edge forward not a middle, but the noise from the club was he was a middle, glad he is getting a fair crack at an edge, even if it was due to injury and suspension

 

[Love_the_WestsTigers]

Do it on NRL 360 like Blocker, on again tonight bagging Benji, Richo and the club again, the knob wonders why they don’t invite him to club functions

That’s poor form from ex players who claim to love the club.
What else is Benji meant to do ? Stay at home and let media bash the Tigers regardless?
I bet you, if he hadn’t gone overseas, the media would have found other stories to degrade our club.

 

[Tito Santana]

Burgi is a funny plural.

It’s actually in the Oxford dictionary as a collective noun

 

[Tom Shines]

It’s actually in the Oxford dictionary as a collective noun

The word gullible is not actually in the dictionary..

 

[hank37w]

Do it on NRL 360 like Blocker, on again tonight bagging Benji, Richo and the club again, the knob wonders why they don’t invite him to club functions

Thank God we have Back Door Benny to go in to bat for the Wests Tigers. 🤣 🤣 🤣

 

[Love_the_WestsTigers]

You’d reckon….
At least Sticky had some coaching experience - and staff with coaching experience…

Sticky breaks doors and Bellamy spits all over you when his is angry. Players perform better under scary coaches. (Jokes)

 

[Jolls]

Does anyone know why we released Brandon Webster-Mansfield while he was contracted to us for 2024 ?
He’s big enough to be a tackle busting second rower, fast enough to play in the centres as he is doing for Souths NSW Cup team now, these types of players are valuable and don’t grow on trees.
Baffling how we decide to keep players such as Kepaoa over local juniors with plenty of potential to become regular NRL players such as Webster-Mansfield.

The fact that he is at his third club in 6 months may be a good indicator as to his future.

 

[Tito Santana]

The word gullible is not actually in the dictionary..

Should be though shouldn’t it.

 

[rusted-on]

Fiji eh? What if Benji were to unearth the next Fijian superstar in between Mai Tais?

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Hope we are at least looking at Melbourne Rebels players, especially Darby Lancaster (sub 11 sec 100m) who may go back to Rugby 7s but worth a look into.

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