Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[BAGNF05]

What makes anyone think that this bunch of soft, entitled, lazy, arrogant and comfort-zone players are going to follow Finucane's lead?
I rate Tamou.
I don't believe he was brought here to run for 200mtrs and make copious amounts of tackle-breaks, off-loads, score 10 tries and kick goals at 95%.
His leadership is about recovery, professional conduct, never lying down and adopting a winning mentality, the rest is up to guys like Mikaele, Musgrove, Luccie, Uto, Brooksy, Garner, TommyT, Joe O, Jet, Nofo, Mbye and the rest to use their God-given talents to the best of their ability.
Is he still a leader if this bunch of powder-puffs lack the mental and intestinal fortitude to follow?...
I love TPJ's X-factor, which we're missing, but giving Tamou some back-up in the mould of Finucane would be far more conducive to establishing a platform that drives the values of tenacity, pride of performance, striving to succeed, especially in the face of adversity which breed a winning culture, something we've sorely lacked for far too long.

Some of those players you named played very well last Saturday so I think what you have written is a little unfair.


really? who played well last week?

Tamou while on the field tried hard. Garner missed a couple but made many and played well. Brooks tried hard and played well.

Think garner injury bothering him no longer beast mode.

If they can’t play injured need to be replaced

I wonder whether he was forced to play injured?

His massive problem is a failure in the 1%ers. He can do the fancy stuff well, pulls off the occasional bell ringer, scores tries, stuff that endears fans to him.

But dive on a loose ball, cover a lazy defender, win the kick chase, be the first one up after making a tackle, THAT AINT GARNER

 

[Tigertragic83]

We all have different opinions on players performance, and ability . Talk of Liddle ,or Simkin missing tackles and errors, of Lucys tackles and others. Brooks gets hammered for reasons i cannot understand and Twal as well . The hookers and many of our forwards are very young, we would be unfair to compare them to seasoned players. But these players give 100% in every game, and to me ,thats what matters.

Anyone criticising Alex twal on here should have a look at his stats for the year. He's quite clearly one of our best forwards. He needs to find an offload. But tell me this...I'd you were Alex twal, would you trust the rabble of this team to catch it?

Maybe I am alone in this thought. But our issue doesn't stem from skill, it's attitude. Hunger, drive and commitment. Something you can't train into people. Either you want it or you don't. And I would dare argue that a lot of players here don't.

You only needed to watch the warm-up of both teams to know that Melbourne storm was going to carve up. This apathy that infects all the tigers players is like mould. It's hard to define and hard to get rid off

The Luke brooks bashing had gotta stop though. If half the other pea hearts in this team tackled like brooks we would be in a better place.

I know a little about elite sports. You can't train hunger to compete. Some people just have the instincts to win and often than not the other half are just followers. Clearly douhei has that hunger, and he was missed last week. Maguire response was perfect tbh. It's on the players to find it. MGuire can't find it for them

Since this is a recruitment thread. I'm confused as to why Dale finucane suddenly fixes our woes. Second he leaves Melbourne his hunger to win will disappear, and will become another plodder.

Twal is an honest toiler. He tries hard and gets through a lot of work but he doesn't make much of an impact in defence and he doesn't bend the line with the ball. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't get rid of him, but he's just a player.

I've been a huge critic of Brooks but in the last month he's been the least of our problems.

Just because I was curious
Stats for big Nelson from Melbourne

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/nelson-asofa-solomona/

And Alex twal's

https://www.weststigers.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/wests-tigers/alex-twal/

I know stats aren't everything but gee wiz

Edit: Dale finucanes stats for informations sake:

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/dale-finucane/

 

[avocadoontoast]

We all have different opinions on players performance, and ability . Talk of Liddle ,or Simkin missing tackles and errors, of Lucys tackles and others. Brooks gets hammered for reasons i cannot understand and Twal as well . The hookers and many of our forwards are very young, we would be unfair to compare them to seasoned players. But these players give 100% in every game, and to me ,thats what matters.

Anyone criticising Alex twal on here should have a look at his stats for the year. He's quite clearly one of our best forwards. He needs to find an offload. But tell me this...I'd you were Alex twal, would you trust the rabble of this team to catch it?

Maybe I am alone in this thought. But our issue doesn't stem from skill, it's attitude. Hunger, drive and commitment. Something you can't train into people. Either you want it or you don't. And I would dare argue that a lot of players here don't.

You only needed to watch the warm-up of both teams to know that Melbourne storm was going to carve up. This apathy that infects all the tigers players is like mould. It's hard to define and hard to get rid off

The Luke brooks bashing had gotta stop though. If half the other pea hearts in this team tackled like brooks we would be in a better place.

I know a little about elite sports. You can't train hunger to compete. Some people just have the instincts to win and often than not the other half are just followers. Clearly douhei has that hunger, and he was missed last week. Maguire response was perfect tbh. It's on the players to find it. MGuire can't find it for them

Since this is a recruitment thread. I'm confused as to why Dale finucane suddenly fixes our woes. Second he leaves Melbourne his hunger to win will disappear, and will become another plodder.

Twal is an honest toiler. He tries hard and gets through a lot of work but he doesn't make much of an impact in defence and he doesn't bend the line with the ball. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't get rid of him, but he's just a player.

I've been a huge critic of Brooks but in the last month he's been the least of our problems.

Just because I was curious
Stats for big Nelson from Melbourne

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/nelson-asofa-solomona/

And Alex twal's

https://www.weststigers.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/wests-tigers/alex-twal/

I know stats aren't everything but gee wiz

Edit: Dale finucanes stats for informations sake:

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/dale-finucane/

Stats don't tell the whole story.

https://www.sharks.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/cronulla-sutherland-sharks/aiden-tolman/

 

[BAGNF05]

We all have different opinions on players performance, and ability . Talk of Liddle ,or Simkin missing tackles and errors, of Lucys tackles and others. Brooks gets hammered for reasons i cannot understand and Twal as well . The hookers and many of our forwards are very young, we would be unfair to compare them to seasoned players. But these players give 100% in every game, and to me ,thats what matters.

Anyone criticising Alex twal on here should have a look at his stats for the year. He's quite clearly one of our best forwards. He needs to find an offload. But tell me this...If you were Alex twal, would you trust the rabble of this team to catch it?

Maybe I am alone in this thought. But our issue doesn't stem from skill, it's attitude. Hunger, drive and commitment. Something you can't train into people. Either you want it or you don't. And I would dare argue that a lot of players here don't.

You only needed to watch the warm-up of both teams to know that Melbourne storm was going to carve up. This apathy that infects all the tigers players is like mould. It's hard to define and hard to get rid off

The Luke brooks bashing has gotta stop though. If half the other pea hearts in this team tackled like brooks we would be in a better place.

I know a little about elite sports. You can't train hunger to compete. Some people just have the instincts to win and often than not the other half are just followers. Clearly douhei has that hunger, and he was missed last week. Maguire response was perfect tbh. It's on the players to find it. Maguire can't find it for them

Since this is a recruitment thread. I'm confused as to why Dale finucane suddenly fixes our woes. Second he leaves Melbourne his hunger to win will disappear, and will become another plodder.

Good post. I want Finucane here but not just Finucane. One player won’t fix this rabble.

 

[Tigertragic83]

We all have different opinions on players performance, and ability . Talk of Liddle ,or Simkin missing tackles and errors, of Lucys tackles and others. Brooks gets hammered for reasons i cannot understand and Twal as well . The hookers and many of our forwards are very young, we would be unfair to compare them to seasoned players. But these players give 100% in every game, and to me ,thats what matters.

Anyone criticising Alex twal on here should have a look at his stats for the year. He's quite clearly one of our best forwards. He needs to find an offload. But tell me this...I'd you were Alex twal, would you trust the rabble of this team to catch it?

Maybe I am alone in this thought. But our issue doesn't stem from skill, it's attitude. Hunger, drive and commitment. Something you can't train into people. Either you want it or you don't. And I would dare argue that a lot of players here don't.

You only needed to watch the warm-up of both teams to know that Melbourne storm was going to carve up. This apathy that infects all the tigers players is like mould. It's hard to define and hard to get rid off

The Luke brooks bashing had gotta stop though. If half the other pea hearts in this team tackled like brooks we would be in a better place.

I know a little about elite sports. You can't train hunger to compete. Some people just have the instincts to win and often than not the other half are just followers. Clearly douhei has that hunger, and he was missed last week. Maguire response was perfect tbh. It's on the players to find it. MGuire can't find it for them

Since this is a recruitment thread. I'm confused as to why Dale finucane suddenly fixes our woes. Second he leaves Melbourne his hunger to win will disappear, and will become another plodder.

Twal is an honest toiler. He tries hard and gets through a lot of work but he doesn't make much of an impact in defence and he doesn't bend the line with the ball. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't get rid of him, but he's just a player.

I've been a huge critic of Brooks but in the last month he's been the least of our problems.

Just because I was curious
Stats for big Nelson from Melbourne

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/nelson-asofa-solomona/

And Alex twal's

https://www.weststigers.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/wests-tigers/alex-twal/

I know stats aren't everything but gee wiz

Edit: Dale finucanes stats for informations sake:

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/dale-finucane/

Stats don't tell the whole story.

https://www.sharks.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/cronulla-sutherland-sharks/aiden-tolman/

That Aidan tolman is a consistent plodder? Everyone knew that :stuck_out_tongue:

Bulldogs were idiots for getting rid of tolman
Every team needs a toiler

 

[hobbo1]

We all have different opinions on players performance, and ability . Talk of Liddle ,or Simkin missing tackles and errors, of Lucys tackles and others. Brooks gets hammered for reasons i cannot understand and Twal as well . The hookers and many of our forwards are very young, we would be unfair to compare them to seasoned players. But these players give 100% in every game, and to me ,thats what matters.

Anyone criticising Alex twal on here should have a look at his stats for the year. He's quite clearly one of our best forwards. He needs to find an offload. But tell me this...I'd you were Alex twal, would you trust the rabble of this team to catch it?

Maybe I am alone in this thought. But our issue doesn't stem from skill, it's attitude. Hunger, drive and commitment. Something you can't train into people. Either you want it or you don't. And I would dare argue that a lot of players here don't.

You only needed to watch the warm-up of both teams to know that Melbourne storm was going to carve up. This apathy that infects all the tigers players is like mould. It's hard to define and hard to get rid off

The Luke brooks bashing had gotta stop though. If half the other pea hearts in this team tackled like brooks we would be in a better place.

I know a little about elite sports. You can't train hunger to compete. Some people just have the instincts to win and often than not the other half are just followers. Clearly douhei has that hunger, and he was missed last week. Maguire response was perfect tbh. It's on the players to find it. MGuire can't find it for them

Since this is a recruitment thread. I'm confused as to why Dale finucane suddenly fixes our woes. Second he leaves Melbourne his hunger to win will disappear, and will become another plodder.

Twal is an honest toiler. He tries hard and gets through a lot of work but he doesn't make much of an impact in defence and he doesn't bend the line with the ball. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't get rid of him, but he's just a player.

I've been a huge critic of Brooks but in the last month he's been the least of our problems.

Just because I was curious
Stats for big Nelson from Melbourne

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/nelson-asofa-solomona/

And Alex twal's

https://www.weststigers.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/wests-tigers/alex-twal/

I know stats aren't everything but gee wiz

Edit: Dale finucanes stats for informations sake:

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/dale-finucane/

Stats don't tell the whole story.

https://www.sharks.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/cronulla-sutherland-sharks/aiden-tolman/

That Aidan tolman is a consistent plodder? Everyone knew that :stuck_out_tongue:

Bulldogs were idiots for getting rid of tolman
Every team needs a toiler

Tolman > Tamou

 

[avocadoontoast]

We all have different opinions on players performance, and ability . Talk of Liddle ,or Simkin missing tackles and errors, of Lucys tackles and others. Brooks gets hammered for reasons i cannot understand and Twal as well . The hookers and many of our forwards are very young, we would be unfair to compare them to seasoned players. But these players give 100% in every game, and to me ,thats what matters.

Anyone criticising Alex twal on here should have a look at his stats for the year. He's quite clearly one of our best forwards. He needs to find an offload. But tell me this...I'd you were Alex twal, would you trust the rabble of this team to catch it?

Maybe I am alone in this thought. But our issue doesn't stem from skill, it's attitude. Hunger, drive and commitment. Something you can't train into people. Either you want it or you don't. And I would dare argue that a lot of players here don't.

You only needed to watch the warm-up of both teams to know that Melbourne storm was going to carve up. This apathy that infects all the tigers players is like mould. It's hard to define and hard to get rid off

The Luke brooks bashing had gotta stop though. If half the other pea hearts in this team tackled like brooks we would be in a better place.

I know a little about elite sports. You can't train hunger to compete. Some people just have the instincts to win and often than not the other half are just followers. Clearly douhei has that hunger, and he was missed last week. Maguire response was perfect tbh. It's on the players to find it. MGuire can't find it for them

Since this is a recruitment thread. I'm confused as to why Dale finucane suddenly fixes our woes. Second he leaves Melbourne his hunger to win will disappear, and will become another plodder.

Twal is an honest toiler. He tries hard and gets through a lot of work but he doesn't make much of an impact in defence and he doesn't bend the line with the ball. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't get rid of him, but he's just a player.

I've been a huge critic of Brooks but in the last month he's been the least of our problems.

Just because I was curious
Stats for big Nelson from Melbourne

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/nelson-asofa-solomona/

And Alex twal's

https://www.weststigers.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/wests-tigers/alex-twal/

I know stats aren't everything but gee wiz

Edit: Dale finucanes stats for informations sake:

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/dale-finucane/

Stats don't tell the whole story.

https://www.sharks.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/cronulla-sutherland-sharks/aiden-tolman/

That Aidan tolman is a consistent plodder? Everyone knew that :stuck_out_tongue:

Bulldogs were idiots for getting rid of tolman
Every team needs a toiler

Tolman Tamou

I’m sure he adds value in other areas but Tamou has been pretty terrible on field. Your plodder assessment was bang on.

 

[hobbo1]

We all have different opinions on players performance, and ability . Talk of Liddle ,or Simkin missing tackles and errors, of Lucys tackles and others. Brooks gets hammered for reasons i cannot understand and Twal as well . The hookers and many of our forwards are very young, we would be unfair to compare them to seasoned players. But these players give 100% in every game, and to me ,thats what matters.

Anyone criticising Alex twal on here should have a look at his stats for the year. He's quite clearly one of our best forwards. He needs to find an offload. But tell me this...I'd you were Alex twal, would you trust the rabble of this team to catch it?

Maybe I am alone in this thought. But our issue doesn't stem from skill, it's attitude. Hunger, drive and commitment. Something you can't train into people. Either you want it or you don't. And I would dare argue that a lot of players here don't.

You only needed to watch the warm-up of both teams to know that Melbourne storm was going to carve up. This apathy that infects all the tigers players is like mould. It's hard to define and hard to get rid off

The Luke brooks bashing had gotta stop though. If half the other pea hearts in this team tackled like brooks we would be in a better place.

I know a little about elite sports. You can't train hunger to compete. Some people just have the instincts to win and often than not the other half are just followers. Clearly douhei has that hunger, and he was missed last week. Maguire response was perfect tbh. It's on the players to find it. MGuire can't find it for them

Since this is a recruitment thread. I'm confused as to why Dale finucane suddenly fixes our woes. Second he leaves Melbourne his hunger to win will disappear, and will become another plodder.

Twal is an honest toiler. He tries hard and gets through a lot of work but he doesn't make much of an impact in defence and he doesn't bend the line with the ball. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't get rid of him, but he's just a player.

I've been a huge critic of Brooks but in the last month he's been the least of our problems.

Just because I was curious
Stats for big Nelson from Melbourne

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/nelson-asofa-solomona/

And Alex twal's

https://www.weststigers.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/wests-tigers/alex-twal/

I know stats aren't everything but gee wiz

Edit: Dale finucanes stats for informations sake:

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/dale-finucane/

Stats don't tell the whole story.

https://www.sharks.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/cronulla-sutherland-sharks/aiden-tolman/

That Aidan tolman is a consistent plodder? Everyone knew that :stuck_out_tongue:

Bulldogs were idiots for getting rid of tolman
Every team needs a toiler

Tolman Tamou

I’m sure he adds value in other areas but Tamou has been pretty terrible on field. Your plodder assessment was bang on.

Always is ... ?

 

[BAGNF05]

We all have different opinions on players performance, and ability . Talk of Liddle ,or Simkin missing tackles and errors, of Lucys tackles and others. Brooks gets hammered for reasons i cannot understand and Twal as well . The hookers and many of our forwards are very young, we would be unfair to compare them to seasoned players. But these players give 100% in every game, and to me ,thats what matters.

Anyone criticising Alex twal on here should have a look at his stats for the year. He's quite clearly one of our best forwards. He needs to find an offload. But tell me this...I'd you were Alex twal, would you trust the rabble of this team to catch it?

Maybe I am alone in this thought. But our issue doesn't stem from skill, it's attitude. Hunger, drive and commitment. Something you can't train into people. Either you want it or you don't. And I would dare argue that a lot of players here don't.

You only needed to watch the warm-up of both teams to know that Melbourne storm was going to carve up. This apathy that infects all the tigers players is like mould. It's hard to define and hard to get rid off

The Luke brooks bashing had gotta stop though. If half the other pea hearts in this team tackled like brooks we would be in a better place.

I know a little about elite sports. You can't train hunger to compete. Some people just have the instincts to win and often than not the other half are just followers. Clearly douhei has that hunger, and he was missed last week. Maguire response was perfect tbh. It's on the players to find it. MGuire can't find it for them

Since this is a recruitment thread. I'm confused as to why Dale finucane suddenly fixes our woes. Second he leaves Melbourne his hunger to win will disappear, and will become another plodder.

Twal is an honest toiler. He tries hard and gets through a lot of work but he doesn't make much of an impact in defence and he doesn't bend the line with the ball. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't get rid of him, but he's just a player.

I've been a huge critic of Brooks but in the last month he's been the least of our problems.

Just because I was curious
Stats for big Nelson from Melbourne

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/nelson-asofa-solomona/

And Alex twal's

https://www.weststigers.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/wests-tigers/alex-twal/

I know stats aren't everything but gee wiz

Edit: Dale finucanes stats for informations sake:

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/melbourne-storm/dale-finucane/

Stats don't tell the whole story.

https://www.sharks.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/cronulla-sutherland-sharks/aiden-tolman/

That Aidan tolman is a consistent plodder? Everyone knew that :stuck_out_tongue:

Bulldogs were idiots for getting rid of tolman
Every team needs a toiler

Tolman Tamou

I’m sure he adds value in other areas but Tamou has been pretty terrible on field. Your plodder assessment was bang on.

You get your plod license at day 1 induction after reporting to demountable 9

 

[BZN]

If we think the ciubs got problems, imagine what the club would look like if they followed the Forums suggestions.
We would need a salary cap of 50 mil. and 20 coaches.

:scream_cat: :joy_cat: :joy_cat: :joy_cat:

 

[WT2K]

Brent Read saying he thinks we are mulling over Finucane/TPJ and we haven't landed on a destination yet. Also says dragons are monitoring tpj situation

 

[hobbo1]

Brent Read saying he thinks we are mulling over Finucane/TPJ and we haven't landed on a destination yet. Also says dragons are monitoring tpj situation

We are the destination

 

[avocadoontoast]

Brent Read saying he thinks we are mulling over Finucane/TPJ and we haven't landed on a destination yet. Also says dragons are monitoring tpj situation

Can you pls post the article?

 

[hsvjones]

Brent Read saying he thinks we are mulling over Finucane/TPJ and we haven't landed on a destination yet. Also says dragons are monitoring tpj situation

If true we need to stop Mulling and make a decision before its too late and we get nothing.. If I was them I would take anyone of the 2 that actually wants to be here..

Thanks for the update

 

[hobbo1]

Brent Read saying he thinks we are mulling over Finucane/TPJ and we haven't landed on a destination yet. Also says dragons are monitoring tpj situation

If true we need to stop Mulling and make a decision before its too late and we get nothing.. If I was them I would take anyone of the 2 that actually wants to be here..

Thanks for the update

Lack of mulling has gotten us in this shit
Nofo says ?‍♂️

 

[Tiger5150]

Brent Read saying he thinks we are mulling over Finucane/TPJ and we haven't landed on a destination yet. Also says dragons are monitoring tpj situation

Sounds like rubbish, make them both an offer and if either accepts, great and if we cant afford both withdraw the other.

 

[WT2K]

Brent Read saying he thinks we are mulling over Finucane/TPJ and we haven't landed on a destination yet. Also says dragons are monitoring tpj situation

Can you pls post the article?

It's the 9min version, starts about 4mins50secs
https://www.triplem.com.au/story/ready-s-mail-salary-cap-pressure-set-to-dismantle-the-penrith-panthers-176980

 

[hsvjones]

Brent Read saying he thinks we are mulling over Finucane/TPJ and we haven't landed on a destination yet. Also says dragons are monitoring tpj situation

If true we need to stop Mulling and make a decision before its too late and we get nothing.. If I was them I would take anyone of the 2 that actually wants to be here..

Thanks for the update

Lack of mulling has gotten us in this shit
Nofo says ?‍♂️

People need to forget about all the past bad decisions and move on.. Quality players like this don't sit around waiting for a club like us to mull over the pro / cons etc... Surely the guys making the decisions are big enough to make a call in a timely manner.

 

[avocadoontoast]

Brent Read saying he thinks we are mulling over Finucane/TPJ and we haven't landed on a destination yet. Also says dragons are monitoring tpj situation

Can you pls post the article?

It's the 9min version, starts about 4mins50secs
https://www.triplem.com.au/story/ready-s-mail-salary-cap-pressure-set-to-dismantle-the-penrith-panthers-176980

Cool thanks

 

[WT2K]

Brent Read saying he thinks we are mulling over Finucane/TPJ and we haven't landed on a destination yet. Also says dragons are monitoring tpj situation


Sounds like rubbish, make them both an offer and if either accepts, great and if we cant afford both withdraw the other.

Pretty sure we'd have the money for both? I'd be making both an offer if we do