@eyeofthetiger-0 said in [Signing Suggestions & Rumours](/post/1504020) said:
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/sport/26-seq-junior-stars-going-the-other-way-to-sydney-nrl-clubs-like-the-roosters-bulldogs-and-wests-tigers/news-story/f70fd2363af84ed341dcd74879d1f9e1%3famp
Looks like we have recruited well from QLD with the focus on pathways
The Wests Tigers have six of the best – Queensland schoolboys merit prop Herman Tofaeono (Keebra Park SHS), 2021 joint Justin Hodges medallist Chris Faatugu (Marsden SHS), outstanding Wavell No. 13 Junior Taungatua (Wavell SHS), middle forward Mou Taumaletila (Marsden SHS) and utility Kienan Tempest (Marsden SHS) who is a David Stagg clone.
Throw in brilliant Kirwan SHS outside back talent Dudley Dotoi from Far North Queensland and you have a bag full of good kids headed to the Wests Tigers.
And yet the majority of the forum are still carrying on like Jason Taylor is running things.
People need to wake up to the fact that this club is indeed doing good things and stop blaming them for the past mistakes.
Maybe the club should communicate a lot better with there stake holders … if this younger talent is on the books TELL us ,explain what’s happening and the direction the club is taking . COMMUNICATION costs nothing it’s easy but the most fundamental resource that organisation do not use effectively.
Still feel it wouldn't matter. Most people are still hung up on Josh Addo Carr etc
I actually met Addo Carr on Cup Day. Lovely fella. Asked him why he didn't come back to the Tigers and he said we didn't want him
But we made an offer?
We wanted him
He was just greedy
Went from wanting to come back to Sydney for family reasons and signing a HOA with us to if you hold out another year the dog's have a bigger offer for me so stuff the family I'm staying in Melbourne for another 12 months on an upgraded offer than joining the dog's for the money they are offering
The version I heard was that the values were about the same. But when he first agreed to go to the Tigers, Storm agreed to a player swap with either Nofo or Talau. Tigers said no way. JAC then felt well if you won't trade for me, clearly you don't want me there that badly.
This would match up with his "they didn't want me line".
At the end of the day glad we didn't pay too much for a winger. He was pretty average for storm in the finals. Not saying he won't turn it around but doubt he was going to be a full back we were hoping for
We did pay too much for a winger though…way too much. I feel sick every time I think of Nofo still being on the wing in 2025
Nofo needed to be done. Shows loyalty.
It was a terrible decision that will haunt us for years.
Serious question. Why do you come on the forum?
It seems you feel all of the clubs decisions are wrong and that we will get the spoon next year. It can't be fun to come here every day to argue about how bad the club is - particularly in the off season when we won't get any answers until next year. Just wondering where the enjoyment in coming here to do that comes from?
I come on the forum for two reasons.
1) I’ve been a fan of the team for almost 40 years and have contributed a huge amount of time and support during my time as supporter. As I explained yesterday that gives me the right to say what I please
2) I’m voted in the top 5 negative posters and I need to maintain my ranking.
On to your last point, I get very little enjoyment out of watching the tigers get flogged every week. Perhaps that should be a sign of frustration rather than apathy, which you seem to have?
We're all fans of the club and yes, it's an open forum so you can do what you like.
For me, when I feel no hope for the club I try to stay away from the NRL media and the forum - which was around the time that Ivan decided to screw the club while screwing the salary cap at the same time. It's certainly not apathy, but a way to manage my own mental health. I currently have some hope for the future of the club, more so than I did back then.
I was just curious of what makes you wake up and want to jump on the forum in the off season and try to convince people that there is no hope for the future.
I was saying similar things last offseason. I think @DJG-Tiger actually started an account to have a crack at me about it. Funnily enough we ended up being much worse in 2021 than even I thought.
I don’t think all hope is lost for the future, things will have to turn around eventually if we do the right things. I think Sheens is a good appointment because he at least gives us some sort of identity. But our recruitment has been woeful and 2022 isn’t going to be a good year. What we do now to strengthen our position for 2023 and beyond is all that matters this off-season.
When we starting doing good things I’ll be as positive as anyone, but I’m not going to say how well things are tracking when they’re not. You’d have to be wearing some really rose tinted glasses to think were in good shape.
Yep, I was on the forum browsing for years before I decided to make an account to say the same things the posters before, but really its just frustration out of the club making us all break it sometime down the track.. so really, I have no hard feelings against @avocadoontoast , because I am exactly the same as him posting rants about our team somewhere down the track..
All I can say is things are building behind the scenes, young fresh kids coming in that will make us competitive in a few years time.
I always go back to this..
If we're always in the Media being in the bottom 8 for 10 years.. Imagine the clicks the media will get when we start getting into the 8, deep into the finals and eventually winning the finals haha.. So many Wests Tigers fans out there, but only the really passionate people that judge the club for EVERYTHING are on here...
So really, when it comes to the finals.. lets all get a section together organised by someone so we can all meet and cheer on the Tigers in the finals!
