Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[JC99]

Mitchell Pearce on NBN news just now endorsing the club to lure Luke Brooks to the knights asap.

Knights are certainly keen. They got Joey to do the same thing

 

[tony soprano]

Mitchell Pearce on NBN news just now endorsing the club to lure Luke Brooks to the knights asap.


I am very suprised to hear this,i would have expected his mind to be concentrated on French Poodles

What a joke ay dirt club

 

[tony soprano]

Mitchell Pearce on NBN news just now endorsing the club to lure Luke Brooks to the knights asap.

What a joke

The NRL is a disgrace

If that was the tigers trying to lure a contracted player we would be burned on the stake

The knights have had employees left right and center endorse Brooks to their club even though he has 2 years left with us

It's Everyman for themselves for the nrl. Wests tigers will have to fend for themselves.

Danny was carefully worded in his Sunday article to point out his article the time line on previous articles were not enticing Brooks. We must of formally complained but hasn't stopped anything really. I guess the media has slowed down from weekly to daily articles now

 

[batboy]

I'm very worried we days away from finding out we're starting the season without a Halfback.

 

[JC99]

I'm very worried we days away from finding out we're starting the season without a Halfback.

We played without a halfback all season

We've got Hastings who is a 7. Unproven sure but he's a halfback

 

[sparci]

Im continually confused how people believe that Simpkins' performance was better than Liddles this year. Liddle may not have been great but Simpkin was way out of his depth.

The team's best performance all year was against Souths with Simpkin playing. Not a coincidence

He was also the one that Burgess ran straight past to score the winning try. Yes great game.

U do realise we were a a man down cause talau was in the sinbin as well?

Also wasn't that his debut game as well?


It was. But if you think that’s an excuse, look at Cini.

Are you not referring to the conversation were these people where talking about Simpkin missing a tackle against souths? Or are you just randomly spurting out points?

You acted like I brought that up. I just asked why it was warranted to hate on for him one bad game, while the other is getting a rails run by a section of the forum.

Ok cool, now Im just telling you why they are two completely different scenarios. Giving up faith in Cini has multiple factors to it.. Wheres he gonna play? Fullback? No I think most would rather see Dillon or Laurie there, centre? Pass. Wing? Not quick enough. Simpkin on the other hand, his only competitor is Liddle in this squad, of whom cant pass a ball. Clearly the club see it fit to keep him on given no one has established themselves in that position.

Liddle can't pass a ball? Really? Sorry, I (semi-) respectfully disagree. Liddle is the best hooker in the club, and one of WT best players of 2021. End of story. Simpkin has a lot of improving to do in 2022 to unseat the starting hooker role from Liddle.

If your satisfied with his service, thats on you. Lob passes, tired after 30mins. But if your okay with that, cool. Let me ask you something, why are we talking to Hodgson then? Is it to play liddle on the bench? How many years do you want to invest in this bloke? I think ultimately the club sees the very obvious, hes not up to it, buy a stop gap for now, develop the young fella, and try again. He cant pass. End of.

 

[batboy]

I'm very worried we days away from finding out we're starting the season without a Halfback.

We played without a halfback all season

We've got Hastings who is a 7. Unproven sure but he's a halfback

You think this year was bad...
If that's you're remedy - I got news for you...

It's going to get worse.

 

[Camel2281]

Mitchell Pearce on NBN news just now endorsing the club to lure Luke Brooks to the knights asap.

I saw that. What was noticable though was Danny Weidler leading the conversation to Luke Brooks and asking Pearce directly about him to which Mitchell just answered honestly. Was the same with Joey the other week. Weidler again pushing the agenda

 

[DGilly]

The fact there is a debate between Simpkin and Liddle automatically hands it to Simpkin. He's played 50 less games and is 6 years younger. Clearly is the better player - he's miles ahead of where Liddle was at the same stage of their career. Liddle seems like a good guy with some talent but he can only pass left and regularly missed 5+ tackles a game

 

[GNR4LIFE]

The fact there is a debate between Simpkin and Liddle automatically hands it to Simpkin. He's played 50 less games and is 6 years younger. Clearly is the better player - he's miles ahead of where Liddle was at the same stage of their career. Liddle seems like a good guy with some talent but he can only pass left and regularly missed 5+ tackles a game

Going by that logic, if there’s a few people stupid enough to debate that Billy Walters is better than Nathan Cleary, he must be.

 

[JC99]

I'm very worried we days away from finding out we're starting the season without a Halfback.

We played without a halfback all season

We've got Hastings who is a 7. Unproven sure but he's a halfback

You think this year was bad...
If that's you're remedy - I got news for you...

It's going to get worse.

He hasn't even played a game for us yet, pretty ridiculous to write him off

I would much rather take a chance with Hastings than have another year of the same old Brooks. At least there's a chance he can exceed expectations

 

[hugh1954]

Like the idea of selling him at top dollar.... please dont let this chance go bye

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I'm very worried we days away from finding out we're starting the season without a Halfback.

We played without a halfback all season

We've got Hastings who is a 7. Unproven sure but he's a halfback

You think this year was bad...
If that's you're remedy - I got news for you...

It's going to get worse.

He hasn't even played a game for us yet, pretty ridiculous to write him off

I would much rather take a chance with Hastings than have another year of the same old Brooks. At least there's a chance he can exceed expectations

But if he’s the player some have made him out to be, it makes you wonder why better teams weren’t sniffing around him.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Like the idea of selling him at top dollar.... please dont let this chance go bye

Yeah, what an opportunity to hand a desperate club without a halfback, ours on a silver platter.

 

[hugh1954]

Like the idea of selling him at top dollar.... please dont let this chance go bye

Yeah, what an opportunity to hand a desperate club without a halfback, ours on a silver platter.

Golden platter hopefully

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Like the idea of selling him at top dollar.... please dont let this chance go bye

Yeah, what an opportunity to hand a desperate club without a halfback, ours on a silver platter.

Golden platter hopefully

How dumb do you want us to be? Why would you give in to a club so desperate?

 

[Camel2281]

Im continually confused how people believe that Simpkins' performance was better than Liddles this year. Liddle may not have been great but Simpkin was way out of his depth.

The team's best performance all year was against Souths with Simpkin playing. Not a coincidence

He was also the one that Burgess ran straight past to score the winning try. Yes great game.

U do realise we were a a man down cause talau was in the sinbin as well?

Also wasn't that his debut game as well?


It was. But if you think that’s an excuse, look at Cini.

Are you not referring to the conversation were these people where talking about Simpkin missing a tackle against souths? Or are you just randomly spurting out points?

You acted like I brought that up. I just asked why it was warranted to hate on for him one bad game, while the other is getting a rails run by a section of the forum.

Ok cool, now Im just telling you why they are two completely different scenarios. Giving up faith in Cini has multiple factors to it.. Wheres he gonna play? Fullback? No I think most would rather see Dillon or Laurie there, centre? Pass. Wing? Not quick enough. Simpkin on the other hand, his only competitor is Liddle in this squad, of whom cant pass a ball. Clearly the club see it fit to keep him on given no one has established themselves in that position.

Liddle can't pass a ball? Really? Sorry, I (semi-) respectfully disagree. Liddle is the best hooker in the club, and one of WT best players of 2021. End of story. Simpkin has a lot of improving to do in 2022 to unseat the starting hooker role from Liddle.

If your satisfied with his service, thats on you. Lob passes, tired after 30mins. But if your okay with that, cool. Let me ask you something, why are we talking to Hodgson then? Is it to play liddle on the bench? How many years do you want to invest in this bloke? I think ultimately the club sees the very obvious, hes not up to it, buy a stop gap for now, develop the young fella, and try again. He cant pass. End of.

I'd like his entire career to be at WT. Is that long enough for you?

You obviously love being down the bottom of the ladder year on year. Liddle unfortunately for the club Just hasn't been able to make the necessary improvements in his game to be a successful starting NRL hooker. If his passing was anywhere near as good as his running game then fantastic but service is the number 1 job and he's really inadequate

 

[Needaname]

I’m curious to see if the lure to pick up Hodkinson is to change tack and direction in the spine. Could very well be obtained to offset the loss of Brooks, I guess the first domino has fallen so we’ll wait to see what move is next.