Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Demps]

Murchie is solid but harmless.
Perfect fit for our nice guy pack.

Hard pass...
Rather meat heads like Sua or Bateman.

We need hitters, too many harmless players.

 

[BAGNF05]

Murchie is solid but harmless.
Perfect fit for our nice guy pack.

Hard pass...
Rather meat heads like Sua or Bateman.

We need hitters, too many harmless players.

He even looks like Garner 😂

 

[TonyTiger]

Follow many former players


Russell Packer, Jye Hitchcox, Mikaele, Luciano

Anyone know if Mikaele has managed to pull his finger out over in the UK?

 

[Stevec]

The only good place for Brooks is with another organisation

True but he's got 1year left and do we want to pay 600 k to have him play against us?

 

[Stevec]

Nothing can be done at all about the board.

That's like dooming us
Cant we at least have all members of the board be there to represent the interests of the WESTS TIGERS and Only the Wests Tigers . If some members say their prime responsibility is to represent the interests of the Western Suburbs Magpies or the Balmain Tigers then if situations arise where the interests of the JV team are in conflict with the two original clubs then those directors would be actively working against the interests of the Wests Tigers and should resign due to conflict of interest !

 

[twentyforty]

Only the signings of Martin and Brown will flip my concern for next year.

 

[cktiger]

Yep it's so stupid like they think the new board and ceo will be miracle workers

I’d take my chances with carefully selected replacements.
The current board have proven, over a long period, that they aren’t up to it.

 

[Spartan117]

I reckon Douhei back to Fullback. He doesn’t give the outside backs enough ball

We don't have many decent backs.

Only Naden, Kenny and Nofo (On his day) are first graders.

 

[Spartan117]

AJ, STARFORD JUNIOR P, TOMMY T, The other Junior,


These wouldn't make many other forst frad teams.

Need to recruit some speed.

 

[Roar_Power]

AJ, STARFORD JUNIOR P, TOMMY T, The other Junior,


These wouldn't make many other forst frad teams.

Need to recruit some speed.

I think we have to support Junior Tupou. He does have some real potential. I also think Tommy Talau will be an asset to us once his confidence returns from the ACL injury. Pauga to never see firsts again....

 

[pawsandclaws1]

AJ, STARFORD JUNIOR P, TOMMY T, The other Junior,


These wouldn't make many other forst frad teams.

Need to recruit some speed.

I wouldn't be down on any player until they have had the opportunity to be exposed to the pre-season under Sheens/Farah/Marshall/Furner.

 

[Long Term Fan]

So it looks as though only new signings might be Charlie Staines from Penrith and some English forwards maybe John Bateman (ex Raider) from Super League.

If Liam Martin is to leave Penrith in my opinion he is most likely to end up an Eel not a WT.

 

[tony soprano]

So it looks as though only new signings might be Charlie Staines from Penrith and some English forwards maybe John Bateman (ex Raider) from Super League.

If Liam Martin is to leave Penrith in my opinion he is most likely to end up an Eel not a WT.

True, Liam is contracted until 24 tho.

 

[batboy]

I also think Tommy Talau will be an asset to us once his confidence returns from the ACL injury.

You Believe - Or you hope?

He couldn't really have been considered an "Asset" Before any injury....
Just another big kid with natural talent that never really had to earn it.

Seen 1000 of them Swallowed by NRL before - He looks to be no different to me.

 

[KH1988]

Fingers crossed the Tedesco, Manu, Suaalii situation continues to be a headline/drama

The ‘ridiculous’ Tedesco call facing Roosters as big Suaalii ‘dilemma’ can’t be ignored

The ‘ridiculous’ Tedesco call facing Roosters as big Suaalii ‘dilemma’ can’t be ignored

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Westsboi2019]

Madden and Tamou officially confirmed gone by the club

 

[gallagher]

I'd love to see some detailed factual points about why the board and Pascoe are so bad. Some real factual investigation.

There are so many smear comments but so little detailed facts.

How about some detailed facts on why they are so good?

 

[momo_amp_medo]

Why do you think anyone on the board isn't giving 100% towards Wests Tigers? Just because you and a few others on here run a constant yet futile barrage of " lets change the board" doesn't mean that they aren't doing what they think is best for the club. I don't suggest they are doing a great job but they have made changes that hopefully come to fruition over the next couple of years.

Absolutely agree 100%.
Some people are just searching for a silver bullet to fix our on field woes and looking in wrong place.
CEO and the Board doing fine in achieving required finance stability and support facilities infrastructure for the football club.
It is up to the Football Club management to hit their KPI and provide the right players for the roster, coaching expertise and associated support staff achive on field success.
In most cases Chairman the CEO and the Board rely on advice and recommendations from the football department before signing off to implement football related changes.
Unfortunately that didn’t work out very well over the period of time Madge was in charge.
So hopefully that’s how things pan out sometimes.

 

[tony soprano]

The board just select themselves ad nauseum - except for the two NRL appointed to it. The whole lot should be forced out for being inadequate.

I think the nrl are not involved with the board anymore since the Loan been paid back.

 

[batboy]

I'd love to see some detailed factual points about why the board and Pascoe are so bad. Some real factual investigation.

There are so many smear comments but so little detailed facts.

The main Pascoe beat up merchant - Is mostly personal....
Pascoe has made some errors in judgement - for sure,
But most of them were directly because he walked into a rabble
that was set to explode and had been trying to fix the situation on the hop....
The fallout, consequences and re-percussions from those decisions to fix pre-existing issues
at that time.

The Farah Taylor thing existed well before Pascoe hit the organisation
The Big 4 v The Coach thing existed well before Pascoe hit the organisation
The Cleary thing was a little out of his control

The main thing I have issue with was giving Cleary full autonomy over the roster and deals made to players.... Stitching our cap for the last 4 years.
That said, I also understand that every coach has most autonomy over the roster - It's not uncommon... Especially for a struggling club getting a somewhat rated coach.

In our situation, It was heightened by the fact that every one of those signings was a dud....
We got zero value for money out of any of them - Ever.

Most issues anyone would have with Pascoe can be attributed to the fallout from the above....
He's not entirely blameless, And I'm very impartial... But if it's not personal, And you look at everything.... You can get how and why some of the issues have come up.

To be fair to everyone, We were a mess prior to Sheens - And immediately after he left.
I think everyone underestimated how much he held everything together during his time....
I was as glad to see him move on as anyone as a coach, But that was based on squad and game day decisions only... Who knows how much of a conduit he was in the back rooms?