Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Demps]

Been thinking about it a bit (With the benefit of hindsight) There's been plenty of those young blokes that never kicked on under the last coaching structure....

It is what it is....

Jacob wasn't a fan of Madge or his coaching.

 

[mikey]

Good. Never kicked on and injured way too much.

The club needs to start cutting it's losses on these kids who never came good.

That and start making good recruitment decisions. If you're paying for a sirlion steak, make sure it's a sirloin not blade or an old bush steer cut.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Top 30 places are being vaccated and $ are being made available for a reason.

I bloody well hope so.

 

[bathursttiger1]

No footy tonight😥
That sucks ass

I’m in the good books for once on a Thursday night.😂

 

[earl]

Mmmm…..that certainly goes in the face of all the hoopla about keeping Brooks, I don’t disagree with you, but imho I don’t think LB will be playing anywhere but 7.
Thinking Jacko will start at 13 but I’ve been wrong before. All part of the mystery !

In my own little dream world it'd be Hastings at 7 and Munster at 6.

In reality I reckon it'll be Hastings 13, Brooks 7 and Doueihi at 6. Maybe we'll get a year or two of good attacking footy. I wonder if Doueihi or Brooks move on and we play that kid from Queensland at 6 or 13.

I know this is a signing thread but I just don't see the talent out there for us to really improve. I reckon we'll only improve via our juniors.

 

[weststigerman]

It is what it is....

Jacob wasn't a fan of Madge or his coaching.

Given the way he played after Madge is gone and the fact he's leaving, it doesn't look like he's a fan of Sheens either.

 

[1eyedmel]

Apparently according to "The POM" his contact with St George is with the NRL to approve.

Wonder with David Furner joining our coaching ranks where does that leave Nathan Cayless (unemployed). Furner was a great player and experience in the coaching ranks so hope he can be an asset to WT.

Cayless is gone, shame really I thought he has done a good job this year.

 

[batboy]

It is what it is....

Jacob wasn't a fan of Madge or his coaching.

Yeah.... He wasn't on his own apparently.
Weird that he signed on - Probably an offer he couldn't refuse.

 

[Demps]

Given the way he played after Madge is gone and the fact he's leaving, it doesn't look like he's a fan of Sheens either.

I guess he's known for months he's on the way out....

 

[1eyedmel]

Madden didn't feel it just as capably we got smashed when Brooks didn't play and hence Madden is moving on.
If Madden was the answer Sheens would have kept him

Brooks is not the answer either.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Brooks is not the answer either.

thankfully Sheens thinks he is

 

[batboy]

I guess he's known for months he's on the way out....

You'd reckon when the club signed the most inform Hooker in the game for a couple years last November would have been a fair indication

 

[batboy]

Brooks is not the answer either.

Nor Was Benji, Nor was Madden, Nor is Doueihi, Nor is Hastings.....
Can you see a pattern forming?

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

Don’t really think Madge actually knew what an attacking structure was, apart from 5 hit up’s and a kick, the same with Noddy, hope Sheens and co can do better than that.

Harsh, but fair!

 

[PJ_]

Good to see you've recycled you avatar - it's my favourite of yours.

He came back for a visit for the unbanning ceremony😁🙏

 

[the_third]

Brooks on 950k-1mill not a good buy... Brooks on 650k good buy!

It all comes down to value.

Most of us wouldn't have minded Mbye on 400k.

if they aren't good enough it doesn't matter what you pay them

 

[earl]

The argument that the Hastings Brooks Doueihi combination is a winner is an admission that Brooks can't play half ( Also when Brooks got injured Madden filled the role just as capably ).

It's not that simple. It's an admission that Brooks isn't a million dollar marquee player but it's also an admission that Hastings and Doueihi aren't up to it as well. Hastings should get the least amount of grief because he is the best performer out of those three but Hastings is slow and he doesn't have a good long kicking game.

Doueihi is an awesome runner of the footy with a power game but his defense is inconsistent. He hits hard and makes some great tackles but teams run it at him because they know he also misses tackles all the time. Doueihi also makes more poor decisions than Brooks.

On the flip side there is a lot of upside with all three of those players. Brooks has speed and he can create out wide. Plus he has the best long kicking game out of the three of them. His defense is also decent but to be fair he still misses tackles he should make.

I'm pretty confident Sheenius thinks in a set up with Hastings in the middle and Doueihi and Brooks running it off him which is the best part of their games we can win some more games. The big catch to this is that you can't pay Brooks or Doueihi or Hastings like marquee talent. They also don't deserve top dollar salaries.

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

Brooks on 950k-1mill not a good buy... Brooks on 650k good buy!

It all comes down to value.

Most of us wouldn't have minded Mbye on 400k.

IMHO, Brooks is not a good buy even at 150k!

 

[Cobarcats]

I said a couple of seasons ago that WT should spend a large chuck of their salary cap on quality forwards, a ½ and a fullback. The rest can be cheap "pathways" players on min wage.
I'm still wondering, is that the best way to go?

 

[tiger_one]

I said a couple of seasons ago that WT should spend a large chuck of their salary cap on quality forwards, a ½ and a fullback. The rest can be cheap "pathways" players on min wage.
I'm still wondering, is that the best way to go?

That template would be a winner at any club.