Dennisspicer1
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I never even noticed that Koroisau played for over 50 minutes tonight, got a suprise when I looked it up, was he injured.
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Still beating up his misses.Speaking of old halves what's Robert lui doing?
I enjoyed putting my grandsons presents together, instead of throwing things at the TV.Im just about done this season, dont enjoy watching my team play anymore, all I ever seem to do is complain about brooks, but tonight I have to add AD he is terrible as well.
The Sezer calls crack me up -As for Sezer - no way. Not anywhere close to either of those players and has been completely outperformed by both - regularly.
The problem for the Tigers is things are going to get a hell of a lot worse before they get better as they transition out of their current playmakers. Do experienced vets want to be part of that kind of instability? Maybe they won't care if they're taking huge wages. But that isn't a good foundation for success. If the Tigers were a stock I'd be shorting it with every dollar I could muster in the short term.The Sezer calls crack me up -
Bloke played NRL for 10 years and was only ever thought about in 1 of them.
Even then - he wasn’t the best player in his team that year, probably not in the top 4 players in his team that year…
Yet he’s going to do better here?
😂😂😂😂
I think it's more that he's going to do better than BrooksThe Sezer calls crack me up -
Bloke played NRL for 10 years and was only ever thought about in 1 of them.
Even then - he wasn’t the best player in his team that year, probably not in the top 4 players in his team that year…
Yet he’s going to do better here?
😂😂😂😂
Our only realistic option is to pay whatever it is Warrington want and get George Williams
Money talks to players who aren't all that fussed about winning. But if you are ... say ... Jack Welsby, who was won at every level he has competed at (U16, Academy, Academy Rep vs Australia, St. Helens, England etc.) what's the hook? If Bennett picks up the phone (which he certainly will given his tight relationship with Jack's ex-coach) and talks about the roster he's putting together - that's a hook. But I've seen nothing from the Tigers which suggests they are capable of anything more than a big contract. And I doubt they can outbid the Dolphins anyway. Tier A players don't want to join reclamation projects.Welsby and Williams simply must be our priority signings.
Pay what it takes, including transfer fees and chase them both hard.
And start today.
Also not worried about what the English clubs say regarding releasing players. They’re never going to come out and say, sure, take who you want.
They’re just building up their transfer fee and playing it smart. Money talks, always.
Lewis Dodd would be another alternative to Williams.
Enough is enough. Need to move now.
Wakeham looked completely useless tonight. Don’t underestimate the power of this team to kill careers.
We have bugger all kids coming through and noone wants to come. Kent is right there is a bad smell about the joint, we need to ask players who refuse to come, why. Then address those things. We just cannot seem to attract elite talent, even an over the hill 35 year old Mitchell Pearce said no. We have massive problems.Sheens sacked 14 Madge players and has since moved on Ken, and probably Daine and Noff. He knows it’s a weak squad. The big question now is can he overcome the fact that the club stinks in the eyes of elite players? A clean out in head office and some real footy IQ alongside Sheens would help.
With no disrespect to yourself we have assembled an excellent forward pack, our problem is the halves steering and directing the ship terribly.Money talks to players who aren't all that fussed about winning. But if you are ... say ... Jack Welsby, who was won at every level he has competed at (U16, Academy, Academy Rep vs Australia, St. Helens, England etc.) what's the hook? If Bennett picks up the phone (which he certainly will given his tight relationship with Jack's ex-coach) and talks about the roster he's putting together - that's a hook. But I've seen nothing from the Tigers which suggests they are capable of anything more than a big contract. And I doubt they can outbid the Dolphins anyway. Tier A players don't want to join reclamation projects.
I just don't see the comparisons with the Bulldogs. Speaking purely as an outsider who has no skin in the game (although I've always preferred ... well ... Balmain to the Bulldogs of the day) - the Bulldogs are like Manchester United whilst the Tigers are Everton. One club has a history of successes (as well as failures) and ALWAYS seems to have ambition. Maybe too much ambition at times (particularly in the final years of Des). The other lurches from one disaster to the next year to year, decade to decade and has no ambition. I'm sorry. It's just how I see it from over here.Bulldogs found a way and can sign elite talent despite years of losing , you need to hitch your wagon to power and money, not Huey and [This word has been automatically removed]ing duey.
The forward pack I've just watched the Broncos run a conga line through in the first twenty at Brisbane?With no disrespect to yourself we have assembled an excellent forward pack, our problem is the halves steering and directing the ship terribly.
Our 1, 6, and 7 are our problem. They create absolutely nothing for us.
Our forwards have got us into excellent attacking positions in all 5 games, on numerous occasions, and the 3 positions mentioned above have not been able to fire a shot.
We need to replace those 3 positions ASAP.
With no disrespect to yourself we have assembled an excellent forward pack, our problem is the halves steering and directing the ship terribly.
Our 1, 6, and 7 are our problem. They create absolutely nothing for us.
Our forwards have got us into excellent attacking positions in all 5 games, on numerous occasions, and the 3 positions mentioned above have not been able to fire a shot.
We need to replace those 3 positions ASAP.
Ok mate.The forward pack I've just watched the Broncos run a conga line through in the first twenty at Brisbane?
Well, yes. Ownership is the issue. A far, far bigger issue than Sheens, Brooks and whoever else below. With the right owners setting performance criteria it should be possible for even Brooks to play a hell of a lot better than he is. You'd think at some point the NRL leadership would say - "Look, your performance is now dragging down the league. Either do something about it or we do something about you". But that's Ideal World thinking. Not reality, I guess.I agree the Wests Tigers have a long history of losing and the foundation clubs were also pretty unsuccessful over time but that shouldn’t prevent major change. South’s might be a better example after they were kicked out. New owners with money turned the joint around.
No. That just doesn't wash. We can argue as much as we like about whether Jackson Hastings deserved to be canned by the Tigers (I think it was a bad decision - but that's just me). But regardless of my feelings - a halfback partnership of Hastings & Tyson Gamble isn't going to win any titles. When the Knights lost Ponga their forwards didn't quit. They upped the ante. Forwards blaming backs for their lack of intensity - no. Just no. How about the forwards do their jobs, stop the Broncos from running unobstructed over the try line so the backs at least have a shot at making the game competitive? Regardless of whether they are good enough - Luke Brooks and AD were not the reason the Tigers lost so badly in Brisbane. The pack quit in the first ten minutes!Ok mate.
The forwards aren’t the problem. I’m telling you now. Incompetence from the useless halves is the killer.
Any pack is going to struggle to stay on task when they constantly do the hard work getting the team into attacking positions on the field and the dopes wearing 1, 6, and 7 kick dead, drop the ball, throw intercepts, run into each other or get tackled with the ball on the last themselves. Absolute tools.
Anyway, just my thoughts.
I suspect we do get spoken about regularly at NRL HQ.You'd think at some point the NRL leadership would say - "Look, your performance is now dragging down the league. Either do something about it or we do something about you". But that's Ideal World thinking. Not reality, I guess.